Iowa harvests set to break national records amid corn and soy trends
Soybean harvest nears completion while corn harvest gains speed and may set U.S. records. Cedar Rapids hosts Grant Wood exhibit extended at Koehler History Center through Sunday. The Indian Creek Nature Center reaches one million visitors since 1973. The World Food Prize in Des Moines highlights Borlaug legacy and this year’s laureates. Defense spending in Iowa surpasses $1 billion for the first time, with Linn County receiving about half, mainly via Rockwell Collins contracts.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl and Mary Koehler
First Ave
Iowa
Norman Borlaug
Des Moines
John Ryan
Borlaug
Linn County
Rockwell Collins
Johnson County
Political rift and wartime echoes fill letters page
Readers mix partisan fervor with defense history. Nabbed quotes attack Bush policies, praise a Democratic candidate backed by Nobel economists, and condemn campaign money ties to Grassley. The letter from Richard Greenwood urges voting for Small and retiring Grassley.
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Art Small
U.S. Senate
Iowa
Small
Chuck Grassley
Fight to inform voters against underhanded tactics
The text condemns manipulation by leaders to wage wars and urges informed voting. It cites Seymour Hersh on neocon plans for Iraq, warns of fear-based rallying, and notes deficits, Medicare, and weapon issues while urging citizens to resist being led like lemmings toward conflict.
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Vietnam
My Lai
C-Span
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Wolfowitz
Perle
Rumsfeld
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Middle Eastern
Hersh
Bush
China
Japan
Treasury
Haves
UI Faculty Donor Rate Cited In Annual Address
University of Iowa President David Skorton cited a mere four percent faculty giving to United Way during his staff address. He contrasted with near full participation at small regional groups and higher rates at larger firms, prompting a call for greater employee engagement.
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University of Iowa
United Way
David Skorton
SpaceShipOne and the new race to privatize space travel
The piece recounts SpaceShipOne’s Mojave launch and Chuck Yeager’s X-planes legacy, arguing private firms can lead reimagined spaceflight. It notes Virgin Atlantic licensing plans, private rivals pursuing suborbital flights, and a shift from NASA to private development with government subsidies.
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Brotherhood of the Right
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West Virginia
Yeager
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NASA
Richard Branson
Virgin Atlantic
Earth
Robert Bigelow
President's Space Commission
Washington
United States
Russia
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