Poor women's burden in budget fight echoed in council report
The National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity warned that Reagan budget cuts will deepen poverty among women and single mothers. It cites reductions in food stamps, child nutrition, housing, Medicaid, and AFDC, with $137 billion in three years and $16 billion more in 1982.
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Sandra O’connor
Senate
National Advisory Council On Economic Opportunity
Supreme Court
Congress
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Reagan
Leach Faces Broad GOP Debate On Budget and Rights
Iowa congressman Jim Leach chairs the Ripon Society and urges moderation within the GOP. He supports the Equal Rights Amendment, warns against New Right dominance, and cites concerns over human rights abroad and campus spying. He also questions MX missile spending and defends defense cut protests by gypsy moth conservatives.
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Ripon Society
Washington, D.C
Leach
Northeast
Midwest
New Right
USS
Carnegie-Mellon University
Taiwan
North Korea
Libya
Iran
Iowa
Reps. Green
New York
Pursell
Michigan
Journalistic ventriloquism and liberal slant in media critique
The piece argues liberal media push an inferred stance by quoting others, citing Yale president Giamatti and Goldwater to show bias. It claims press coverage skews toward socialism, urging more critical, independent scrutiny beyond sympathetic narratives of socialist ideas.
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Yale
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Joe McCarthy
Giamatti
Democratic Party questioned over influence in Iowa caucus process
The Democratic National Committee faces critique as it aims to shorten the presidential selection timeline in Iowa. Critics warn that concentrating power with moneyed interests risks undermining grass roots participation and increasing influence from donors, media, and elites. The piece defends Iowa’s open, low-cost neighborhood meetings as safeguards against corruption.
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Iowa
Paul A. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Iowa Democrats Defend Early Caucus Process and Participation
A former Iowa Democratic Party secretary argues the caucus-convention system shields democracy from corruption. He recalls planning early caucuses, stresses grass-roots participation, and challenges the DNC to respect Iowa’s time-tested method for 1984 and beyond. He warns against promoting centralized power and urges citizen involvement.
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Iowa
Letters defend nature trail access and rail trail history
A reader disputes a Sept 20 feature on Glenn Burrows and the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. They argue landowners near public trails restrict access, cite studies on prairie habitat along rail corridors, note nonagricultural land use, and highlight funding for a Cedar River bridge and Prairie Rail Trail.
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Glenn Burrows
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Cedar River
Iowa Conservation Commission
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Story County
Biased coverage sparks library funding debate in town
A local committee accuses media outlets of biased reporting on the old library project and questions the use of tax money from TIF surplus. Residents fear higher property taxes and challenge past promises as a public vote remains unresolved.
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Committee For
Friends of the Library
Roosevelt Hotel
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