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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1977
Page
6
In a critique of the Nixon era interview series, the view that a president may break laws for national security is rejected. The piece cites quotes from Roosevelt Montesquieu Louis XIV and Pitt on law's supremacy and warns that law binds all, preventing tyranny.
The article notes a 1974 sugar price spike and later price declines as supply catches up with demand. It compares sugar and coffee pricing, cites a Geneva price-stabilizing push, and points to consumer shifts toward cheaper beverages as sugar falls. It warns that coffee buyers may resist lower prices despite market trends.
The rise of coupon clipping shifts shopping from brands to discounts as households redeem millions of cents off. Food firms push coupons to boost sales amid growing restaurant and fast food influence, expecting half of food dollars to be spent outside groceries by 1988.
Mothers of marriageable daughters despair when a handsome, daring, wicked and broke young man arrives. The piece notes no force stops a determined father from murder to protect a daughter.
A reader critiques an editorial on local bond issues urging accountability. The letter contends signatures should accompany editorials, favors real estate voting rights, warns of payers calling tunes, promotes pay as you go, cites Cedar Rapids civic center, and accuses governments of fostering inflation.
May marked Better Speech and Hearing Month and Deaf Awareness Month with 22 million in the United States affected by hearing or speech handicaps. The Parents and Teachers of Hearing Impaired thank sponsors including Iowa Electric Light and Power for use of its building for their display in Cedar Rapids, among others.
Judy Haugen president PTHI thanks editors broadcasters and school districts for displaying materials and publishing articles on deaf awareness. Special mention to David Farrugia a deaf education teacher at Franklin Junior High for writing the articles and to parents and teachers for gathering information.
The statement notes that failure is instructive and that a person who reflects learns as much from setbacks as from successes. It emphasizes growth through analysis and personal experience.
Frank B Travis of Rio de Janeiro disputes an April 7 article by Mary Burke based on an interview with the author. He cites his ties to Dom Helder Camara and alleges torture in Brazil was government policy, not isolated police actions, implicating military leadership and a systemic regime.
Washington columnist praises the DC Circuit Court of Appeals for striking down FCC rules that restricted pay cable television. The ruling found the agency favored networks, barred major sports and film bids, and overstepped its statutory authority, restoring viewer choice and competition.
William Safire argues California faces a looming water shortage as irrigation dominates farm output. He warns against overbuilding dams and proposes a free market price mechanism to allocate scarce water, linking water costs to food production and consumer prices.
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