Cedar Rapids mass transit study moves from talk to action
Linn County Regional Planning Commission launches a full-scale survey of Cedar Rapids area public transit to evaluate service scope, financing, usage, and equipment. The study aims to compare bus options with car dependency, align with highway plans, and provide credible, actionable data for potential improvements despite high costs.
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FTER
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Lipsky bill urged to end 3 percent service tax on city parking
A Cedar Rapids lawmaker proposes removing the 3 percent service tax on municipal parking lot revenue. Iowa cities have long channeled a state take from parking income, reducing funds for local projects. Receipts in Cedar Rapids for 1972 exceeded 225000 with 6750 lost to the tax. In 1971 parking intake topped 248000 and service taxes bled off over 7440. Supporters cite fairness and local control benefits.
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Iowa
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Nixon Budget Sparks Mixed Public Support For Cuts
A Harris survey shows the public opposes cutting key social programs like the Office of Economic Opportunity and Head Start while backing higher Social Security payments and increased education aid. Voters prefer some military and education funding rises and oppose urban removal cuts. views on defense research and farm price supports are mixed. Public optimism on hitting a $269 billion spending cap is limited.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Coordination Agency
Harris
Nixon
Let's Maintain Choices for Girls Too
A letter argues United Community Services must not drop funding for Camp Fire Girls or Girl Scouts in Linn County. It urges public input, contrasts programs, and notes girls benefit from diverse options including self sufficiency, traditions, and international ties. The writer calls for maintaining both organizations and contacting UCS officials.
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United Community Services
UCS
Camp Fire Girls
Girl Scouts
Herbert Wiese
Third Avenue SE
Linn County
Black Nixon aide urges blacks to work with Nixon
Stanley S. Scott, the White House liaison with minority groups, argues blacks must engage with President Nixon rather than oppose him. He defends budget priorities, notes increases in food aid and minority business funds, and says criticism stems from misinformation. Scott, a former reporter, was recruited in 1971 and faces mixed political support from Congress.
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Ashington
Nixon
Stanley S. Scott
White House
Scott
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
Congressional Quarterly
Johnson
Herbert G. Klein
Klein
Robert J. Brown
Charles C. Diggs, Jr
D-Mich
House District of Columbia Committee
Congressional Black Caucus
Diggs
Brown
Andrew Young
D-Ga
Tomin
Young
Atlanta
United Press
America
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Vietnam
Local readers urged to support HACAP as aging population speaks
A plea from elderly residents to the Gazette community urges continued support for the HACAP program. They acknowledge past help but fear for the future as older folks feel outpaced by younger generations and seek ongoing city assistance.
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HACAP
Betty Crocker
Gazette
Change Venue for Fair Trial in Racially Charged Case
The speaker urges moving the trial of Bruce Stark Joe Love and Aaron Doolin for the killing of Marshall Dick McKinney. They argue local prejudice against Negroes in Cedar Rapids taints justice and advocate relocating to a venue with no prior exposure to the case by the white majority.
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Bruce Stark
Joe Love
Aaron Doolin
Marshall Dick McKinney
Cedar Rapids
Gazette Forum Letters Clarify Editorial Page Rules
The Gazette invites readers to send opinions on issues or events not on personalities. Letters focus on a single topic for strong readership. Each writer may submit about 400 words once a month, with name and signature, address, and telephone for authenticity. Anonymous letters are not published.
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Gazette
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Barry Polsky
George Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
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