Grain sales undercut farmers as Soviets buy cheap
The Soviet Union admitted Ukrainian grain production fell short of estimates while buying U.S. corn and soybeans at low prices, exposing farmers to market risk. Critics blame the Agriculture Department for reporting gaps and delayed price signals, urging clearer, timelier data to guide next year’s crops.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
Leach
Agriculture
Bergland
Ford Administration
Congress
Iowa
Clark
USDA
Judge William Eads record corrected in Gazette review
The Gazette clarifies a lawyer’s claim about Judge William Eads noting he did personally handle civil trial matters while with the city attorney’s office. The correction acknowledges the statement was partly inaccurate and aims to set the record straight.
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William Eads
Eads
Fairness
Moral forces guide Sadat and Begin toward peace
The article argues that Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin, longtime believers guided by religious and prophetic ideals, pursue a peace path beyond military power. It notes their Jerusalem meeting shifts Middle East politics toward philosophy and theology, recalling Butterfield and Lincoln as guiding figures.
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Washington
Sadat
Egypt
Begin
Israel
Jimmy Carter
Middle East
Jerusalem
Herbert Butterfield
Cambridge University
Truth in political advertising in city elections
Taxpayers urge truth in political advertising and demand a city run committee to verify candidate claims. They cite college and executive positions, bid publicity errors raising costs, and call for unbiased reporting of facts.
Cedar Rapids rivals balk at city demands for plant funding
Two large participants say they cannot meet city financial asks for a major plant project in Cedar Rapids. The Caterpillar decision to skip building a large Cedar Rapids plant was made last summer, prompting questions about city election timing and public notice.
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Cedar Rapids
Kind Stranger Delivers Blanket After Lindale Plaza Crash
Caller thanks unknown woman who lent a warm blanket after a vehicle crash in front of Lindale Plaza and Target. He seeks her contact to return the blanket or express gratitude, offering his address 633 36th St SE and phone 364 6315 for pickup or follow up.
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Lindale Plaza
Target
Legion Club
36Th St. SE
Crosby urges TV boycott to curb violence in programming
Bing Crosby warned that television depicts life as it could become rather than as it is. He favored unity among anti violence groups to boycott network shows and advertisers to amplify impact. He spoke after a long recovery from an accident and reflected on his career and memories.
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Bing
Crosby
Retirement fairness in Civil Service Pension debate
A reader argues that federal state and local workers are underrepresented in HR 9346 the Social Security Financing Bill and defends Civil Service Retirement system. The writer notes decades of contributions totaling 38 years with tax rates rising from 4 percent to 7 percent and survivor annuity deductions, contending funds exist due to higher taxes and criticizing Social Security’s funding basis.
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Civil Service
Gazette
House of Representatives
Sound of Mu sic at Paramount Theatre draws sellout crowds
Public thanks to St Luke's Auxiliary Cedar Rapids Community Theater and volunteers for the Sound of Music performances at the Paramount Theatre for Arts on November 10 11 12 and 13. Gratitude extends to The Cedar Rapids Gazette TV and radio coverage and Eastern Iowa audiences for full houses at all five shows.
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St. Luke’s Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids Community Theater
Sound of Music
Paramount Theater For the Performing Arts
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Word paraments and paradoxes a Times Syndicate essay
Theodore M Bernstein discusses word parameter as outer limits or guidelines and cites Webster definitions. Alice Newell asks for a term like soluble fish for paradoxical phrases while Gordon McGaw explains brook as a verb with roots in Middle English bruken and German brauchen, noting its shift in meaning.
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Alice Newell
Little Rock, Ark
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J. F. Hladky
Frank Nye
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Midwest
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Jim Leach
Vinton
Rep. Leach
Grain Corporation
United States
Arthur
Holy
Golan Heights
Nasser
Lloyd George
Britain
Roosevelt
Golda Meir
Cairo
Butterfield
Abraham Lincoln
New York Times Service
House
Ways and Means
Stanley A. Nemec
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Seventh Ave. SE
Will Durant
Bing Crosby
Theodore M. Bernstein
R. Berger
Des Moines
Berger
Gordon McGaw
Riverside
Calif
New York Times Syndicate
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