Campaign finance reform debate mocks campaign cash system
Molly Ivins critiques Senate hearings on campaign finance sparks, noting dust bunny rhetoric and foreign influence worries. She highlights Sen. Durbin Sen. Leahy Sen. Torricelli and others, criticizes Sen. Thompson, and argues money corrupts American politics, with foreign money a recurring theme.
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Georgia
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Tennessee
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General recommends discharge in blood pinning at Camp Lejeune
Maj. Gen. Patrick Howard proposed discharging a gunnery sergeant who was the top ranked Marine taped during a 1993 blood pinning ritual at Camp Lejeune. The ceremony involved pounding pins into paratroopers chests. participation of nine others led to counseling.
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Gazette backs future with soybean ink and recycled paper
The Gazette promotes sustainable farming by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton located at 4250 Sixth St SW or at their nearest recycling site.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette History and Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401 lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for various editions and durations. It notes postmaster information and the need to send address changes to P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Gazette
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Third Avenue SE
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Senate urges withdrawal of U S troops from Bosnia by June
The Senate urged President Clinton to pull American ground forces from Bosnia by June 1998, challenging the House on funding cuts. A non-binding sense of Congress substitute backed by Senators Levin and McCain called for no follow-on ground combat after June 1998, citing troop safety concerns.
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R-Ariz
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William Cohen
Joint Chiefs
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Pathfinder misses wake up call on Mars in minor setback
NASA officials in Pasadena said the Pathfinder lander woke late due to a poorly timed Earth wake up signal arriving 11 minutes before the planned radio start. Sojourner remains stuck on a rock named Yogi, with 50 megabytes of data in memory and no lasting harm expected.
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Yogi
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Czech Festival Days Listed At Wilder Memorial Museum
The correction notes Czech Festival Days runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday at the Wilder Memorial Museum in Strawberry Point. It apologizes for an incorrect town listing in Friday’s Weekend Calendar and states that corrections will appear in this space. Phone 398-8313.
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