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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1977
Page
6
The Cedar Rapids Gujyette editorial page from 1977 presents opinion pieces on local politics and social issues. It reflects the era's community concerns and editorial voice, with contributors debating policy directions and civic priorities.
The Carter administration shocked Congress by proposing unilateral cuts to 19 water resource projects. Senate quickly opposed rescission. A later semi-final list softened the stance while echoing Carter's governor tactics of going to the people. The piece questions legality and potential court battles.
City officials debated a proposed half price season golf ticket for 200 Cedar Rapids workers. Parks Commissioner Reims urged denial but the motion failed for lack of a second, leaving the issue unresolved and prompting further questions about city employee benefits.
As President Carter nears a national energy message, he balances appeasing environmentalists with expanding coal and nuclear power. insiders warn the plan may not curb the energy deficit, while decisions hinge on political realities, industry pressure, and environmental concerns.
A reader argues that Bever Park Zoo offers poor education for children citing cramped cages, owls with limited wing movement, and animals fed with waste. The piece asks whether children learn about animal interdependence or witness humanity's failings in such conditions.
Residents question delay in creating Squaw Creek lake promised since 1964 after How ard Green Engineering feasibility study. In 1965 Cedar Rapids city planning commission approved moving ahead with the project.
The editor urges immediate action to build Squaw Creek lake in Linn County. A 1965 planning commission resolution supported it, with subsequent studies and favorable editorials, including a 1975 KCRG endorsement. The piece argues funding must start with county appropriation, noting land purchase and dam groundwork already done.
The piece warns that teenage drivers sometimes cause accidents and urges safe driving. It also critiques the Williams v. United States decision, arguing that rights of suspects should not excuse crime, and calls for civic action to reform court conduct and protect victims.
Safire reports on Chinese views of human rights and state control. Officials claim 95 percent enjoy rights while detailing a 40 million dissidents group labeled landlords rich peasants bad elements counter revolutionaries and bourgeois revisionists. Mass surveillance replaces prisons with citizens monitoring each other.
Readers criticize a March 23 cartoon equating Clinton town hall with a quilting bee. They defend Clin ton citizens as voicing American concerns and attack leaders who hobnob with millionaires and ignore labor unions. The piece ends urging respect for the President regardless of views.
A speaker attacks herbicide commercials, noting overabundant TV ads on WMT at 6pm. They recall safety instructions for farmers, criticizing actors for lacking protective gear and confusing crops, implying misrepresentation in endorsements.
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