Rip Van Winkle would orbit Iowa's 1935 legislative wakeup
The piece imagines a revived Rip Van Winkle startled by Iowa’s 1978 federal aid of 4.8 billion, noting the 1935 Iowa Legislature’s delay on unemployment compensation joining the federal program and the swift three-day special session that approved it, enabling a joint federal-state agency.
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Iowa
Feds
Unemployment Compensation Commission
The
Employment Security Commission
Job Service of
Clyde L. Herring
Florida caucuses power plays in Carter Kennedy contest
In Miami Florida Carter mobilizes to contest Kennedy in the October 13 caucuses he seeks to blunt Kennedy's challenge and confirm his hold on the party. Hamilton Jordan directs a statewide effort with Gov. Graham’s apparatus and White House support to sway delegates and donors amid a fragile presidency.
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Miami
Carter
Teddy Kennedy
Hamilton Jordan
Edward M. Kennedy
Jordan
White House
Richard Swann
Bob Graham
United Nations
Andrew Young
Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Carter-Young
Jacksonville
Duval County
Schapp
Florida
Milton Schapp
Pennsylvania
Connally Faces Growing Voter Distrust in New Hampshire
In North Conway New Hampshire a brisk poll by Blake Dickinson shows John Connally suffers high dislike among Republicans and an image problem. The survey links distrust to his Nixon era ties and past legal issues while highlighting a narrow, business-focused base and a cautious path to broad appeal.
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Big John Connally
Manchester, N.H
Blake & Dickinson
Connally
New Hampshire
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cubs name Preston Gomez as new manager
The Chicago Cubs chose veteran skipper Preston Gomez to lead after 34 years without a pennant. The piece recalls Gomez’s no hitter memory with San Diego and notes past Cubs management under Bob Kennedy, framing the hire as a measured but unconventional decision.
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Chicago
Cubs
Preston Gomez
Gomez
San Diego
Clay Kirby
Kirby
Bob Kennedy
Near blunder on Canal editorial response
A reader argues the Senate’s Panama Canal handover to a pro communist ruler was a strategic mistake. The writer claims it boosts Soviet influence, saddles the U.S. with payments and costs American lives, and leaves Panama resentful while predicting ongoing financial and military consequences.
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Canal
Panama
Had Would Have and Had What a Gain in Usage
Carl Kane discusses the grammatical value of had versus would have in past perfect constructions. The piece cites authorities and examples from public prints and urges clearer usage to aid readership. It also covers Catholic unity and local charity volunteers shaping community efforts and UNICEF support.
Local UNICEF Fund Drives Kindness From Linn County Shop
In Linn County about 165000 residents sustain a long tradition of assisting others locally and globally. Volunteers led by Katherine Kollmann run a Cedar Rapids Art Center shop selling UNICEF greeting cards games and books with all profits donated to UNICEF.
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Unicef
United Nations Children’s Fund
Katherine Kollmann
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Pope visit to Iowa stirs respect and debate nationwide
Readers discuss the pope's trip to Iowa highlighting freedom of religion and the right to observe or ignore the visit. Some praise the visit as a respected global moment while others urge restraint and neutrality.
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Iowa
United States
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Ol’ Rip
Teddy
Carter Baves
Georgia
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Field Newspaper Syndicate
Big John
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
North Conway
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Texas
John B. Connally
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Floresville
Coonnally
Richard M. Nixon
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Padres
Americas
U.S
By Carl Kane
Elisabeth Larsh Young
Cedar Rapids
Jones
Alfred
the Gazette
America
Marion
John Paul II
John Paul
Brothers and Sisters In Christ
Cambodia
Guatemala
Hong Kong
Peru
Lin County
Ms. Kollmann
B Ave
Linn County
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