Kirkwood Community College levy urging voter approval
In Cedar Rapids seven county area voters face a yes or no on renewing Kirkwood Community College 2014 cent levy for ten years. The levy would cost about 12.15 annually per 60000 property value and fund upkeep growth and equipment without new taxes.
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Nnual School Board
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Linn, Jones, Johnson
Cedar
Benton
Iowa
Washington
Kirkwood job training gains praise at Cedar Rapids luncheon
Business leaders and officials celebrated Kirkwood Community College's job training program in Cedar Rapids. The program under the Iowa New Jobs Training Act of 1983 contracts with 43 expanding companies across seven counties, creating 3 638 new jobs and $64.4 million in new annual payroll averaging $17 700. Rockwell International described the program as the most comprehensive in the country, aiding plant location decisions in Coralville.
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Kirkwood
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
BK Essentia Community College
Rockwell International
Coralville
Ron Schleder
Republican fund-raising letter targets Dukakis via Jackson
The nationwide mailer labeled Presidential Issues Survey cites Dukakis and Jackson to spur support for Bush. Critics warn the tactic risks inflaming race and party divisions as the Dukakis-Bush contest grows more vicious and dirty.
Dukakis Strategy Under Fire As Sasso Returns To Campaign
In Hackensack New Jersey a veteran legislator blasts the Dukakis team for legal posturing on the Pledge of Allegiance issue and notes the risk of Bush framing Dukakis as out of step. The piece cites Lt. Gov. Lee Atwater and adviser James Baker as factors in the debate tactics.
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David S. Broder
Dukakis
Paul Brountas
Susan Estrich
George Bush
James A. Baker, III
Bush
Lee Atwater
Supreme Court
Mike Dukakis
George Herbert Walker Bush
Navy
Mexico
Central America
Texas
California
Mr. Bush
United States
Harvard
Sasso
Washington Post Writers Group
United States cannot afford cost of legalizing narcotics
Charles W. Larson argues against drug legalization, citing high social and economic costs. He critiques the forbidden-fruit theory, the idea that legalization would end black markets, and the Prohibition comparison, urging that drug abuse would still devastate productivity and impose massive costs. He notes DEA data and warns of broad human impact.
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Charles W. Larson
United States
Washington
D.C
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Drug Enforcement Administration
New York Times
The
New Republic
Robert DuPont
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Pledge of Allegiance and the nine tums tale
A Cox News Service feature recounts a high school senior's memoir of resisting the Pledge in the 1970s to impress peers, the subsequent shift in patriotism, and a quirky math trick for the number nine. The piece blends personal anecdote with cultural timing.
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Lufkin
Texas
P.S
P.P.S
Cox News Service
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Jackson
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Kennebunkport
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