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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1971
Page
6
The administration’s 8 000 word equal housing plan denounces racial bias yet favors local land use control and FHA 235 mortgage aid. Critics say the policy sustains apartheid by channeling 90 percent of aid to new homes, shaping urban racial and economic housing patterns nationwide.
An editorial argues US aid to Turkey to replace a yearly poppy crop with other crops and dollars could help curb heroin traffic, estimating Turkey accounts for 60 to 80 percent of US heroin. It questions effectiveness, logistics, and the need for strict result monitoring amid broader international sources and costs.
The University of Iowa bids farewell to its Institute of Gerontology after 20 years of teaching, research, and service on senior citizen issues. Despite the closure, some duties will transfer to other university units, with director Morris urging a phoenix recovery. The state’s aging population underscores the need for renewed focus on gerontology work.
The letter argues Nixon will not cut taxes or pass public works, wage and price controls, or price freezes. It warns inflation, unemployment, and welfare rise while a 50 percent state tax withholding hike burdens taxpayers. The writer questions refunds after Jan. 1, 1972 and predicts the state will keep the money.
George Kurth of Coggon alleges a new farm lease allows a big farmer to rent land cheaply and farm unevenly to secure government payments, wrecking soil conservation and rotation on his fields. He urges readers to inspect erosion threatening about 55 acres and questions current laws and enforcement.
Beginning now the ancient feature which shows news events from 10 20 and 30 years ago will stop running on this page daily and will appear weekly on Wednesdays under a new This Week heading elsewhere in The Gazette.
Buckley criticizes Nixon stance on Vietnam prisoners of war arguing the focus extends beyond PWs to broader strategic aims. He targets supporters and Richard Falk for one sided critique and laments future return of POWs, warning against equating peace talks with hypocrisy.
The Harris Survey shows 55 percent of Americans fear violence and street crime this summer, a peak in six years. whites 53 percent and blacks 68 percent report street safety worries, with women especially anxious at 62 percent. The data suggest crime fear, not only racial tension, drives street security concerns nationwide.
Ratings for Lady Bird Johnson's highway beautification act prompt compensation for billboard owners as Freeport ceremony marks first removal overseen by Transportation Secretary Volpe. Vandalism rises in Michigan while artists in New York probe billboards for art and controversial anti billboard sentiment grows.
Editorial surveys the quick ratification of the 26th Amendment granting 18 year olds the vote and its political impact. It notes 11 million potential voters, shifts in party support among first time voters, registration efforts, and the worry among politicians about a volatile youth vote influencing close races.
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