Cedar Rapids Clings to Commission Form Amid Iowa Shifts
Burlington voters chose to return to the council-manager system, reducing Iowa to two commission cities Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids credits its open checks and balances and experienced council with stability, despite calls for reform. A 1965 referendum rejected change, and as long as the system works locals see no urgent need to switch.
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Burlington
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Senate votes promise tax break to spur non itemizers giving
Senate approves a non itemizing charitable deduction starting 1982 with 25 percent of donations up to 100 dollars, rising to 100 percent by 1986. Treasury loses 2.2 billion yearly in five years, but real giving may not meet welfare-cut offset. Public habit of giving faded over 17 years. Senate move seen as cautious but hopeful.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Chamber
Treasury
Uncle Sam
United Way
Ottawa talks murky harmony shows limited progress
A summation of the Ottawa meeting notes amiable atmosphere and hard lines. Leaders praise personal rapport while failing to align coherent Western strategy, revealing no concessions beyond words and a shared sense of unsatisfying outcomes for global policy coordination.
Red Cross leaders praised as volunteers and staff
The letter commends the local American Red Cross chapter and its Executive Director Randy Weddle and Assistant Director Gladys Pike, praising more than 200 volunteers per staff member and the organization’s community service. It also discusses a controversial proposal for compulsory male sterilization to end abortion, arguing privacy, health, and social impacts while acknowledging potential shortcomings.
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American Red Cross
Randy Weddle
Gladys Pike
New Iowa teachers group offers choice in education policy
Ronald Reagan urged quality education while noting changes in society and a push for back to basics. A new Iowa group, Professional Educators of Iowa, formed in May 1981 in Oskaloosa, advocates ethics, parental rights, local school control, and discipline with emphasis on basic skills, opposing teacher strikes.
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Ronald Reagan
Iowa
Oskaloosa
TV Ad Claims Rising Viewers In May Ratings
A reader cites Arbitron May averages showing 47 000 viewers nightly from 9 am to midnight and Television Bureau of Advertising data indicating rising cable and broadcast viewership. Nielsen and Arbitron find cable homes watching as much or more than broadcast and cable ads reach 80 000 to 91 000 viewers for 30 seconds with newscasts hitting about 106 000 viewers.
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Arbitron
Television Bureau of Advertising
A.C. Nielsen
Abortion Debate Letter Calls Morality and Law Change
A reader addresses The July 21 Gazette editorial, arguing abortion is murder except to save a life, in cases of incest or rape. The writer urges contraception, adherence to the Ten Commandments, and removal of abortion from statutes to better US society.
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Washington
Tom Tauke
Iowa
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