The Good Times and Bad Times Through Memory
A reflective essay compares good and bad times across eras. It recalls personal experiences from the Great Depression era, including hog showing and threshing work, and contrasts them with foreclosures, illness, and WPA labor. The piece urges living in the present and trusting memory’s selective nature.
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Cab Callaway
Tiny Hill
Dick Jergens
The
Dorsey Brothers
Lawrence Welk
Broadmoor Pond
Illinois Central Railroad
Anthony
Dad
WPA
Carter's theatrics and the Great Upheaval of 1979
In a dissenting column James J. Kilpatrick argues the July 1979 events around President Carter were a media crafted crisis. He labels the upheaval a staged performance, notes Carter’s Nixonian press manipulation, and contends the changes were token gestures amid timing that produced a fizzled public response.
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Washington
Macbeth
Mixed Iowa elderly care funding faces double match hurdle
Iowa lawmakers approved 800000 for area aging services to help seniors stay home but require a 200 percent local match. Heritage Agency on Aging must define local match and meet grant deadlines, while agencies scramble to assemble funds amid new rules and potential federal impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hawkeye
Heritage Agency
Social Service
Israel Faces Sinai Threat Amid UNEF Vacuum
The piece argues Israel remains threatened in the Sinai after the UNEF mandate expires July 24. It questions UNTSO handling and suggests alternative international or all American force oversight, urging the U.S. to honor peace commitments and supervise or secure a peace process in the region.
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United Nations
Security Council
UNEF
Carter
U.N
Anwar Sadat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Palestine Liberation Organization
Saiqa
Sinai
Israel
U.S
State Department
Waldheim
Raeli
Egypt
Mideast
Cactus theft targets front porch plants on July 14
A resident reports two large cacti stolen at dawn, a century plant about 20 inches tall in a black Haeger pot and a 414 foot tall cactus in a green plastic pot. The thiefs’ car and parking spot are known. Rewards offered for return and information leading to arrests. Help stop theft in the neighborhood.
Read Directions Learn How Dangerous a Pesticide Is
A reader warns about pesticide dangers after reading instructions and questions farmer responsibility for damage. The letter asks why Banonettes cannot sell wholesome milk and suggests farmers could pollute statewide crops and livestock.
Frail Matron Mattie Schultz Faces Food Theft Charge
The 91 year old Mattie Schultz of San Antonio is jailed on a food theft charge. The writer urges compassion for elderly citizens amid inflation and frugality, suggesting readers see their own future in her portrait in the July 27 Gazette.
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Mattie Schultz
San Antonio
Mattie
Safety Town earns praise from Cedar Rapids family
A Cedar Rapids parent lauds the Safety Education Bureau and Safety Town organizers for July 16 20. Junior Police guided preschoolers through activities with patience and clear safety lessons, leaving children excited and feeling grown up. The writer emphasizes appreciation for respectful treatment and personal attention.
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Safety Education Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Appleton Foxes Impress Cedar Rapids Visitors With Gracious Welcome
A Cedar Rapids family visits Appleton Wisconsin to see the Foxes. They receive complimentary reserve seats and note the club's friendly hospitality. The writer urges other towns to welcome visitors, while reflecting on clerical work growth and paper use. Rover jr.
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Appleton, Wis
Cedar Rapids Giants
Appleton Foxes
Free market public milk debate and pesticide concerns
A pesticide licensed applicator questions the ban on selling raw milk by the Banonettes, defending consumer choice and asking where the secretary of agriculture stands on pollution and market freedoms. He hints at ongoing dialogue about pasteurization and nutritional loss.
Why Not the Best Slogan Prompted Carter Joke
A reader complains about a TV moment citing the Carter administration slogan Why not the best He questions Carter’s status and jokes about his sister predicting he will become a Baptist minister when out of office The letter notes turning off the TV to save energy and mocks preaching to everyone but the reader.
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Mr. Carter
Rosalynn Carter
Hamilton Jordan
Jody Powell
Carter
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Art Heusinkveld
J. F. Hladky II
Frank Nye
John Donnelly
FFA
Biggoco Oil Company
Russell H. Anthony
D.V.M
Anthony Animal Hospital
International Shrine
el Kahir Shrine
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
Iowa Board of Veterinary Examiners
By James J. Kilpatrick
Camp David
Pittsburgh
Martinsburg
Dynamo
Patricia Harris
Moon Landrieu
Benjamin Civiletti
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Ham Jordan
Universal Press Syndicate
HAA
Russell Proffitt
Lebanon
Sinai Desert
Department
UNTSO
Berat
Safety Town
United States
Appleton
Jim Chaudoir
Rover, Jr
Jimmy Carter
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