Hazards Waste Rules Move Forward Amid Reform Push
The House advances a three year reauthorization and tighter disposal rules for hazardous wastes. It would close loopholes, limit liquid waste in landfills, and regulate small-quantity generators, while Iowa faces stricter state standards to align with others and curb interstate dumping. Environmental groups praise progress though real elimination remains uncertain.
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Congress
House
Love Canal
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Anne Burford
Iowa
Iowa League of Women Voters
Cameron
League
Inmates Not Charged for Jail Stay Face Debate
Iowa counties faced a clash over charging prisoners for room and board in county jails. Humboldt and Delaware counties set weekly and monthly rates, while the attorney general ruled such charges unconstitutional under state law. Legislators and Rep. Tom Mann urged against the policy, warning it unfairly burdens economically strapped inmates. The bill to authorize jail fees stalled.
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Humboldt County
Iowa
Delaware County
State Attorney General
Polk
Tom Mann
Des Moines
Lie detector mania haunts Reagan era security state
The piece condemns NSDD 84 and the FBI polygraph push, arguing secrecy weaponizes lie detectors against officials. It targets Reagan aides, William Casey, James Baker, and Richard Willard, warning the policy threatens civil liberties and public servants nationwide.
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Washington
Reagan
FBI
Jimmy Carter
Friends
White House
James Baker
CIA
William Casey
Baker
William Webster
NSDD
Richard Willard
Tom Charles Huston
Stansfield Turner
Publication Review Board
Carter
Gospel in Concert aims to unite churches for outreach
A letter endorses Gospel in Concert to create an entertainment facility for fellowship and outreach to unchurched youth. The author urges unity among Christians, rejects division by doctrine, and invites questions at Gospel in Concert 804 36th St. NE.
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Gospel In Concert
Jesus Christ
God the Son
Apostle Paul
Help Needed In Hopes Of A Helping Hand
A heartfelt plea from a young woman facing hardship as she moves into a trailer with asthma and no heat or cooking options. She seeks work, marriage plans after employment, and help. contact 363-3646 if you can assist. Also notes a letter exchange about Social Security reforms and Thanksgiving appreciations for Center Point volunteers and officials.
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Metro
Center Point
Spiritual void and the burden of mental illness
An anonymous adult recalls extensive hospitalizations and failed treatments for mental illness, arguing diagnosis is subjective and cures elusive. The piece critiques medical models, notes the spiritual dimension, and questions faith’s role in psychiatric care while expressing a paradoxical resilience born from suffering.
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Louis Fernandez
Monsanto
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Chemical Manufacturers Association
Marianne Cameron
U.S. Senate
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Casey
National Security Council
Lebanon
Tion
NSC
Ship of State
Walt Rostow
God
36Th
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Abby
Social Security
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St. Luke’s
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Hell
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