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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1980
Page
6
The House passes a bill phasing out disaster aid and expanding national crop insurance, a plan Carter signals he will veto. Critics warn of high costs, potential planting on erosion-prone land, and risk of nonparticipation leaving farmers uninsured. The measure heads to conference with a likely presidential signature.
Archibald Cox argues that progress in representative government depends on Americans devising better ways to organize and govern themselves. He praises Iowa and Maine caucuses as near exemplary participatory democracy and urges greater turnout to counter self interest and bureaucratic drift in the 1980s.
Letter writers challenge claims in a recent How To Manage Money piece about care centers. They defend modern facilities as therapeutic rehabilitation and convalescence centers, oppose stereotyped nursing home death timelines, and urge better volunteer guidance and awareness of Iowa care center ownership trends.
Letter criticizes extended care expenses and post surgery healing. Calls for community living and reality orientation for the confused, urging editors to tell the public the new care centers are not nursing homes of the past. Residents urged to protest the draft and registration to avoid war deaths.
A speaker urges more youth input on conflict decisions and criticizes the Vietnam era and current veteran care. The note highlights veterans in hospitals, those who lost limbs, and calls for stronger representation and policy attention.
Cedar Rapids audiences packed the Paramount Theatre on February 13 for three sellout performances of The Follies. The Women's Committee credited executive producer Karen Sevcik and a team including Robert Geuder Allen Koepke Kathleen McNamara and James Erbe for a memorable revival.
The piece argues for sweeping reforms in the U.S. rail system including consolidations, fair accounting, interchanges, and abandoning unprofitable lines. It warns against nationalization, notes failures like Penn Central, and highlights Amtrak’s high labor cost and subsidies while urging profitable, self-sustaining rail networks guided by fuel efficiency and reduced government burdens.
In Manchester New Hampshire Joan Kennedy addresses a somber crowd as Ted Kennedy's once vast campaign operation collapses. The note on a donation can and dwindling staff mark a drastic turn from prior splendor to financially strained struggles ahead of upcoming primaries.
A concise reflection notes that much global labor is performed by workers who are not feeling well. It highlights how discomfort or illness can shape productivity, morale, and the perception of work. The observation invites consideration of support, health resources, and workplace practices.
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