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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1992
Page
4
Editorial blasts U.S attempts to address congested highways air travel and rail saying leaders merely study supertrains while Japan France and Germany push ahead. It notes high costs per mile for rail lines and criticizes diverting fuel taxes to rail funding as ineffective.
The column critiques Senator Chafee's pledged legislation to ban private handguns and offer a buyback payout from $25 to face value. It warns of the danger of outlawing handguns and urges restraint, noting the fallout if lawmakers pursue broad prohibitions. The piece cites John Chafee of Rhode Island.
A letter argues bicyclists have a basic right to use roadways without a car and urges communities to expand trails and bike lanes. It cites May 20 and May 29 crashes, calls for safer shoulders, and references Cedar Rapids and Iowa’s trail systems to reduce car bicycle conflicts.
A reader questions how politicians who oppose capital punishment and support abortion can justify using fetal tissue from aborted babies for research. The writer argues that killing innocents is wrong and cites Jeffrey Dahmer as an example of evil to contrast with unborn life. They urge reconsideration of abortion, capital punishment, and fetal tissue use.
A Masonville reader urges pet neutering in Delaware County after describing four dumped dogs near Manchester. The writer claims farmers shoot strays and cites a lack of a Manchester pound. She accuses two local dog brokers of selling unwanted animals and calls for responsible pet ownership.
A reader argues that Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric uses a flawed base for rate increases. He contends the system removes incentives to cut costs and that taxes paid by consumers are folded into rates to boost profits. He calls for efficiency-based returns to lower operation costs and future rates.
A guest column laments rising censorship by parents and church groups as books like The Diary of Anne Frank Catcher in the Rye and Of Mice and Men are removed or restricted. The author urges readers to read for meaning not words and to protest the growing suppression of open expression.
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