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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1977
Page
6
Editorial page notes John Donnelly's role as treasurer with emphasis on financial stewardship and budget concerns. Focuses on public finance responsibilities and upcoming fiscal decisions impacting readers.
A Harris survey shows a majority oppose Carter's plan to invite 15 000 more Southeast Asian refugees despite 140 000 already resettled. The article notes language and job problems, calls for immigration status changes to permanent resident alien, and cites in-state tuition and family reunification as aims of the proposal.
The comedian Groucho Marx who died at 86 is remembered for clean humor that once offended Cedar Rapids audiences in the 1920s. Harpo notes the incident in Harpo Speaks and highlights Groucho's lasting appeal from stage to You Bet Your Life.
Senator Russell Long argues for piloting Carter welfare reforms to assess true gains. He warns of bureaucratic cost inflation and dependency, noting Medicaid and prior programs overspent. He favors regional pilots to test federalism before nationwide adoption, urging cautious reform.
A Cedar Rapids resident describes heavy rain damage to a home with ruined basement contents, cracked walls, and destroyed roof. She notes past storms in 1971 and laments inadequate storm sewers, asking what has been done since.
A resident asks the editor if any council member lives in flood damaged areas and condemns a realtor and insurer for failing to warn about flood risk. The letter recalls surveying their ruined home after the disaster and expresses anger at a radio newscaster who mocked the situation.
A speaker laments council members as lacking in potential and betraying public faith, expressing pity for their wasted lives and sorrow over erosion of faith in fellow citizens.
The Gazette invites reader opinions on issues and events with a 400 word limit per letter. Each writer may submit one letter every 30 days, with condensed edits permitted. Anonymous publication is not allowed and a readable handwritten signature with name, address and telephone number (not printed) helps authentication.
Mark Russell comments on weapons, satire, and a hypothetical dial on a bomb that would target enemies while sparing civilians. He jokes about Japan and Hiroshima versus Cleveland, and notes a New York blackout caused by a generator failure blamed on a squirrel.
Roscoe Drummond argues in U.S. News and World Report that a healthy two party system requires a revived GOP. He cites historical examples from Weimar to De Gaulle and notes declines in Republican power, urging concern from non Republicans as well as Republicans.
The article discusses the preferred pronunciation of strength as strenkth versus strenth, citing Webster's editions and a reader from Hun tingdon Valley, Pa. It includes commentary on a baseball article and explains the term anacoluthon, traced to Greek roots, with attribution to New York Times Syndicate.
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