No guns at ISU rise yet to state officials stance
The Gazette reports Iowa State University campus security debate over arming officers. Regent executive secretary R. Wayne Richey urges no change, arguing guns do not fit a university setting. AFSCME cites riots, robberies, and student slayings to push for armed campus police.
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Richey
American Federation of State
Afscme
Iowa State University
Don McKee
Veishen
ISU
University of Iowa
Iowa Future Project town meetings gather 104 ideas
More than 100 Eastern Iowans attended the third of 104 town meetings at Kirkwood Community College as the Iowa Future Project seeks ideas for the 1990s and beyond. SRI International will synthesize the grassroots input into a statewide plan. Commendations to participants and sponsors for sparking regional economic diversification beyond farming.
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Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Mason City
Waterloo
Iowa Newspaper Association
SRI International
Stanford
Calif
Viola Gibson remembered for civic work in Cedar Rapids
Viola Gibson died at 83, a Black leader who fostered improvements in education, church work, and race relations. Dr. Percy Harris praised her as a great lady and conscience of efforts to improve blacks economic standing in the community.
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Cedar Rapids
Viola Gibson
Gibson
Cedar Rapidians
Percy Harris
Moscow talk as a political awakening abroad and at home
Stephen S. Rosenfeld notes Muscovites and foreigners alike are learning to talk openly about politics. The piece surveys the shift toward candid debate, media vitality, and the evolving dynamic between Gorbachev’s reforms and Soviet authority, with cautious optimism and questions about democracy’s roots.
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Stephen S. Rosenfeld
Moscow
St. Basil
Mikhail Gorbachev
Stalin
Gorbachev
Andrei Sakharov
Russia
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Letters to the Gazette Doobie Brothers show praised by reader
Anita Duckett defends the June 13 Doobie Brothers concert in Cedar Rapids saying the band delivered non stop entertainment and crowd enthusiasm. A second reader counters a June 14 review calling the performance ragged and dull.
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Dee Ann Rexroat
Five Seasons
Doobie Brothers
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Anita Duckett
Peace Ave
Bush veto sparks protests over policy and Nicaragua remarks
Letters accuse a Republican administration of meddling in Nicaragua and elections. They condemn Bush and the CIA, denounce the veto of a minimum wage bill, and decry tax cuts, veterans cuts, and elder care challenges while calling for accountability and noninterference. Ernest W Soukup and Mary Lou McGrew signaled concerns about U.S. politics and leadership.
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Bush
Nicaragua
CIA
U.S
Quayle
el Salvador
Mary Lou McGrew
34Th St. NE
Social Security
COSA
Congress
Ernest W. Soukup
McGowan Rd
Parting shots on mules at the All-Iowa Fair provoke activist debate
Readers condemn the diving mule act while prompting reflection on child abuse and animal rights. Letters from Cedar Rapids and Solon address spectators, fair boards, and media coverage, urging action against cruelty and prompting comparisons to other public concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Tim Rivers
Theresa Meeks
St. Dr
Toi Freeman
Bever Ave
Humane Society
Washington
Wilbur Mills
Gary Hart
Richard Nixon
Alaska
Washington Zoo
C-Span
Roger A. Galvin Belle Plaing
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R. Wayne Richey
Poland
China
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Washington Post
Nhai
George Bush
White House
Jean Kirby
Third Ave
Carol E. Lakin
Fifth St
Delbert Krug Solon
Fair City
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