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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1978
Page
6
The Cedar Rapids School Board considers a $14,500 survey to gauge public opinion on a $9.5 million bond issue and on educational expectations. Critics warn education should precede polling to avoid premature or duplicative results and possible impact on a future vote.
California researchers fed Yucatan miniswine on a treadmill for a year and saw 20 percent weight loss but no improvement in blood circulation versus sedentary pigs. The piece argues human runners feel the benefits of fresh air and companionship, despite the animal data.
A former DOT engineer analyzes the Oelwein bridge detour dispute. He questions DOT figures on traffic counts and costs, argues a runaround would reduce mileage waste, and criticizes energy use and environmental claims. He singles out two DOT divisions as credible.
A letter defends the television program Holocaust as a universal history of suffering. It urges Germans and German Americans to learn from the past and teach their children about Auschwitz and other horrors alongside Vietnam and Hiroshima. The piece calls for dialogue over blame and shared responsibility.
A letter from John Irwin Smith argues for lowering interest to 5 percent and a 5 percent tax on incomes above 50 000 to pay national debt. He favors rail expansion, retooling waste into heat and fertilizer, and favoring Solar wind power while criticizing high interest and welfare spending. He critiques smoking bans and urges rights of smokers.
At the May meeting Laborers Local No 43 voted unanimously to back Kenneth A Schriner for Linn County supervisor amid the local race.
The reader questions why candidates for government positions lack standardized exams like police applicants. They note many inexperienced people run for office and imply a call for accountability through testing.
The Carter administration's plan to tighten firearms regulation faces jeopardy after a lobbying drive by the NRA and allied groups. The ATF proposal would create a computer registry of commercial gun transactions, require serial numbers, and mandate quarterly reports, while not naming individual buyers.
The Ethics and Public Policy Center at Georgetown evaluated American Government in Action by Miriam Roher Resnik and Lillian Herlich Nerenberg. Critics Novak Kirkpatrick Crutcher fault the book for ideology and dullness while defending publishing realities.
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