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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1977
Page
6
States move toward legalizing Laetrile despite FDA doubts. Proponents cite free choice and limited proof of harm, while opponents warn against letting safety standards drop and enabling quackery. Legal production could curb profiteering and benefit families even if cures fail.
Mayor Canney sides with experts over a citizen committee to assess a rigid animal control ordinance, arguing the problem should be handled by specialists within budget limits. The piece notes decades of pet complaints, dog nuisance efforts, and comparisons to Iowa City's prototype statute while weighing licensure and cat control feasibility.
With a grant from the U S Civil Service Commission the Joint Center for Political Studies will run training institutes on municipal finance for minority elected officials led by West Virginia Governor John D Ay Rockefeller IV. The program aims to boost budgeting skills as minority political influence grows nationwide.
A Harris poll finds 53 percent oppose the FDA ban on Laetrile while 68 percent support legalizing its sale in their states. Voters distrust health agencies after swine flu and Legion deaths, with educated respondents more likely to favor sale under warned conditions.
Your June 22 editorial argues Berkeley students are misrepresented by grades. It notes UC Berkeley admits top tenth while Iowa requires top half and questions mean GPA in 1965, then suggests mastery learning and criterion referenced testing may raise grades and achievement.
A reader argues that a college degree no longer guarantees a good position and that graduate or professional school now often requires top undergraduate grades. The piece disputes claims of grade inflation and challenges assumptions about student effort and postsecondary pathways.
The piece by Carl Riblet Jr. reflects on life as a sequence of stumbles. It suggests people stumble due to their own big feet and offers a wry, self aware takeaway on human folly.
The Gazette invites readers to submit opinion letters within a 400 word limit and one letter per writer every 30 days. Submissions may be condensed or edited but not to change meaning, and anonymity is not allowed. Writers should provide name, address, readable signature, and a phone number for authentication.
William F. Buckley Jr critiques internationalists and advocates a firm stance against interdependence in Europe. He cites Henry Kissinger on Soviet influence and urges U S action, including negative support and targeted broadcasts, to counter communist leverage in Western Europe.
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