Jailer Blome shuffled out as jail plan meets clash
Linn County Jail Administrator Dennis Blome is moved back to the sheriff's detective bureau after clashing with Sheriff Donald Sawyer over jail location and funding. Supporters praise his program innovations, inmate services, and morale improvements, urging retention until the new jail opens.
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Resignation over education panel stirs Iowa politics
Albert City Democrat Richard Groth quit the legislative interim committee on education over use of the forum to attack public education. He faulted Rep. Karen Mann for criticizing the Grant Wood Area Education Agency over a material she says ties Jesus to homosexuality, which the agency denies. House leaders offer dueling views on keeping both parties represented as the fight over the panel continues.
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Thatcher era compares with Reagan economic path in Britain
The piece reviews Thatcher's early right wing approach versus Reagan, noting Britain's looming 11 percent inflation and 12 percent unemployment by 1984, and details Roy Jenkins views on the Liberal SDP alliance as a potential alternative government. It covers policy ideas like expanding deficits, a new incomes policy, wage tax for raises, and boosting private investment.
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Letters Advocate Faith and Fear in Crime and War
A reader laments economic hardship and debt while condemning unions and high education costs. The piece argues for stronger crime deterrents, praises a gun training program for women, and coins religious reflections on capital punishment and war citing biblical verses to oppose killing and war.
Let Children Speak Up Parents Should Hear Kids Out
The writer urges parents to listen to their children and allow them to present ideas even if they might be wrong. They contrast protective parenting with open dialogue and warn that constant doom in the news harms public mood and daily life.
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Right Carl Kane on pronouns and plural pitfalls
A humorous critique of pronoun misuse in sports writing sermons and wedding notes. It highlights errors like using I with plural antecedents and mixing singular verbs with collective nouns. The piece also suggests correct forms such as Monmouth Scots or Egg Board members and notes common missteps.
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