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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1973
Page
9
Citizen lauds Mayor Canney and Cedar Rapids Animal Shelter for responding to stray dog incidents that harmed a family pet. Letters critique rezoning and church school aid, urging adherence to constitutional separation of church and state and calling for fuller school operations.
Edmundo Berru argues the Iowa State civil rights commission risks endorsing historic discrimination by tolerating minor racial rules in benevolent organizations. He traces post Civil War segregation to separate but equal, urging stronger moral and legal resolve to end discrimination.
The Cedar Rapids Skyhawks with over 60 members from the Cedar Rapids Marion area host a summer demonstration at Seminole Valley park. The club runs flying demos, regular competitions and a nationally sanctioned contest sponsored by SIG Co. of Montezuma Iowa. Norm Page and top R C flyers will compete at Seminole Valley park August 18 and 19.
A proposed large apartment complex near Thirty-fifth Street SE plans 288 parking spaces, increasing traffic on a single blacktop and gravel road crossing a blind transit bridge. Neighbors fear safety risks for children and two cars on the bridge, urging a second access street to protect quality of life.
A reader voices support for a grievance group opposing school changes led by Dr. Currie and warns against inflation and meat price rises. The letter argues teachers should run schools, condemns security measures, notes late absence notifications, and links consumer prices to deficit spending and unemployment.
Carol Cherry from Lisbon urges residents to remove litter and dispose of it properly. She recommends carrying a trash bag in cars, quitting smoking, and seeking environmental ways to help the town.
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