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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1980
Page
3
Opinion piece questions outlawing scalping while noting legality and high resale marks. It cites Five Seasons Center and proposes a 10 ticket limit to curb bulk purchases, suggesting limits plus line methods could help ordinary buyers. The column defends free enterprise but calls for fairness and orderly access.
A year after Rhodesia's white-ruled vote, Mugabe's party won 57 of 80 black seats, signaling a more open process. The new PM faces pressures to reshape the economy, seek non alignment, and balance Soviet and Chinese aid with possible U.S. support. The outcome affects 900,000 Rhodesian refugees and U.S. policy in Africa.
In Springfield, John Anderson racks up rising donor totals as he eyes the Illinois primary and broader 1980 path, signaling a potential new coalition within a Reagan-dominated party. He plans 25 more primaries, aiming to challenge the front runners while mulling a Willkie-style convention surge.
A reflective piece urges relying on the mind and divine guidance to solve personal problems. It argues that thinking big and visualizing success aligns with faith, love, and self-belief, citing Emerson and biblical phrases. The text ends urging belief in God and pursuit of money through mental focus.
A reader insists belief can make a millionaire with a single dollar and faith in God. They claim wealth is simple but emphasize helping others, noting money cannot solve all problems.
Presidents blamed Admiral McCain for fleet deficits with Soviet parity in warships and submarines. The piece highlights McCain's naval career, Illinois race dynamics for Anderson, Carter era criticisms, and calls to end U.N. influence while contrasting abortion debates with wartime history.
The writer recalls his Irish father Michael Coyle, whose parents hailed from Ireland and settled in Iowa after meeting in Boston. Grandmother Coyle chose the name Michael when he arrived on March 18, not Patrick, and he passed on a love of nature and music. A vivid Easter memory ends with the sunrise described as joyful.
In central Illinois 20th District Rep. Paul Findley faces conservative challenger David Nuessen in a March 18 primary. Nuessen cites Findley’s praise of the PLO and his Iran hostage remarks as the race’s flashpoints, while Findley is noted for junkets and other voting records.
A reader asks why Iowa City officials would cut lowest paid workers first instead of reducing higher paid staff, suggesting retention of top earners worsens burden on the community and workers. The letter questions equity and impact on municipal services.
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