Editorial leadership team named for newsroom restructure
Joe Hindley serves as President and Publisher while Ken Slaughter becomes Vice President and Treasurer. Dale Larson is Vice President and General Manager, with Jerry Elsen as Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman Mark Bowden as Managing Editor.
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Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Vilsack elected Iowa governor amid calls for education focus
The Gazette lauds Tom Vilsack of Mount Pleasant as wise and voters as smart for electing him governor. It notes his education priority amid looming job market changes and predicts a potentially productive split Legislature while warning of Southeast Asia crisis and farm demand drops.
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OWA
Tom Vilsack
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
Terry Branstad
Jim Ross Lightfoot
Shenandoah
May
Midterm Night Reflects Local Factors For Incumbents
The election produced Democrats holding their Senate and gaining at least five House seats with Oregon too close to call. Republicans Ghurch leaders faced a confounding result. most voters said they disapproved of Clinton’s misconduct but approved of his overall job. Incumbents nationwide benefited, including in Iowa where five House seats and Sen Grassley won.
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Clinton
Oregon
White House
House
Newt Gingrich
Senate
Trent Lott
Monica Lewinsky
Bill Clinton
Associated Press
Iowa
Jim Leach
Jim Nussle
Leonard Boswell
Greg Ganske
Tom Latham
Charles Grassley
Boswell
Newt
Henry Hyde
Gingrich
Hyde
Congress
Lewinsky
Clintons
Chuck Schumer
New York
al Gore
Jesse Jackson
John Glenn
Space
Jon Fox
Joe Hoeffel
Philadelphia
Monica
Marlin Fitzwater
Tony Blankley
ABC
Air Force One
Prez
Impeachment Train Loses Steam After Gingrich Ads Backfire
Campaign night portrays Newt Gingrich as overreaching with 160 million dollars in anti Clinton ads that backfired as Democrats held ground in the House and key Senate races. Clinton allies celebrated Schumer Boxer's survival while the impeachment push fumbled under rising public caution about Congress.
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Ashington
Monica
Bill Clinton
Congress
Clinton
Senate
Newt Gingrich
Newt
Gingrich
Sen
al D'Amato
Hillary Clinton
Schumer
D'Amato
Clintons
Barbara Boxer
California
Hillary
Boxer
Wealth buys access in politics and silences the poor
Fredrick L. McKissack Jr argues that campaign finance favors the rich and marginalizes minorities and the working class. Feingold’s narrow victory highlights how money shapes who can run and be heard, with pay-to-play costs influencing voter information and candidate prominence.
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Fredrick L. McKissack Jr
Sen
Russell Feingold
D-Wis
Feingold
Mark
Ellen Miller
Washington Post
Los Angeles County
Vernon Jordan
Jordan
Chicago
Progressive Media Project
Madison
Wis
Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
Breastfeeding Advocates Urge Support Over TV Dramas
Dr Sharon A Collins of Cedar Rapids cautions viewers that TV drama is not reality and stresses that breastfeeding remains superior to formula. She cites infant health guidance, calls for timely support from lactation consultants and families, and urges seeking medical advice when concerns arise.
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Sharon A. Collins
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
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North Carolina
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South Carolina
Bob Inglis
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Philadelphia Daily News
Chicago Hope
American Academy of Pediatrics
Sharon Collins, M.D