Debate format harms presidential forums despite League pledge
A reader criticizes the League of Women Voters for sponsoring debates that became press conferences with journalists as interrogators. He calls for removing the studio audience and urges sponsors to organize genuine debates, noting personal support for the League but withholding money unless a true debate is funded.
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Cedar Rapids meter thief nabbed after stakeout
Police seized 32 year old Cedar Rapids man Charles Hartman during a weekend surveillance operation in downtown Cedar Rapids. Hartman is charged with felony criminal mischief after three meters were snapped from the ground in an underground parking garage on May's Island. Detectives tracked his black pickup across downtown before catching him in the May's Island ramp. The vandalism has totaled about 7400 dollars since October.
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Marion bypass debate delayed again in Ames discussion
The Marion bypass remains undecided as the Iowa Department of Transportation draft five year plan stalls a final vote for one month. IDOT staff suggested delaying the Highway 151 four lane project to 1991 and eyed extending Highway 100 to Tama Street toward Highway 13 with an $8.5 million price tag while a Sept hearing prompted public testimony along Tama Street.
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Azette
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Linn County Planning Commission
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NRC official calls Palo tampering at Duane Arnold serious
A NRC security inspector reviewed four tampering incidents at the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo. FBI involvement is noted while IE says damage was visible and not concealed. Officials indicate security tightened during refueling with more contractor activity.
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Downtown Cedar Rapids to twinkle with expanded lights
Thousands of white lights will brighten trees in Cedar Rapids downtown this December as the Greater Downtown association delays new decorations to next year. A 14 foot poinsettia tree will brighten Merchants National Bank lobby with about 180 plants and a bear tree for collection by United Way agencies.
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