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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1980
Page
6
The Senate Appropriations Committee pushes a bill to cap final quarter spending at 30 percent of annual funds and 15 percent per month, aiming to curb waste. It also bars former workers from favored contracts and blocks end of year rushes to spend. Aims to spur broader efficiency via a government commission.
A sharp observant essay ridicules nomination rituals and convention theatrics. It mocks speeches platforms endorsements and music while recalling Garner and Roosevelt to argue the vice presidency holds little real power. The author notes the pomp will soon fade and politics proves fickle.
The Detroit circulation workers strike disrupted the Free Press as it prepared a pre convention edition for Detroit's first major party national event. The piece notes labor strategies and warns about potential employer retaliation during holidays and high travel periods.
Warsaw report notes a scarce joke supply yet jokes persist about world affairs and relations with the Soviets. It highlights wage protests, meat shortages, slow reforms, and a rising anti communist nationalist group KPN. Officials seek Western investment while fearing loss of political control. Détente remains fragile amid widespread cynicism.
Tom Braden weighs voting Republican amid Carter-era woes and a hard right Republican platform. He cites inflation and unemployment, questions foreign policy shifts toward Taiwan and China, and critiques party leaders and xenophobic internal security stances before concluding he cannot vote Republican.
Readers accuse the White House of weak leadership and blame David Rockefeller and Chase Manhattan Bank for U S and world policy. Other notes discuss Soviet warnings during a hostage rescue attempt, tax money used politically, gun rights, and a Cedar Rapids department store billing error.
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