Cedar Rapids considers hiring 15 to enforce stronger housing code
A city committee urged creating a housing services division within the City Building Safety Department to inspect rental dwellings. With about 250000 dollars yearly needed for inspection, council delays aim to wait for public input and possible outside funding while residents push for tougher standards.
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Cedar Rapids
City Building Safety Department
Linn County Health Department
Canney
Gun tracing plan fails as protests halt regulations
The Treasury plan to stamp guns with serial numbers and extend theft reporting prompts 200000 protest messages, with an 18-1 opposition. Congress blocks the $4.2 million for tracing, and Treasury abandons the effort as gun groups fear registration and confiscation.
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United States
Treasury
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
National Rifle Association
Threatened two cent post price hike sparks postal humor
Mark Russell jokes the two cent increase could force mail by Amtrak and mocks uniforms. He suggests cost cuts and posters featuring John Wayne to recruit postal workers, noting mail carriers toil and deserve esprit de corps.
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Amtrak
John Wayne
Postal Service
The New Poor backlash rises amid Carteromics
A New York Times Service analysis outlines rising discontent among the so called New Poor as inflation, tax bracket creep, and rising property taxes squeeze households. It critiques Carter era policies for fueling double digit inflation and urges federal belt tightening and reduced bureaucracy to curb inflation and avert a recession.
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Washington
New York Times
Leonard Silk
California
Gazette correction cites Eisenhower hearing and school expansion woes
The May 27 Gazette notes a correction to the May 26 report on the Eisenhower hearing in Des Moines. It cites misstatements about a $300,000 addition at one northeast school and the closing of another 214 miles away for $27,000 in savings.
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Midge Costanza
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FBI
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Eisenhower
Des Moines
Adams vicinity school busing proposal stirs parent concerns
A letter argues against expanding Eisenhower School noting adjacent bus routes from Adams and past practice of transferring a first grade to Eisenhower. The writer urges parents to engage, care for smaller school populations, and questions the push for a larger building in 1978 election year.
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Eisenhower
Adams
St. Pius School
The Tuition Tax Credit Threat to Public Education
The piece argues the tuition tax credit would destroy quality public education by draining federal funds and widening segregation. It links the plan to social injustice and criticizes federal subsidies that favor private schooling over a universal approach.
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Damocles
Public backs action on energy needs and cooperation with oil firms
A Harris Survey of 1,529 adults shows 82 percent want government and oil companies to end wrangling and focus on energy development. Majorities back solar expansion, drilling, coal conversion, refinery growth, shale processing, and faster approvals, with support for offshore drilling and nuclear plants.
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Secret to politics keep public uneasy
A yellowed postcard and new stamps hint at 1978 postal rate changes. The commentator notes that political success hinges on keeping the populace in a constant state of alarm, questioning the secrecy of that strategy.
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