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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1983
Page
8
The Iowa State Rep. suggests a learner's permit style system to curb young drinkers. He favors keeping the legal age while adding strict proof of age, private-home bans, and take-out restrictions to curb hard drinking and drunk driving.
In the 1970s and 1980s experts temper expectations about a cancer cure. Dr. Vincent DeVita Jr notes rapid advances while Nature and researchers discuss oncogenes and molecular switches. A cautious forecast remains that a definitive cure is not yet guaranteed, though progress signals a major shift in understanding cancer.
A reader urges reducing bus seating and enforcing capacity while criticizing drift in reporting on river rescues. She cites district transport changes from 16 to 18 seats on the Palo to Taft Junior High route and argues for belts and lower limits.
The Gazette invites readers to send letters up to 400 words with name street address and signature required. Authors must provide a non published telephone number for authentication. Anonymous letters are not published. Letters should focus on issues and events rather than personalities and only one letter per writer is allowed every 30 days.
Project Hard Times coordinator Simcha Plisner denounces The Cedar Rapids Gazette for blocking an unemployed outreach ad in the help wanted column while Iowa City Press Citizen ran a similar placement. The group says the ad sought listeners for a radio program, not job applicants, and urges an apology and policy change.
Community urges parents and teens to discuss drinking laws and safe transport for prom graduation and spring gatherings. Calls for non tolerance of underage drinking by law enforcement and firm consequences for beer provided to minors.
The Iowana Council of Camp Fire marks 73 years since founding and highlights its volunteer led, non profit programs for boys and girls ages 7 to 17. Founded in 1928 the council serves Linn Johnson Jones and neighboring counties in Iowa with over 2 700 members and mixed gender membership since 1980. Terry Roeniig serves as president and Janet Baker as executive director with contact at 712 Third Ave SE.
A review critiques Lawrence Martins book on United States Canada ties. It portrays how U S leaders repeatedly insulted Canadian premiers, while acknowledging rare cooperative moments and warning against US arrogance in nearby nations. The piece cites Johnson Pearson Camp David abuse and Nixon Trudeau Ottawa episodes as emblematic.
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