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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1978
Page
6
Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug warns that food needs drive priorities, but Freedom House data show varied links between rights and hunger. He argues doubling world population requires more food production, yet suggests expanding rights can curb overpopulation and support development.
The House rejected the Agency for Consumer Protection bill 227 to 189. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hails the defeat as resistance to federal red tape while consumer advocates lament the setback and point to lobbying by business interests and fading influence of Ralph Nader as factors in the loss.
Washington observers assess the Marston affair as a major political rupture impacting President Carter and Attorney General Bell. The episode centers on merit versus political influence in judicial appointments and raises questions about credibility and perjury amid Bell’s confirmation and Marston’s ouster.
A reader commends The Gazette for its nursing home article and urges broader coverage. The letter argues elderly residents subsidize Medicaid patients, condemns bureaucrats for promoting minimal care, and calls out underfunding and confusion in public discussion. The writer questions concern for aging citizens and criticizes government reimbursement schemes.
The writer criticizes state funding for nursing homes and welfare, argues minimum wage and bureaucracy burden care workers, and urges citizens to elect leaders who align with biblical principles. The piece warns that government overreach threatens freedoms, taxes rise, and moral decay grows as welfare rolls expand.
A reader questions the nation’s dual aims of promoting human rights abroad while pursuing policy moves that seem to favor national self interest. The piece cites actions like buying Ugandan coffee and sanctioning South Africa, arguing these moves undercut credibility and consistency in foreign policy.
A woman recounts slipping on a long piece of plastic on 21st Avenue SW on January 6 while waiting for a bus. She broke her leg above the knee and praises Harold Davidson’s family, a bus driver who stopped to assist, and neighbors for aid and ongoing support.
A Harris Survey of 1,259 adults shows 89 percent want to clean up government and 83 percent want energy independence measures. Voters call for openness, ethics enforcement, less lobbying, and stronger consumer representation, with broad support for cutting federal spending and environmental protections.
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