The Hitler lesson and modern history lessons urged
The Gazette editorial urges media and schools to mark Hitler’s birth centenary and teach history to prevent repeat horrors. It argues learning from 1930s events, noting dangers of underestimating belligerents and nuclear threats, and recalls past anniversaries to stress vigilance.
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Franklin Roosevelt
George Washington
Virginia Woolf
Sam Rayburn
Daniel Webster
U.S. Senate
Arkansas
Hattie W. Caraway
Adolf Hitler
Linn County Considers Rural Address System Plan
The Linn County Building and Zoning Department proposes a numbering system adding names and numbers to rural roads to give specific addresses. Supervisors face postponement due to unclear costs and initial confusion. street signs could cost hundreds at about 100 dollars each, so a formal cost assessment is urged before action.
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Linn County
County Building and Zoning Department
Questions arise over Iowa DSS reorganizing plans
Vanessa Shelton questions the Department of Social Services reorganization in Iowa alleging budget cuts and reduced funding. She argues disabled people risk institutions, cites costs of care versus social worker salaries, and accuses the DSS of deception while harming workers and clients.
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Vanessa Shelton
Department of Social Services
DSS
Community voices extend school day plan at Polk Elementary
Working parents push back on a proposed extend ed day program for Cedar Rapids schools. Dr. Schultz submitted the plan to the Board, suggesting 7 am start, $1 per hour, and supervised activities aimed at before and after care while noting desegregation angles and space concerns.
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Polk Elementary
West-Side
Richard Schulz
Cedar Rapids
Polk
Schultz
Quotable memoirs of Al Jarreau questioned in The Gazette
A reader questions quoting Joe Abodeely on Al Jarreau in The Gazette. The letter hints at another Abodeely connection in a different article where a person with the same name faces pimping and prostitution charges.
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al Jarreau
Joe Abodeely
the Gazette
Debating reform and race in Atlanta murder coverage
The essay critiques liberal responses to Atlanta killings and crime policy. It argues leftist labels obscured the killer’s identity and links budget cuts to rising violence. The piece contrasts sensational crime cinema with social program failures, invoking Death Wish II to mock liberal reform.
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Atlanta
Wayne Williams
Charles Bronson
Bronson
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