Lottery controversy and vetoes challenge state and local gambling plans
The Gazette notes Gov. Branstad vetoed Iowa’s lottery push and Omaha officials oppose city gambling despite voter support. Editorials praise vetoes that force debate on tradeoffs, warn that lotteries harm the poor, citing Norman Hagley’s critique of welfare loss and taxes, urging government to serve all citizens.
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Iowa
Branstad
Midwest
Omaha
Douglas County
Norman E. Hagley
First Christian Church
Omaha World-Herald
Annabelle Castillo
Colorado
Castillo
Voter mood in Iowa school tax referendums shows resistance
In eastern Iowa local school levies failed in Belle Plaine North Tama Grinnell Newberg and LeGrand while Washington approved an outdoor track levy. Experts see a broader shift toward voting no on new levies amid tough times and concerns about education funding shifting to the state level.
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Florida
Iowa
Conservative critique clouds Reagan’s 1984 reelection bid
A letter from Carl Ford blasts Reagan over the Soviet response to the Korean airliner incident and accuses him of prioritizing leisure over principles. Widespread right wing criticism, led by Weyrich Phillips Viguerie, warns that Reagan risks alienating militant conservatives in 1984.
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Washington
Carl D. Ford
Laurel, Miss
Reagan
White House
Jimmy Carter
Paul Weyrich
Committee For the Survival of A Free Congress
Ford
USA Today
Weyrich
Soviet Union
Weyrich, Phillips
Richard Viguerie
Congress
Carl Ford
Newsweek
Jerry Ford
Margaret Thatcher
Viguerie
Richard Nixon
Cosell draws rebuke for tasteless language on air
The writer criticizes Howard Cosell for repeated insults and pompous vocabular y during a football broadcast. He mocks Cosell s use of words like inexorably and complains viewers just want game details, not commentary about politics or athletes conversations.
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Cosell
Cry-Sis
Mr. Cosell
Washington
Howard Cosell
Policy rethink on Marines role in Lebanon crisis
Washington debates a new Lebanon policy as Marines face withdrawal and the U.S. weighs how to prevent collapse of President Gemayel’s government. Syria’s veto influence and a possible Syria Israel accord shape a limited path toward stability and time for negotiations.
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Washington
Lebanon
U.S
Beirut
Amin Gemayel
Vietnam
Syria
Moscow
Assad
PLO
Jordan
Reagan
West Bank
Israel
Walid Jumblat
Robert McFarlane
Saudi Arabia
McFarlane
Tumblat
Gemayel
Jerusalem
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Flora Lewis
France
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