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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1989
Page
7
A U S official notes that despite advanced tech, air security lags and advocates global use of identity cards with photos and fingerprints to access airports. The system would verify card holders before gates, with international agencies granting clearance and shared costs to protect passengers, prioritizing children’s safety over military/political assets.
A reader urges ethical debates on abortion and paternal rights, while letters discuss Iowa City voter participation, absentee ballots, and civic duty. Community figures from Mount Mercy College and local groups highlight humane wildlife views and Christmas charity work by Cedar Rapids Eagles Club delivering 24 food baskets with thanks to donors and merchants.
The article recalls Joseph Kroulik a Czech immigrant who joined Cedar Rapids police in 1890 with a $50 monthly salary. It chronicles his 40 plus year career from night patrol to day beat then detective, noting his courage authority and community impact including aiding Czech immigrants. He retired in the late 1930s and died in 1948 at age 89.
The discussion riffs on how new words form likeize and packagize while exploring echoic reduplication such as ping pong and tom tom. It jokes about language notes from the Washington Post and a candidate’s wife using grammar quirks in a mass mailed note.
The piece argues that pre 1959 Cuba was relatively advanced in health and living standards, with higher physicians per capita and better infant mortality than its Caribbean peers. It notes declines in deaths from gastroenteritis and pneumonia, substantial U S investments, and foreign control of key industries, concluding Cuba was not underdeveloped or passive before Castro.
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