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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1979
Page
6
Iowa's Army National Guard strength has fallen to 4,831, about 60.9 percent of the 7,932 authorized, with monthly dropouts near 100. Gov. Ray backs reforms to incentives, urging a tuition grant increase and broader scholarship access to attract new enlistees and boost reenlistment, amid nationwide guard shortfalls.
Cedar Rapids street crews battled a severe snow blast with zero temperatures as they plowed hundreds of miles of streets. Officials urged residents to move vehicles and keep downtown lanes clear during loop cleanup hours, warning more blizzards may follow this winter.
A Midwest utility president fires at environmentalists and critics as a no growth crowd while a vice president calls environmentalists threats to the free market. The piece questions whether emotion and reason can coexist on nuclear waste, energy policy, and ecological costs, citing West Valley’s radioactive backlog and Leo Ryan’s garbage analogy.
A collection of linguistic observations touching word usage rules on compare to versus with, desertification debates, vocal letters, punctuation puzzles, and general style notes. The author cites examples from Icelandic inflation, desert growth terms, a soap opera writer on audience vocalization, and punctuation clarifications.
The piece argues that Carter budget cuts will have limited impact on inflation and productivity has fallen since postwar years. It highlights Worldwatch Institute findings on worker participation in management and ownership as a path to productivity gains, noting Japan and West Germany show benefits and unions may need to rethink their stance.
A recent marital rape trial is described as a landmark case that highlights a perceived injustice to Mrs. Rideout and to women in general. The writer argues women have often avoided charging a total stranger, prompting calls for change.
The editor praises Mrs. Rideout for filing against her husband despite physical and emotional harm. The text condemns the societal blame of victims, notes the not guilty verdict despite convincing evidence, and argues the ruling discourages women from opposing rape. It asserts the jury endorsed a man's right to violate a woman.
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