Iowa lawmakers keep deferred sentences for drunk driving
A joint Iowa House and Senate committee rejected a mandatory two day jail requirement for drunk driving. Lawmakers favor the deferred sentence as the norm, noting no proof that it raises repeat offenses. The Gazette highlights penalties, insurance effects, and social attitudes toward drunk drivers as key factors in preventing recidivism.
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Iowa House
Senate
Iowa
John Murray
Ames
the Gazette
Linn County
Jonathan Reed
Public Information Office closure sparks demand for revival
The House Public Information Office with an $80,000 budget and a small staff closed in mid August provoking concern that public access to government is shrinking. Officials say duties move to the Chief Clerk and Legislative Service Bureau but critics warn inquiries and public education will suffer until the PIO is restored or reestablished.
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House Public Information Office
P.R
PIO
House
Legislative Service Bureau
House Administration Committee
Virtue and duty collide with modern life in letters
A reader argues mothers should become keepers of the home and quit 9 to 5 work to care for children. The letter surveys nuclear policy, teach-ins, and peace groups, then contrasts Amish schooling with Christian education and warns against church state conflicts.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Iowa
Hands Off Our Elected Officials Policy View
An opinion urging trust in the broad power of the government and its diplomats. The author argues that citizens should stop restricting foreign policy and allow elected leaders to act with fewer constraints.
Abolitionism rises in Missouri campaign targets schools
Readers learn of a Missouri driven push to abolish the public school system and extend the idea nationally. The momentum is uncertain, but the existence of the campaign is noted as significant.
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Missouri
Arms control urged as path to curb nuclear risk
Iowa City forum speakers warn that U S policy and defense buildup raise nuclear war risk. Retired Rear Admiral Carroll and Dr. Jonathan Fine urge grassroots pressure for arms reductions and stalled MX and B 1 programs. They cite PSR efforts, bipartisan freezes, and a May 1982 UN disarmament session as steps.
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Iowa City
United States
Soviet Union
Eugene J. Carroll Jr
Navy
Center For Defense Information
Washington
Jonathan Fine
Boston, Mass
Physicians For Social Responsibility
PSR
Hiroshima
Fine
Boston
Washington, D.C
Carroll
Dr. Fine
Admiral Carroll
Reagan
Iran
Congress
U.N
Periodic Observations From Eastern Iowans
Mary Rouse of Iowa City retired as 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
University of Iowa News Services
Michigan
Oklahoma
Minnesota
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