Central City standoff over city clerk pay and jobs
Central City faces a political standoff as Mayor L C Howe and council members clash with City Attorney Warbasse over paying City Clerk Sharon Mettler and renewing the public works chief contract. Three councilmen sit united against two and the mayor, leaving pay status unresolved since June 30. Citizens deserve a resolution and compromise.
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Steve Warbasse
Iowa
Sharon Mettler
Linn County
Tilf
L.C. Howe
Warbasse
Central City
Dukakis VP pick and time zones spur ticket balancing
Columnist Theo Lippman Jr. argues a CST state vice president has helped every successful Democratic ticket this century. The piece notes Dukakis chose Texan Lloyd Bentsen, defying the “west of Mississippi except Texas” rule, and links time-zone sleep effects to political temperament and the need for non-Eastern advisers in government.
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Theo Lippman Jr
Michael Dukakis
Mississippi
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
Dukakis
Lippman
Midwest
Midlands
Wall Street
Vps
Bentsen
Buried Teamster boss Jackie Presser
The U S government pursues a broad RICO suit against the Teamsters while internal reform efforts hinge on democratizing elections. With Presser’s death, Weldon Mathis appears poised to lead the reform movement and restore ties with AFL-CIO, reducing chances of a full government takeover.
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Cleveland
U.S
Teamsters
Rudolph Giuliani
Teamster
Jackie Presser
Justice Department
Presser
Weldon Mathis
Afl-Cio
Compensation debate over Iran airliner disaster relief
The piece argues against quick compensation to families, noting constitutional limits and needing congressional action. It weighs unknowns about Flight 655, warnings, and Iran’s role, and contrasts compassionate sentiment with fiscal and legal constraints while citing both supporters and opponents among lawmakers.
Eric Tabor for Congress in stance against GOP child care policy
Raymond Wilson of Monticello urges support for Democrat Eric Tabor to replace conservative Republican economic policy with public child care. He argues GOP tax breaks fail workers, citing plant closures and low pay, and defends Tabor’s plan to fund safe, reliable child care facilities as a public service.
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Eric Tabor
Congress
U.S
Raymond Wilson Monticello
Religious harassment across Iowa and Minnesota
A letter denounces jail sentences tied to religious beliefs in Iowa and Minnesota. The writer notes an Iowa pastor jailed over educational law compliance and an Amish man jailed over a buggy reflective triangle, asserting the Amish man wore reflective tape. Calls Minnesota to resist joining Iowa’s approach and criticizes society's focus on small religious observances.
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Iowa
Minnesota
the Gazette
Hershberger
Bull Durham Explains Baseball Love and Craft
Washington Post critic argues Bull Durham uses baseball to explore honest mediocrity and craft. Crash Davis embodies discipline while Ebby Calvin LaLoosh tests talent, teaching that effort matters beyond athletic gift.
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Bull Durham
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Durham Bulls
Annie
Whitman
Blake
Church of Baseball
Crash Davis
Durham
Ebby Calvin
Nuke
LaLoosh
Crash
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