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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1982
Page
3
The Gazette urges caution as Iowa faces potential insolvency of its unemployment compensation fund amid a prolonged recession. With a $70 million balance and weekly payouts over $7 million, officials warn that insolvency could loom by April unless measures like higher employer assessments or federal loans are considered.
Admiral Hyman Rickover used a Capitol Hill farewell to target Defense Department overspending and Navy cost overruns while praising his own naval legacy. He denounced military contractors and the Justice Department for fraud cases, noted past conflicts with Stockman over waste cutting, and earned congressional praise for his singular, memorable leadership style.
Readers letters explore the meaning of all men are equal and justice for all. Courts respond with a case outlining one serious misdemeanor plus another leading to a felony for drunk driving. The sentence totals seven days in county jail and a four thousand dollar fine.
A reader argues that state welfare policy punishes ordinary families while mislabeling offenses. Two driving while barred offenses and an involuntary manslaughter misdemeanor yield prison and job loss. The author decries budgets restricting ADC aid, disparate treatment of felons and misdemeanors, and 90 day sentence reductions for felons, urging readers to contact legislators and the governor.
A reader laments the possible end of Captain Kangaroo on CBS at 6:30 am, praising Bob Keeshan's educational influence and urging network freedom for the show's creative direction. The letter urges retaining an early morning slot for preschool viewers and compares to Sesame Street.
Washington reports reveal a secret US move to pay 70 million dollars monthly to American banks on Poland loans, bypassing CCC default rules. Internal memos show State Department and White House pressure to avoid default criteria, with proposed methods to authorize CCC payments without declaration of default, undermining NATO debt pressure on Poland's regime.
The writer thanks city county and state road crews for long hours in snowstorms and the news media for timely notices of weather postponements. They applaud a Kirkwood Community College bus driver and students who helped push them from a snowbank and praise Cedar Rapids Gazette for listing Air Florida flight passengers.
Winners of a free one week Hawaii vacation for two express gratitude to Trade Wind Tours of Hawaii and Universal Travel of Cedar Rapids for Cedarfest sponsorship. They praise Vin Ward of Universal Travel for arrangements and recall a moving Pearl Harbor visit honoring the fallen and their families entombed at sea.
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