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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1985
Page
9
A reader laments the loss of farms to corporate control and rising food prices while praising farmers as the economy’s backbone. The piece urges preservation of family farms and critiques broad policies as the nation’s future depends on agriculture.
A reader letter claims Ronald Reagan would reduce taxes on corporations and export farmers, defend Social Security, and praises a German cemetery visit amid SS graves. The writer accuses Reagan of huge deficits, questions Vatican support, and warns about wartime enemies Japan receiving a trade surplus while urging boycott of Japanese imports. The letter cites Pearl Harbor and blames U.S. policy for war-era losses.
Mr. DeVere Hirt faces criticism for his Outlooks columns as readers debate the nature of truth. The writer argues beliefs arise from personal data and logic, and that different facts can yield valid but differing truths. Respect for opposing views is urged if they foster social ethics and coexistence.
Grant Wood Area Education Agency employs 62 speech language clinicians serving seven counties. They hold master’s degrees and focus on improving speech language skills for students from preschool to high school. Clinicians test, consult with teachers and parents, enroll in therapy, and address speech sounds, directions, sentences, questions, living skills, vocabulary, and voice fluency while considering social emotional and academic growth. Parents play a key role and more information is available from school clinicians or the Grant Wood AEA at 399-6700 or toll free 800-332-8488.
Readers lampoon word choices from ads and letters to editors. A Bridle Department sale leads to a quip about catering to horses while other misuses poke fun at entrepreneurial jargon and famous titles.
The 1849 arrival of Dr Seymour D. Carpenter in Cedar Rapids marks the start of a career as promoter and entrepreneur. He built medical practice, joined early leadership, and expanded into land, railroads, and lumber, shaping Cedar Rapids into a regional center after Civil War era expansion. Carpenter served as a Civil War surgeon and later benefited from railroad and lumber ventures before living beyond 1900.
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