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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1977
Page
3
The piece argues police officers have free speech like any citizen but cautions about overt political displays such as bumper stickers targeting the Cedar Rapids safety commissioner. It warns such actions risk public sympathy, distract from duties, and suggests restraint while noting election outcomes depend on candidates and voter judgment.
Congressman Blouin of Iowa invites five urban colleagues from California New York Pennsylvania Illinois and Kentucky to spend two days each in Iowa's Second district to study farm problems. The group includes Martin Russo George Miller Ted Weiss Bob Edgar and Romano Mazzoli.
Alice E. Butler and Seavey Teres Sangicay discuss rules for using that in English sentences. They argue that that clarifies meaning when ambiguity could arise or when the verb clause is delayed.
The White House discusses eliminating most safety rules at OSHA as Budget Director Bert Lance and advisors push for broader regulatory reform. Labor Secretary Marshall and OSHA Director Bingham oppose abandoning safety regulations, while Sen. Williams criticizes any move to gut worker protections. The dispute could shape Carter's regulatory approach ahead of a March 1978 interagency review.
Letters criticize a July article advocating raising an arm to cross streets in Cedar Rapids. Readers argue the plan ignores pedestrians with umbrellas, canes, babies, purses, seeing eye dogs, wind, cold, and respiratory or heart conditions, calling the proposal sad and unworkable.
A letter argues that statewide education funding based on student counts should apply to all school types public private and parochial. It contends tax money should support an educational system rather than a church and questions true parental choice under current allocations.
Letter discusses tax funded education and parent choice, suggesting per pupil spending of 1336 could raise quality across all school types. Notes potential impact of recent Supreme Court decision on private and parochial services, mentions media centers aiding these plants for 12 years. Includes a weather reminiscence and a memory of a two-horse mower anecdote.
A letter-writer urges that abortion ends a unique human life from conception, citing the First International Symposium on Abortion and statements by Frotesor Hellegers. The piece condemns abortion as murder and calls for scrutiny of mothers and doctors in psychiatric settings.
A Cedar Rapids reader rebukes a July 24 Laetrile piece and warns against claims doctors seek profit from cancer care. The letter defends physicians compassion, stresses hope, and urges readers not to abandon proven treatment for fear or misinformation.
A fragmented manifesto arguing banning auto shots on streets as a path to cleaner air and a status of financial liberty. It envisions disadvantaged citizens becoming leaner and healthier while criticizing a machine blamed for society’s ills.
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