Statesmen at work in Bush Gephardt Middle East stance
The Gazette credits President Bush and House Majority Leader Gephardt for clear remarks on the Persian Gulf conflict and alleged Saddam Hussein atrocities. It notes Democratic support for Bush policies and calls for deficit reduction and SDI reassessment amid the costly confrontation.
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George Bush
Persian Gulf
Saddam Hussein
Bush
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Richard Gephardt
Missouri
U.S
House of Representatives
Middle East
America
Gephardt
Iowa school districts push tax funded instructional support levy
Officials in Linn-Mar and Marion districts won voter approval for higher property taxes to fund instructional programs after funding cuts. The margins ranged from 55 to 78 percent, reflecting public unease with the measures and urging districts to act proactively rather than wait for another ballot. Glen Easterday urged others to place the levy on the ballot themselves.
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Iowa
Linn-Mar
Marion
Glen Easterday
Bell’s Folly? A Letter Decrying Telephones
A satirical tirade mocks Alexander Graham Bell’s invention and urges returning to letters. It laments modern telephone menus, automated voices, and payoffs of new tech, recounting confusing prompts, call-waiting, call-forwarding, and three-way calls as proof of mankind’s overreliance on devices.
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Charleston
S.C
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Mary
Jennifer
Universal immunization: A goal not yet met
The Baltimore Sun reports on the World Summit for Children and a global push to achieve universal immunization by 1990, noting progress from five percent vaccinated to near eighty percent, while warning eight thousand child deaths daily remain preventable. It cites U.S. gaps, calls for mobilizing clinics and families, and names Kurt Schmoke and Alfred Sommer.
Emphasis on Prison Education Plans for Offenders
Gary Hinzman and Anne Hills urge expanded correctional education focusing on vocational, social, and special needs to equip offenders for reintegration. A 1983 DOJ study links low schooling to higher incarceration risk, prompting calls for centralized administration and standardized teaching through area community colleges.
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Gary Hinzman
Anne Hills
U.S. Department of Justice
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