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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1983
Page
3
Cedar Rapids has boosted property tax levies over the past five fiscal years to fund improved police and fire protection. City Hall Notes indicates substantial gains in the two funds as taxpayers finance essential services.
Century Engineering completed its move to the town outskirts and notes signs of improvement in the farm equipment business. The general manager reports employment is up a little from last summer as a separate office building awaits a stronger farm economy.
President Reagan in a weekly radio address argues social programs harm families by fostering welfare dependency and more unmarried mothers. He says big government taxes inflates and regulates to drain wealth and crush family spirit. Senator Baucus answers with a call to protest the national debt and close more tax loopholes.
The president argues deficits push up interest rates and inflation while welfare programs contribute to family breakups and poverty. He cites rising single-parent households since 1960 and says policy fixes include tax cuts, child care credits, and job training for one million Americans to strengthen families and cut inflation and taxes.
A freight train derailed near Red Bluff California spilling hazardous chemicals. About 500 residents evacuated as 36 to 50 cars derailed with up to 12 on fire. No injuries reported. hospital and evacuation center set up while officials assess chemical risk and wind direction.
Tens of thousands of Flower Kid dolls enter the U.S. market after Customs clears them, though the dolls lack features like bottoms and belly buttons. Coleco faces diaper and naming shortages as Cabbage Patch mania spurs lines and injuries. Flower Kid priced at 12.88 versus 25 for Cabbage Patch.
The Catholic Church in the United States faces a looming priest shortage. Projections show a 50 percent drop from about 58 000 priests by 2000, with most aged 60 or older. Seminary entrants fell from 48000 in 1962 to 12054 in 1983, January 1983 figures cited by a church conference.
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