City County housing code feud eases over cooperation
Cedar Hopids city officials and the county health department clashed mildly over housing code inspections and information sharing. Health director Al Ahern defended the county role, saying the city can handle the job if its building safety department is strengthened, and urged preserving the city county health department link to avoid service duplication.
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Impresario Criticized Over Girls State Championship Safety
F Wayne Cooley, executive secretary of the Town Girls High School Athletic Union, defends the girls state basketball tourney amid fire marshal Wilbur Johnson’s warning that overcrowding in gyms risks safety. Cooley calls Johnson’s remarks bush league. Johnson cites Pleasantville IA as an overcrowding example and urges adherence to safety rules over gate receipts.
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Cedar Rapids asks residents to complete city services questionnaire
The city mails a 28 question Opinionnaire with the water bill. It measures opinions on services and invites suggestions. It encodes respondent location and needs about five minutes to complete. No signatures required and returns with the water bill remittance are advised.
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Nixon Drives Federal Probe of Chicago Machines
President Nixon authorized a federal crackdown on Chicago corruption after his 1960 loss, deploying a strike force and tax agents. The probe led to the conviction of Otto Kerner on 17 counts of conspiracy and tax evasion, with Nixon praising prosecutor James Thompson from Air Force One. The same era saw Howard Phillips calling antipoverty programs indefinably scoped, while Marine Corps generals at Quantico staged a fundraiser for widows.
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Global Terrorism Calls for Death Penalty in Khartoum
A detailed political analysis argues for the death penalty for the Palestinian terrorists behind the Khartoum killings. It links Libyan oil funding and Arab state complicity to the rise of the Black September Organization and suggests diplomatic countermeasures may fail. It cites Anwar Sadat's influence and warns that inaction risks more violence and global instability.
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Forum letter attacks crackdown on smut and helmet laws
Cedar Rapids readers debate Linn County pornography raids, law enforcement priorities, and personal freedom. The writer questions author ity to regulate reading and viewing choices while praising individual responsibility and helmet law fairness amid traffic risks. The piece also notes Seventh-day Adventists thanking Cedar Rapids for World Service Appeal contributions totaling 4777 dollars.
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Editorial guidelines for Letters to the Gazette
The Gazette welcomes readers letters under clear rules. Letters focus on issues and events not personalities. limit about 400 words, one letter per writer every 30 days. All may be condensed or edited without changing meaning. Anonymous contributions not published, require printed telephone number, name, address and readable handwritten signature for authentication. poetry not allowed.
Freedom in Job Tedium The Assembly Line View
In a 1973 take on freedom and work, the piece argues that mass production relies on repetitive effort and that rejecting routine risks disorientation and health harms. It notes Lordstown auto workers and youth job resistance while defending disciplined labor as a form of living freedom.
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