Iowa Rail Crossing Rule Shows Five Minute Limit Survives
A Cedar Rapids ordinance allowing five minute blockages at crossings survives the state review while the downtown rush hour ban on rail movement is dropped as unenforced. Railroads and officials pursue timing and routing coordination, but real relief requires track changes or grade separations, not enforcement that accomplishes little.
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Transportation Regulation Board of
Iowa
Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Street
Paul Engle Symbolizes Iowa in Unretiring Retirement
Paul Engle, 68, retires from the University of Iowa but will intensify his writing. The Cedar Rapids native founded the Iowa Writers Workshop in 1939 and co founded the International Writers Program in 1967 with his wife Hualing Nieh. He will continue to raise funds and defend the programs that anchor Iowa’s literary life.
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Paul Engle
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Engle
Coe College
Columbia
Oxford
England
University
Iowa Writers Workshop For
America
Iowa City
Hualing Nieh
International Writers Program
Engles
Iowa
Iowa Writers Workshop
Begin’s rise reshapes Middle East peace hopes in America
The article links Menahem Begin’s 1978 rise to power with a new, more flexible Israeli approach to peace. It notes his foreign picks, U.S. outreach, and a potential Geneva package deal. It argues Begin aims for direct Arab-Israeli talks, a border compromise, and Palestinian self-governance within a broader peace.
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Begin
America
Geneva
United States
Israel
Letters on downtown traffic viaduct and wildlife views
A reader urges solving traffic on Fourth Street with a two lane center viaduct on First Avenue to aid vehicles and emergencies, allow turnarounds, and ban curb parking from Third to Fifth. The writer notes hotel concerns, civic funding by taxation, and praises wildlife benefits of mourning doves while opposing open season.
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First Avenue
Fifth
Third Street
Fifth Street
Open Season Debate and Community Concerns Stir Cedar Rapids
A letter cites a controversial open season with a ten-bird daily limit and calls out the conservation commission. It questions local actions like Matsell mansion burning, promotes Marion's Country Fair days, and critiques pornographic book stores and massage parlors. The writer laments crime, costs at the All Iowa Fair, and fears for public safety and morals.
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Conservation Commission
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Let's face it congress owns the Thirty-eighth Parallel
A letter to the editor condemns degrading influences affecting youth, calling for action to protect young minds from smut and drugs and urging the community to help youths grow toward productive adulthood.
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Congress
Neo Nazis test cases stir free speech clash
The National Socialist Party of America planned a July 4 march through Skokie Illinois. the city banned wearing military uniforms and sought an injunction. The U S Supreme Court ordered expedited action on the appeal, underscoring the First Amendment battle between free expression and public safety.
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National Socialist Party of America
Skokie
Chicago
Illinois Appellate Court
ACLU
Polish Social Security Gaps and Ford Era Critique
Letter writer argues Polish retirees in Chicago live on US Social Security while in Poland their money buys more, urging checks only to U S residents. He also criticizes the Ford and Carter administrations, noting Mayaguez rescue casualties and the swine flu program costs and lawsuits.
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United States
Poland
Chicago
U.S
Sam
Carters
Billy
Gerald Ford
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