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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1979
Page
8
The note confirms John Robertson serving as Managing Editor, with Erin Kelly credited as to or er in the masthead, highlighting editorial leadership and journalistic lineage within the newsroom.
The Vienna summit yields a cautious arms treaty that avoids key limits and spares a direct clash of superpowers. It preserves communication, warns against Senate filibusters, and argues the accord, though flawed, is essential to enable future negotiations rather than derail them.
Advocates push peacetime registration as a list tool for war, while polls show young people favoring voluntary service and opposing compulsory drafts. The piece notes a clash between patriotism and fear, suggesting elders’ calls to war echo “let you and him fight.”
In a dialogue with the president, the Word Wizard grills colorful verbs to threaten Senator Kennedy. After weeks of suggestions, the final line has the president vow to whip Kennedy's hindquarters as a blunt, American phrasing.
A reader argues against government sponsorship of synthetic oil noting AMSOIL lubricants already dominate the market. They claim synthetic lubricants reduce wear improve cold starts and boost fuel economy by 10 20 percent with products for transmissions rear ends wheel bearings hydraulic systems and two cycle engines.
A reader argues that synthetic lubricants meet current needs without government intervention and should free up road tax money for improving the Fairfax gravel road in Wieneke Addition, given more vehicles and dust issues.
A columnist laments misuse of All-America and accom modations in sports writing. He notes editors and college guides misrepresent terms while urging precise language for athletes venues and venues like the New Orleans Superdome, arguing enormity is inappropriate for such horrors.
Residents of Wieneke Addition along Route 1 near Fairfax complain of dust from semitrailers using the unmarked shortcut between Highways 30 and 149. With Highway 149 and Edgewood Road closed for Westdale Mall construction, 14 families fear deteriorating air quality and allergic reactions from passing traffic in Linn County.
Hawkeye REACT 3038 thanks The Gazette and local media for backing a Memorial Day Coffee Break. Nearly 800 people stopped for the safety break as detours and unsafe roads are discussed with county officials and area merchants aiding the effort.
A panel of 41 economists forecasts a shallow recession beginning now and easing into 1980. They expect unemployment to rise modestly, inflation to ease, and stock prices to strengthen with Dow to about 935 by June and 1055 by year end, though some dissenting voices warn of higher unemployment.
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