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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1988
Page
6
The Gazette outlines a flood of 948 entries from residents in Cedar Rapids aiming to improve the city. Winners planned as guidance for all citizens, with calls for broader public participation beyond leaders to help turn ideas into realities.
The United States faces a European Community threat to ban beef over growth hormones, with about 140 million dollars at stake. Retaliatory sanctions loom as the U S argues no health risk is proven while Europe questions hormone use and buyers demand marbling and tailored cuts for markets like Japan.
Political essay notes 1988 as a year of reduced tensions and mixed progress. It surveys Iran Iraq Namibia Afghanistan Europe arms limits and rising Baltic independence, warning that gains may be fragile amid hard-line resistance and domestic upheavals.
Robert E. Schorg writes that police officers and department staff bear heavy burdens with high stress, low pay, and insufficient authority. He urges community and officials to back the Cedar Rapids Police Department, detailing dangers, supervision levels, and the need for support.
A reader criticizes the idea that the president controls congressional pay and urges civic action through voter reaction. The letter also discloses the author’s exit from Jehovah’s Witnesses, recounting family reunifications and a call for truthful inquiry, while criticizing the Iowa Fathers Rights Group and advocating zero tolerance for documented child abusers in joint custody cases.
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