Gephardt’s Iowa County Tour Sets Stage For 88s Campaign
The passage praises Dick Gephardt for visiting all 99 Iowa counties as a cornerstone of grassroots campaigning. It notes parallels with Carter in 1975 76 and cites other Democrats Dukakis Jackson Gore Simon Babbitt and Republicans Grassley and Harkin as examples of county to county campaigning shaping caucus outcomes and Senate races.
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Dukakis
Jackson
Gore
Simon
Babbitt
Jimmy Carter
Iowa
Carter
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Arizona
Morris Udall
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Washington
Henry Jackson
East
Midwest
Senate
Dick Clark
Towa
U.S
Jack Miller
Tom Harkin
William Scherle
Congress
Roger Jepsen
Chuck Grassley
Cedar Rapids maintains council stability after election
Cedar Rapids voters kept a steady government pattern with Mayor Canney’s win and three incumbents returning. Policeman Robert Jaeger will serve as commissioner of public safety after a narrow 251 vote margin in a 24 169 ballot. The transition should be smooth as council teamwork and department heads maintain ongoing policy.
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Canney
Joe Rinas
Cedar Rapids
Robert Jaeger
Floyd Bergen
Council
Jaeger
Ginsburg Nomination Sparks Senate Backlash And Debate
The White House announced Douglas Ginsburg's nomination to the Supreme Court at 2 pm. Critics, led by Sen. Edward Kennedy, decry the choice as an ideological clone of Judge Bork and call for thorough Senate scrutiny of his record and judicial philosophy. The piece notes Ginsburg's age of 41, Harvard and Chicago ties, prior DOJ service, a year on the D C Circuit, and questions about his federal bench experience.
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Washington
White House
Douglas Ginsburg
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Robert Bork
Supreme Court
Ed Meese
Ginsburg
Mr. Kennedy
American Bar Association
Congress
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Delaware
The
Washington Post
Post
ABA
Remai
Cornell
University of Chicago
Harvard
Department of Justice
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Joseph Story
John Marshall
John Marshall Harlan
William O. Douglas
Byron White
Antonin Scalia
Sandra Day O'Connor
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Charles Evans Hughes
William Howard Taft
Harlan Stone
Benjamin Cardozo
Hugo Black
Felix Frankfurter
William C. Douglas
Robert Jackson
Fred Vinson
Earl Warren
Arthur Goldberg
Abe Fortas
Lewis Powell
William Rehnquist
D.C
Letters to the Gazette on mental illness and banking concerns
A reader laments justice for a mentally ill sister convicted of second degree murder and calls for better care outside prison. Other letters warn about Morris Plan MorAmerica bankruptcies and banker protections, followed by neighborhood safety notes and praise for Cedar Rapids officials.
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Uss.a
U.S.A
Coggan
Iowa Electric woes and rising costs anger fixed income reader
A Gazette reader complains about Iowa Electric's rising net income and proposed charges to customers for dues to the Edison Electric Institute. The writer says fixed incomes suffer while stockholders profit and laments government wage trends and Gramm Rudman effects.
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Iowa Electric
Gazette
Edison Electric
Discovery concert delights community groups in turnout
Marion J. Patterson notes a wonderful Discovery concert with broad community group involvement. The narrative was simple and engaging, and she looks forward to the Valentine’s Day concert at 1811 30th St. SE.
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Marion J. Patterson
30Th St. SE
Right carL Kane Manikin Language Edits in Gazette
A newsroom anecdote reflects on word choices in a Gazette piece. The author discusses manikin versus mannequin and milquetoast versus milquetoastian, noting editors' impact on precision and style.
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Carl Kane
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