Iowa license plates debate moves to uniform design
The Iowa House Transportation Committee approves a plan for a uniform rent-a-space plate to begin in 1997, allowing decals for causes while preserving vanity plates. Police groups favor simplification. REAP would be an exception. A universal plate could aid police and travelers and end the leather pad era.
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Floyd Clymer
Iowa
House Transportation Committee
Department of Transportation
Ex presidents face office rent and expense cuts debate
Carter’s Atlanta suburb office costs 86496 a year while Reagan’s downtown LA space runs 366466. Lifelong allowances for ex presidents were limited to five years, costing over 2 million annually. Clinton era budget for ex presidents sits at 2.74 million for 1995 with Nixon Ford Carter Reagan Bush and Lady Bird Johnson listed.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
Atlanta
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Clinton
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Reagan
George Bush
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Washington High students push bottle bill extension
Gary Goldstein's Spring 1993 government class at Washington High School Cedar Rapids assisted by Rep. Mary Lundby and David Osterberg lobbied for House File 572 to extend the 5 cent bottle deposit to all non carbonated drink containers. The measure passed committee 16 5 and returns to debate.
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Ilona
House of Representatives
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Gary Goldstein
Mary Lundby
David Osterberg
House
Linn County Budget Hearing Sparks Resident Call for Change
A Linn County resident reports attending the February 28 budget hearing urging against a 9 percent supervisor salary increase and questioning full-time status. The writer invites more residents to attend, notes concerns over tax dollars and a forthcoming 9 a.m. Monday budget hearing, and states the 1995 budget is 55 million dollars and raises taxes.
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Linn County
Ence
Board of Supervisors
First St
Reader argues against 1000-foot gun-free zones near schools
A concerned reader challenges a Jan 28 article on Bonnie Campbell's Kennedy High visit, arguing the 1000-foot gun-free zone is impractical. He cites nearby homes with weapons, discusses ball bats as non dangerous, and invokes NRA phrasing and wartime gun confiscations to claim broader gun rights.
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Bonnie Campbell
Kennedy High School
Combating theft in nursing facilities gains support
June Wilson of Cedar Rapids urges action on HF 2173 to penalize theft in nursing homes. She cites unreported losses like razors robes jewelry and money and calls for residents rights protections and legislative pressure on Rep. Rich Running and Sens. Elaine Szymoniak and Patty Judge.
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Rich Running
Elaine Szymoniak
Patty Judge
Two linguistic goofs and a yurt heating slip
Lenora Simanek points out a typo about yurts heated by wood stoves and wonders how they warm after fires. A columnist mislabels birds as mammals and a reader jokes about reptiles. An editor misuses demeanor and hints at a private clique, yielding an embarrassing day.
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Lenora Simanek
Walker
Lenora
Marianne Bern
Arlene Dutton
van Horne
Benton County
Cedar Rapids Ice Arena Plan Gains Grassroots Support
Ron Rasmussen announces Cedar Rapids residents support a year round indoor ice facility. At the Home Show Edison Surgical Supply showcased accessibility equipment with Bill Jackson coordinating. Volunteers gathered hundreds of surveys showing strong local interest. private funding only, no tax dollars.
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Mike Kilen
Edison Surgical Supply
Bill Jackson
Jackson Expo
Cedar Rapids
Hebron massacre commentary sparks debate over blame and peace
The piece argues that Palestinian leadership, led by Yasser Arafat, uses the Hebron killings to pressure Israel, while noting Clinton’s condemnation and urging restraint. It contrasts the act of Baruch Goldstein with broader Middle East tensions and recalls other attacks harming Israelis.
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Yasser Arafat
Hebron
Baruch Goldstein
Clinton
Arafat
Goldstein
Tunis
Israel
Jericho
Michael Lerner
Tikkun
Hillary Rodham Clinton
New York Times
Lerner
Washington
United States
America
Middle East
Temple Mount
Jerusalem
Ariel
West Bank
Kiryat Arba
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Tel Aviv
Lod
Lebanon
Kiryat Shmona
Maalot
Gaza Strip
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Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
the Gazette
Des Moines
David Hogan
Jeff Elgin
Mid-Continent Bottlers Inc
James Houser
Victoria Syverson
NRA
Germany
Adolf Hitler
June Wilson
Carleane
Club
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Ron Rasmussen
Cedar Rapids Ice Arena Committee
Cal
Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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