Free expression wins in Redgrave disruption case
The First Amendment protects audience protests but cannot excuse silencing artists for controversial politics. A federal appeals court sided with Vanessa Redgrave, awarding her 27,500 dollars for canceled concerts and 12,000 for a missed Broadway role, while warning against letting intimidation redefine performance contracts.
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Ms. Redgrave
Palestine Liberation Organization
Boston
Hugh Bownes
Reagan adviser urges AIDS patient appointment to panel
Ronald Reagan's aide ARY BAUER proposes naming an AIDS patient or relative to one of the two vacant seats on the AIDS commission. The panel faces infighting and a civil rights suit over representation, and Bauer argues the move could bring practical perspective and urgency to the national strategy.
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Ary Bauer
Ronald Reagan
Aids Commission
Commission
Bauer
Reagan
Simultaneous Poll Closings Across All Time Zones Considered
The House Energy and Commerce Committee proposes a plan to close polls simultaneously at 9 p.m. Eastern on presidential election days, aligning 6 p.m. Pacific Time. The proposal would keep Daylight Saving Time through the election week so Pacific clocks read 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern equals 7 p.m. Mountain and 8 p.m. Central.
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West Coast
Pacific
Farmers sound off on farm conditions and policy impact
In a letter to the Gazette a farmer argues conditions have not improved despite policy payouts. He cites deflated payments, borrowing costs, and rising inputs like seeds utilities and chemicals. He says real relief requires revised foreign trade policy and criticizes politicians for optimistic claims during elections.
Finance and Nursing Home Issues Dominate Cedar Rapids Local Page
The Cedar Rapids race features a veteran councilman vying with a 30 year old challenger for finance commissioner amid calls to replace the long-presiding Harold Schaefer. A separate neighbors feature highlights Beulah and Florence Usher recounting abuse in a Cedar Rapids nursing home and an open meeting at Mercy Hospital addresses patient rights and Alzheimer care. Judy Lucas reports from 1022 Center St NE.
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Schaefer
Floyd Bergen
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Florence Usher
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Department of Elder Affairs
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Mercy Hospital
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Center St. NE
Wisdom and pride in biblical figures echo in a sermon
Earl Fazel of Center Point argues that wisdom comes from God not human pride. He cites Balaam and the dumb ass in Numbers 22 to warn against self righteous claims, insisting divine guidance, not intellect, shapes understanding.
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Balam
Balaam
Earl Fazel
Calamity as a Glass to See Ourselves Quote
A remark by Sir William Davenant presents calamity as a mirror that reveals human nature. The insight frames adversity as a test of character and understanding.
Frank Reynolds for Marion City Council
A Marion resident urges neighbors to vote for Frank Reynolds on November 3 seeking continued council service. The letter highlights his work reopening 11th Street connecting 31st Street to Seventh Avenue and coordinating with the Iowa Department of Transportation in Ames.
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Marion
Frank Reynolds
Understanding the Billion Dollar Deficit Debate
A columnist urges readers to grasp the scale of federal overspending and explains how a 42 billion dollar gap in one year could require 2.5 million workers’ yearly wages or 123 million people’s one week pay to cover. The writer asks citizens to contact Congress and presidents to oppose the debt passed to future generations.
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Deadline for Letters to Gazette Before City Election
The Gazette sets a deadline of Thursday noon October 29 for letters about candidates or issues to qualify for the November 3 city elections. Shorter letters have a better chance of publication.
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Gazette
Outlooks for Eastern Iowa Readers Invite Opinions
Poised as a community forum, Eastern Iowans are invited to share views on any topic. The page emphasizes reader voice and broadens the range of issues allowed for public expression.
Gene Rennenkamp Studied Economics After Rockwell Career
Gene Rennenkamp of Cedar Rapids retired in 1981 after 31 years at Rockwell Collins in engineering design and management. He has since devoted study to economic systems.
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Cedar Rapids
Rockwell Collins
Individuality versus justice in the American constitution
A reflective piece argues that freedom and rugged individualism have overshadowed justice and the common good. It asserts the preamble’s goals promote a more perfect Union and that society must balance individual rights with community welfare to secure liberty and prosperity.
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United States of America
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