Editorial doubts tax hike and urges protections for the poor
The piece argues a five cent sales tax may be needed to aid business climate but warns it won’t fly without Gov Branstad’s support. It urges safeguards for low income Iowans, suggests exemptions for basics like food and clothing, and notes sales tax burden falls on all buyers while retailers face collection headaches.
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Minnette Doderer
Citizen Tax Study Committee
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Washington, D.C
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Maharishi meditation aims to boost Europe amid mixed world events
Followers in Holland hope to extend a 1984 Fairfield Iowa uplink to Europe with a thousand less participants. They cite leaders predicting peace and progress across 85, with Europe and neighboring countries set to feel benefits from December 21. Skeptics point to violent attacks and unrest in Bonn Rome and Hamburg as counterpoint.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Holland
The
Hague
Europe
Caveman diet keeps a seat on the bus for the lean friend
A friend touts a high potassium caveman diet as protection against strokes and kidney disease. He claims he feels great and, with his tiger-skin loincloth and club, never lacks for a seat on the bus.
Optimists in U S Soviet ties spark postleader hope
Washington officials treat the Soviet leader's death as a potential opening for better relations. They describe his successor Ivan X as a moderate with a pragmatic tilt, though caution remains about drawing conclusions from life history.
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Washington
Ivan X
Flat tax debate and a Cedar Rapids aid story
A reader debates a true flat tax and its potential effects on deductions and middle income, while recounting a January interstate crash in Cedar Rapids where strangers offered aid. The letter laments national disengagement, cites charity declines, and urges turning to prayer for change.
Army switches to Beretta 9 mm pistol debated
The reader questions the Army move from Colt .45 to the Beretta 9 mm, arguing the cost of 56 million dollars and asking whether the Italian pistol offers better performance or value. The message invites others to weigh in on the issue.
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