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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1973
Page
6
HEW released a study titled Welfare Myths vs Facts debunking common stereotypes about welfare. It shows most recipients are not lazy or black, with two thirds on aid less than three years and fraud under 0.4 percent, while poverty remains the real problem.
A Hays Associates report on 38 Iowa top appointive officials shows wide salary gaps with 34 recommended for increases and four for reductions. The study omits three commerce commissioners and three employment security commissioners, prompting calls to delay signing until those positions are clarified.
In a reader letter, a Cedar Rapids resident denounces snowmobiles in city limits after a neighbor’s vehicle crashed into a home causing property damage. The writer argues snowmobiles belong in open fields and urges a centralized dispatch authority for emergency snowmobile aid.
Eldon L Colton urges citizens to donate time to worthy causes and criticizes low engagement in Cedar Rapids bond votes. He highlights leadership, public involvement, and the need for more than a bare majority, warning against protest votes and urging smarter planning and accountability.
Marquis Childs notes Nixon faces tough prep for a European tour focused on securing an export agreement for American farm products. He warns that barriers by Common Market nations, Vietnam war distrust, and avowed anti American sentiment in Sweden and Germany threaten any improving trade ties amid a 9.5 billion dollar deficit over two years.
An area chairman recalls calling hundreds of homes for volunteers for the April 14 and 15 Cancer Crusade. He expected eight captains, secured five, who in turn failed to recruit eight workers each, forcing him to cover extra areas. Each worker aimed to visit about 14 or 15 homes.
A reader denounces U S reliance on oil and military actions in Southeast Asia. They claim Americans are accomplices in human mutilation abroad for material gain and call for protests. They urge exploring alternatives and warn against continued involvement with no excuses.
William Safire argues against a permanent incomes policy calling it a quick fix that would consolidate presidential power, threaten press freedom, and distort the free market. He cites labor influence, monetary contortions, and a quote from Melville to warn against capitulating to wage and price controls.
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