Thornburgh clears Gray after FBI leak misreadings
Attorney General Richard Thornburgh released a statement correcting CBS News over a report that misidentified Rep. William H. Gray as an FBI investigation target. Gray had merely spoken to agents. Thornburgh ordered a full FBI leak-source inquiry and praised Gray’s cooperating stance.
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William H. Gray
Pennsylvania
Gray
CBS News
FBI
Thornburgh
Department of Justice
Congressman Gray
Researchers question U S income gap findings
Washington researchers from the Heritage Foundation challenge widely cited views of stark inequality. They argue Census Bureau miscounts about 98 billion dollars in government aid and omits family size and multiple workers, suggesting the United States has high economic diversity rather to a large gap.
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NCOME
Washington
U.S
Robert Vector
Kate Walsh O’beirne
Census Bureau
Heritage Foundation
Rector
O’beirne
United States
Kremlin debate on cutting aid to Latin nations
Government action frames a sharp policy clash over reducing aid to Latin American countries to forestall ecological and poverty crises. The piece notes policymakers in the Kremlin engaging in vigorous debate and contrasts with Washington, expressing hope for constructive U.S. action.
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Kremlin
Washington
High diving mules defended by Iowa association board
Ed Emerson of the All-Iowa Agricultural Association defends the high diving mule show at Hawkeye Downs as safe and well cared for. He challenges claims by opponents and PETA backed critics, citing past show ops in 1957 and disputes over the Massachusetts and Florida incidents while urging civility and honesty in debate.
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All-Iowa Agricultural Association Board of Directors
Hawkeye Downs
Rivers
Iowa
Ed Emerson
All-Iowa Agricultural Association
Disgust at diving mule act at All-Iowa Fair
Letters from June Troester and Ruth Gash Taylor condemn Mr Gander for booking a diving mule show at the All Iowa Fair. They call the act cruel, note mules resist climbing ramps, and urge cancellation to spare animals and public sensibilities.
Cemetery vandalism report over Memorial Day flags
Jane Fisher writes of flags taken or damaged from veterans graves during Memorial Day weekend. A Marine veteran, her husband, died Oct. 6, 1988, and for years VFW and American Legion flags have honored him. She laments ongoing cemetery damage and asks for peace in death.
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Gazette
Jane Fisher
Saipan
Tinian
Okinawa
Japan
VFW
American Legion
de Loris Wickham
K Ave
Omission in Women Edition Sparks Community Letter
Readers protest a June 4 Gazette Spotlight on Women edition for excluding Black women. The letter questions impact on youth seeing only Caucasian leaders and cites local role models Joan Mitchell Nelson and Nancy J Humbles with addresses.
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Cles
Joan Mitchell-Nelson
Oakland Rd
Nancy J. Humbles
Western Dr
Strange City Sees Waste Dump Allegations Rise
A letter by Edwin T. Kral claims city workers once reprimanded for salvaging grass seed from a floor while hundreds of tons of asphalt from the C Street SW sewer project were dumped in a private landfill near 41st Avenue SW, sparking no public outcry.
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C Street SW
41St Avenue
Edwin T. Kral
Falbrook Dr
Poor sports at Blairstown Norway Little League game
Loretta Randall of Blairstown reports poor sportsmanship by Norway during a Little League ball game. Spectators yelled to frustrate the pitcher, who appeared visibly affected, prompting criticism of how such behavior teaches youth athletes.
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Blairstown
Norway
Loretta Randall
User Friendly Electronics and Mystery of Store Prices
A reader argues for accurate price tagging and modern scanning to control inventory and pricing. They note most customers and clerks cannot read UPCs at a glance, criticize missing price signs, and compare this policy to closing roads. They urge finding a user friendly chain store.
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Collins Road
Blairs Ferry Road
Supreme Court ruling cites limited evidence in Alaska discrimination case
The Alaska salmon packing dispute hinges on statistics, not proof beyond doubt. Workers from Samoan, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Alaska Native backgrounds claim hiring and promotion practices violated Title VII. The majority found the evidence insufficient given the case's peculiar facts and remote canneries.
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Supreme Court
NAACP
ACLU
Alaska
Oregon
Supreme Court shields cannery workers from pure statistics
The Supreme Court, in an 8-0 ruling, found no prima facie disparate impact from racial imbalance alone in salmon canneries. Duke Power’s high school or IQ test hiring rule was struck as discriminatory, but the cannery figures without a shown practice did not prove a policy. On remand, workers must show more than numbers to win.
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Supreme Court
Willie S. Griggs
Duke Power Co
Duke
Salmon Canneries
Byron White
Congress
Right or wrong homonym mixups in journalism notes
A reader examines homonym confusion in quotes and headlines, noting mortgage soul and forthcoming as examples. It discusses whether forth and fourth are near-homophones, cites a Benton County letter on cleaner versus clean, and analyzes Graham named associate general council at Maytag versus general counsel and consul pronunciation differences.
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Grinnell
Graham
Maytag
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