Wright Fundraising Ties Raise Ethics Questions For Wright
Insensitive Wright reveals campaign debt troubles tied to 70 thousand dollars. He says he accepted funds from lobbyists and engineers to cover expenses, framing it as legal yet ethically dubious. Critics warn the episode could threaten House Democrats and prompt calls for reform in next election campaigns.
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Jim Wright
House
Texas Democrat
Wright
Washington
Public Works Committee
Texas
Fort Worth
Texan
Iowa Council Bumps Corrections Director Pay Amid Shortage
The Iowa Executive Council raised the pay range for state director of corrections from 22 360 to 31 460 dollars to 24 648 to 34 632 dollars to lure a qualified candidate after two years of acting leadership. Critics note the mental health director post, also long held by acting heads for over seven years, lacks required psychiatric training and faces a tougher hiring market with psychiatrist pay from 32 994 to 46 514 dollars.
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Iowa
GAO finds flu shot paralysis risk known by CDC
Preliminary GAO research cited by the New York News says CDC officials in Atlanta knew paralysis could follow swine flu vaccines. The vaccination program was paused to study links to Guillain Barré syndrome, with 223 suspected cases reported and at least 110, including six deaths, having received the shot. The consent form gave only a vague warning, prompting claims the public was not adequately warned.
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General Accounting Office
GAO
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
New York News
Dangerous Jewish Culture Symposium in Moscow
A planned December symposium on Jewish culture in the USSR was announced openly but targeted by authorities. Leaders, mostly Jews seeking emigration to Israel, were arrested before the event and their papers confiscated as the state suppressed non-Party initiated gatherings despite rhetoric of freedom.
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Ussr
Union
Moscow
Israel
Communist Party
Sidetracked on sexual equality and conceptual overflow
William Raspberry argues that the women's liberation movement has shifted from removing discrimination to erasing gender differences. He warns that pursuits of equality risk steering girls away from traditional female roles, and he critiques the idea of universal liberation as it overextends concepts beyond their original purpose.
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William Raspberry
Eourgren
Columbia University
Charles Frankel
Peter
New Yorker
No Children For Careers The Prestige Dilemma
The speaker notes many young women reject childbearing or regret it, viewing children and housework as career obstacles. Women working for income deserve equal opportunity, while prestige remains controlled by men. As long as men arbitrate prestige, they reap most of it regardless of motherhood.
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Tom
Desertion from volunteer military pressin g problem
Desertion from the all volunteer force is a growing concern. Carter advisers seek broad clemency for draft violators, while current deserters raise questions about manpower and national security. Navy and Marine rates show high desertion, with new enlistment trends and race composition widening. Career ser vicemen push union questions, and top officers warn of the cost of a peacetime draft without wartime manpower.
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Clayton Fritchey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Pentagon
Defense Department
Navy
Air Force
James Watkins
Army
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taylor
Indifference to Hunt Decried as Political Prisoner
William F Buckley Jr laments the delay in clemency for E Howard Hunt calling him a political prisoner. He contrasts Chile's concern for prisoners with the United States and questions the pardon process and potential political influence in Hunt's case. Buckley notes Hunt's family losses and cites decades of delayed recommendations before the pardon attorney.
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William F. Buckley, Jr
Washington Star
Chile
United States
E. Howard Hunt
James Q. Wilson
Harvard
John Sirica
Hunt
Wilson
Eric Sevareid
James J. Kilpatrick
Howard K. Smith
Hunt’s prolonged jail stay sparks pardon call and critique
The piece condemns the shelved pardon for Hunt as a political sacrifice tied to Nixon era concerns. It laments bureaucratic delay in justice and mercy, arguing for a clear decision or clemency rather than continued delay. It questions who bears responsibility and hints at political influence in the process.
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Hunt
Name Change Fight For Des Moines Bridge Avenue
Don H. Allen argues the Des Moines bridge and nearby thoroughfare should be officially called Scott Avenue as on maps and signs. He notes Scott Avenue honors an early resident who donated land for the Statehouse grounds and is buried there, and urges media and transit to adopt the correct name.
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Des Moines River
Southeast Neighborhood Board
Scott Avenue
Des Moines
Southeast Board
MTA
Don H. Allen
Americana Ct
Christmas Poem Reminds of Bethlehem Birth Amid Holiday Cheer
A verse by June Paschal honors Christmas with carols and festive imagery while urging readers not to forget the manger and the Christ child. The poem contrasts busy shopping and bright store displays with the guiding gem that led the wise men to Bethlehem.
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Santa Claus
Mary
Paschal
Forty-eighth St
Des Moines
Dangerous holidays and political letters to the editor
A reader warns of December motor vehicle deaths in 1975 and urges safe driving practices citing the three Cs. A second reader critiques Senator Dole and Republican party accountability, urging a solid base and noting unreturned district letters.
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United States
B. F. Wells
Belle Ave
Des Moines
Dole
Norm Harris
Skyline Drive
Des Maines
Readers invited to submit letters to Opes Des Moines
Readers are invited to submit letters for publication to the Opes Des Moines, Ia. 50304. Complete names and addresses are required. The editor reserves the right to shorten letters. No letters will be returned.
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Opes
Des Moines
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