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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1979
Page
3
Analysis argues SALT II fails to cap missile numbers and bans on new weapons. It notes loopholes allowing mobile MX missiles and covert silos, risking an accelerated arms race. The piece urges SALT III to close gaps with strict limits and no new weapons until a broader agreement.
Longtime Iowa Supreme and Linn County attorney Justice Thompson G King Thompson died at 91. Known for a 40 year public service career on state and district benches, he was praised for writing that blended humor with clear, judicious language and memorable lines drawn from sports and nursery rhymes.
The Senate backs labels deeming items hazardous to health as a new Bureau of Hazard-Warning Label Specifications forms under HEW. Proposals mirror cigarette warnings and target sneakers, golf bags, rock albums, and men’s hair formulas with satirical cautions.
New York Times Service argues Congress and President Carter fail to act on energy, rejecting standby rationing and fuel-saving measures. It critiques decontrol of oil prices, windfall taxes, and Amtrak cuts as inadequate, urging national mobilization and greater conservation. The piece stresses likely higher costs, uncertain domestic oil gains, and persistent driving.
A Cedar Rapids reader recalls voting for Squaw Creek Lake years ago and criticizes the use of tax funds for a country club instead of a lake. The letter cites Ellis Park river improvements and a downtown park project, alleging misallocation and waste with little taxpayer benefit. The editor notes the golf course was developed separately from Squaw Creek Park and that the 1965 bond funded nothing at the golf course.
The piece argues that breeder reactors could convert all uranium, not just U-235, into energy, expanding a 20 year supply to 28 000 years and potentially using less plutonium than light water systems. It criticizes activist and government opposition as controlled by fear and seeks a defense of individualism over collectivist messaging.
A speaker urges competition from alternative energy to end oil interests' monopoly and criticizes officials, foreign dependency, and the current political system. The note mentions a scientist claiming a cheap hydrogen-from-water method using sunlight and ultraviolet rays, arguing voters will demand changes in the next election.
The text argues for nuclear energy as the safest best option amid fears of government control and crises like Three Mile Island. It contrasts Amory Lovins as an anti nuke figure with Dr Petr Beckmann who cites a containment failure test result. It ends noting a hydrogen explosion risk but containment withstood it.
A woman recounts joining an auto mechanics class facing exclusion from male peers and brothers who dismiss her abilities. She notes persistent belittling for being a girl and seeks help to challenge gender bias and gain equal opportunities.
A speaker compares proposed wage raises to Social Security increases arguing fixed incomes deserve a smaller raise. They note retirees gain 9 percent annually, about $250 to $300 a year, while a worker on a dollar-an-hour raise could net $2,000 yearly. The plea suggests a 25 cent-an-hour boost for retirees and hints at picketing the Social Security office.
Civilized men and women have tried countless times to create utopian places with little or no government where all people are honest and work hardly. Such heavens always failed when the food supply diminished to beans twice a day. InterOcean Press Syndicate
The piece argues Amtrak’s high cost and declining use make rail service a relic of history. It cites government figures showing low passenger loads and high subsidies, urging an end to sentimentality and that long-distance routes be cut. The author notes trains once bound the nation but now fail to justify taxpayer expense.
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