Doonesbury Decision Sparks Reader Reaction at The Gazette
The Gazette declined to run a Doonesbury episode on Pat Robertson citing reader offense. The columnist defends the paper’s right to set standards and notes similar debates over Beelte Bailey and other features, urging not to view the choice as censorship.
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Jerry Copeland
Official Gazette
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the Gazette
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Joseph Goebbels
Dale
Lowenbrau
Nancy
Gil Thorpe
Heathcliffe
Bloom County
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Branstad Budget Push and Local Water Woes Highlight Iowa Today
A digest notes Iowa budget pressures as the governor faces claims of budget whitewash aimed at painting a rosy picture before elections. It also reports Lincolnway Village residents pushing Cedar Rapids for relief from low water pressure and rust colored water via a petition to the City Council.
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Terry Branstad
Iowa
Lincolnway Village
Cedar Rapids
Metro-Iowa
Cedar Rapids seeks next superintendent from 43 candidates
The Cedar Rapids school board will choose finalists by Oct. 15 from 43 applicants for superintendent, down from 66 last open in 1982. Local contenders include Jefferson principal William Jacobson, Washington’s Ralph Plagman, Kennedy’s John Artis, and others from Iowa districts, with outsiders citing Cedar Rapids’ size and pay as draws.
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Kurt Rogahn
Cedar Rapids
Ray Nystrand
Louisville
Bruce McPherson
Chicago
Joyce Dennis
Dennis
Harold Guthrie
Texas
Indiana
William Jacobson
Jefferson
Ralph Plagman
Washington
John Artis
Kennedy
Midwest
Iowa
Larry Beard
Charles City
James Smith
Burlington
Thomas Engler
Burnell Smith
Dubuque
Marion
Jack Burgess
Forest
Ohio
Riverdale
Jacobson
Artis
Plagman
Pickets protest alleged illegal workers at Iowa complex
About fifty protesters picketed the Windsor-on-the-River project in Cedar Rapids claiming illegal aliens were laying bricks there after a federal inquiry in August. Immigration officials say they may resume probes after October 1 due to funding.
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Rick Smith
Gazelte
Cedar Rapids
Windsor-on-the-River
Windsor
Rio Grande
Paul Christensen
Omaha
Immigration Service
Iowa
Nebraska
Sterling Group
Cedar River
Tim Committe
Windsor-on the-River
Gary Hinzman
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Christensen
Windsor-on the
Committe
Texas
University of Iowa Wins $2.8 Million NIH Brain Grant
The University of Iowa receives a five year federal grant totaling 2.8 million dollars to study brain mind processes tied to Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Antonio R. Damasio leads the neurology department as NIH funded work maps vision memory language and decision making to specific brain areas.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
National Institutes of Health
Antonio R. Damasio
U of I College of Medicine
U of I
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