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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1979
Page
6
Cedar Rapids may begin posting snow emergency routes to ease last winter paralysis. About 200 miles would qualify, but only 51 miles can be posted with $45,000 needed for signs and just $10,000 budgeted. Consider cheaper temporary signs and one-side parking bans on narrow streets to accelerate full coverage.
The Iowa Legislature approved a bill allowing licensed optometrists to use 29 diagnostic drugs in three classes with limited safeguards. Critics urge a veto, citing risky drugs like cocaine and high strength phenylephrine, and warn ophthalmologists’ training far exceeds optometry. The bill requires 100 hours pharmacology and board exams, but loopholes remain. Gov. Ray faces decision.
A reflective aphorism notes that once individuals begin to stray from a path they lose direction and fail to foresee consequences. It emphasizes caution and self restraint in behavior and decision making.
Washington observers deride Congress for rejecting standby gasoline rationing as cars queue at area stations and pumps run dry within 36 hours. The piece blames lawmakers for parochial motives and warns that without federal authority rationing could be left to oil companies and dealers, risking arbitrary prices and shortages.
A reader recalls a flat tire ordeal near Ellis Boulevard where a market attendant refused help and a Skelly station lacked a hydraulic jack. A passerby butcher offered assistance, highlighting neighborly actions in harsh weather as the narrator attempted to change the tire.
The writer thanks Lyle Wilson for his perseverance and kindness in a dangerous repair. Lumir Clask is also thanked for employing dependable people. The note expresses gratitude and wishes multiplied blessings in return.
Cart Riblet Jr argues that small community courts fail to deliver fair trials The letter accuses county attorneys civil lawyers and judges of bias and cronyism He claims prison officials attacked his Vice Lord Nation group with threats and coverups and describes a mock prison hearing he endured for self defense.
Washington reports that CIA Director Stansfield Turner prepared a secretly blunt brief questioning the treaty’s verifiability. The document outlines multiple Soviet cheating scenarios and clashes with President Carter’s pledge that SALT II would be verifiable from day one.
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