United Way Campaign Seeks Local Help After Katrina
Rex Eno of Cedar Rapids urges Eastern Iowans to donate to United Way of East Central Iowa's 2005 campaign. He notes 8.5 million raised serving 205000 people and highlights 211 hotline launch and Gulf Coast relocation needs. He stresses giving creates opportunities for hundreds relocating from the Gulf Coast.
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Gulf Coast States
America
United Way Community Care Fund
Rex Eno
Cedar Rapids
United Way of
East Central
Life Investors
Iowa letter rails at Louisiana Mississippi aid response
A reader from Iowa vents at Louisiana and Mississippi residents for not leaving shelters and chews out the idea of using local facilities for Iowa evacuees. The letter recalls 1940s prices and stamps to argue about dollar buying power and suggests planting victory gardens.
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Mississippi
Iowa
Superdome
U.S. Postal Service
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Congress
End the war in Iraq and bring home the troops
Readers argue for immediate withdrawal from Iraq while criticizing the Bush administration. Letters claim the war rests on lies, urge domestic focus on natural disasters, and defend soldiers and National Guard service amid fear of misperceived support.
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National Guard
National Guard in Iraq blamed for Gulf Coast suffering
The speaker condemns deploying National Guard to the Middle East while the Gulf Coast faced disaster on August 29. He argues this reduced home emergency response, worsened evacuations, and left thousands, many of them poor minorities, in uninhabitable conditions, calling the government shameful.
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Afghanistan
Iraq
U.S
Gulf Coast
Middle East
No wonder mom is angry at Bush meeting in Crawford
The reader claims in June 2004 George W. Bush confronted Cindy Sheehan and supporters with the question who are we honoring here. The writer, Tracy Anderson from Kalona, says this helps explain Sheehan’s Crawford, Texas protest and anger.
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Cindy Sheehan
Crawford Tevac
Tracy Anderson
Kalona
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