Debris from La Bounty dump risks Cedar River water supply
The Iowa DEQ warns moving the La Bounty dump debris to an approved site could cost up to 50 million dollars. About a third of Iowans rely on the Cedar Valley aquifer for drinking water, and contaminants from La Bounty may be seeping into groundwater and the Cedar River. EPA inaction and prior clay capping complicate cleanup, with projections that health hazards may rise rather than fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
la Bounty
Charles City
DEQ
Pete Hamlin
Cedar Valley
Environmental Protection Agency
Waterloo
Cedar River
Salsbury Laboratories
Salsbury
EPA
Minneapolis
Hickok and Associates
Hamlin
Hickok
Videotaping vice and the law in surveillance ethics
The piece analyzes videotaped evidence by Abscam and other operations, weighing legality and ethics under the Fourth Amendment. It discusses the Criminal Control Act of 1968, public-place privacy rulings, and a Detroit case, then argues for clearer standards or new legislation to allow videotaping in public or customer-accessible spaces with court approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abscam
FBI
Detroit
Michigan
Subversive Activities Control Board
Senate
Secretary of State
U.S
Culver
House
Carter’s Vision Gap in 1980 Campaign
New York Times Service argues Carter lacks an uplifting, confident message while Reagan presents a steadier, more hopeful view. It credits Carter with notable gains such as the Israel Arab peace, Panama Canal Treaties, and China ties but says his campaign is hindered by malaise rhetoric and negative messaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Roosevelt
Carter
Israel
Panama Canal
China
America
Letters praising Willow Gardens and community cohesion in Cedar Rapids
A reader defends Willow Gardens nursing home in Marion for compassionate care and active patient engagement. The letter lauds Harmony Hawks events, Cedar Rapids civic support, and details a Barbershop convention in 1984, then shifts to a political critique of John Culver’s voting record and calls for change.
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Willow Gardens
Marion
Harmony Hawks
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Red Coat
Cedar Rapids Antique Car Association
Central States
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Paramount Theatre
Readers weigh word use in a reader letters column
Dorothy Ebel and Barbara Fitzgerald question phrasing in a novel and proofreading pitfalls. J. Keith Noll and Ben Wolverton Jr note confusion over radius versus square miles and the evolving casual use of hopefully and basically in everyday speech.
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Oregon
Barbara Fitzgerald
Marion
J. Keith Noll
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J.F. Hladky, Jr
Board of
Joe Hladky II
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
the Gazette
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Newark
Del
Gerald Ford
Jerry
Howard Baker
Persian Gulf
Reagan
Anthony Lewis
New York Times Service
United States
Vietnam
Franklin Roosevelt
Kremlin
Poland
Afghanistan
Erm Hulme
Fort Work
Midwest
Five Seasons
Cedar Rapidians
John Culver
Charles Grassley
National Abortion Rights Action League
House Committee On Internal Security
Congress
Balto
Dorothy Ebel
Elkader
Ben Wolverton Jr
Walker
Wolverton
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