This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1981
Page
6
The Gazette argues lowering the top tax on unearned investment income from 70 to 50 percent could boost capital spending, jobs, and private production without harming Treasury receipts. It cites 1960s rate cuts and 1979 capital gains data, while noting public unease about capital income being called unearned and the tax burden on middle earners.
The article questions the safety of phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride in popular diet aids like Dexatrim Prolamine and PVM. It notes Fargo hospital cases with dizziness and anxiety, calls for FDA FTC scrutiny, and compares risks to amphetamines while asking about long term use caffeine interactions and inconsistent warnings among brands.
Senate leader Robert Byrd weighs cooperation with Reagan's economic plan while fearing 1982 Senate losses. He doubts Haig's approach, cautions about GOP momentum, and seeks a nonpartisan foreign policy with trust and plain talk as the path to bipartisan success.
A reader attacks the February editorial Save lives at 65 and targets IDOT planner Ian MacGillivray while recalling a bicycle fatality in 1980. The letter argues signaling changes and road paving issues on H Avenue, cites past council actions, and disputes a reporter’s portrayal of the author. It critiques traffic speed limits, stop signs, and the Cedar Lake Study Committee involvement.
A Gazette letter questions a 20 cent hourly raise for top library staff claiming it implies excessively high wages. The reader disputes the arithmetic used to defend four tenths of a percent increase and warns about tax increment financing costs to taxpayers over 15 years in the assessor's office.
Russell Baker questions the claim that President Reagan is a great communicator. He doubts the consensus while exploring what a communicator actually is and concludes the public may overstate Reagan's communicative powers. The piece blends humor with a meta discussion on communication.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.