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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1973
Page
8
The editorial page of the She Gedur Rapids Gazette on Wednesday February 28 1973 offers opinion pieces and commentary on local issues. Readers get viewpoints on town affairs and public policy topics reflected by the Gazette's editorial board.
City officials warn Cedar Rapids could lose HUD backed programs and a $21 million water pollution grant. Storm sewer, parkland, urban renewal, and sewage treatment projects face cutbacks risking higher local taxes and job losses amid a national budget battle with Congress and the Nixon administration.
A reflective piece notes that a 60 year old has spent about 20 years sleeping. It argues sleep is a cherished, perhaps kingly, use of life and a key good for people. The author frames sleep as essential and rewarding.
A defense of American ideals and free speech contrasts Vietnam war protests with returning POWs. The author urges humility toward past actions, rejects antiwar violence, and calls for a cease-fire within the nation while affirming America's enduring freedoms and values.
In a reader column the benefits of pari mutuel betting in Iowa are urged including a 5 percent state take and reduced taxpayer burden. The piece argues many neighbors have such betting, keeps money in state, and supports jobs, horses, trainers and breeders statewide.
Nixon argues that 1960s Great Society programs failed in practice yet the case is partisan and self serving. He decries funding while overlooking modest gains and the political limits of community action. Revenue sharing and social security changes are analyzed with focus on costs and distribution.
A reader laments the mayor’s illness and recounts a family displaced by a bulldozed home, forced to accept $6,000 and relocate to a cheaper residence costing $3,900 more. The note also criticizes rising taxes from $198 to $737 since 1954 and dismisses Des Moines statements as baloneyabortion and gambling.
A reader argues that opponents of abortion who call murder and seek legality clash with those who refuse to kill in war. The letter by Diane Petrie from Washington Avenue SE notes perceived hypocrisy on conscience and amnesty issues.
A note detailing letters policy for the Gazette editorial page. Readers may submit opinions on issues and events, with editing allowed to fit 400 word limit without changing meaning. Each writer may publish one letter every 30 days, non anonymous, including name address and readable signature. telephone not printed. poetry not published.
A Los Angeles Times piece notes Russia and China display warmth toward Nixon diplomacy. It highlights liaison offices replacing embassies, expanded exchanges, and a shared aim to reduce Pacific military conflict while pursuing broader peace among the three powers. Brezhnev and Mao signal cautious optimism.
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