Gazette Editorial Urges Protecting Iowa Juvenile Care Funding
Editorial condemns vetoes cutting 4.1 million for juvenile treatment and housing. It notes three-year no-increase in foster care and group home payments, cites AFDC funding cuts and lost federal matches, and urges higher priority in next year’s legislative package to aid low income children and foster families.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
Department of Human Services
AFDC
Branstad
Northrop MX missile guidance system under scrutiny
Critics blame American management for poor world competitiveness while praising Northrop Corp. for attempting to fix MX guidance problems. An insider says the system is reliable, exceeding Air Force standards by 34 percent, but investigators allege falsified tests, fictitious suppliers, and overbilling.
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Northrop Corp
House Armed Services Committee
Northrup
Washington D.C
Moscow
Ferguson
Air Force
U.S
Goetz case sparks national quarrel over justice and society
The Washington Post notes a wave of moral outrage after Bernhard Goetz was acquitted on all charges save illegal gun possession. It argues pundits overreacted, stressing that the verdict is a legal result, not a societal indictment, and cautions against universal condemning of New York or America.
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Washington
New York
Bernhard Goetz
Russell Baker
Richard Cohen
William Raspberry
Goetz
Murray Kempton
City of
Kempton
Kemptons
Spiro Agnew
America
Settlement in Empire S and L case and church opinions
A former Texas savings and loan executive agreed in court to pay a 100 million penalty to FSLIC after mismanaging Empire S and L. He must surrender about 3 million in assets and report all earnings for 10 years under forfeiture. The letter also discusses MorAmerica’s settlement with Peter Bezanson and the UMC connectional appointment policy.
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Gazette
Texas Savings and Loan
Empire S&l
FSLIC
Peter Bezanson
MorAmerica
Morris Plan
Bezanson
Sunnycrest
Right and Wrong Wordplay in Press Copy
A playful roundup notes editors and writers misusing words like pore versus pour and scrumptious versus scrumptuous. It cites Better Homes and Gardens editor and humor from Diana Nollen about homophone slips and other wording fumbles affecting headlines and readers.
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Diana Nollen
Better Homes and Gardens
Iowa
Amana
Outlooks From Eastern Iowa Thinkers
A column presenting periodic observations from thoughtful Eastern Iowans invited to share their views on any topic. The piece emphasizes individual perspective and community dialogue with a broad range of subjects likely to appear in future installments.
Marion poet David Hatt published in magazines
David Hatt of Marion, a lifelong resident, has had poetry published in magazines and is working on a verse volume.
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of Marion
Home as a distant, universal homeland
The speaker discusses a strong homesickness not for a tangible place but for a fate beyond Earth. He cites Hesse and Castaneda to illustrate a belief that our true home lies elsewhere, guiding dreams and a lifelong journey to return, arguing the emotion has validity and truth.
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Herman Hesse
Steppenwolf
Carlos Castaneda
Don Juan
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UMC
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