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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1983
Page
6
The piece argues that Congress should rewrite the president's 849 billion budget, favoring more jobs and less defense. It urges rapid action, outlines steps for Social Security rescue, defense cuts beyond 8 billion, and careful pruning of nonmilitary programs, education aid, and entitlement costs while reforming the tax code.
Reverend Everett Sileven, jailed four months for contempt over keeping Faith Christian School in Louisville open, prays after release. He objects to state education rules, claiming Christian ministry supersedes secular requirements, while supporters stress rule of law and child education.
A letter to The Gazette criticizes Reagan’s state of the union remarks and the wage freeze proposal for government and military workers. The writer urges broader tax reform, questions congressional raises, and warns that failing to voice opinions will yield worse outcomes for middle class taxpayers.
A parish treasurer notes gas bills rising from six to forty five cents per ccf since 1970 and questions wage growth. The author argues courts abuse procedures, focusing on officer conduct over guilt and calls for laws to curb appeals while stressing taxpayer costs.
The Gazette covered a found pearl from a clam by Cedar Rapids Hatworks on First Street SW opposite Peoples Bank and Trust Co. The clipping traveled to Czechoslovakia where a local teacher translated it into Czech. The father arrived in 1912, witnessed the Titanic tragedy, and the family later prospered through Gazette ads.
Linn County lawmakers hosted a public legislative forum on Jan 22 inviting citizens to ask questions and share views. Topics included county finances land use commissions parimutuel betting school closings funding private education tax credits hospices and a proposed one cent sales tax increase. The next session is set for 10 30 a m Feb 19 at the Educational Service Center.
The Gazette invites reader letters up to 400 words and requires writer name street address signature and a non published phone number for authentication. Letters should focus on issues and events not personalities, exclude verse, allow one letter per writer every 30 days.
Spies at Linn-Mar High School report English classes discuss the terms emigrate and immigrate. A friendly note questions an AP sentence about emigrating to the United States, then clarifies that emigrate uses from and immigrate uses to or into.
George Will criticizes a Democratic televised response to the State of the Union for misstatements about Pentagon dog care costs and other inaccuracies. He notes Daschle's inflated figures, Aspin's remarks, and broader errors, arguing the film reflects anti-defense bias and factual loose talk.
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