Thankful travelers praise Cedar Rapids strangers aid
In Cedar Rapids last July seven travelers from Neenah Wisconsin faced a breakdown on the ramp to highway 151. A man refused payment and drove them to Baker's Automotive Service where Mr Baker and wife helped for a modest fee. The letter also urges city action on alternate side parking to improve snow removal and shares a personal plea for Johnnie a 33 year old in hardship on Christmas day.
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Sing
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Baker’s
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Fifth Avenue
Elderly face rising costs across Social Security Medicare and services
A reader laments successive increases after a Social Security COLA, Medicare premiums, Blue Cross rates, Cox Cable, Gazette price hikes, and phone bills. The author warns seniors may cut essentials and fears more notices while noting life insurance and burden on children.
Cost increase threatens Social Security recipients in 1988
The note warns Social Security beneficiaries of upcoming price hikes as major providers announce raises. Cox Cable, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Medicare are named, with questions over net benefits after higher costs in 1988.
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Blue Shield
Cox Cable
The
Gazette
Telephone Company
Medicare
Gazette Readers Letters Policy Summary
Printing letters does not vouch for facts or judge opinions. Readers may offer corrections and opposing views with equal opportunity for publication.
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Gazette
Damage waivers in car rentals spark consumer backlash
Iowa attorney Tony Schrader and agent Beth Stuchel describe collision damage waiver as a pricey noninsurance scam. They urge readers to check own policies, shop early, and demand fair disclosure and regulation to curb inflated rental costs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tony Schrader
Iowa Division of Insurance
Beth Stuchel
Outlooks from Eastern Iowans Share Diverse Views
Thoughtful readers from eastern Iowa contribute opinions on a wide range of topics. The column invites personal perspectives while emphasizing that the views are individual and not official positions.
Dale L. Netherton Leads Swisher Sanitation Role
Dale L. Netherton of Swisher manages plant sanitation and security at General Mills. He serves as local lessee for a taped lecture series and works as a part time instructor at Kirkwood Community College.
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General Mills
Kirkwood Community College
Debt and promises in politics warn against unsustainable spending
A critique of political rhetoric about expanding services and reducing deficits. The piece argues that you cannot obtain more total government without more spending, whether funded by taxes or borrowing, and that politicians routinely overpromise. It likens debt to fraud when promises cannot be kept and urges restraint and accountability.
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Kirkwood
Mount Mercy College
University of Iowa
Bill Cosby
Norman Cousins
George Burns
Cosby
Wall Street
Right Write Right Carl Kane 1988 spelling test sample
Carl Kane presents a spelling test for 1988 with corrected words and guidance. It lists ten phrases with misspellings and the official fixes including barbecue consensus rendezvous commitment all right dominance clarifies sheik complimentary whose.
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