Retiming Daylight Saving Time Could Save Energy
The piece argues for expanding Daylight Saving Time by shifting its start to February or March and extending it through May to August. It compares light and dark periods across seasons, noting potential energy savings and the ease of implementing retimed clocks as a simple conservation measure.
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Carter Plan Cuts Federal Help for Middle Class Loans
President Carter seeks to trim Uncle Sam's role in low interest education loans for middle and upper income families. The plan targets the last to receive aid as times grow tough, while promising a new program to assist truly needy students.
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Education loans reform clash over subsidies and abuse
Gazette editorial argues for tighter college loan rules to separate need from investment, warning against using loans to boost portfolios. It calls for monitoring, higher parental contribution, and stricter limits, while preserving access to aid and urging Congress to act.
Letters criticize Court of Appeals coverage and privacy
The writer objects to a Cedar Rapids article based on a UPI release, arguing it violated privacy by detailing a divorce and child custody. They call for fuller factual context including net income, medical expert diagnoses, and the broader public interest before publishing court decisions.
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Editor protests unfair publicity and calls for restraint
A reader denounces a Gazette article as damaging to a family and recalls earlier public records and events. The letter lists major world events from 1977 to 1979 and claims a hidden program by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission aims to create a new world order under Carter and allies.
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The Tri lateral Commission Conspiracy Pamphlet Call
A broad pamphlet appeal argues the Tri lateral Commission and CFR plot to erode American freedoms. It urges readers to buy and spread two works, targeting politicians, media figures, and citizens to expose what it calls a world government conspiracy.
Carter shifts from foe to partner view in defense plan
The article argues President Carter will cut real defense spending from pre Afghan invasion levels while framing it as budget balance. It cites critics who say he now treats the Soviet Union as a partner and warns inflation as the motive, with strategic forces and Pakistan aid under scrutiny.
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Debating the Adjective Use of Degreed in Journalism
Carl Kane argues that degreed should not be used as an adjective and questions sustain as a verb for injury use. He cites ads promising a degreed home economist and a degreed teacher, notes dictionaries vary on sustain meanings, and critiques phrases like sustained injuries and suffered bank losses.
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