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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1979
Page
6
The proposed University of Iowa sports arena would be funded largely by revenue bonds with ticket and student fee surcharges. Football, wrestling, and basketball see higher prices, while public funds cover maintenance and access roads. TV telecasts could reduce attendance, and long term surcharge removal remains uncertain.
Linguists note English complexity at play in voting terms. Iowa Code uses voters electors eligible qualified registered interchangeably creating confusion. A 1970 opinion says qualified means age and residency met even if not registered, while eligible requires registration to vote.
A March Gazette editorial decries parity economics and denounces Carter era farm policy as unfair to agriculture. It argues retail food inflation is driven by marketing costs, notes declining real farm income since 1950, and proposes non recourse loan support as a cheaper price floor.
Lawmakers remain skeptical of NAS findings that saccharin is a carcinogen or weakly so and plan to extend an FDA moratorium. The diet soda industry objects to restrictions while officials warn about long term risks to children, despite panel recommendations for tighter controls.
The author questions if Jerry Brown by vacationing with Linda Ronstadt harms his White House bid. He cites past scandals and public morality, noting voter sensitivity to personal conduct in presidential politics and recalling the Cleveland scandal of 1884 as a cautionary tale. Washington Star Syndicate
In a column letter, a reader mocks the Gazette's language on price supports, argues higher levels harm family farmers, and notes small to medium farmers rely on production income without large landholdings. The writer recalls a shift from funnies to obituaries as preferred news.
A variety of scholars and critics challenge evolution and fossil evidence. George Gaylord Simpson notes the scarcity of transitional forms across animal groups, while David Kitts cites gaps in the fossil record. Others, like E J Corner and Henry Morris, offer opposing views rooted in creationism and biblical text.
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