Bones and highways clash over archeology funding
The Iowa transportation panel questions highway funds going to road site digs amid federal constraints. The 1983 contract with the state archeologist pays 136 883 dollars for ten months, with counties bearing most costs, prompting calls to curb repetitive finds and rely on academic funds for road related digs.
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Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Washington
U of I State
Iowa
Louisa County
Mississippi River
Mighty Casey lifts Cedar Rapids Reds in season finale
Jeff Jones, former Iowa star, hit two home runs in the final game at Davenport to reach two shy of the Midwest League season record. The left fielder, nicknamed a flair for the dramatic, reminds fans of 1950s sluggers and could move to Waterbury or Indianapolis next season as Cedar Rapids ends a disappointing year.
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Cedar Rapids
Reds
Mudville
Casey
Jeff Jones
Davenport
Jones
University of Iowa
Frank Howard
Green Bay
Horace Garner
C.R. Reds
Cincinnati
Haddon Heights
N.J
Waterbury
Indianapolis
Tigers on Caps Sailors Sail Toward Refitting Iowa
A Gazette photo shows sailors on the U S S Iowa wearing Tiger Hawk caps donated by Iowa City publicists. The caps symbolize the Iowa football program and may face scrutiny when Captain Gerald E. Gneckow, 43, from Grand Island Nebraska, takes command ahead of Saturday's season opener against Nebraska.
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Gazette
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa
Gerald E. Gneckow
Grand Island
Nebraska
J accused antisemitism and its double standard in Israel critique
Podhoretz argues that criticisms of Israel based on a double standard amount to anti semitism. The essay notes venom in the Lebanon war coverage, calls some critics irresponsible, and suggests rising hostility within both Jews and non Jews as support for Israel wanes.
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Norman Podhoretz
Commentary
J’accuse
Israel
Podhoretz
Nicholas von Hoffman
William Pfaff
Hitler
Anthony Lewis
Judaism
Beirut
Cedar Rapids School Board Letters Endorse Dan and Gerry
A series of letters praises Dan Rogers for early service and leadership in Cedar Rapids during school activism and a jail facility drive. Voters urged Sept. 14 to elect Mary Ann Kucera and Gerry Loupee, highlighting Kucera's special education work and Loupee's extensive board involvement and education focus.
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Dan Rogers
Cedar Rapids
Dan
Mary Ann Kucera
Association For Retarded Citizens
Mary Ann
Gerry Loupee
Faith focus in Outlooks misreads Jesus life
The Aug 31 Outlooks misses Jesus core by emphasizing collective transformation over individual change. Jesus centers on the transformed individual whose life in relation to God forms a transformed society. Prayer and daily life show God’s intimate concern with each person, not just communal aims.
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Fran Elsen
Jesus
God
Heaven
God the Father
Jesus the Son
Christ
T shirt fad and its mystery across the nation
A columnist notes a nationwide craze for printed T shirts selling above value. Observations cover designs from local landmarks to love and “it” shirts, with humorous examples and questions about what “it” truly stands for. The piece mocks trends and reflects on wearers from auto mechanics to grandmothers.
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J.F. Hladky, Jr
Board of
Joe Hladky III
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
the Gazette
C.R
Mighty Casey
Hawks
Joseph Sobran
Lebanon
Jerry Falwell
Falwell
Vietnam
Willie Morris
South
Menachem Begin
Clothiers
South Dakota
Springer
Sud Dows
Dows Real Estate Co
Dows Farms, Inc
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