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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1979
Page
6
President Carter urges ending the 32 cent subsidy on non-needy school meals while preserving free and reduced price meals for the needy. Observers doubt a total subsidy cut, noting potential higher costs for middle income families and risk to meal participation.
The Cedar Rapids School Board weighs parking charges to fund efficiency goals and reduce student car use. Proposals include a possible ban on student parking with bus route reviews, pooled car incentives, and resident parking tags to limit nonresident cars during school hours.
President Carter says the energy problem is serious and growing as he promotes conservation measures. He advocates voluntary reductions and state enforcement, with unenforceable building and tax incentives, and rules out gasoline rationing for now.
The piece argues that a health system should reward prevention over treatment to improve life quality and reduce costs. It discusses three prevention methods, the need to integrate prevention with care, and the role of policies and payers in promoting healthier lifestyles within a shared system.
A reader challenges the Gazette editorial on marijuana legalization citing no Linn County or Iowa Medical Society support. The writer says physicians were consulted, one endorsed the idea, and defends the Iowa House action as potentially beneficial to the cause.
A letter to the editor argues for legalizing physician prescribed marijuana only, opposing new boards and state policing roles. It cites cancer statistics from 1975, warns about costs, and calls for stricter carcinogen controls, research, and doctor checkups. The writer endorses compassionate policy but critiques editorial stance.
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