Newspaper leadership team named with key editors
Joe Hladley is President and Publisher, Ken Slaughter Vice President and Treasurer, Dale Larson Vice President and General Manager, Jerry Elsen Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman Mark Bowden Managing Editor.
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Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Editorial: Time to govern as Iowa moves to split leadership
The Iowa politically balanced path after Tom Vilsack's victory is urged to govern with a bipartisan approach. Ron Corbett notes the need for cooperation with the new governor, stressing that split government can benefit citizens and requires Republicans to extend a hand to Vilsack for shared governance across the House and Senate.
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Tom Vilsack
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Terry Branstad
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Ron Corbett
Lott’s 385 Million Chicken to Russia Pork-Barrel Plan
The article recounts Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott’s proposal to fund 385 million export credits to Russia to buy Mississippi and Arkansas chicken. The plan, hidden in an omnibus bill, would have left the U S to cover defaults. It failed the “chuckle test” and did not pass.
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Trent Lott
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CQ Weekly
Sen. Lott
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Pleasantville critique and boomer nostalgia clash
Review argues Pleasantville uses a harsh portrayal of 1950s suburbia to judge past culture and modern Boomer critics. It links the film to broader debates about memory, perfectionism, and social change, noting aging elites' influence.
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Mount Sinai Medical Center
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Labor and United Way support in Iowa communities
Bob Novak president Hawkeye Labor Council AFL-CIO highlights union involvement with United Way East Central Iowa. He notes war relief roots, the 89 cent return rule from allocations, and the one third of Cedar Rapids employee giving coming from union workplaces. Labor cares, labor shares.
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Cedar Rapids
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United Way
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Russia Berates IMF While Pursuing Self Made Economic Path
Alexei Bayer argues Russia treats itself as a special case refusing orthodox IMF guidance. The piece critiques printing money to fund subsidies, debt renegotiation, and state-led revival, noting prior missteps under communism and 1990s market excess. It contrasts Russia with Brazil and Argentina and warns of inflated inflation and poor tax collection.
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York
International Monetary Fund
Brazil
Argentina
Russia
Yevgeny Primakov
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