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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1979
Page
6
The piece notes May as Tax Freedom Day marking the point where earnings meet tax obligations from federal, state, and local governments. It cites a 37 percent rate to mid May and warns of rising tax loads, urging substantial government spending cuts and permanent tax reforms to avert higher burdens.
In Los Angeles last Monday long lines at gasoline stations led to confrontations including a shooter at one pump and assaults on a pregnant woman and an elderly shopper. The piece links fuel scarcity to broader concerns about American behavior and civic responsibility amid an ongoing energy crisis.
Harris and Associates publish the ABC News Harris Survey findings showing limited influence of TV ads on buying intentions. The draft criticized ads aimed at children and called public hostility. Final release softened language to a cautious view of advertising skepticism.
A short reflective piece discusses freedom and fear in modern life, noting humans are bound by systems and anxieties. It contrasts human concerns with animals and comments on pensions, routine meals, and a quiet-spoken spouse as the hoped comforts of aging.
A reader notes Rep. Tom Tauke opposes H.R.1 while insisting on stronger limits on special interest contributions. The letter recalls campaign finance figures from the FEC showing rising spending, contrasts $150 000 ceilings with current costs, and cites a Gallup poll backing public financing. It urges Iowans to contact Tauke in Washington.
A letter from a reader in Washington argues against discarding a bill and urges limiting influence by money spent by special interest groups. It supports broad funding like a $1 tax check off to ensure candidates heed a wide constituency over single groups.
An account condemns Cedar Rapids City Hall for urban renewal that demolished Oakhill Flats. Cargill’s corn starch plant caused truck intrusion, noise, emissions, and unsafe traffic. Eviction followed with selective benefits to a few residents, leaving blocks empty and a once thriving neighborhood ruined.
In a staged White House meeting on May 7 with anti nuclear activists, President Carter kept his line on nuclear power while aides and liberal pressure groups pressed for heads to roll. Analysts tie his ambivalence to low approval, Kennedy fears, and a bevy of left-leaning advisers shaping a cautious, indecisive image.
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