Decision time debated as Iowa House weighs gaming bills
The Iowa House faces a pivotal vote on changes to betting and loss limits at riverboat and Native American casinos, a shortened Prairie Meadows season, and slot machines at other tracks. The editorial urges support for limited gambling expansion to protect thousands of local jobs while noting moral objections from Speaker Harold Van Maanen.
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Hether
Iowa
Iowa House of Representatives
Altoona
Prairie Meadows
House
Harold van Maanen
R-Pella
Mississippi
Nessie Hoax Exposed by Telegraph After 60 Years
The 1934 Loch Ness monster photo is revealed as a staged hoax using a toy submarine. A confessed participant died last November. the Daily Mail hired a filmmaker and hunter to stage the image. The expose underscores enduring doubts about sightings.
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Scotland
Loch Ness
London
Sunday Telegraph
Daily Mail
Elvis
Michigan
Love and hate in the concept of my people and others
The piece argues that love for one’s own people can slide into contempt for others, linking Farrakhan and Goldstein to ethnic cleansing and xenophobia while contrasting with Elie Wiesel and Jesse Jackson. It warns against zero sum pride and urges openness to other cultures to resolve conflicts.
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Hebron
Louis Farrakhan
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Muhammad
Trenton State College
Baruch Goldstein
Brooklyn
Israel
Dr. Goldstein
Rev
Farrakhan
Geraldo
Sally
America
Nation of Islam
Europe
France
Poland
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Slovenia
Elie Wiesel
Wiesel
Jesse Jackson
Tama
Iowa
Protest timing at Metro High School draws criticism
Letter writer condemns March 11 protest by Rev Larry Johnson and others at Metro High School. He argues the timing was inappropriate during a day Cedar Rapids students and staff celebrated achievements and praises restraint, urging education focus and dignified conduct.
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Larry Johnson
Metro High School
Janet Reno
Drake University
Metro
Cedar Rapids
Carol A. Guerrero
Eastern Iowa urges honors for Eugene Ely naval aviation pioneer
Gary Louis of Iowa City calls for a regional display and public recognition of Eugene Ely, the Williamsburg native who pioneered shipboard aircraft landings. He cites support from Gov. Brandstad and seeks federal and state funding, signs, and a permanent exhibit in Johnson County.
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Williamsburg
Naval Aviation
Navy
Eugene Ely
Naval Historical Center
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Hoover
Iowa-Johnson County
Rep. Nussle
Sen. Harkin
Pass the Hash and other musings in a 1960s Gazette style
Retired editor Gus Schrader inspires a column with a quip about politics and ethics. Read reflections on word usage ethics and ethnicity, book notes on Edmund Skellings poems, Rumpole recommendations for couples, and a bath time propriety debate featuring Inspector Maigret.
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Gazette
Gus Schrader
Clinton
Gus
Alan DuVal
Mount Vernon
Alan
L.L. Brown
Edmund Skellings
Cornell College
Hilltop Press
Jack Stuhr
John Mortimer
Law and Order
England
Inspector
Madame Maigret
Supervisors earn praise for disability support in Linn County
The Linn County Board of Supervisors led by Jean Oxley Rita Huber and James Houser receives commendation for maintaining funding for disability services amid state tax limits. They back the Home and Community Based Services program expanding housing choices and urge state participation in mental health and developmental disability funding. C Richard Beavers Linnhaven Inc executive director.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Jean Oxley
Rita Huber
James Houser
Iowa
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JF. Hladky Jr
Board of
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Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jeyee
Mark Bowden
Jozef Figa
the Gazette
Terry Branstad
Gary Louis
Iowa City
Carl Kane
C. Richard Beavers
Linnhaven Inc
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