League of Women Voters Faces Makeover and Doubts
The Gazette argues the League should avoid partisanship and remain an honest broker in voter education. With declining membership from 157000 in 1969 to 110000 today, Nancy Neuman advocates a bolder, controversial role, risking alienation of supporters who favor nonpartisan civic work.
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League of Women Voters
League
Nancy Neuman
Lewisburg
Citizens’ Organization
Neuman
Common Cause
People For
American Way
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Supreme Court signals tolerance for political gerrymandering
In a controversial ruling the Supreme Court allowed districts drawn to favor parties if not overly extreme, sparking concern from dissenters. The Indiana 1982 map and California 1984 results illustrate how votes can diverge from seat shares, inviting further court intervention and political clashes.
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Indiana
Supreme Court
California
Court misread 'intrusion' thrust in Georgia sodomy case
A Supreme Court ruling on Georgia's sodomy law is analyzed as shaping a public debate on privacy and liberty. The piece argues the decision avoided addressing actual enforcement and warned it could legitimize ancient moral judgments. It cites Justice White, Justice Burger, and Justice Powell while noting the case involved Michael Hardwick's civil suit rather than a conviction.
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High Court
O’connor
Supreme Court
Boston
Atlanta
Joan
Tom Doe
Georgia
Michael Hardwick
Hardwick
Byron R. White
Warren E. Burger
John Marshall Harlan
Connecticut
Justice Harlan
Harlan
Doe
Lewis Powell
White
Alexander Bickel
Cedar Rapids exports balance small town pride on July Fourth
A Cedar Rapids Gazette reader celebrates Independence Day downtown with blocked streets stalls and a Municipal Band. Gov Branstad calls Cedar Rapids the export capital of the United States while residents praise a holistic care center and urge coverage of helmet and seatbelt injury facts.
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Cedar Rapids
Norman Rockwell
Saturday Evening Post
America
Cedar Rapidians
Terry Branstad
United States
U.S
Gazette
U.S.A
Grant Wood
The
the Gazette
Write Right Verb It Up Carefully In Media Language
A reader notes vivid verb use in finance and sports writing while weather and heavy rain reports invite energetic diction. The piece cites Treasury bill yields dropping from 6.31 to 6.11 percent and recalls examples where verbs like plunged, lashed, and snarled color reporting.
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John Hohenberg
Unsecured creditor targets Morris Plan over 23.5 million loans
The creditor argues that Morris Plan’s financial trouble stems from 23.5 million in personal loans to the chairman, many unsecured. They challenge the claim of 100 percent repayment and accuse debtor attorneys of shielding insiders. Retirees and education fund holders face losses while officers’ salaries remain high. The writer cites Neese v. Brown as a precedent and signs as Harold E. Durscher.
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forAmerica
MorAmerica/Morris
MorAmerica
FDIC
Neese v. Brown
Tenn
S.W
Harold E. Durscher
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C.R. Appeal
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Care Center Residents Support Council
Iowa
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