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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1987
Page
8
The Rev Norman White argues farm families in hardship should use food stamps despite stigma. He notes older farmers resist welfare while acknowledging subsidies exist and urges parents to accompany children to apply, countering decades of Depression era mindset.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago report titled The Iowa Economy: Dimensions of Change lauds Iowa’s solid base for future growth while noting overreliance on farming. It highlights small business capital needs and calls for interstate banking to spur job creation and diversification across agriculture, technology, tourism, and medical sectors.
The Iowa Senate unanimously repealed last year’s law banning auto manufacturers from selling fleet bound cars at lower prices than those for public sale. The editorial says the anti consumer, anti competitive measure should not have been tried and urges lawmakers to avoid meddling in private disputes between car companies and dealers.
The narrator jokes about delaying philosophy study while chasing distractions like films and romance. He recalls past confusions of Descartes and Hume, notes the lure of Nietzsche and Sartre, and laments life’s money demands that prevented reading philosophy.
Russell Baker recalls a quest to read Wittgenstein and Hume, balking at a bookstore stock and pursuing Bertrand Russell’s 15 page summary. He notes distractions from sleep and a viewing of New Moon with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.
Veterans of past debates weigh the value of televised forums for 1988 and beyond. The League of Women Voters resists party sponsorship while Kirk and Fahrenkopf move to create a bipartisan foundation to fund and organize debates before the 1988 primaries.
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