Flag and Constitution Clash as Bush Calls for Amendment
Ellen Goodman argues that the flag stands for free speech even when used with contempt, while the Bush administration pushes to amend the Constitution. The piece notes Kennedy's view that the flag protects those who disdain it and warns that politicians may clash over symbols vs substance in the 1988 cycle.
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Oston
George Bush
Supreme Court
Gregory Lee Johnson
Anthony Kennedy
Lee Atwater
Capitol Hill
Susan Estrich
Harvard
Dukakis
Mike Dukakis
Congress
Bush
Estrich
Michael Dukakis
Gregory Johnson
Kennedy
Hitler’s yacht sunk again after reef refloat off Miami
remnants of Adolf Hitler’s yacht raised by air bags from a shallow reef were sunk at a deeper resting place off Miami Beach. The Os twind had been dumped in 25 feet of water during a Holocaust survivors ceremony marking the Voyage of the Damned. The yacht had threatened marine life and ships, and the Army Corps of Engineers ordered its removal.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Adolf Hitler
St. Louis
United States
Army Corps of Engineers
Iowa jobless rate hits 3.6 percent lowest since 1979
Iowa's May unemployment dropped to 3.6 percent the lowest since November 1979 as seasonal hiring in construction and retail expanded. Johnson County and Story County posted among the lowest rates, while total employed rose to about 1.47 million and unemployment to 58,000 in April.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Employment Services
DES
Johnson County
Story County
Sioux and O’brien
Pocahontas
Linn County
Tom Bullington
Job Service of
Iowa City
Freeman
Ambulance staff secret fund probe by Johnson County Board
Johnson County supervisors investigate a secret account used by the county ambulance service for more than five years. The fund, started in 1984 and closed, paid for lunches gifts uniforms training and part of a new ambulance using fees from CPR class participants. Director David Cole says he knew of the account but believed it belonged to paramedics. officials deem the handling illegal.
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Johnson V
County Bureau
Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Johnson County Ambulance Service
David Cole
Cole
Manchester Fire Kills Elderly Man in Oxygen Tank Blast
A 73 year old man Theo Bradley Jr died from smoke inhalation after a fire at his Manchester residence. Fire officials say an oxygen tank explosion during a kitchen fire caused heavy flames and hindered entry. The blaze began around 11 30 a m and was brought under control after two hours. Bradley lived alone, had stored 12 oxygen tanks, and was a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. The fire cause is under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
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Manchester
Theo Bradley Jr
Bradley
Steve McWilliams
McWilliams
Air Force
Delaware County
Larry Severidt
Cedar Rapids Gazette details and subscription rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists its address at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa and outlines subscription options including carrier and motor route weekly rates and mail plans for Morning Editions and Sunday editions with 12 issue and 52 week terms Also notes that mail subscriptions are not accepted in areas with Gazette carriers.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
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