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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1983
Page
6
The House weighs a 760 million loan program to halt foreclosures caused by job loss or illness. HUD loans up to ten percent would assist homeowners with prospects of repayment, but critics warn the cost could widen the national debt and suggest state and local agencies might better handle aid.
The Iowa Supreme Court reiterates a policy requiring public disclosure of contributors to political campaign drives for a constitutional convention aimed at tax reduction. The ruling, split 5 to 4, challenges secrecy around donors to Iowans for Tax Relief and its front group Yes for Less Taxes, arguing transparency supports political finance accountability.
The Defense Department unveiled the second edition of Soviet Military Power, a 107 page GPO booklet priced at $6.50, with Weinberger presenting. Critics found it breathless and uncritical, but the piece argues the data, drawn from NSA, DIA, CIA and others, signals a massive Soviet arms buildup across nuclear and conventional forces.
The piece argues America's generous aid to Israel should be reassessed as Israeli policy shifts from refuge for persecuted Jews to ultranationalist behavior. It cites U N resolutions, West Bank settlement drives, Lebanon interventions, and a Marl Thatcher mediated ambassadorial move, warning of deteriorating U S-Israel ties.
The piece contrasts Harry Truman’s plain square language with Thomas Jefferson’s formal writing, noting the stark difference in tone, style, and breadth of mind between the two presidents. It ponders how such divergent voices could share leadership across American history.
A reader asks about sic meaning and why it is inserted in quoted text. The piece explains sic signals an error in quote, with examples from a reader- edited letter and a schoolyard slang veggie trend, plus a correction on the word diffuse versus defuse in a Des Moines police report.
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