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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1980
Page
4
President Carter urges Congress to finish essential energy program parts while promising an austere budget. Mass transit faces heavy cuts despite rising urban ridership and gasoline prices. The trend toward urbanization points to greater use of low cost buses and subways, complicating policy choices.
The Gazette argues for a $50 billion ten year mass transit commitment with $40 billion federal aid, including $13 billion from oil windfall taxes. It notes cities await grants, transit sustains inflation and oil independence, Cedar Rapids benefits from bus fleet upgrades, and federal momentum wanes after Carter’s shifting signals and Adams resignation.
Republican strategists rate seven Democratic incumbents as endangered, led by Mike Gravel of Alaska and George McGovern of South Dakota. The list also names John Culver of Iowa, Frank Church of Idaho, Birch Bayh of Indiana, John Durkin of New Hampshire, and Gary Hart of Colorado. Right-to-life opposition and abortion issues loom large, with GOP hopes riding on antiabortion crossover support as voters reevaluate incumbents ahead of 1982.
The piece questions penalties for Clark and nine dissidents who visited Tehran under April 17 travel ban. It weighs civil penalties under IEEPA versus harsher criminal stakes, and asks if Dole’s Logan Act enforcement is fair given broader hostage-related visits. It argues dialogue efforts may be undermined by prosecutions and seeks explanations.
A letter argues the Trilateral Commission is an unrealistic idea and that U.S. politics show no single group dominates. It cites Reagan defeating Bush and Anderson, suggests Reagan may favor one-world ties, and notes internal Trilateral rifts including Brzezinski Vance and Young within Carter's administration.
A reader criticizes current leadership as undirected by real policy and accuses public opinion polls of steering decisions. The letter warns against the Cuban nuclear threat and argues for defending the Monroe Doctrine and anti communist Cubans. It links Carter era actions to broader Soviet moves.
A speaker argues that Fidel Castro could build a nuclear bomb with Soviet help and warns of Cuban and Soviet agents entering the United States. The piece criticizes President Carter, cites Navy pay and living conditions, and questions past benefits from education while urging action before it is too late. It references the Monroe Doctrine and U.S. security concerns in a charged political monologue.
The piece argues Carter overstepped by urging prosecution of dissidents who traveled to Iran, risking politicized justice. It traces travel rights, prior court limits on penalizing travel bans, and questions the legality of using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to sanction individual travel. It notes political motives and personal tone in Carter’s remarks, contrasting with U.S. stance on Soviet travel rights.
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