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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1979
Page
6
Five years after Carter announced his first campaign in Washington and Atlanta, the piece notes his near parity with Kennedy in the polls and highlights the perennial flaw in U.S. politics. It argues campaigns start too early and rely on personality over issues, eroding respect for the presidency as voters focus on intangibles.
In a crisis over Iranian hostages, President Carter is urged to involve religious leaders and appeal to Ayatollah Khomeini. The piece suggests global faith figures could press for a peaceful settlement, while warning against militarized solutions and urging humane restraint.
Reflection on the 1979 open access ideal for court arguments contrasts with the media glare around The Brethren by Woodward and Armstrong. The piece notes public interest from CBS 60 Minutes and Washington Post coverage while urging restraint and regret over perceived court climate and integrity.
A letter argues government support for Chrysler Corp amid industry losses and high regulatory costs. It cites total federal loans and guarantees, EPA waivers used by AMC, rising reporting pages, and daily costs, asserting regulation, not mismanagement, drives auto woes while noting Chrysler’s fuel efficiency, share of small cars, planned one million front-wheel-drive units, new leadership, and large cost cuts.
The letter argues against a loan guarantee cost with Chrysler and warns about job losses. It condemns UNICEF United Nations aid as aiding communists in Cambodia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia and questions donor ethics and fiscal policy tied to Social Security taxation and political figures.
The piece argues politicians have used billions of tax dollars to aid other nations. It claims funds were available to bail out Lockheed and Chrysler with about 1.5 billion dollars, and to spend 100000 to 280000 for Nixon's office, plus additional undisclosed expenditures.
Request for personal recollections on CCC life 1933 to 1942 across the United States. A Vermont forestry official, former state CCC director with 20 camps, seeks interviews from enrollees, technical personnel, officers, advisers, chaplains, and others. Include camp numbers, locations, and camp designations.
A reader seeks to reach a boy aged about seven or eight who at age four lost most of his hand in a grain auger. They met in Kmart on Saturday December 2 and the writer, sharing a similar handicap, wishes to offer encouragement and coping support.
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