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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1983
Page
6
The Gazette notes Cooper Evans predicts no government feed grain program next year as drought and PIK idling cut the corn harvest to about 5 billion bushels from 8.4. If prices rise above target, deficiency payments fade and PIK may disappear, reshaping farm policy and market dynamics for 1984.
Twentieth Century Fox says Jedi tops $200 million in 10 weeks becoming the fourth biggest gross ever behind E T the Extra Terrestrial Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. The piece explains rentals drive box office rankings and notes Gone With the Wind sits 14th.
A letter argues Quinby’s Nicaragua visit showed a biased view. It claims the Nicaraguan government manipulated visitors, cites local discontent and hardship under Somoza, and warns against trusting official tours or propaganda from abroad.
The column notes James Hearst of Cedar Falls, called Iowa’s poet laureate, died near his Aug 8 birthday. It lists August births of writers and public figures including England’s laureates, Shelley, ending with John Culver and Herbert Hoover, contrasting regional ties.
A reader denounces a $9,138 raise for senators while millions are unemployed. He notes their six-figure earnings and fringe benefits, urges belt-tightening, and cites John Kennedy to challenge self interest. He expresses shame at senators with ties to the raise.
The Kehm wrongful death suit against Procter & Gamble over Rely tampons led to a 1982 verdict of negligence, with appeals delaying payment. Attorney Tom Riley sold trial materials to aid the plaintiff and others, paying debts, while facing a $10,000 contempt fine for releasing two non admitted documents under a 1981 protective order.
Keith L Wallace of Marion criticizes The Gazette for ignoring the rough northbound crossing at C Ave NE beyond Blairs Ferry Rd. He notes a six inch drop to the tracks, reputing 2 mph as the safe speed and reports exhaust damage from cars. He compares it to a repaired Lindale Drive crossing in Marion last November and urges action.
James Reston argues the U S approach to Central America steadies nerves and attracts cautious support while warning of dangers and the risk of a wider U S Soviet clash. The piece notes naval patrols, troop movements, diplomacy, Kissinger led commission, and the balance between pressure and negotiation.
The letter titled Creator or created? contains transcription errors. It should state that as people in control of life and death we would survive nuclear exchange. It also clarifies the quote: It was once said seeing is believing and I say being is believing.
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