Cedar Rapids vies for public private center bond plan
Cedar Rapids residents weigh a combined public private bond request for a city civic center and a privately owned hotel with a shared parking ramp. Officials say hotel revenue and tax increment finance will cover most bond payments, keeping local levies modest while boosting downtown development. The plan aims to deliver a multipurpose complex and long term tax benefits, unlike the rejected wholly public center proposal six years ago.
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Civic Center
Bloodthirst on TV Hype and Shocking Shark Duel
Promoters tout an 18 foot ton and a half great white shark vs Australian hunter bout as a new TV spectacle drawing up to 50 million dollars. Critics label it crude sensationalism and the public decency clash with animal welfare groups, who threaten intervention over cruelty claims.
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Evel Knievel
P.T. Barnum
Ridic u lous civic center proposal draws editor's fury
Readers urge vote against downtown civic center claiming city ownership subsidizes private profits and wastes tax dollars. Letter questions parking congestion and highway access while warning of broader government overreach and gun control rhetoric intertwined in the forum.
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Hawkeye Downs
Viewers restless networks fret early head lapping year
Network TV faces an early season shakeup as popular programs are canceled and schedules shuffled. Beacon Hill and Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell head list of casualties amid flat overall ratings and a so-called family hour rule restricting primetime.
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Pluys
ABC
Cosell
Day care expansion tied to women’s push for independence
A Louis Harris survey profiles working women showing a rise in full time employment among young, educated urban women from higher income families while rural and blue collar households lag. It notes women seek financial independence, supports for day care could boost participation, and public backing has grown to 72 percent.
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Urey
Secret Service under pressure in 1976 campaign threat
The piece recalls a 1908 Humphrey exit incident in Boston where a secret service agent shoved a reporter aside, warning that touching the candidate could be fatal. It argues rising tensions and overcompensation risk, with agents fearing anything goes, urging citizens to stay calm and keep bags down during rallies.
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Secret Service
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Nincompoop
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George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Harold Stassen
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