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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1978
Page
6
A White House plan links federal funding to bold urban renewal efforts. Massachusetts is cited as a model while rural states like Iowa worry about losses. The proposal, limited at first to 5 to 15 states, would shift more funds to trailblazers from laggards, sparking debate over rural impact and equity in the Senate era.
A public TV panel debate weighs whether corporate farming drains local business from rural towns. Ru ral American Inc. argues money exits home communities when large operations buy in cities, harming small-town vitality. But USDA economist David Moyer urges more study. The Iowa example shows limited impact despite farm declines. The 1975 Iowa Family Farm Act limits corporate ownership to protect communities.
A satirical column notes reduced aid to Nicaragua as Somoza unlikely to win a peace prize while Iran remains favored due to oil. It ridicules Nicaragua's torture minister Dr. D R Stiletto and mocks human rights exams, urging bananas powered cars as a future joke.
James Reston reports that Secretary of State Vance remains calm and tacitful as Israel campaigns against his position on Sinai and West Bank settlements and on U.S. arms to the region. The Carter administration presents a united front on settlements and the 1967 borders under UN Resolution 242, with Vance acting as mediator within the White House and State Department.
A letter criticizes Dr. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter, arguing human rights must drive U.S. policy. The writer cites protein calorie malnutrition affecting about 500 million people, contrasts calorie intake across nations, and urges planting more staple crops to avert want, violence, and revolution.
Carl Riblet Jr argues for addressing poverty and inequality as core national security strategy. He criticizes Panama Canal treaties linking U S banks to Torrijos regime and urges Senate action, urging readers to contact their senators and support decisive leadership.
The Harris Survey finds 32 percent call themselves conservative, 41 percent middle-of-the-road, and 18 percent liberal, with little shift over a decade. Regional and demographic patterns show conservatives vary by region, age, and occupation, but no broad surge toward conservatism or liberalism is evident.
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