Editorial: image matters as critics cite civil rights gaps
The Gazette notes the U S Commission on Civil Rights finds blacks 4.1 percent and women 8 percent of Reagan appointees versus Carter’s 12 percent. It praises quiet District reapportionment push and warns that re election pressures may force stronger civil rights advocacy. cites loans, tax acts, and child care credits as minority gains.
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U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
White House
Reagan
Carter
Eisenhower
Civil Right
Return to full production could heal hunger abroad
The piece argues the United States should incentivize farmers to produce surplus for overseas aid as Africa and India face severe hunger. It critiques the PIK plan and subsidies, warns of a potential trade war, and urges a shift to longer term Food for Peace loans and efficient distribution to revitalize U.S. farming, aid image, and global markets.
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U.S
Africa
Asia
India
Food For Peace
Esquire’s 50th anniversary review underscores shifting eras
A retrospective essay notes how Esquire celebrated its 50th year with reprints of criticism on passing decades. It surveys postwar patriotism, Vietnam era dissent, Beat influence, drug culture, and cultural shifts from 1950 onward, predicting future historians will judge enduring themes over fleeting fads.
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Esquire Magazine
John Steinbeck
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Roosevelt
John Holmes
Tom Wolfe
United States
Vietnam
CIA
KGB
Afghanistan
Wales
Russia
Jane Fonda
Beatles
Elvis Presley
Presley
America
Fox’ Police Gazette
Letters respond to Rick Springfield review and food site complaints
Readers defend Rick Springfield against Roxanne Mueller's concert critique and argue her views misrepresent his appeal and future plans. They also describe Cedar Rapids food-distribution concerns, alleging favoritism at sites and urging fair allotment of donated goods for hungry families.
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Roxanne T. Mueller
Rick Springfield
Rick
American Express
Sparks
Springfield
Cedar Rapids
Misleading War Reporting Critique by Walter Gormly
Walter Gormly argues that U S newspapers misrepresented the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1968 asserting North Vietnamese aggression was overstated or misattributed. He cites polls and sources showing South Vietnamese complicity and media misperceptions.
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Washington Press Corps
United States
South Vietnam
United Press International
New York Times
Washington
North Vietnam
South
Kontum
Iowa
Johnson
Stanford University School
National Opinion Research Center
University of Chicago
Dean Rusk
The
Gazette
Associated Press
U.S
Rusk
Hanoi
Rand Corporation
UPI
Big City
Mount Vernon Figure Shares Wide Rural Life View
The column gathers periodical observations from thoughtful Eastern Iowans inviting free expression. It highlights a Mount Vernon resident who has worked as a farmer taxi driver hospital worker mechanical engineer journalist truck gardener and firewood supplier.
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Walter Gormly
Mount Vernon
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