Iowa House weighs hotel room tax amid border city opposition
Debate over a local option room tax for hotels stalled in the Iowa House by 43 to 47. Proponents argue fairness and visitor funding for police, fire, utilities, and parks, with Cedar Rapids cited as a potential $250,000 annual beneficiary. A referendum feature remains under consideration, while Senate approval last year was 35 to 12.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Congress
Fewer pets urged as winter bites Linn County
The article highlights worsening stray animal issues in Linn County with wild and abandoned dogs threatening livestock and shelters facing hard choices. It cites Los Angeles data on reduced shelter intakes after spay neuter clinics and urges legislative loans for low cost sterilization programs to curb the pet population surge.
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Linn County
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Los Angeles
Pentagon backs lifting women combat ban to expand roles
The Pentagon seeks congressional repeal of legal restrictions on women in the military. Brookings data show 18 year olds will fall 15 percent by 1985 and 25 percent by 1992, pushing expansion of women into hundreds of jobs and career paths, especially in the Air Force and Navy.
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Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Brookings Institution
Congress
Air Force
Navy
Brookings
It isn’t civilization but tax clutter said with bite
The piece by Carl Riblet critiques modern civilization as sacrificing forests for freeways and peace for conflict. It questions the federal income tax code’s length and complexity and rails at lawmakers who draft and amend laws then hire experts to handle their returns.
NAACP Cedar Rapids Branch seeks full statement public airing
The Cedar Rapids NAACP Execu tive Board complains media outlets aired only part of a March 22 statement. They urge publication of the complete text defending high standards and urging a study of Civil Service Commission hiring rules to reduce minority discrimination while not lowering qualifications.
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Cedar Rapids
NAACP
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Civil Service Commission
Public backs tied corporate taxes rewarding virtue and punishing harm
A Harris Survey of 1 510 adults finds broad support for raising taxes on bad polluters and energy wasters while cutting taxes for those improving air and water quality and conserving energy. Voters back safety, product quality, minority and women skills programs and job creation credits, signaling momentum for a society driven tax framework.
Letter cites Roscoe Drummond on Israel in southern Lebanon
A March 22 letter contends the Israeli presence in southern Lebanon is warranted and cites Roscoe Drummond in The Gazette on the same date. The writer asks what the U S would do if Mexican terrorists crossed borders and poses a comparative moral question.
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Lebanon
Roscoe Drummond
the Gazette
Israel
Drummond
United States
Editor letter weighs peace, anger and Middle East justice
The writer condemns violence from both sides in the Israel Palestine conflict and mocks the idea of PLO leadership as a football coach. They praise Cedar Rapids residents for forming a Committee for Middle East Justice and urge acceptance of Israel by its neighbors to pursue real peace.
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Middle East
Israel
Arafat
Washington Redskins
Cedar Rapids
PLO
Noelridge residents push traffic safety over Metro housing
A Noelridge resident letter to the Gazette disputes a March 19 article on Metro housing at Noelridge School. The speaker clarifies Noelridge does not oppose Metro, but cites traffic safety concerns from limited street width, lack of sidewalks, and inadequate parking as the chief objections.
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Gazette
Metro
Noelridge
Noelridge Area
Noelridge School
Cedar Rapids
Harding Junior High
Harding
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Armed Services
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Carl Riblet
interOcean Press Syndicate
Luther V. Trent
By Louis Harris
The
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House
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Chicago Tribune
New York News Syndicate
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