Air rules strangle industry in Cedar Rapids inquiry
The Gazette reports Caterpillar Tractor considered 450 acres in Cedar Rapids but withdrew after environmental staff warned of Cedar Rapids likely failing federal air standards. The piece notes emission offset rules may block major new plants unless pollution is offset elsewhere, questioning where industry will relocate if Iowa tightens clean air enforcement.
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Peoria
Caterpillar
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Iowa
Development Commission
Congress
Arrogant hours clash at FCC as ferris retreats
A plan to shift FCC hours from 8 4 30 to 9 5 30 faced strong opposition from 1 285 employees who warned of unsafe night exposure. Ferris delayed the change for two months and pledged flexibility for bureau chiefs to accommodate staff. The episode underscores tensions between public service goals and bureaucratic routines.
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Communications Agency
Ferris
Federal Agencies Slow to Pay Bills Under Routine Rules
Senators hear how government departments delay payments to vendors by months or years while IRS charges penalties to private debtors. GAO found 20 percent of 3 200 invoices unpaid after 30 days with wide agency variation. Supporters cite 8 percent interest proposal and urge accountability for civil servants to fix the system.
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General Accounting Office
GAO
Departments of Justice and Agriculture
Packwood
Galactic Visitor Declares Peace Message on Earth
A South of England broadcast reports an alien emissary calling Earth to live in peace. The intruding voice warns against weapons of evil and urges cooperation, while dismissing astrology and threats as bunk.
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Earth
Britain
Asteron
Aquarius
Widow pension rules spark call for reform
A widow writes that remarriage should not end pension benefits, noting railroad retirement rules echoing the Social Security issue. She argues widows and their children deserve protections and cites 1976 U S widow counts rising from 1970.
Parents and youth options debated in letters to editor
A reader cites two letters, one about neglected youth and the lack of activities for ages 14 to 17, and another calling for names of minor offenders to be printed. The writer critiques parental responsibility, reviews local entertainment options, and notes mixed messages from ads and theaters hurting or aiding youths.
No Giveaway in Panama Canal Treaties, Writer Says
William F. Sueppel of Iowa City and 499 others form the Bipartisan Citizens Committee of Americans for the canal treaties. He argues opponents misread the issues, cites historical U S actions in Panama and Colombia, and urges readers to weigh the treaties for national prestige. He cites The Path Between the Seas and notes a Washington portrait trend of uniformed politicos with hands in pockets.
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William F. Sueppel
Iowa City
Citizens Committee of Americans For
Canal Zone
Colombia
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J. F. Hladky, Jr
Art Heusinkveld
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Gazette
Editorial
By Don Oakley
Washington
Charles D. Ferris
The
Federal Communications Commission
West Coast
FCC
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Feds
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Service
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Senate
General Services Administration
Civil Service Commission
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Department of Transportation
Manfred Goldstein
Bellmore
N.Y
Goldstein
Phooey
Space
U.S
Pat Pooler
Fifth Ave
Danish Bookworld
Marion
Panama
United States
Colon
Panama City
David McCullough
Washington, D.C
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