Public libraries face funding squeeze in Iowa budget
Iowa lawmakers cut public library support as education budgets shrink affecting 2.9 million residents. Inflation has eroded library buying power since 1973 79 era, with non print costs rising. Regents funding remains small per student while local libraries struggle to provide access to information amid rising costs and policy shifts.
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Iowa Daily Press Association
Joan Brauer
Library Commission of Iowa
Iowa
Regents
Joe Brown
Montezuma
Brown
Iowa Senate dithers over funding abortions and Hyde amendment
The Iowa Senate first restricted indigent care fund payments for abortions to save the mother's life then reversed, allowing Hyde amendment language to cover all three cases. The move discriminates against poor women and may worsen economic inequity and sex bias as the House considers related termination clinic bills and social services provisions.
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University of Iowa
Department of Social Services
Commission On the Status of Women
Administration softening arms limitation stance?
New York Times reports talks to limit European nuclear missiles may be used to restrain Soviet power. The piece notes Reagan era skepticism toward negotiations, cites Haig linkage, NATO debates, and suggests restraint on Soviet power could aid U.S. security alongside force buildup.
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New York
The
New York Times
Europe
U.S
Reagan
Leonid Brezhnev
Haig
Rome
NATO
Moscow
Brezhnev
Dissident may teach general a lesson in moral courage
In Washington General Ivan Yershov, chief of Soviet Civil Defense, helped his son in law Victor Lazansky after Lazansky lost his Moscow teaching job for citing Sakharov in class. Lazansky, now head of the Sakharov International Committee, faces a test as Yershov weighs pressure to secure visas for family in exchange for text changes.
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Washington
Ivan Yershov
Tatiana
Victor Lazansky
Moscow
Andrei Sakharov
Lazansky
KGB
Sakharov
U.S
Tania
University of Rochester
Gen. Yershhov
Rochester
Sakharov International Committee
Soviet Union
Yershov
Kremlin
Des Moines
Abortion funding debate and community praise letter
Letters discuss abortion as a moral issue and criticize funding cuts to the University of Iowa clinic, arguing rich versus poor access to moral decisions. Others praise the David Toma program, thank sponsors and volunteers, and note improved drug and alcohol abuse efforts and positive community impact.
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Washington, D.C
University of Iowa Clinic
David Toma
Carole Harder
Grant Wood
Mike Gebauer
Five Seasons
Pleasant chaperoning for Harding Junior High trip to Chicago
Five busloads of ninth graders from Harding Junior High traveled to Chicago with chaperones. Students paid their way and the group was away from 4 a.m. Friday until 11 p.m. Saturday. The note praises student behavior and maturity and thanks Ann Beyer teachers and Charter Coaches for organizing the trip.
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Harding
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Ann Beyer
Obituary Notice for Carmel "Nicky" Walker Prints April 15
The family thanks the obituary column for printing Carmel Walker known as Nicky with a photo on April 15. Readers recall her untimely death and her artwork she created, expressing appreciation for newspaper care and visibility.
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Carmel Walker
Nicky
Correction in Outlooks article clarifies two sentences
A May 5 Outlooks column contains a typesetting error that merged two sentences. The intended text includes a reflection on God and creation and a reminder that the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
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Roy Tindal
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