Pro Birth Coalition Faces Setback Over Hatch Amendment
The Senate Judiciary Committee backed the anti abortion constitutional amendment 10 to 7, triggering praise from pro birth voices and warnings from Christian Action Council that the Hatch proposal could defeat the pro life cause. Pro choice advocates emphasize the public support for abortion rights, with polls showing a strong majority oppose banning abortions. If either house pushes rights-destroying amendments, lawmakers risk public backlash.
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Iowa considers gasohol compromise to save roads and promote ethanol
Senate Transportation Committee Chair Richard Drake proposes removing the 7-cent gasohol tax exemption next July while mandating an ethanol content in all gasoline. The plan aims to prevent highway funding losses, support ethanol demand, and allow gradual growth to 5 percent by 1986, with another option letting distributors set the purchase amounts.
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Voting Rights Act extension faces Senate vote this week
Readers urged Sen Grassley to support a voting rights extension with no weakening changes. The letter notes 24 states under federal oversight and the act's 1982 expiration unless Congress acts. It references three proposed changes and stresses voting as a democracy cornerstone and the act’s historic impact.
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Opposition Letter Questions Junior High Closure
A taxpayer questions the plan to close Wilson Junior High in 1984 citing declining enrollment, a 480 student projection, and only minor budget savings. The writer argues taxes fund administration and asks if every option has been explored before sacrificing 20 students.
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Civil War in El Salvador Threatens U.S. Interests
A columnist argues the El Salvador civil war poses the greatest current U.S. foreign threat. The piece links Central American instability to Nicaragua and Guatemala, notes the fragile state of Salvadoran politics, impaired economy, and the impact on youth and infrastructure.
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Safire urges oil import fee to halve deficits
William Safire proposes using Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to impose a $10 per barrel import fee on oil and a windfall profits tax to cut the deficit in half. He argues the move would lower interest rates, spur conservation, and shift revenue to the U.S. Treasury, while maintaining友 friendly ties with Saudi Arabia through exemptions for neighbors.
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Thoughtful Cedar Rapids professor reflects on distant places
T B Irving a retired university professor from Cedar Rapids shares periodic observations. He has taught in California Canada Colombia New York Guatemala Minnesota Illinois and Tennessee and chairs the executive council of the American Islamic College in Chicago.
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