Great American Smokeout urged as day to quit smoking
The American Cancer Society promotes the annual Great American Smokeout encouraging smokers to abstain for one day. Tips include hiding cigarettes, drinking non caffeinated liquids, enlisting support, buddy systems, exercise, and substituting snacks. Encourage non smoking around quitters and offer help contact Linn Unit at 365 5241 for resources.
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American Cancer Society
Tobacco
Iowa
Mary Ann McComas
American Cancer Society, Linn Unit
American Cancer Society Limn
Plows Won’t Be Pulled From Rural Iowa Highways
IDOT Director Darrell Rensink reassures rural Iowans that plows will stay out day and night during severe weather. The agency stresses driver safety on all Iowa highways and values transportation workers who face a tough season ahead.
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Iowara Department of Transportation
Iowa
IDOT
Darrell Rensink
Showdown at the Ego Corral in the Imperial City
A 1996 budget showdown near midnight left the Imperial City anxious as Clinton and Gingrich failed to strike a deal. The piece frames the shutdown as largely ceremonial, noting planes fly, mail goes out, and 800,000 nonessential workers sleep through the faux crisis.
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Comsieavin
Imperial City
Bill Clinton
Bob Dole
Newt Gingrich
U.S
Smithsonian Museums
Capitol
Dole
White House
Clinton
Prez
Bob
Newt
Cole
Gingrich
Ego Corral
Doomsville
Pennsylvania Avenue
FBI
Amtrak
Dick Morris
Churchill
Bill
Senate
Washington
Wall Street Journal
Gingrich and Co
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Ross Perot
Medicaid Reform Debate From Moorman Guest Column
The piece challenges Robert C. Moorman’s view that bureaucrats and Democrats drive health costs. It argues aging population, chronic disease, poverty, lack of preventive care, and profit motives in private health sectors shape Medicare and Medicaid costs.
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Robert C. Moorman
Moorman
Guest column on rising costs and health care policy
The piece argues that ever larger service contracts funded by Medicare and Medicaid push bureaucracy and profits for care managers. It questions incentives to prioritize useful care and criticizes oversimplified partisan blame while praising nuanced views on health policy.
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Moorman
Iowa
Goals 2000 fails to lift U S schools says Joan Beck
Joan Beck argues Goals 2000 was a political gimmick not a fix for U S education. The National Education Goals Panel reports mixed gains but key targets such as 12th grade reading and graduation progress lag, while debates over standards and teaching methods hinder real improvement.
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Joan Becks
Bush
Congress
National Education Goals Panel
U.S
Bill Clinton
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J.P. Hladky Jr
Joe Hladky III
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Mark Bowden
Gazette
Montezuma
By Sandy Grady
Don van Hulzen
Joan Beck
Chicago Tribune
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