Trucking menace prompts calls for tighter crackdown
Gazette recounts harrowing trucker incidents cited in 1978 and 1981 reports. Iowa Motor Truck Association leaders urge better identification, wider complaint forms, and possible national license plate rules to curb independent operators and rule violators on highways.
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North Liberty
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Midwest
Linn Jail vote clears 60 percent in Linn County
Go for Linn Jail Heartfest commends the 13 000 plus voters who backed the new Linn County Jail last Tuesday. Had yes votes failed to meet 60 percent, authorities would have faced premature releases or transfers, with costs exceeding the 7.2 million bond. The Jail Advisory Committee chaired by Dan Rogers and Linn Board of Supervisors shaped a bare bones plan for housing inmates.
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Linn
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Nominating Elliott Abrams signals tougher US human rights stance
Reagan officials push a consistent human rights line with Elliott Abrams as assistant secretary of state for UN affairs. A classified Clark Kennedy memo argues human rights must guide policy, even if it strains allies, and contemplates repeal of Jackson-Vanik only within a negotiated framework.
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U.N. Matters
Commentary Magazine
Norman Podhoretz
Daniel Moynihan
State
Soviet Bloc
Jackson-Vanik
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Defense
Weinberger
al Haig
Wilbur Mills remembered as inflation originator
Inflation debate frames Mills as the man who pushed deficit spending and tax hikes, shaping the era’s economic mess. The piece contrasts Mills’s political drama with the broader moral critique, arguing his economic impact outruns his private scandals and linking inflation to wartime policy and budget deficits.
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Ways and Means
Lyndon
Congress
Wilbur Mills
Grassley criticized for blocking constituent information in ADC cutbacks
A reader challenges Senator Grassley over complaints about social workers giving constituents his contact details during Omnibus Reconciliation Act driven ADC and food stamp cuts. They argue he campaigned for the people, note Iowa offices and demand public access to his phone number to hear from those he represents.
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U.S
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Des Moines Register
Iowa
Department of Social Services
Sen. Grassley
Sen
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Sen. Culver
Grassley
The Strike Tale of Three Departments
A parable recalls three agencies Police Fire and School that strike for higher pay. When a fire hits the policeman’s home the fire department is on strike. At the fireman’s house the police cannot help. At the teacher’s house the schools refuse aid. A farmer’s barn burns and his cows die while others suffer as strikes persist. The tale warns that without cooperation no one will help.
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Fire Department
Eastern Iowans invited to share thoughts here
Periodic observations invite opinions from thoughtful Eastern Iowans. The column notes that views are personal and authored by Gordon Urquhart of Cedar Rapids who teaches economics at Kirkwood Community College. He is a Scotland native with experience in a major food corporation and in market research at Rockwell International.
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Gordon Urquhart
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Scotland
Rockwell International
Caring nurses praised at Crestview Acres in Marion
A commenter thanks Crestview Acres staff in Marion for their care of Mary Trimble and her family, noting kindness and sympathy during and after her Oct. 26 passing, and highlighting staff dedication despite being overworked and underpaid.
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Mary Trimble
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The Gazette invites reader comments on issues and events with a 400 word limit. Submissions must include the writer name street address and signature, and a telephone number for authentication. Anonymity is not allowed. Only letters addressing topics not personalities. One letter per writer every 30 days. No verse.
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