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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1985
Page
8
A concise look at how the FDIC era brought stability to banking after 1933, then describe how oil booms, overseas lending, Penn Square, and big banks reshaped the scene. It notes regulatory shifts toward electronic tellers, chain banking, and S L expansions while warning of a changing Main Street banking landscape.
The Hatch Amendment to narrow public schools' latitude on psychological testing faces backlash as Schlafly urges further federal rules. Critics see conservative pressure expanding beyond testing to curbs on secular humanism, with Education Secretary Bennett fueling concern. The piece calls banning secular humanism from federal regs to protect educators from overreach.
The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision rejects adding voluntary prayer to silent meditation in public schools, preserving strict neutrality toward religion. The ruling cites the First Amendment freedom of conscience and warns against any policy that smells of religious endorsement, urging parents and students to understand true neutrality.
In Washington, Stansfield Turner recalls Carter wanting satellite war images, a costly plane chase, and a Pentagon stash of photos after a US attaché beat him to it. Turner argues compartmentalization harms intelligence though he notes some successes. Richard Bissell’s U-2 hangs in the background.
The narrative argues compartmentalization aided CIA covert operations including the U 2 project while criticizing the idea that secrecy alone causes failures. It notes Bissell’s desire for autonomy, Dulles’s support to avoid questions, and later doubts Turner’s leadership and Washington politics, illustrating tensions in CIA governance.
In a candid exchange with this reporter, President Reagan rejects calls to fire Caspar Weinberger and defends defense reforms. He rebuts claims on oil tax policy, campaign funding, civil rights, and judicial nominees, while hinting at unease over future Social Security alternatives.
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