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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1983
Page
6
The IRS rules on withholding tax for interest and dividends and on tipping reporting sparked contrasting protests. Banks face withholding while tips are taxed with estimates, highlighting income gaps, enforcement challenges, and a paradox in Congressional retreat on investors versus persistence on low wage servers.
Iowa program by the private Committee on Criminal Justice handles returned checks without legal authority. Victims present proof, then offenders must cover the check or meet with a hearing officer. It settles about 60 percent of cases, speeding payment and reducing police caseloads.
A columnist questions bilingual education for Hispanics, contrasting U S immigrant groups and noting California’s heavy use of Spanish in classrooms. The piece cites Ronald Reagan and asks whether the nation should be unified by one language or accept bilingualism with two systems.
A state merit system is criticized after an emergency hire bypassed standard procedures. The writer, a qualified applicant, alleges an interviewer hired without merit testing or listing, citing an emergency exception granted due to haste. Delays in grievance processing and notification extensions compounded the issue.
Cindy Andrews of No. 9, 1651 34th St. SE writes about free cheese giveaways. She argues volunteers deserve cheese priority for their loading work and urges gratefulness while criticizing complaints from those in line.
A man denies writing a public letter titled Drunk driver danger that linked him to alcohol warnings. He notes a discussion about cigarette health warnings and liquor marketing. He explains he does not drive and regrets the misattribution, expressing relief no one was hurt.
A RAGBRAI XI rider laments Center Point Iowa for not welcoming the 7,000 riders and missing a chance for local merchants and groups to profit. The author, a Linn County resident, urges organizers to remember Center Point and praises Troy Mills instead.
A personal reminiscence traces the Ever Normal Granary card from a farm childhood to a long history of government price supports. The essay explains how dairy and cheese programs expanded to store surpluses, inflating herds and prices, leaving the common worker priced out and urged to eat ice cream instead.
Periodic observations invite Eastern Iowans to share views. Glenn N Wendler of Amana is president of Wendler Engineering and Construction Inc a lifelong Amana Society member who previously worked as a consulting engineer and county engineer.
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