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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1992
Page
4
The editorial argues against a legal mandate to harvest all healthy organs after death. It cites organ shortages and Iowa LifeGift efforts but warns that turning bodies into community property undermines compassion. It supports voluntary donation and kin informed consent over forced transfer.
A federal judge delaying a nationwide ban on prerecorded telemarketing devices as Oregon businesswoman Katherine Moser challenges the law. Proponents argue live telemarketers are less intrusive than ads, while the court case contends the rule may unfairly burden small firms.
The Bartletts Familiar Quotations edition cites Garner as saying the office “is not worth a pitcher of warm spit” though the editor’s entry uses a vulgar variant. Evangeline Salazar confirms the coarse version stems from Garner and a 1930s biography.
A taxpayer letter argues collective bargaining for public employees is bankrupting citizens and the federal government. It urges honest talk about payrolls and tax money, calls for amending laws, and questions whether lawmakers can restrain or redo bargaining to protect taxpayers. It demands clarity on costs and input from officials.
Debra Stout thanks a large community for Thanksgiving dinner donations of food time and money at the Parks Building. Special gratitude to Connie Stusak and Wilson Elementary School students for decorations and food.
Community letters urge halting the contest and defend adoption as a caring, private process. Mary Beth Herrity requests privacy for the DeBoers and Schmidts and emphasizes counseling, love, and family bonds in most adoptions. Adoption is celebrated as giving and receiving with love during the holiday season.
A letter commends Melvin Cole of Memphis Tennessee for returning a lost billfold found in a truck. The owner advertised a reward and thanked Cole after Western Union facilitated the reward and the billfold's return to the back door. The note celebrates honest trucking and prompts Cedar Rapids firms to recognize Cole.
A speaker laments the culture shaping youth, blaming abortion, assisted suicide, and media violence for rising brutality. The note argues life is sacred and urges a moral spiritual turnaround to prevent further tragedies seen in Bosnia and Somalia from spilling home.
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