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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1980
Page
8
Arguments against the census claim privacy abuses, but record this year and historically show no proven harm or malicious design. Dissenters label data collection as personal or private, yet findings indicate the protest is largely unfounded and for mere grievance.
The Gazette defends census data privacy while urging public cooperation. It acknowledges concerns about data banking and potential misuse but argues assurances protect anonymity. The piece stresses the census is statistical, not personal, and that accurate counts ensure fair distribution of funds and informed policy.
The Iowa House passed a bill to legalize raw milk sales under tight controls including cooling to 40 degrees within two hours, selling within 48 hours, and strict state testing. It would require daily raw milk tests, twice yearly herd checks, and twice yearly medical checks for handlers, with a safety promise allowing buyer choice and state protection.
A reader to the March 23 issue contends the law emphasizes mandatory prison terms for gun crimes while punishing lawful gun owners. They urge focusing on criminals and protecting honest businesses rather than broad rights restrictions.
The proposal suggests ending Saturday mail nationwide to save costs. It argues labor costs dominate, fuel use is minor, and workers would not face layoffs or pay cuts with a five day schedule. The text questions any real savings from reduced carrier hours.
A reader argues for preserving daily Saturday mail delivery and criticizes cutting service. The letter contends officials should be replaced if needed and warns against ad driven policies. It urges a not advertise policy for tobacco to protect impressionable readers, including children.
A writer retracts a March 5 Outlooks horoscope column, admitting a major mathematical mistake and informing readers the wall calendar used was for 1948, and requests readers to ignore the prior forecast.
A reader criticizes two KCRG-TV interviews with William Kelly of Walker through HACAP. The writer argues a family of five can live on 8400 yearly, denounces televised begging, urges money management, notes low Troy Mills costs and senior fuel subsidies, and warns of looming disaster from pollution and slums.
Harvard professor Roger Fisher outlines six policy steps to shift the US approach from military posturing to issue control. He argues redefine the dispute to frame Soviet aggression as non aligned world issue, seek limited threats with UN help, condemn conduct not country, raise political costs of invasion, craft an easy exit with third party mediation, and push a carrot policy to leverage nonalignment and Olympic tensions.
The writer criticizes persistent cigarette advertising, highlighting links to cancer, arteriosclerosis, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. They urge reducing ad space for an industry described as causing vast healthcare costs and human suffering.
William Safire critiques President Carter's anti inflation plan No. 4 delivered March 14. He cites missing pages in the reading copy and questions Carter's grasp of policy while contrasting statements in a Washington Post interview. Safire emphasizes perceived economic misreads and political missteps.
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