County split vote approves $1.1 million office project plan
Linn County voters narrowly backed buying and remodeling the Penick and Ford building over expanding into Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Cedar Rapids opposed the measure while Marion and other areas approved, shaping county offices and future Coliseum use as plans move forward.
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Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Penick and Ford
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Coliseum
Mount Vernon housing boom cited as quality of life lure
A Christian Science Monitor feature by economist Michael Gorham highlights Mount Vernon Iowa’s housing surge. Prices more than doubled in five years aided by proximity to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, with buyers mainly from outside the town seeking a quieter setting amid urban concerns.
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David Osterberg
Mount Vernon
Christian Science Monitor
Michael Gorham
Federal Reserve Bank
San Francisco
Gorham
Roy Bowman
Michael Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Vietnam vendetta kick out undeserved
Syndicated columnist Smith Hempstone argues the INS campaign to revoke South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan’s resident alien status is unjust. He notes Loan shot a bound Vietcong officer during the Tet attack era, a moment that shaped public opinion and earned a Pulitzer for Eddie Adams.
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Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Elizabeth Holtzman
D-N.y
Loan
Associated Press
Eddie Adams
Amber warning lights aid safe driving on farms
A reader praises amber flashing lights on farm equipment for warning motorists. He notes drivers slow and stay alert, understanding farmers face time pressure to harvest. He wishes farmers a safe year and others years free from tragedy on the roads.
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Charles City
Community groups aid Linn County seniors in winter prep
The Linn County Council on Aging thanks churches and schools that helped ready 300 senior homes for winter. St. Jude's Catholic and Regis High School students skipped a day to participate, with many parish groups and high schools volunteering weekend time for the elderly.
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Linn County Council On Aging
St. Jude’s Catholic School
Regis High School
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Sharon Methodist Church
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
St. Pius Catholic Church
Asbury Methodist Church
First Congregational Church
First Presbyterian Church
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Temple Judah
Center Point High School
Immaculate Conception
St. Pius School
Washington High School
Marcia Swift
36Th St. Drive SE
Community praise for Cedar Rapids ambulance service
A Cedar Rapids reader voices gratitude for the ambulance crew and paramedics who arrived quickly, worked efficiently as a team, provided kind care, and relayed vital information to ensure immediate treatment for her husband. She urges public recognition of the service.
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Cedar Rapids
Witchcraft, Faith, and Moral Debate in Iowa City
Letter to the editor arguing that biblical teaching saves from sin, criticizing modern church standards, and contrasting witchcraft with Christian faith. The writer cites Galatians works of the flesh, questions sinners in society, and asserts witchcraft is evil aligned with Satan.
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Tricia Jones
Iowa City
Jesus
Adam
Paul
God
Satan
NAACP banquet highlights in Cedar Rapids community
The Gazette covered the October 20 NAACP banquet at the Sheraton Inn. A letter commends the event for acknowledging minority achievements, naming Virgil Powell author and police fingerprint innovator, Odessa Turner community volunteer, Vernon Smith polio survivor, and Collins Radio for minority hiring efforts.
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NAACP
Sheraton Inn
The
Gazette
Virgil Powell
Cedar Rapids
Odessa Turner
Vernon Smith
Collins Radio
Inflation and Vietnam War Controversy Over Loan Case
The piece argues inflation harms all and critiques policy fails while recounting the Vietnam era case of Loan, a former Vietcong officer in the United States. It notes his potential deportation over moral turpitude, compares him to Ky and Westmoreland, and calls for restraint and judgment beyond the INS.
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Loan
Adams
INS
Holtzman
Harold Sawyer
Michigan
United States
Common English Usage Trends and Helpful Corrections
Theodore M Bernstein surveys frequent grammar slips in print and broadcast language. He cites subject verb agreement errors in phrases like vandalism and theft and suggests adopting style guides at stations to improve on air usage. He notes malaprops like less calories and introduces compadre as a possible new term for in law relations.
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Amy Simpson
Raleigh
N.C
Life as a banquet shadowed by a Damocles sword says Voltaire
The quote likens existence to a banquet where danger lurks above, with the sword of fate ever suspended. Voltaire reflects on precarious fortune and the constant threat hanging over human life.
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Damocles
Nobel Peace Prize Prizeholders Face Public Scrutiny
Mark Russell critiques Sadat and Begin amid hopes they will be on speaking terms when accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. He jokes that Carter would accept if war erupts and notes the prize money will hardly cover a jet fighter. The piece satirically claims the prize is named after dynamite inventor and may self-destruct if recipients fail.
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Sadat
Begin
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J. F. Hladky, Jr
Art Heusinkveld
J. F. Hladky
Frank Nye
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Penick
Iowa
Bowman
the Gazette
Cedar Rapidians
Vietnam
Smith Hempstone
Washington
Nature
South Vietnam
U.S
Miami
Hue
Saigon
An Quang
6Th
Vietcong
Phu Tho Race Track
Cholon
Lean
Fairfax County
Nguyen Cao Ky
Los Angeles
William C. Westmoreland
Vo Nguyen Giap
Giap
Him
Highway Department
Theodore M. Bernstein
Woodside
Queens
J.C. Smith
Tucson
Thomas Cota
New York Times Syndicate
Mark Russell
Carter
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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