Outcry Over Senate File 438 Medical Scope for Optometrists
A reader laments Senate File 438 allowing optometrists to use potent eye drugs, contrasting training with ophthalmologists. The letter urges protecting public safety, contends non physicians should not practice medicine, and blends regional civic history from Palo Cedar Rapids with fears of school district busing plans and community unity at stake.
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Senate
Jackson School
Palo
Jackson
Hiawatha
Coolidge
Jaycees
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Deserving Farmers Question Stamp Access in Food Stamp Program
Letter from March 10 argues farmers deserve food stamps as city residents do stressing rising costs and unpaid taxes. writer notes self employed farmers lack unemployment coverage and fears losing land or equipment, urges garden and home production to be equal.
DONNA FARGO SHOW SPARKS CAP SQUADRON DISSENT
A reader disputes The Gazette article on March 15 about CAP squadrons. He says Anamosa CAP does not sponsor the Donna Fargo Show and accuses Claude Spears of taking on that duty. He asserts blood and organ transport for UI Hospitals comes from Iowa Wing members Kellogg and Spears and that Cedar Rapids Squadron funds Life Guard flights with help from Anamosa. He questions a $4,000 Anamosa aircraft purchase and notes his positions on finance and supply.
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Gazette
Anamosa Civil Air Patrol
Donna Fargo
Claude Spears
Iowa State
Civil Air Patrol
Gene Kellogg
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Squadron
Mr. Spears
Anamosa
Christians Urged to Aid Famine Victims Through Local Action
A letter to the editor calls on Ames Christians to organize, fundraise, and respond to famine and drought sufferers. The writer urges churches to reclaim traditional charity and asks readers to contact Lyon 219 Barker or the ISA Ames 50013 with group efforts.
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Lyon
Barker
Isa
Ames
ISU WOI-TV Editorial Support for University Ownership
The Gazette editors oppose selling WOI-TV in Ames and back ISU ownership. The writer argues the station benefits ISU students and Iowa with revenue and educational value and should remain university-owned.
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the Gazette
Woi-Tv
Ames
Iowa State University
Iowa
ISU
Back-to-basics home ec cuts threaten student skills
Merna Back urges preservation of home and family living programs at Kennedy and Taft, arguing severe staff cuts endanger life skills beyond cooking and sewing. She notes layoffs across junior and senior highs and warns of adverse effects on students and future leaders.
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Kennedy
Taft
Up With People Dazzles Anamosa and Cedar Rapids Crowd
A reader from Anamosa recalls the impact of the Up With People show at the Paramount Theatre. Three locals, including Brad Bungum and David George, toured with the troupe. Bret Lewison performed in Anamosa. Tickets to Cedar Rapids sold out as crowds traveled from across Iowa, leaving the writer hopeful for a future encore.
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Anamosa
Brad Bungum
David George
Bret Lewison
Brad
David
Cedar Rapids
Bret
U.S
Iowa
Scripture picture studies Christ’s divine majesty in vivid visions
The Outlooks column quotes a King James passage describing the Lord on a radiant throne with fire, emerald light, and a radiant countenance. It asserts Christ’s eternal equality with the Father and Spirit, citing symbolic imagery of eyes as flames, white garments, and seven stars in his right hand.
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DeVere Hirt
Christ
God the Son
God
Father
Holy Spirit
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KC Coll
42Nd Street
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Hollywood
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