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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1990
Page
6
The editorial denounces a Bush plan to cap state and local tax deductions at 10,000 dollars arguing it causes double taxation and harms cities and states. It notes governors and mayors oppose reducing deductibility and warns the policy would shift burdens from the wealthy to the middle class while complicating local finances.
The Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association hosts The Wellington Showcase 90 an arts and crafts fair at Redmond Park and nearby blocks on Sunday noon to 6 pm with free admission. About 20 businesses and four churches back the festival featuring arts crafts jazz dance a vintage car show and historical exhibits. Susan Quinn says the event signals commitment to upgrading the blighted area and drawing residents together.
Tom Teepen argues that rising bagpipe fervor poses a cultural hazard. Carnegie Mellon plans a two-student per year bagpipe degree led by James McIntosh, whose Scots background and reeds business intensify the critique. The piece likens bagpipes to an ecological threat and mocks the instrument’s musical merit.
A Cedar Rapids reader warns that the Instructional Support Levy could raise property taxes up to 10 percent annually for five years without a public vote. He cites past bond funds and argues against non-directive sex and drug education, urging 1,500 petition names by Aug. 10 to force a public vote and promising to vote against the levy at the polls.
Gerald T. Sullivan argues that the original Hippocratic Oath, written around 400 B.C., still raises questions about abortion and life ending decisions. He notes the oath forbids harmful practices and abortion aids and asks readers if its pre-Christian values remain valid today.
John W. Lemmon cites Reverend Lindsey Williams on character as the basis of national fate and good government. He notes Williams who advised a pipeline chaplaincy and offers four key remarks about character and responsibility in leadership.
Bruce McGovern of 1017 Clifton St NE condemns The Gazette for male bashing and feminist content. He cites front page female felon portrayal and cites a May 6 Washington Post ombudsman critique of pro-life rally coverage to argue staff are largely pro feminist and ignore opposing views.
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