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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
6
The 26th Amendment could soon place 18 to 20 year olds on juries from voter lists. Debates consider relaxing unanimous verdicts to 10 to 2 or 8 to 4, reducing juries to six, or suspending civil jury trials while keeping criminal juries. Supporters argue these reforms speed justice while preserving fairness.
Iowa faces funding barriers for police helicopters as states like Indiana and neighboring towns pursue rotary wing patrols. Costs exceed initial price with maintenance, pilot training, and facilities driving up expenses, though federal aid may cover part of equipment. Public safety officials monitor advances in search and rescue and law enforcement potential for future adoption.
A Los Angeles Times Syndicate piece by Carl Riblet Jr. argues that radicals across decades aim to level society and cites heavy taxation in the United States as evidence. The anecdotal column uses a Colbert quotation about taxation to critique tax policy.
A letter to the editor criticizes Bever Park zoo for cramped enclosures and dirty conditions affecting many species from monkeys to bears and rabbits. The writer urges improvements, including larger habitats, cleaner water and food practices, and better enrichment, while proposing recreation centers and questioning space program spending.
Space Waste to the Editor urges renewed focus on the national space program as Apollo 15 advances, arguing for oversight and efficiency in funding and missions.
The London obscenity trial of Oz 28, written and drawn by schoolchildren, ends with a ten-to-one verdict against three twenty-somethings. The piece contrasts British pragmatism with American censorship debates and notes a 27 day trial and swift remand to jail.
James Reston notes Beijing’s push to end isolation through Kissinger and Nixon talks while preserving leverage. Peking expands diplomacy, invites more Western access, and pursues UN entry, embassies with Britain, and satellite coverage amid American withdrawal from Vietnam.
Louis Harris surveys 1614 households showing waning support for Vietnam war and defense cuts while education urban aid and pollution control gain. The piece notes inflation raises domestic program costs and warns funds may not free up as hoped for education and cities.
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