Memory and Fury Over a 1939 Iowa Stuttering Study
Jim O Neal recalls a survivor’s account of a cruel 1939 Iowa stuttering study led by Wendell Johnson and Mary Tudor Jacobs. The piece contrasts the harm done to orphans at Davenport with a later healing tutor who helped the author speak freely. He urges Iowa to reconsider the Johnson name at its speech center.
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University of Iowa
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Tudor Jacobs
Mary Korlaske
Iowa
Wendell Johnson
Missouri
Anastasia
Jimmy
Harry Caray
Christopher
Sister Anastasia
Mary Tudor
Iowa Soldiers
Davenport
Dr. Johnson
New studies map path for election reform drive
Eight months after the presidential election exposed flaws states review progress on three studies while a MIT CALTECH analysis urges immediate replacement of punch card and lever machines with optical scan systems. The reports push voter education, provisional ballots, and a national tracking effort amid debates over cost and accessibility.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Tax refund checks head to mailboxes nationwide
About 112 million taxpayers will receive notices detailing upcoming refunds as checks begin going out Friday. The program finances a 10 year 1.35 trillion tax cut with refunds up to 300 for singles 500 heads of households and 600 couples.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
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Bush Administration
White House
Ari Fleischer
Correction: Iowa utility tax reduced starting January
The Iowa sales tax on utility bills drops to four percent on January 1 and declines by one percentage point each year until elimination. A July 11 story wrongly claimed exemptions. The Gazette invites reader feedback on accuracy and clarity via phone numbers provided.
Commitment to the future through recycled ink and paper
The Gazette promotes agricultural support and recycling by printing with soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to drop newspapers at City Carton in Cedar Rapids or recycle via local locations. Gazette Communications Inc. operates editions in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette Communications Inc
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