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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1976
Page
6
Amid rising interest among U.S. lawmakers, humane societies push to end steel jaw leghold traps. The piece weighs the case for Conibear quick kill devices against trappers’ views, cites Massachusetts’ law, and questions Iowa’s 9,000 trappers adapting to reforms.
In Cedar Rapids Chief Wallace LaPeters admits ordering exceptions to the former policy that police would not investigate vehicular damage accidents unless city vehicles were involved. He cited three annual cases involving Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co. and warned that broadening would be costly, while critics say uniform treatment is needed and crime stats don’t show improved police activity.
A reader defends day care for children funded by ADC or aid programs. She emphasizes responsible, trained staff, dependable supervision, and relief for working parents. She argues many parents work or study, urges visits to centers, and counters claims of parental abandonment.
A Cedar Rapids reader rails at Novak and Evans about a Catholic vote mischaracterization while urging focus on broader issues such as war and poverty. The letter also notes Cold Water cave's scientific value, costs to study and potential public access, warning against commercialization to preserve natural beauty. Grant Wood is honored with a Cedar Rapids elementary school program, art displays, and a three day celebration in cooperation with the Art Center, including a film study by WMT and a Bicentennial oriented donor drive.
CBS News president Richard Salant argues section 315 makes broad equal time for all minor presidential hopefuls unmanageable. A private nonpartisan group, the 76 Presidential Forum, plans a series of live forums in six cities with major candidates, moderated by Elie Abel, to foster focused discussion on key issues.
Ronald Reagan appears to have defeated his costly transfer plan as a self created issue, changing tactics to attack Ford on foreign policy. The incident boosted Ford’s resurgence and shifted campaign focus to detente and Kissinger while Reagan crafts a sharper national strategy.
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