Iowa Future calls Iowans to rally for economic growth
The Gazette endorses the INA led Iowa Future planning effort urging broad public involvement in a 600000 project with Stanford Research to analyze studies and project scenarios. State funding includes 100000 for a statewide televised town meeting as forums begin in 1990. Grassroots input urged to shape Iowa’s future.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
The
Gazette
Iowa Future
INA
Stanford Research Incorporated International
Menlo Park
Calif
Iowa
Iowa Public Television
U.S. Commerce Department
Census Bureau
Branstad
Woody Allen
Government role in Teamsters cleanup sparks debate
Opinion argues DOJ trusteeship over the Teamsters may overstep bounds while corruption at the top prompts reform. It notes indictments of former presidents and pension fund scandals, urging court rulings to target individuals and support workers in electing honest leaders.
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U.S
Utah
Orrin Hatch
Illinois
Paul Simon
Hatch
Simon
Justice Department
Teamster
Bush campaign calm as Dukakis leads fade in polls
In a San Francisco interview, Vice President Bush and adviser team express minimal concern over Dukakis poll leads. They foresee the race heating after the conventions with Labor Day marking the real campaign start, emphasizing stability, moderation, and limited change to appeal to voters.
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San Francisco
George Bush
Michael Dukakis
White House
Bush
Air Force Two
Robert Teeter
Craig Fuller
Lee Atwater
Jim Baker
Treasury
Dukakis
Atlanta
Harlem
Wisconsin
Red Meat Brigade
Adaptable works curb corporate abuse
Letters to the Gazette envision adapting great novels into stage musicals. The writer imagines productions like War and Peace The Hunchback of Notre Dame A Tale of Two Cities The Grapes of Wrath with dramatic musical numbers and bold visual gags. Francis C. Gillon at Meadowbrook Dr SE signs the piece.
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Notre Dame
Quasimodo
Madam LaFarge
Questioning Jesus turning water into wine at Cana
A reflective piece questions whether Jesus transformed water into fermented wine at the wedding in Cana and argues for unfermented wine. It links biblical interpretation to moral concerns about fermentation and critiques corporate actions by Hy-Vee and broader issues of corporate power. The author urges readers to oppose suits against residents and to hold companies accountable.
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Jesus
Dinos
God
Hy-Vee
America
Japan
Forest Service
Westdale Mall
Letter to editor complains about religious bias in drought debates
Reader criticizes religious opinions in letters about drought arguing such views belong in the religion section. They call for sports and general topics to be kept separate and accessible without religious content. They advocate greater variety and less theological debate in The Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids Reds
Chicago Cubs
The
Sunday Gazette
the Gazette
Name Theory and Presidential Headlines
The piece notes how presidents with long names were shortened in headlines from TR and FDR to HST DDE JFK LBJ and Nixon RMN, while Bush remains GHWB in print. It explains space-saving initials drive headline choices and cites the Bush contrast with GHWB.
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Jerry Ford
Leslie Lynch King Jr
Gerald Rudolf Ford Jr
Rudolph
Leslie
Gerald
Lynch
Rudolf
King
Ford
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JFK
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Richard Milhous Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Bush
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
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AF. Hladky, Jr
Joe Hladky SE
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
Dave Mortis
Teamsters Union
Brotherhood
Uncle Sam
Teamsters
U.S. Justice Department
David Broder
Qyton Post Writers Group
O'Toole
Defensa Consulting
Religion Letters
Theo Lippman JR
Frank DeFord
National Public Radio
George Herbert Walker Bush
Gil
Ulysses S
Grant
Hiram Ulysses Grant
West Point
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Hiram
Ulysses
Simpson
Harry S. Truman
Anderson Shippe Truman
Solomon Young
Shippe
Solomon
Harry
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