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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1977
Page
6
About one third of 30 000 water bill questionnaires returned with mixed views on Bever Park zoo. Most want some zoo kept open, while a sizable minority favors keeping only parts or abolishing it. An advisory committee will translate public sentiment into feasible changes.
A reader writes warning travelers about costly misdirections during Nashville trips to Opryland. Problems include under fueled buses, far hotels with poor water and limited hours, long waits in heat, distant parking, no transit, and missing Grand Ole Opry tickets.
A reader asks which group Commission Colton would prefer his child to join Scouts Campfire or school booster clubs. The letter asserts Scouts and similar groups as profit making and contrasts with Campfire volunteer work. The writer questions Colton’s ties and imagines him in Cedar Rapids as a week with 121 children.
The writer argues for building viaducts across Third and Fifth avenues to improve safety and save time for motorists and railroads. She claims railroads are cleaner, safer, and taxpaying, and urges government support to rehabilitate tracks and expand rail passenger and freight service while reducing highway congestion.
Polk County delays refund of 114643 owed to eight Iowa counties including Delaware Tama and Linn. After brief refusals to levy emergency taxes the county will pay in November 11 months past due, while others received funds by Feb 15 and Dec 31 deadline. State threatened to withhold reimbursements until payment.
In Kansas the Carter Mondale ticket loses ground with wheat farmers angry over broken pledges on farm supports. Farmers like Ralph Krehbiel cite Carter's reversal on price guarantees and subsidies, while lenders report rising refinanced loans as inflation erodes farm budgets.
Louis Harris surveys 1,502 adults showing a broad shift from consumerism to personal meaning. Majorities favor environmental quality over job-rich areas, individual experience over group activity, and self expression over material gain. The findings suggest a growing emphasis on psychological values and community involvement.
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