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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1983
Page
6
The piece argues independent truckers fault higher taxes for their woes while noting taxes on fuel and heavy-vehicle use will rise with a delayed effect. It cites studies showing trucks cause more highway damage, urges shared cost among users, and warns of price hikes if trucks must bear more than their fair share.
A Senate bill sponsored by Robert Dole would authorize distributing over 1 billion dollars in surplus crops including corn soybeans rice honey and wheat along with dairy to low income groups. The program aims to deliver food through community groups with an estimated first year net cost under 40 million dollars and avoids cash or food stamp abuse.
Senator Domenici proposes nearly 2,700 two year science and math teaching scholarships plus a thousand Distinguished Teacher Awards to lift U S education. The plan contrasts with White House efforts and stresses training, broader liberal arts, and keeping teachers in the field amid test score declines and shortages.
Readers agree with Richard O Shirk's January 30 Outlook about the 1945 United Nations charter signing in San Francisco. They note its hoped for peace and Truman's praise, while acknowledging mixed results and the UN’s role in curbing wars and ending colonialism. Public opinion may become a new deterrent to war.
A reader decries wealth disparities and U N frustrations, praising dedicated UN workers while urging top government cuts first. The letter argues the rich live lavishly while the poor struggle, citing Ronald Reagan and pensions as proof of class bias in policy.
Mike Verdicchio, Iowa state coordinator for The Way International, questions perceived bias in coverage of the group. He cites a Cedar Rapids abduction incident by a detective agency once probing The Way and notes deprogrammers’ fees for brainwashing. He urges vigilance and freedom.
The 1935 Social Security Act aimed to provide supplementary income for retirees. Instead, a growing surplus was diverted to noneligible workers, turning the fund into a deficit that now loses about 3,300 dollars per minute.
A Cedar Rapids columnist argues the Wilson Junior High in the district should remain open despite a 4-3 school board vote to close it. He notes voter patterns favor keeping a junior high in the southwest quadrant and cautions change should be obvious and beneficial. He closes with a call to resist hasty actions and to “stand there.”
Norman Hanson, son of Cedar Rapids, serves as a field representative for the Iowa Federation of Teachers AFL CIO. He retired in 1981 after 21 years teaching language arts in Cedar Rapids public schools.
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