Iowa City Athletes Stir Debate Over Handling of Offenders
The editorial questions who should discipline student athletes in trouble amid a rise in bar and dorm fights near the University of Iowa. Gov Branstad says athletes charged in serious cases should stay with the team but under Athletic Department oversight until resolved, with broader concerns about representation and safety at Iowa City.
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University of Iowa
Branstad
Iowa City
Keaton Smiley
Revival claims and dead raising spark harsh critique
A sharp critique questions Oral Roberts claims to raise the dead and his threat of return. The author cites personal testimonies and asks how believers can reconcile faith with unverified miracles. The piece warns against blind trust in revival leaders and public trust concerns.
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Roberts
De Palma films expose gangsters as enemies of the innocent
The piece argues that De Palma's The Untouchables deglamorizes gangsters by showing Capone’s brutality and the public hunger for celebrity in the 1920s. It notes how journalism, publicity, and technology helped create gangster icons, while stressing that real criminals prey on the innocent.
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Brian de Palma
al Capone
Robert de Niro
Capone
de Palma
America
Canada
Lake Shore Drive
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Frederick Lewis Allen
Babe Ruth
Bobby Jones
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Red Grange
Knute Rockne
The
Four Horsemen
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Admiral Byrd
Rudolph Valentino
Rudy Vallee
Legs
Diamond
Letters to the Gazette on retirement and local politics
A Cedar Rapids teacher reflects on 38 years in the Cedar Rapids Community School District noting growth and later school closings due to enrollment changes. The writer also criticizes Mayor Canney’s leadership and city policies, calling for better care of the middle class and addressing local tax and housing concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
Murdock
Bergen
City
Linn County Fur Farm Vote Prompts Public Hearing
Residents protest Linn County supervisors move to legalize fox fur farming citing overreach and local runoff concerns. A public hearing is set for today at 10 30 a m in the county building to hear objections and possibly halt the proposal.
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Linn County
Flo Robertson
D. Bowers
Robertson
Toddville
Outlooks from Iowa City Echoes of Eastern Thought
A retired writer editor for the University of Iowa News Service contributes a personal column. She previously held editorial posts at colleges in Michigan Oklahoma and Minnesota offering reflections on wide ranging topics from daily life to public affairs.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa News Service
Michigan
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Laughs and humor anecdotes brighten daily life in readers' eyes
A column celebrates humor's value from Norman Cousins to classic quips. It cites humor rooms in hospitals and recalls amusing slices from Erma Bombeck Art Buchwald Hugh Downs Margaret Truman and Winston Churchill.
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Erma Bombeck
Art Buchwald
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