Iowa rail line purchase bill seeks tax funded rehab
A scaled back plan would empower the Iowa Railway Finance Authority to buy and rehabilitate idle tracks for lease or lend funds to railroads. Bonds would be financed by an 8 cent diesel tax with bipartisan backing, though Senate Democrats threaten to withhold if redistricting plan is defeated.
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Iowa Railway Finance Authority
Iowa
Rock Island Lines
Senate
Pakistan Zia taunts aid as U S arms plan looms
The piece questions Washington’s $3 billion five year aid package to Pakistan including 15 F-16 fighters. It notes Zia’s rebuff of a $400 million offer months earlier and warns of risks of arming Pakistan against India and potential used for aggressive actions. It cites Begin’s stance on national attack capability and asks if military aid fuels regional arms races.
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Zia ul-Haq
Afghanistan
Carter Administration
Zia
India
Reagan Administration
Mideast
Israel
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
Menachem Begin
Begin
Tarapur
Inhumanity and grain policy clash in public letter
A letter to The Gazette attacks grain sales to the Soviet Union while recounting Afghan war atrocities and criticizing President Reagan. It argues for cutting military and grain ties, urges legal aid reform, and calls Congress to reorganize funding to serve direct poor legal needs.
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Congress
Decline in American life and calls for faith and prayer
A voice laments moral decay in American society praising faith in God and prayer to stem a rising tide of what the author calls total madness. The writer condemns secularism, pop culture, and perceived atheistic countries while honoring Vietnam veterans and calling for accountability by parents. Procter and Gamble is cited as proof of remaining decency.
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Vietnam
Procter and Gamble
Retirement of Justice Potter Stewart Shocks Press Room
In Washington a small group of senior correspondents learned that Potter Stewart will retire from the Supreme Court. The veteran justice, aged 66, was praised for defending press freedom and protecting reporters’ sources, notably in Branzburg v. Hayes and other First Amendment cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Hugo Black
Justice Stewart
Branzburg
Awakening English Verbs Woke Awaken Woken Debate
The article discusses the usage of wake awake awaken and argues woken and awoken should be limited. It notes waked is past tense for wake and that awakened is common in figurative senses. Editors caution against overuse of woke in formal writing.
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Arlene Dutton
van Horne
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