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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1982
Page
3
In the century's worst storm, Eastern Iowans mobilized to aid strangers and neighbors. Keystone Jaycees led a snowmobile rescue while the Red Cross opened Hayes School shelter in Cedar Rapids, showing preparedness and communal care amid freezing conditions.
The Social Security Administration quietly ends aid for higher education benefits to children of widows, widowers, retirees and disabled persons. About 100,000 high school seniors face a May 1 deadline to enroll full time to keep up to $2700 yearly aid. many will lose grants if not enrolled by then.
A newspaper criticizes a new cities rating for Cedar Rapids ranking last among Iowa metro areas and 177th of 277 nationwide, calling the publication inaccurate and untrustworthy for its factual errors and misleading conclusions.
The piece contrasts US backed El Salvador with Soviet supported Poland, arguing differences in governance and rights. It notes Congress pressed for strict aid conditions, including human rights and elections, but accuses the administration of planning to certify progress regardless. It warns such a move would damage US credibility and deepen superpower contrasts.
Stephen Hess argues that student satisfaction suffers from professors who neither teach well nor want to teach. He recommends routing freshman and sophomore instruction to two year community colleges and advancing undergraduates to universities for upper level work to restore effective teaching and exposure to strong role models.
Periodic observations from thoughtful Eastern Iowans invite expression of views. Gordon Urquhart of Cedar Rapids teaches economics at Kirkwood Community College. A native of Scotland he has held positions with a major food company and in market research at Rockwell International.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors weighs a second approval of a rural address plan citing 750 street names for 720 square miles. Critics warn against $100,000 in signs and urge keeping current post systems while considering road maintenance, land use, and long term ecological balance.
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