Des Moines Considers State Zoo With Admission Plan
A civic committee weighing a Des Moines area natural habitat zoo explores Gov Ray’s view on a possible state zoological park near the capital. The idea faces cost concerns and legislative scrutiny but supporters point to regional appeal and modern zoo concepts with paid admission to curb vandalism.
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Iowa adopts buyer's guide rule for life insurance products
A new Iowa Insurance Department regulation requires in state products. Starting in lan the rule mandates buyer's guides to help customers compare life insurance policies across companies. Some insurers back the guides while at least one Des Moines firm opposes the measure challenging department authority.
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Iowa
American Republican Insurance Company
Des Moines
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Public rejects provocation defense in rape cases
A Harris poll of 1,536 adults finds 71 percent reject the idea that women’s dress provokes rape and 78 percent see rapists as sick criminals. A 51 percent majority favors removing a judge who blamed dress, while 64 percent oppose outing women as partly to blame. The poll notes broad consensus against excuses for rape.
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California
Wisconsin
Madison
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Belief in an immortal soul fuels modern problems
The text argues that belief in an immortal soul as the source of thought and will underpins overpopulation concerns and religious opposition to abortion. It traces this idea to primitive dreams of the spirit leaving the body, reinforced by culture's love and fear of the dead, and notes early ignorance of brain function.
To the Editor on Earth Habitable Future
A reader urges finding ways to ensure Earth remains habitable for grandchildren and future descendants, emphasizing long term life on the planet and sustainable practices for generations ahead.
Overpriced Alaska and UNICEF Day of Shame Opinion
A year in Fairbanks reveals high rents and poor off base housing conditions. The letter blasts UNICEF funding to North Vietnam, calling October 24 the U N Day of Shame and urging scrutiny of aid amid global conflicts.
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Cedar Rapids
Unicef
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U.N
Isn’t it the truth Carl Riblet
A fragment reflecting social commentary on youth focus in society and the historical shift from side-saddle to modern mobility, with a pointed aside about gender roles and aging.
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Carl Riblet
Policymaking deemed unconstitutional by high court critique
Washington review of Raoul Berger's Government by Judiciary argues the Warren Court rewrote the 14th Amendment through school desegregation and reapportionment, urging restraint and restoration of original constitutional meaning in a sobering, evidence-driven critique. Berger contends the judiciary oversteps by substituting its values for the people’s.
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley
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Earl Warren
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