Mediocrity's price critique of U S education in 1983
The Kiplinger survey on U S education shows decades of undertraining impacting job fit and employability. It argues better job training and two year colleges can help, praising Iowa for sticking to basics and community colleges as a strength while warning all states face ongoing labor market effects from weak schooling.
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Damon Runyon
Iowa
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Congress
Senate
Gazette
Donald Kaul
Insurance lapse after city fire station blaze sparks blame
A fire at the partially built satellite station on Wiley Boulevard SW June 21 caused a cost overrun over 90 000 dollars as neither the city nor the contractor had fire insurance due to ambiguous specs. The arsonist is at large and the incident prompts accountability among the architect reviewers and city officials.
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Wiley Boulevard
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Supreme Court rejects Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit plan
The court rules 7 to 2 that Congress and the president cannot place budget cuts through the comptroller general under Gramm-Rudman-Hollings. Justice White dissents, calling the ruling overly technical. The decision preserves a legislative mechanism and suggests fixing the 1921 removable-official law.
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Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Congress
Justice White
Sen
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Blackmun
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Comptroller
Letters to the Gazette Highlights Community Backing
Heritage Acres residents enjoyed St Patrick's cabaret A Salute to America 1940s musical with red carpet treatment from St Patrick's congregation and choir. Laurie Jewell praises the evening and thanks Cedar Rapids volunteers for support during her first Fifth Season 8K race. Ellen Wagner thanks Cedar Rapids runners and supporters.
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Heritage Acres
St. Patrick’s
America
St. Patrick’s Congregation
Middle income taxes under pressure from reform push
A letter argues Washington politicians use tax reform to extract more money from middle income earners. It claims 73 percent of taxable income comes from those earning 35 thousand or less, and that Congress prefers raising taxes to cutting spending while ballooning transfer payments and debt.
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Washington
John Q
Congress
Outlooks from Eastern Iowans Invite Open Views
Periodic observations from thoughtful readers in eastern Iowa share diverse topics and personal perspectives. The column invites broad, opinionated entries reflecting daily life, local culture, and regional concerns with no fixed theme.
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Chuck Fill enworth of Cedar Rapids is a machine audit program controller with the Cryovac Division of W R Grace and Co. A longtime outdoors man he holds memberships in many groups that support that interest. The writer contrasts poverty data and Congress spending with religious views and criticizes Betty McCollister in Outlook.
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Cedar Rapids
Cryovac
W.R. Grace and Co
Outlooks column makers stand with facts not myth
Readers praise DeVere Hirt and Betty McCollister for independent thinking and clear logic. They value hard data over folklore and complain about Gazette pricing while appreciating durable voices like Donald Kaul.
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DeVere Hirt
Betty McCollister
Community Leader Plans Cedar Bluff Parade Attendance
A Mount Vernon Chamber president vows a family friendly Fourth of July parade with no indecent attire. He says he will attend next year if Melissa Farley returns to Cedar Bluff events.
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Melissa Farley
Cedar Bluff
Mount Vernon
Ms. Farley
Church volunteers host free mini carnival at Linn County Care Facility
On June 30 volunteers from our church held a free mini-carnival at the Linn County Care Facility. Over 100 residents joined games and enjoyed cookies and donations from Iowa Electric Light & Power Co. Jym Bag Merchants National Bank People’s Bank Cedar Rapids Recreation Department Cost Less Beauty Supplies Souvenir Inc.
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Linn County
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co
Jym Bag
Merchants National Bank
People’s Bank
Cedar Rapids
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