Airport Not Subsidized Says Cedar Rapids Forum Letter
A Cedar Rapids People's Forum letter rebuts claims that Municipal airport subsidies air travel through taxes. It notes the 1971 airport income of 351,622 with 323,700 in operating outlay, leaving a 27,000 profit and no property tax support. It stresses federal and municipal investment supports a vital public service and urges accuracy to protect growth.
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People’s Forum
Cedar Rapid
Cedar Rapids
United
Ozark
Wathan
Cedar
Uniform state building code eyed to curb housing costs
The article notes runaway housing prices blamed on higher land lumber and borrowing costs plus many outdated local codes. It reports a bill advancing in the state legislature to create a state building commissioner to draft a uniform code that communities may voluntarily adopt, with HUD incentives tied to modernized standards.
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Fortune Magazine
Walter McQuade
United States
Budd Co
Continental Motors
Borg-Warner
Fisher Body
Towa
House
Senate
Office of State Building Commissioner
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Romney
HUD
Panic Sensed Downfall for Muskie Headed for Florida
The report analyzes Edmund S Muskie s Florida attack on George Wallace and the party s mood. It notes a wavering Muskie bandwagon and Wallace rift threatening Democratic unity. It suggests Wallace could reach Miami Beach with over 200 delegates while Muskie s position weakens prompting some backers to consider leaving.
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Ashington
Edmund S. Muskie
Florida
George Wallace
Muskie
Wallace
Miami Beach
Iall Syndicate
Wallace on busing triggers sober meditation in Buckley column
William F Buckley Jr analyzes George Wallace and the forced busing controversy noting Wallace’s stance as a segregationist cloaked in states rights while critiquing federal busing policies. He cites Nathan Glazer in Commentary as illustrating the chaos and legal flaws in the de facto de jure segregation distinction. The piece argues for measured, clear positions in a fraught national debate.
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William F. Buckley, Jr
Erorce
Wallace
Rand
Commentary Magazine
Nathan Glazer
American Jewish Committee
George Wallace
Subsidy Debate Rages Over Airport Bond Referendum
In a heated local dispute, 1200 residents petitioned to halt a proposed airport maintenance bond, pushing the issue to a public referendum. The letter-writers criticize government subsidies for transportation, compare rail and air service, and urge revenue restraint while noting railroads’ past subsidies and tax contributions.
Wallace Sees Himself As Disrupter In South Folk Hero
Wallace, despite winning Florida's 1972 presidential primary, faces mixed national regard. Harris polls show many see him as extremist or racist, with a sharp North South split on race relations, law and order, and school busing. In the South he is a folk hero, while the rest of the nation doubts his viability as a national candidate.
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John Lindsay
Muskie
George Romney
Jackson
John Ashbrook
Humphrey
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Commentary Magazine
South
Louis Harris
George Wallace
Alabama
Florida
Narion
Shosé
Itis
Barner
Deep South
Chicago Tribune
New York Hews Syndicate
Telle
Ife
Ian Integ
Ani
Humphrey Might Overtake Muskie in Democratic Race
In the Florida second primary the Democratic contest shifted dramatically. Wallace widens division while Humphrey rises to a strong second, Muskie sinks to about 9 percent, and no clear front-runner remains for the remaining primaries. Analysts foresee Nixon and Humphrey as long-range winners.
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Lace
Muskie
Humphrey
Jackson
Lindsay
McGovern
New Hampshire
Florida
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Nixon
Ashbrook
McCloskey
Las Anasies Tirnae Syrticate
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Midway Drive
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Dick Cavett
Johnny Carson
WMT
KCRG
Hell
Rible
Camp Fire
Colgate- Palmolive Company
Richard M. Nixon
Camp Tire
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Boys Clubs
Girls Clubs of America
Jeckson
Muskle
Johm Ashbrook
Fatty
Democratic Party
George McGovern
Im Star Syndicate
Roscoe Drummond
Roscoe
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