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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1980
Page
6
Rock Island Milan district voters approved a 1 million tax increase after a hard selling campaign that drew support from teachers labor and business and warned of budget cuts including athletics. The September measure failed 4309 to 3021 while last Tuesday the proposal passed 6138 to 5177.
A Dallas grand jury declined to indict the parents of a seven month old girl killed by the family's seven foot python. The piece argues exotic pets belong in homes or not, warning of dangers to children and urging people to choose cats over exotic reptiles while acknowledging varied pet behavior.
The article analyzes the Electoral College multiplier effect in Reagan’s 1980 win, noting how state by state rules produced large electoral gains despite closer popular support. It discusses regional shifts, the power of small-population states, and implications for black voters and direct popular voting.
A reader warns hunters across the region about unlawful hunting activities on private timber land. The letter laments trapping and beaver-dam disruption, urging landowners to enforce no trespassing signs and call authorities, while also addressing a separate critique of a local Outlooks article on the Bible.
An evocative meditation on abandoned rails near Promontory Point. The piece recalls Leland Stanford and the golden spike moment while noting the land’s contested future among farmers bicyclists snowmobilers and conservationists. It ends with a Kilmer reference imagining what he might write today.
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