GOP ERA stance blamed on image and funding split
Former GOP chair Mary Louise Smith criticizes the Iowa Republican Central Committee for withholding 250 dollars from the ERA Coalition, arguing public perception will view the party as opposing the Equal Rights Amendment. She urges the party to treat the ERA as a core Republican issue aligning with individual worth and personal freedom.
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State Era Coalition
National Gop
Mary Louise Smith
Iowa
Rights and duties of inmates questioned in Iowa jail letter
A reader disputes an inmate at the Iowa Reformatory claiming a right to a law library at Linn County Jail. The letter argues inmates gain limited rights while forfeiting many upon conviction and questions public funding for law books, TV, radios, and entertainment.
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Iowa Reformatory
Linn County
U.S
Iowa
Hans for Education Lead Pledges Civic Duty
A reader endorses Hans as deeply committed to education improvement. He praises public spirit, historical Cedar Rapids leadership, and belief in student rights while urging voters to support his service to the community.
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Hans
Cedar Rapids
Hans Eschbach Seen As Strong Cedar Rapids School Board Pick
Hans Eschbach aims for election to the Cedar Rapids school board. A longtime educator, he taught 45 years across all grades from first through college, retiring after 23 years in the Cedar Rapids Community School District.
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Hans Eschbach
Cedar Rapids
John Shea Remembered For Service To School Board
The text notes John Shea as a retired friend who volunteered valuable advice and engaged actively in school board work. It highlights that his memory should include additional dimensions beyond his volunteering.
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John Shea
John
Insights on Cedar Rapids schools and community duty
The text argues for stronger focus on basic skills in Cedar Rapids schools with emphasis on reading writing and early grades. It notes the school board must serve the community and ensure tax money funds quality education and opposes hiring a professional to represent the board. It honors John and Dick, long-time athletes, veterans and family figures, ending with a farewell in multiple languages.
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Hans
Cedar Rapids
Eschbach
Congress returns to a summer of unsure headlines
The column surveys a noisy return to press columns after a long break. It notes dull and depressing topics, mismanaged diplomacy, and a controversial detention of Soviet dancer Ludmilla Vlasova in New York. The piece questions whether the episode reflects human rights or gender politics, and mocks Congress for delivering page filler rather than clarity.
Washington in autumn of dissonance as 1980 politics loom
Washington faces a political struggle over the next year with Kennedy Carter Reagan Connally and party divisions shaping debates on energy arms control taxes and inflation. The nation remains worried about the economy and the impact of lobby groups on policy while presidents and Congress grapple with compromise and the general good.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
President Carter
Florida
New Hampshire
Ted Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
John Connally
Carter
Edmund Burke
SALT comments and Cuban tension provoke varied responses
Mark Russell notes the SALT agreement’s potential effects as a Russian dancer is detained for two days and 3,000 troops enter Cuba. Debates include ordering the Delta Queen to Havana Harbor and consulting with advisers. Republican candidates favor force yet invite a future return at the 1980 convention.
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Cuba
GOP praise for Steve Roberts and ERA stance
A Republican reader commends Steve Roberts as state chair and notes satisfaction that the Central Committee did not fund the ERA. The letter questions whether ERA equals women's equal status and mentions a personal anecdote about gender equality in marriage.
Public relaxes stance as environmental debate grows
ABC News Harris survey shows 57 percent believe environmentalists hinder energy production while 54 percent say leaders want to help the public. A 40-40 split finds the public neutral on environmental criticisms, with 59 percent favoring industrial growth despite pollution concerns.
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Woodbury
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St. Pat’s
Richard Svacek
Central Y
Ironman
U.S. Navy
John F. Kennedy
Kevin
Alpha, Sayonara Y Bueno Suerte
Sir Philip Sidney
Texas
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Jimmy Carter
State Department
New York
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Vlasova
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Mississippi
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Vietnam
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Chrysler
Republic
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
America
New York Times Service
Mark Russell
Havana Harbor
Jerry Brown
Buddha, Confucius
St. Thomas Aquinas
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Steve Roberts
Republican Central Committee
Steve
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United States
ABC News- Harris
Chicago Tribune
New York News Syndicate
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