Citizens urge tax savings and civic reflection in letters
Harold Hensel decries Linn County Supervisors for not studying a private-management county home plan. A reader condemns boosterism, promotes Iowa unity, and argues genuine progress comes from real deeds and common good. Jeffrey Wayne Kramer laments the Supreme Court sodomy decision and warns of privacy rights erosion and historical harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxley
Shriner
Linn County
Supreme Court
Georgia
U.S
Jeffrey Wayne Kramer
First Ave
Apt
Repeal Push for PL 93-531 Navajo Hopi Relocation
Public Law 93-531 forces relocation of 10 000 Navajo and Hopi people from Arizona to urban areas for energy mining interests. Rep Mickey Leland has introduced repeal legislation and advocates urge public support through the Big Mountain Support Group Iowa City Iowa contact details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Mickey Leland
Texas
Big Mountain Support Group
Iowa
Iowa Ave
Iowa City
Jail move doubts stir county hearing on closing jail
Delaware County Board of Supervisors weighs closing the jail with a public hearing set for Monday July 7 at 10 30 a m at the county courthouse. Critics warn it may raise costs reduce local law enforcement service and force more than 36000 cents out of county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Delaware County Board of Supervisors
Delaware County
Buchanan County
Fasha Ansenber
Handicapped Parking Space Violated by Armored Vehicle
A 79 year old handicapped cardholder reports an armored vehicle parked in a designated handicapped space at a Cedar Rapids bank. After contacting bank staff and the police, the yard space was cleared and the accuser withdrew a 35 year banking relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Sensed unfairness prompts telephone strike
A reader argues AT and T practices sparked a strike over concessions amid profits rise. Management workers gained raises while non-management face pay cuts. union busting tactics and ads anger communities. Caller warns of delayed service and billing errors, urging fair profit sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AT & T
Communication Workers of America
City Maintains Top AAA Bond Rating
Moody's places Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Iowa City among 22 U S cities with AAA rating in 1980. Population over 100000 cities. Iowa uniquely has three such cities. High rating equates to lower borrowing costs and taxpayer savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Moody’s Rating Service
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa City
Is It Possible to Have a Small Crowd
A reader questions the idea of a small crowd. Dictionaries define crowd as a large group, implying large implies not small. The piece compares usage of people versus persons and how newsroom style has shifted over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
AT & T
Kueter
Outlooks column ends with longtime contributor Richard O. Shirk
Richard O. Shirk of Oelwein a retired businessman and Outlooks contributor since 1978 submitted this column his last before his death at home June 11. The feature invited thoughtful Eastern Iowans to express views on unlimited topics in the periodical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard O. Shirk
Oelwein
Outlooks
Summer night concerts and a TV Sousa tribute
A Public Television Wolf trap concert featuring a new Sousa band offers a rare oasis from the wasteland of modern TV with a vivid mix of Sousa marches, a Boston Symphony cornet solo, and a stylish quartet of sousaphones. It evokes small town park concerts with social chatter, popcorn, and first romances under summer skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolftrap
Sousa
Field Artillery
Boston Symphony
Washington Post
John Phillip Sousa
Oelwein
Lynn James
Meredith Willson
Goering
Masons
Elks
Knights of Columbus
Odd Fellows
Rock Island Park
Frank Cragin
Waterloo
Waverly
Chicago
Ravinia
St. Louis
Boston Pops
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Gazette
Harold Hensel
Guaranty Bank Bldg
Nicaragua
Washington, D.C
Wisconsin
Badger
Hawkeye
WAY Waru Youth
House OF IL
American Telephone and Telegraph
Bell System
AT & T’s
Robert Allen
Kane
Dale Kueter
Puget
Buck Wilson
The
Ark Candy Kitchen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!