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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1977
Page
6
The Gazette notes concerns about shoppers using food stamps for luxury or nonnutritious foods at Cedar Rapids grocers while government studies show overall nutritional benefits of the program. It argues distinguishing truly needy recipients from higher income users could curb abuse without harming the daily aid.
The U S Park Service has adopted a five cent deposit on bottles and cans in national parks hoping to spur a national recycling effort. Iowa considers a similar state park measure while lawmakers recall the old returnable bottle system and weigh the economic and environmental implications.
William Safire examines Bert Lance and the Carter administration amid allegations of sweetheart loans and conflicts of interest. The piece traces Lance's finances, refinancing moves, and ties to Teamsters and First Chicago, arguing the senator should scrutinize burdens on the presidency.
A letter denounces the state department plan to renegotiate the 1903 Panama Canal treaty. It argues the United States already owns and operates the ten mile wide zone in perpetuity, a critical waterway for nations across the hemispheres and global sea trade, built at a cost of over six million dollars.
A reader argues that the U S canal must stay under American control for economic and military reasons. The letter then critiques criticism of dove season and laments habitat destruction from development, defending hunters who fund wildlife programs and predicting natural dove mortality regardless of season. The writer references the Iowa Conservation Commission and signs with initials and address.
Washington profile of Tom Gibson a Southern California shoe shop owner who lost a pre 1968 unregistered handgun to ATF action under the 1968 gun control act. The piece questions administrative delays and lack of amnesty renewals that trap collectors and law abiding citizens, citing Cranston and ATF responses.
A Gazette reader condemns welfare policies and political privilege, laments Edna Allen Booth’s hardship, and accuses officials of lip service while criticizing Iowa legislative acts seen as widening poverty. The letter attacks welfare guidelines, politician perks, and federal and state inaction.
Isn t it the truth is attributed to Carl Riblet Jr and argues that there is no valid excuse for alibiing wrongdoing based on ignorance of the law. It notes that there is a law against everything and strict law when the offense is tied to an attractive act.
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