Road enforcement curbs overweight trucks cited in Iowa
The Gazette notes a 5 percent rise in overweight truck citations in fiscal 1982 83 fueled by portable scales alongside permanent weigh stations. About a third of violators are caught by portables, with 47 percent illegal, while 2 percent fail at fixed scales. Fines totaling 2.4 million fund local schools, not highway repairs, prompting calls for legislative action to redirect funds to road damage and expand enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
IDOT
Navy drug tests purge 3000 sailors records amid procedural errors
The Navy cleared 3,000 sailors marked for drug use after urinalysis tests were invalidated due to administrative flaws, the second such error at the Oakland lab affecting 5,500 personnel. While lab procedures are being fixed and errors under 1 percent, reputations of the innocent may suffer long term.
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Navy
Oakland
Calif
Pentagon-inspired clay wave reveals nuclear arsenal miniatures
Barbara Donachy, a Colorado ceramic artist, spent a year crafting miniature clay models of the U.S. nuclear arsenal including bombers, missiles, subs, and 30,000 warheads. After spending about 12 thousand dollars on materials she plans to sell pieces from four dollars to twenty four hundred dollars each to recoup costs. The piece suggests modeling Pentagon planners as well due to their notable feet of clay.
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Barbara Donachy
Colorado
U.S
Miss Donachy
Nuclear myths and the Soviet power system clash
The piece argues nuclear weapons do not cause Western conflict but expose the Soviet Union as a coercive, non-consenting regime. It criticizes the disarmament movement, warns of mistaken beliefs about deterrence, and cites Nick Eberstadt on Soviet ambitions and arms negotiations as a facade. It stresses freedom oriented societies differ from Moscow’s command system and urges rational, lawful engagement over fear.
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France
England
Chesterton
Europe
West
Soviet Union
Nick Eberstadt
New York Times
United States
Poland
China
Yuri Andropov
Ronald Reagan
The
Reagan
Reagan stance at UN signals shift toward war satire
John B. Oakes argues Reagan’s UN address masks a pro war stance. He accuses the administration of ignoring law and human rights, backing covert action in Nicaragua, and pressuring NATO missiles, urging Congress to curb Reaganism’s slide to war.
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United Nations
Reagan
New York
New Jersey
Port Authority
Mario Cuomo
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Charles M. Lichenstein
United States
Senate
America
Washington
Moscow
Congress
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Lebanon
Soviet Union
Road to ruin by Magid prompts calls for reform
The Gazette Progress Report lauds Frank Magid for criticizing worn chamber ideas and tax base twists. It urges innovation and dynamic leadership to avert perceived governmental folly and heavy home taxation, while noting airport expansion may offer transport options if exodus becomes needed.
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Frank Magid
Gazette
Magid
Chamber of Commerce
Tax Shelters and Fiscal Discontent Reflecting on Debt
A critical editorial argues taxpayers face rising options to avoid taxes while government spends more. The piece laments national debt, waste, and chicanery, warning that tax shelters and overcrowding threaten the country’s solvency and the burden on workers.
Cruising on First Avenue Through Nostalgia and Change
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls mid-1960s tooling along First Avenue from Lindale Plaza to the Cedar Rapids Drive-In. The writer notes favorite hangouts Henry's Hamburger East and the First Avenue bridge, recalls minor run-ins with authorities, and reflects on today’s different scene and concerns for locals and businesses.
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First Avenue
Lindale Plaza
Cedar Rapids Drive-In
Kmart
First Avenue Bridge
Hamburger
Henry
Backward Satanism and the Hard Rock Debate
A reader argues that hard rock music influences may corrupt listeners through subliminal messaging and backward masking. He cites quotes from Bowie Little Richard the Rolling Stones John Oates and Jimmy Page and references The Legacy of John Lennon and Journey Into Rock for support.
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David Bowie
Rolling Stone
John Lennon
Noebel, Thomas Nelson Publishers
Barry Winn
Irving
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Cincinnatus
Airport Commission
Wmt-Fm
Little Richard
Dallas Times Herald
John Oates
Circus
Queen
Jimmy Page
Satan
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