States Near Insolvency Warn Against Forgiving Unemployment Debts
Editorial cautions Congress and the Labor Department against forgiving state unemployment debts as 16 states plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have exhausted their funds. It notes Michigan Connecticut and New Jersey owe over two billion dollars, with Connecticut Vermont and Washington already paying back. Iowa cites prudent funding keeping its reserve at fifty million. The piece argues sacrifice by disciplined states should not subsidize laggards.
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District of Columbia
Michigan
Connecticut
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Coffee cutback real Goal: Show Brazil
A Harris Survey of 1,549 adults finds 39 percent of coffee drinkers drinking less this year to protest price rises and 41 percent plan to cut back in six months. Seventy percent feel reduced consumption could majorly reverse price trends, while 66 percent blame Brazil for hikes.
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Brazil
Carter
Letters Inequality Raises Questions About Union Pay Parity
A reader questions the March 27 letter by Swore and Carson on common situs picket ing bills and asks what union construction workers earning 20 000 to 25 000 annually feel unequal to union industrial workers. The observer notes conditions seem fair as is.
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Messrs. Swore and
Carson
Conspiracy Theories Flip Through 1970s Power Networks
A letter to the editor cites the Council on Foreign Relations the Trilateral Commission and Rockefeller links as driving forces behind U S policy including Carter's presidency. It lists notable members and implicates influence on global economic and diplomatic matters with mentions of CFR TC and IMF gold. The writer thanks community helpers after a local industrial incident.
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Rockefeller Foreign Office
New York
Trilateral Commission
David Rockefeller
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
Rockefeller
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Correction Noting Harvey Solberger’s Marion Ties
A March 27 arts item in The Gazette misidentified Harvey Solberger as Cedar Rapids born. The record clarifies he lived in Marion and attended local schools, confirming Marion as his hometown.
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Harvey Solberger
Cedar Rapids
Harvey
Marion
Brezhnev's duplicity on rights and arms talks
Brezhnev publicly rejects U S human rights push while privately courting Carter on a new strategic arms agreement. He pursues repression at home while projecting freedom abroad, using interference claims to block scrutiny and pressure. The piece calls for denouncing signed pacts to end obligations.
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Carter
United Nations
Controversy grows over saccharin ban proposals
Angered Americans protest FDA plans to ban saccharin after a Canadian rat study found tumors. Critics attack the Delaney clause and testing methods while supporters push to grant FDA broader authority to weigh cancer risks against benefits.
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Congress
FDA
FDA backs Canadian saccharin cancer findings
FDA and other scientific groups assert large doses of saccharin cause bladder tumors in animals and question if the results predict human risk. Dr. Richard Bates cites models to extrapolate rat data to humans while Sherwin Gardner warns of a public health disaster if applied to 215 million people. Gardner notes Canada acts on the same data to curb saccharin uses.
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FDA
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Richard Bates
Bates
Sherwin Gardner
Gardner
Donald Corning
The
American Diabetes Assn
Corning
Guy R. Newell
National Cancer Institute
Saccharin ban debate questions 1958 food additive law
The Gazette argues for careful study over an immediate saccharin ban. It notes Congress may delay action, cites FDA findings on carcinogens in food, and warns against disrupting markets. Prominent packaging notices and consumer choice could replace an early extinction plan. The piece urges revisiting the 1958 law.
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Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Jim Martin
North Carolina
Joshua Lederberg
Saccharin ban sparks vocal opposition across groups
Saccharin critics flood public debate with fears of diabetes complications and smuggling echoes of liquor era. Diabetes and cancer researchers dispute risks while health advocates decry loss of choice. Representative Pepper says the move infringes personal freedom and many doubt the ban's necessity.
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Rep. Mikulski
Art Buchwald
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
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