Cedar Rapids Housing Code Faces City Council Vote
After three years of study Cedar Rapids considers a 65 page minimum housing code. It targets tenants and landlords with new inspection and rent provisions while seeking to curb slum landlords. Opinions split on costs privacy and enforcement. Public hearing anticipated.
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Cedar Rapids
Tenants For Fair Housing
Department of Housing
Building Department
Linn County Health Department
Ed Winter
City Hall
Campaign reform urged against right wing propaganda
A letter argues HR-1 would curb big money in elections by public financing and stricter reporting. It critiques right wing claims about labor unions and notes current laws limit contributions and require quarterly reports to the Federal Election Commission.
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HR-1
The
Federal Election Commission
Gardener remembered as Cedars' garden minister
Beloved Cedars Apartments figure Harry L. Kelsey is recalled for tending flowers with devotion. The tribute notes his Named garden care, his name among Master Gardeners, and the inspiration he gave passersby. The community extends love to his family as they honor his memory.
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Dars
First Avenue
Harry
the Cedars
Young drivers deserve equal access to ownership
The writer rebukes Mr Dalziel for restricting drivers under 18, arguing youths need not hold jobs to own and operate cars. They condemn a special interest stance and insist young Americans deserve full economic and spiritual access to the nation's wealth and opportunities.
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Poland
Hungary
Americans
Supreme Court opens remedy for job bias, Davis v Passman
Commentary flags new avenue for federal employees to sue over discrimination after the June ruling in Davis v Passman. The piece questions the courts’ hypocrisy in sustaining employment bias within the judiciary and urges timely reform under Title VII.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Davis
High Court
U.S
Kissinger Disbarred by Cambodian War Critique
Washington columnist argues Nixon and Kissinger violated the Constitution by secretly bombing Cambodia without congressional authorization. The piece critiques Shawcross's Sideshow while noting the political fallout and the implied accountability of top White House aides and defense officials.
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Nixon
Congress
Cambodia
William Shawcross
White House
Henry Kissinger
Shawcross
William Westmoreland
Creighton Abrams
Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Defense
Melvin Laird
Elliot Richardson
Life's Meaning in Creation and Christ
The passage frames creation as love and centers Jesus Christ as the meaning of life. It argues that without the Lord people are empty, lacking purpose and direction, and describes sensory faculties as unfulfilled apart from Christ.
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Jesus
Earth
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Lord
Jesus Christ the
Certainty Sought Amid a Sea of Modern Sales Pitch
A reader laments constant selling and confusing data from economists, politicians, and media. He recalls past investment missteps, fears inflation and energy claims, and questions science, religion, and nuclear arms, fearing manipulation while seeking clear certainty.
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J. F. Hladky, Jr
3. F. Hladky
Frank Nye
John Donnelly
John Robertson
C.R
Special Citizens Committee
Donnybrook
U.S. Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Sioux City
Lakewood
Colo
Gazette
National
Right To Work Committee
Harry L. Kelsey
Cedars Apartments
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Washington
Peter Rodine
Mike Mansfield
Montana
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William Hungate
Missouri
Hungate
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Aneu
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Pitchmen’s Paradise
Bob Wray
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
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United Cerebral Palsy
Junior Achievement
Community Theater
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Duane Arnold Energy Center
United States
Matarese Circle
Robert Ludlum
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