Iowa laws tighten penalties for drunk driving
Legislation in Iowa imposes stiffer penalties for BAC at 0.13 or higher with automatic serious misdemeanor status and potential license revocation. Lt. Karl Kolz urges a shift in social attitudes toward drunk drivers as a stronger deterrent, arguing the public must view drunk driving as a serious crime, not a victimless act.
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Iowa
Karl Kolz
Linn Sheriff's Department
Kolz
Alcohol Safety Action Patrol
Lt. Kolz
Cedar Rapids council weighs garage sale sign controls
City Council negotiates a draft ordinance to limit garage sale signs to one per lot, two square feet at most, 72 hours, with owner permission for off premises posting and minimum setback from front lines. Debate touches on future limits for real estate yard signs and possible ban on sold signs after sales close, balancing aesthetics and free enterprise.
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Cedar Rapids
How the West Was Won by Irrigation
Denver by Cole surveys Philip Fradkin’s A River No More arguing the Colorado River, the Nile of America, sustains a vast Western oasis through a complex irrigation system. He warns shortages threaten water-heavy civilization, cattle, and beef dependence amid vast federal land for grazing and rising population in the Colorado River basin.
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Denver
Cole
West
High Plains
Philip Fradkin
Colorado River
America
Colorado Basin
Lower Basin
Nevada
New York
California
Massachusetts
Utah
Florida
Atlantic Seaboard
Newsweek
Western States
Maine
Mississippi
Fradkin
Letter writers urge unity over air traffic strike and schooling
A reader panel argues the air traffic controllers must balance safety with national service, warning against blanket strikes and urging support for government policy. The letter also endorses Joyce Dennis for Cedar Rapids School Board, praising her leadership, community service, and school experience as vital for quality education amid declining enrollment and funding concerns.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Joyce Dennis
Joyce
Private launchers rise in space era surpassing NASA
The 1980 L-5 News reports show OTRAG active in Libya since the late 1970s and not secret. GCH, Inc. tested a rocket on the Texas coast with limited success. Robert Truax pursues passenger rockets and private launchers proliferate, promising cheaper flexible access to orbit amid rising demand.
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William Safire
L-5
Safire
OTRAG
Libya
GCH, Inc
Texas
Robert Truax
NASA
GCH
Duke in Nixon Library Debate Tests Alma Mater Support
The Duke University community debates housing Richard Nixon’s papers on campus as part of a proposed Nixon library. President Terry Sanford faces resistance from alumni and faculty while trustees resign, and Congress already frames presidential archives as federal property under the Presidential Records Act. A Duke rejection could signal a broader setback for the plan.
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Richard Nixon
Duke University
Nixon
Duke
Law School
Terry Sanford
Sanford
William Styron
History Department
Congress
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Ann Arbor
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Lyndon Johnson
University of Texas
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