Interstate Decay Calls for Full Interstate Maintenance Funding
The Gazette argues for sustained federal funding to repair deteriorating interstates, noting 9 percent require immediate replacement and up to 83 percent in rural areas and 89 percent in urban areas will need work by 1995. It criticizes deferred maintenance and urges continued central funding as the nation shifts from building new roads to maintaining existing ones.
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Federal Highway Administration
Congress
Reagan
97Th Congress
Iowas lawmakers rail at training film used in sex education
In a sharp critique of a Iowa State University sex education training film titled A Quickie lawmakers Rep James Clements and Rep Karen Mann condemned the item as pornographic. The piece used federal funds and drew strong objections from legislators who fear moral degradation and public expense. The article argues the moralists misjudge the context and warns that such debates invite political backlash.
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James Clements
Davenport
Karen Mann
Scranton
Iowa State University
From Mass View, IRA praise is a dangerous romantic myth
The author denounces the Provisional IRA and its romanticized image in Massachusetts, arguing their violence and Marxist platform threaten peace in Northern Ireland. He warns that British withdrawal without an all-Ireland framework risks civil war, urges British and Irish leaders to pursue a united, federal solution while reassuring Protestant identity and loyalty to Britain. He cites a 1977 Boston Globe item about an IRA gun attack to illustrate the brutality.
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Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Bobby Sands
IRA
Massachusetts
Sands
Warner Brothers
Provisionals
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Dublin
Ulster
Ireland
Britain
Ian Paisley
Belfast
Londonderry
Cyprus
America
Margaret Thatcher
Charles Haughey
Republic
Boston Globe
Letters To The Gazette On Cedar Rapids Drum Corps Interest
A reader recalls Cedar Rapids drum and bugle corps history, urges community involvement to boost the Emerald Knights lineage, and thanks local veterans. The letter discusses Armed Forces Month proclaimed by Gov. Ray and honors the National Guard, stressing duty, disaster response, and civic gratitude. A second theme warns tenants about security deposits, rent contracts, and legal protections during tenant turnover and building sales.
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The
Gazette
Emerald Knights
Scarlet Angels
Cedar Rapids
Grenadiers
Community Thank You For Support After Accident
Convalescent Chandra Baack thanks all who expressed concern love prayers and cards after being hit by a car on Monday May 4. She is recovering at home and praises St Luke’s Hospital staff especially IC unit. Special greeting to Katie, a new friend.
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Chandra Baack
Chandra
St. Luke's Hospital
Katie
Back door to hurry gas decontrol in 1978 law
Washington reports on the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 detailing how complex price classifications and a FERC loophole for high cost gas could accelerate decontrol. It warns that accelerated decontrol would boost bills by hundreds of billions, benefiting major producers like Exxon and Texaco while consumers pay higher prices.
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Washington
Congress
Canada
Mexico
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
Energy Action
Exxon
Texaco
Standard of Indiana
Mobil
Gulf and Shell
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ISA
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Anthony Lewis
London
North
Margaret Anne Hearst
Ulster Defense Regiment (Auxiliary Police
Ani
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Honor the
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