Ranger Don Pechacek Repeats Pointe du Hoc Climb at 72
Don Pechacek, 72, a Wisconsin farmer and World War II Ranger, retraced his 1944 cliff assault at Pointe du Hoc in France. He climbed the 120 foot cliff using a rope and grappling hook, helped by fellow Rangers, while family watched. He survived and recalled the wartime danger with tempered emotion.
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Don Pechacek
Ellsworth
Wis
Pointe du Hoc
Normandy
France
U.S. Army Ranger
Cinte DU Hoc
Pechacek
Minneapolis
Ranger
Grandkids
Elizabeth
Germany
Buchenwald
Auschwitz
England
Donna Pechacek
Sandia Report Seen as Suppressed Study Despite Criticism
The Sandia Report is cited as one of the top censored stories, with claims media politics shaped its reception. Critics argue it inflates dropout figures and skews by immigrant enrollment while noting rising education spending and persistent inequities.
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Jensen
Lee Tack
Iowa Department of Education
Sandia
Bill Sherman
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Sherman
Tack
Lewis Finch
Cedar Rapids Community
Jamie Vollmer
Fairfield
Vollmer
Branstad Faces Tax Hikes and Budget Controversy in Iowa
The article accuses Governor Terry Branstad of a 67 percent sales tax rise costing residents over 500 million yearly, overspending state revenues by more than 400 million, and keeping two sets of books. It notes unanimous legislation to end the second set, House Republicans' spending fights, ignored prison bed recommendations, and no meeting with party leaders in 1994.
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Terry Branstad
Iowa
House of Representatives
Fred Grandy
Richard Johnson
Jack Rife
Iowa Senate
Maggie Tinsman
Jim Lind
Mary Lundby
Iowa House of Representatives
Tom Miller
Christopher Rantz
Greg Spenner
Stewart Iverson
Chuck Gipp
Don Hanson
Norman Erbe
Maurice Baringer
Iowa House
Bill Scherle
Congress
Sally Novetzke
Malta
Mark Hagerla
Leigh Curran
John Soorholtz
Robert Rigler
Arne Waldstein
Ray Lageschulte
Ann Hutchinson
Bettendorf
Bob Brownell
Clive
E.J. Giovannetti
Urbandale
Don Steele
Windsor Heights
George Maybee
Boone
Erlene Veverka
Prairie City
Philip A. Hanan
le Mars
Mark Jameson
Elkhart
Jim Christy
Nevada
Pat Gibbs
Davenport
Kent Eknes
Rock Valley
Bernard Kult
Cherokee
Tom Viassis
Des Moines
Fred Mathison
Story County
Varel Bailey
National Corn Growers Association
Jane Ecklund
Iowa Federation of Republican Women
John Haldeen
5Th District
Republicans
Burt Day
Iowa Republican State Central Committee
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Joens Brothers
Schumacher's
Kenwood
Ogden & Adams
Jeff & Malynda Stegman
Cedar Rapids Area
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Ken Perry
Linn County
Citizens For Perry Committee
Linn Grove Rd
Mt. Vernon
Roshelle Youngblut
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Jim Miller
Lincoln-Mercury
Bob Zimmerman
Ford
First Avenue
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Chezik-Sayers
Honda
Jim Aronson
Chevrolet
Gazette
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