Iowa trade mission confronts moral clash with Latin regimes
The Gazette editorial questions Gov. Ray and Iowa officials linking Southern American trade outreach to governments in Chile and Argentina. It recalls Argentina and Chile human rights abuses, including disappearances and repression, urging caution over welcoming these regimes for business with Iowa.
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Robert Ray
Iowa
Peru
Argentina
South America
Ray
Chile
Mexico
Iowa Development Commission
League For the Rights of Man
Permanent Assembly For Human Rights
Organization of American States
Jorge Videla
Bijou censorship clash tests free thought at Iowa
University of Iowa Bijou cinema faced protests over four films deemed demeaning to minorities and women. Sociology student Michael Altimore, a film board reviewer, endorsed the films in a letter to the Daily Iowan, then faced dismissal amid campus turmoil and anonymous accusations, highlighting defense of individual thought over group pressure.
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University of Iowa
Michael Altimore
Bijou Film Board
Women’s Resource and Action Center
Altimore
Film
Daily
Lowan
Bijou
Film Board
Mexico a sleeping giant waking up to a restless surge
A Washington Post editorial portrays Mexico City as a burgeoning mega city with 14 to 30 million people by century’s end, a booming economy, and rising social tensions. It notes mass migration to urban areas, high underemployment, inflation, and growing crime while acknowledging political stability under President José Lopez Portillo and suggesting improved ties with the United States through a North American Accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
New York Times
Mexico
Diego Rivera
Pablo
Burro
Saudi Arabia
José Lopez Portillo
JLP
HST
JFK
LBJ
Lopez Portillo
Fidel Castro
United States
Tribute to Jack Tessin and labor unity remembered
A letter recalls Jack Tessin who died March 14 1980 at 34, praising his union leadership with HSC AFL CIO and the United Labor Alliance. The note also invites WWII destroyer USS Harding crew to a reunion planned for Sept 18 20 and endorses labor solidarity and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Tessin
Jack
Hsc-Aflcio
Afl-Cio
UAW
Teamsters
United Labor Alliance
Labor Movement
Harding
Signals Nation Becomes Cold War Postcard Satire
A satirical look at diplomacy shifting from letters to signals under the Reagan era. It mocks how the US uses El Salvador as a symbolic message to Moscow, arguing that reliance on signals reveals sloppy thinking and belligerent posture.
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New York
Country X
Signal Corps
Reagan
el Salvador
Moscow
Carter
Haig
Wilshire Boulevard
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