Iowa redistricting plan tests partisanship and idealism
The Gazette notes that the bipartisan Legislative Service Bureau draft largely follows one person one vote principles yet splits along party lines. Republicans and Democrats diverge over compactness and county township boundaries while Mary Grefe votes no citing noncompact districts. The piece lauds the LSB standard adherence and predicts heated debate as the plan heads to the guillotine in the Statehouse next week.
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Will Rogers
Iowa
LSB
Mary Grefe
Jim Leach
Tom Tauke
Linn County
Leach
Scott County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Legislative Service Bureau
Tom Harkin
Neal Smith
Demos
End of perks fuels Williams protection fund action
Harrison Williams becomes the first U S senator convicted in the FBI probe and benefits from a Senate defense fund allowing outside legal aid with contributions exceeding 85000 dollars. Critics note House members can tap campaign funds for legal fees with no similar restrictions, unlike senators.
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Harrison Williams
New Jersey
U.S
FBI
Senate
Williams
House
House Select Committee On Ethics
Congress
California
Charles H. Wilson
Michigan
Charles C. Diggs Jr
O'Neill in Fog as Reagan Budget Moves Forward
Washington analysis shows House Speaker Tip O'Neill weakened as Reagan pushes a three year across the board tax cut and budget reductions. Democrats resist, with O'Neill criticized for not offering a counterproposal while GOP support grows for the president's plan.
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Washington
Reagan
Tip O’neill
Massachusetts
O’neill
House
James R. Jones
Oklahoma
House Budget Committee
Jones
White House
South Pacific
Congress
Holocaust echoes drive liberal duty in face of Soviet anti Semitism
A Washington op ed notes the Soviet regime uses police and KGB to block Holocaust memorials near Moscow. The piece reviews Walter Laqueur’s The Terrible Secret and argues the world knew of Nazi atrocities early, yet failed to act, highlighting why commemorations press liberal societies to confront hard truths about global danger.
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Washington
KGB
Moscow
Walter Laqueur
Laqueur
East
Women’s Day plea for peace and a hopeful future
In a Sunday letter the author urges mothers and all Americans to push for nuclear arms talks with the U S S R and a bilateral freeze, praising peaceful change and urging support for candidates who back diplomacy. The piece critiques a looming arms race and previews a May 10 national gathering by The Women’s Party for Survival.
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U.S.S.R
Pentagon
Women’s Party For Survival
Beacon St
Watertown
Mass
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