Bum rap on race in the Supreme Court critique
The piece questions Thurgood Marshall's public rebuke of President Reagan's civil rights record. It argues Marshall overstepped, notes Reagan's mixed actions on racial issues, and contrasts Reagan with Johnson, Carter, Ford, and Nixon, suggesting Johnson's era set the civil rights benchmark.
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Supreme Court
Reagan
Carl Rowan
Marshall
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Justice Department
Congress
Prince Edward Academy
Virginia
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Carter
Ford
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
Ronald Reagan
Civilized clash over Nicaragua shows civil discourse
The exchange between President Reagan and Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson highlighted differing views on Central America with Carlsson pledging aid to Nicaragua and Reagan backing anti Sandinista contras. Their Washington meeting showcased respectful dialogue while signaling a thaw in a 26 year US Sweden rift.
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Ingvar Carlsson
Nicaragua
Carlsson
Reagan
Washington
Central America
Sweden
Arias
Vietnam
Olaf Palme
U.S
Southeast Asia
Tage Erlander
Kennedy
Paranoid style in politics fuels Bork fight in ads
Historians decry the paranoid style in American politics as NARAL ads attack Robert Bork. The piece contrasts liberal anxieties with Mary Ann Glendon and Carla Hills notes on judicial restraint, warns of Planned Parenthood rhetoric, and recalls Warren Court reversals and Bircher polemics.
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Washington
Kenara Rotstaater
National Abortion Rights Action League
Robert Bork
Smithsonian
Carla Hills
Housing and Urban Development
Mary Ann Glendon
Harvard Law School
Bork
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
America
Warren
Warren Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Planned Parenthood
John Birch Society
Eisenhower
Birchers
Letters to the Gazette Calls for Nuclear Test Ban
A Cedar Rapids letter writer urges constitutional rights and peace through a Comprehensive Nuclear Weapons Test Ban. The piece promotes petitions to the City Council and White House, citing Reagan era budgets, and invites residents to join at Peoples Church to support disarmament efforts. Jeff Stack signs the appeal.
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Cedar Rapids
Uss.r
C.R
Peace With Justice Network
Reagan
Iowa
U.S
Peoples Church
Third Ave
White House
Jeff Stack
Fifth Ave
Letter Policy on Accuracy and Publication Standards
The letter policy states that the newspaper does not guarantee the accuracy of information in letters nor imply agreement with opinions. It allows readers to publish corrections or contradictions, ensuring equal opportunity for exchange and publication of differing views.
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United States
Reagan era critique of deficits and foreign competition
The text decries a 1980s economy as the biggest debtor nation with a 2.5 trillion deficit and a 170 billion trade gap. It claims 40 million in poverty while tax cuts favor the rich, cites 250 marines killed in Lebanon, and accuses arms sales to Iran. It blames GOP power and Japan, Korea, and Taiwan for outsourcing manufacturing, framing Reagan’s era as ruinous and un-American.
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Lebanon
Jimmy Carter
America
Ronald Reagan
Calvin Coolidge
Congress
Japan
Medicare expansion sparks debate over costs and care
Loren L. Jansa of Linn County Council on Aging urges Senators Harkin and Grassley to oppose a new outpatient prescription benefit. He warns of a 14 percent impact on beneficiaries and a budget shortfall potentially exceeding three quarters of a billion dollars, urging prompt rejection as shortsighted.
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Ecenuy
Congress
Harkin
Grassley
Loren L. Jansa
Linn County Council On Aging Inc
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Corny fun in Iowa City photo sparks reader concern
A reader criticizes a front page caption showing a grain pile scene as disturbing. She warns such playful farming imagery risks harm to children and recalls farm family tragedies, urging caution from editors and readers alike.
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Iowa City
Corny front page image sparks concerns in Iowa City
Barbara Wardenburg of Williamsburg argues the Sunday Gazette front page picture showing a child playing near corn risks misleading youngsters. She questions the distinction between playful imagery of a pool and grain equipment, urging a safer, clearer promotion of Iowa products.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Barbara Wardenburg
Williamsburg
Questioning Parents on Child Support and Visitation Denial
The note contrasts hardships for non custodial parents facing visitation denial and documenting court actions with custodial parents using support services to enforce payments. It cites child awareness of delinquencies and probes whether a parent is asked why they cannot pay despite other expenditures. The tone reflects personal frustration with family court processes and enforcement mechanisms.
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