Fox proposes cutting grain inspection budget risking U S export image
The piece warns that $24 million in agriculture spending cuts could shift grain inspection to private hands. It recalls 1975 scandals with 111 indictments and 16 grain company cases, GAO findings on foreign buyers, and the need to inspect grain at inland terminals and export elevators to protect U S reputation and sales.
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Agriculture Department
Administration
U.S
Congress
General Accounting Office
GAO
Bill would force non testimonial police information in investigations
The Iowa Senate committee cleared a bill to compel appearance before police for non testimonial information such as hair, blood, or urine samples. Critics warn the mandate violates civil rights and could be unconstitutional, likening it to forced self incrimination and unlawful seizures.
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Iowa
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Lowans
Wounded lion Haig not shutting up
Washington debates over Al Haig's role and temperament as secretary of state after Haig publicly clashed with President Reagan. Analysts say Haig seeks primacy, media attention, and leverage within the administration, painting him as a wounded lion while others worry over his stability and strategic judgment.
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Haig
Washington
Heaven
God
Gabriel
Michael
Sigmund Freud
Freud
al Haig
Douglas MacArthur
Reagan
Secretary of State
Situation Room
Bush
Icarus
White House
Carol Burnett
Acheson
Dulles
Kissinger
Nixon
Ford
New York
de Gaulle
Congress
Iowa Juvenile Home Toledo critique letters urge careful policy
A reader urges the Iowa Legislature to study costs and outcomes before closing the Toledo juvenile facility. Data show Toledo’s per child cost with services at 43 dollars daily, with many residents having failed community placements and serious delinquent histories. Critics challenge a Bruner quote about warehousing, citing the home’s intensive education and individualized treatment with low counselor caseloads and comprehensive evaluation.
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Iowa
Toledo
Charles Bruner
Marshalltown Times Republican
James L. Hoel
Iowa Juvenile Home
Residents Seek Evening Gazette Keep Its Publication Time
In a letter to editors residents urge The Gazette remain an evening paper. They note they already receive Des Moines Register and prefer reading news after school and work with night coverage. They oppose a shift to morning publication.
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Gazette
The
Des Moines Register
Register
Odd Household Stashing Of Tape And Photo Gear
A narrator details how family items and photo equipment hide in unlikely spots from kitchen shelves to breakfast room drawers. Scotch tape, wrapping materials, and gift wrap share spaces with pots and a meat grinder while reels of 8mm film and cameras lie in breakfast room drawers and hall closet projectors. The piece playfully asks readers about their own organization systems.
Eastern Iowans invited to share opinions on various topics
Frances Heaton of Cedar Rapids with a 12 year Cedar Rapids school background plus 14 years elsewhere joins as substitute teacher. She previously chaired the Junior classical League as part of her long education career.
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Frances Heaton
Cedar Rapids
Junior Classical League
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