End secrecy on JFK files and POW MIA documents
The editorial calls for disclosure of JFK assassination files and Vietnam POW MIA records. It urges government openness, backs the American Legion in pressuring Washington, and notes Senate support for releasing secret Vietnam War documents. It argues public access protects against incompetence and ensures citizens can separate fact from fiction.
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John Kennedy
Southeast Asia
JFK
American Legion
Legion
United States Senate
Bush Administration
Washington
Public libraries face funding strains across the United States
Despite high usage, libraries wrestle with funding as Fairfax County faces cuts to 15 of 22 libraries while Worcester and Atlanta close facilities and Detroit trims hours. Advocates argue libraries are vital for education and social services, warning against user fees for library cards as a move toward a caste system.
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Iowa
Fairfax County
Worcester
Mass
Atlanta
Detroit
Patrick O’brien
Dallas Public Library
VA health care must retool to survive in reform era
Rep. G V Montgomery argues VA’s survival hinges on restructuring budgets, priorities, and interrelations with private and public health systems. VA leadership must plan long term to meet aging veteran needs, expand noninstitutional care, and defend its identity within nationwide health reform.
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G.W. Montgomery
Washington
Department of Veterans Affairs
America
Congress
Editorial: address the Pentagon sexual abuse scandal
Newsday editors frame Pentagon sexual assaults as a grave issue demanding accountability. They cite Gulf War captivity, Tail Hook, and Senate testimony by women veterans, urging reforms, respectful treatment, and a stance against blaming victims.
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Pentagon
White House
Congress
Senate
Gulf
Veterans Administration
Letters to the Gazette on state salary lists and bargaining
Robert Edward Smith of Marion challenges Robert M L Johnson and The Gazette for publishing salaries and for backing a bargaining system. He questions high salaries in Cedar Rapids and Marion schools and accuses Gov Branstad of conflicting positions and spending to oppose the system. He argues against legislative involvement.
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Robert M.L. Johnson
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Terry Branstad
Johnson
Terry
Marginal Projects Provoke Budget Concerns in Iowa City
Joe Segreti of Iowa City argues that the Avenue of the Saints highway and proposed Amtrak service are money wasting niceties funded by the federal superfund. He says deficits force spending cuts elsewhere but leaders accept these added costs and uphold deficits.
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Amtrak
Iowa
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Board of
Joe Hladky II
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
National Veterans’ Service Organizations
Rep. G.V. Montgomery
D-Miss
House Committee On Veterans’ Affairs
The
Washington Post
Newsday
U.S
the Gazette
Robert Edward Smith
DES Homme Enness
Reconp
Ynig
Pardaining
Joe Segreti
Fairview Knol
Iowa City
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