Iowa lawmakers reject mandatory two day jail for drunk drivers
The joint Iowa House and Senate sentencing committee rejected a bill for a two day jail sentence for drunk drivers. The Gazette notes deferred sentences remain common and cites penalties like fines up to 1000 dollars and suspension of license, with social attitudes toward drunk driving shaping future policy.
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Ames
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Linn County
Jonathan Reed
Public Information Office closure sparks calls for its resurrection
The Iowa House Public Information Office with two to three staff and an $80,000 budget closed in mid August. It answered questions on bills and provided tours and educational programs. Critics say duties now shift to the Chief Clerk and Legislative Service Bureau and that public access will suffer. They urge restoring the PIO when the Legislature returns in January.
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Iowa
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Signs of Change in Public Life and Peace Efforts
A reader thanks a columnist for defining virtuous womanhood and questions maternal sacrifice for work. The letter surveys global disarmament signs, nuclear threat education, and Christian schooling debates, urging cautious optimism and continued civic prayer.
Hands off our government let officials govern freely
A reader urges restraint on citizen interference in foreign policy. The piece defends a busy effective government and calls for allowing elected officials to represent the people without undue scrutiny. It argues the public should trust leaders and step back from micromanagement.
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Coe
Abolitionist Campaign Aims at Public Schools
In Missouri a campaign seeks to abolish the public school system with national implications. The movement’s momentum is uncertain, but its existence is deemed significant by readers.
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van Dyne
Missouri
Arm control urged at Iowa City Old Brick Forum
Speakers at the Old Brick Forums in Iowa City urged pressuring Congress for persistent arms negotiations and reductions. Rear Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr. and Dr. Jonathan Fine warned that current policies raise nuclear war risk and urged a grassroots push to halt the MX and B 1 programs.
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Washington
Jonathan Fine
Boston, Mass
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Iran
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City of
Eastern Iowans invited to share periodic observations
Mary Rouse of Iowa City retired as a writer editor for the University of Iowa News Services in January 1981. She previously held similar posts at colleges in Michigan Oklahoma and Minnesota.
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Iowa City
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