Editorial questions Sudan planning and White House judgment
The piece relies on a New Yorker account via AP noting four Joint Chiefs kept out of bomb planning in Afghanistan and Sudan, a stored Khartoum strike changed, Freeh excluded, Reno ignored for Tripoli standard, signaling credibility damage and questioning presidential judgment and aides.
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Afghanistan
Sudan
New Yorker
Associated Press
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Khartoum
FBI
Louis Freeh
Kenya
Tanzania
U.S
Freeh
Clinton
Janet Reno
Osama bin Laden
Tripoli
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
White House
Gene Autry Remembered as Versatile Clean-Cut Hero
Gene Autry, the Tioga Texas born singing cowboy beloved from the 1930s to TV eras, was a versatile star who sang acted and marketed success. He died at 91 three months after Roy Rogers and fans anticipate more film memories as AMC honors his legacy.
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Ene Autry
Tioga
Texas
Autry
Roy Rogers
Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
Peter Cottontail
Gene Autry
Gene
Letters to the Gazette Critique of Jim Nussle’s Campaign
A reader attacks Jim Nussle accusing him of hypocrisy and negative campaigning. The letter questions residency, deficits, voting on budgets and farm support, and praises keeping education decisions local while urging a vote for Nussle on November 3.
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Jim Nussle
Nussle
Manchester
Clinton
Iowa
Pentagon
Washington
D.C
Lightfoot tax cut plan targets Iowa schools funding
Cedar Rapids letters claim Jim Lightfoot would cut 1.5 billion in state taxes including a 33 percent income tax cut and ending property taxes for schools. Critics say the plan would slash Iowa school funding by 332 million and hurt Cedar Rapids districts.
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Jim Ross Lightfoot
Iowa
Lightfoot
Cedar Rapids
Tom Vilsack
Jim Lightfoot
Vilsack
Judy Smith McDowell
Gazette letter policy and contact details
The Gazette invites readers to submit letters up to 300 words. Include full name street address and daytime phone number for verification. Mailing address Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Fax number 319 398 5846 or email gazette fyiowa com for submissions.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Four Way Stop Prompts Traffic Lightling Frustration
Leonard Johnson calls Cedar Rapids drivers to a four way stop debate after a power outage left First Avenue dark. He notes a string of risky behavior near Cottage Grove and 21st Street and urges basic traffic law awareness.
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First Avenue
Cottage Grove
21St Street
Cedar Rapids
Cyndi Lemmon Seeks Linn County Recorder Post
Barry Boyer of Cedar Rapids urges voters to support Republican Cyndi Lemmon for Linn County Recorder on November 3. He commends her organization, focus, customer service, and fiscal management in the county.
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Cyndi Lemmon
Linn County
Cyndi
Barry Boyer
Cedar Rapids
Kosovo near and far from home as missiles loom
A first person reflection on Kosovo and the Kosovo crisis. The author recalls his wife Catherine O Neill a refugee advocate who travels to danger zones with the IRC. He notes civilians suffer from snipers hunger and disease while UN and NATO actions loom and the public gaze intensifies. The piece ends with a pivot back to Monica Lewinsky.
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OS Angeles
m_J
U.S
Yugoslavia
Catherine O'Neill
RCA
Columbia
Pakistan
Cambodia
Rwanda
Bosnia
Kosovo
New York
Washington
International Rescue Committee
Women’s Commission For Refugee Women and
BBC
Pristina
IRC
Unicef
Catherine
Kosovo Liberation Army
USA
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Virginia
Union
Slobodan Milosevic
Abraham Lincoln
Monica Lewinsky
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