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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1978
Page
8
The Iowa Legislature faces a choice between returning to annual budgeting or continuing biennial budgeting with second-year adjustments. Republicans favor existing timing, Democrats push annual appropriations. Historical data show smaller second-year increases under Democratic annual budgeting, while two-year contracts for public employee salaries lock much of the budget.
Reader commends The Gazette for placing the arts page on the front of a section in last Sunday's paper Nov 19. The note links arts resources awareness to regional growth and prosperity and urges continued policy.
A reader objects to moving arts criticism from editorial pages to social trivia near the end of the Cedar Rapids Sunday paper. The complainant cites advertising priorities as the cause and calls the policy insulting to the arts.
The writer explains leaving Sunday arts coverage after The Gazette restructured to six sections and buried arts in Family Focus. Stan Weiderspan will cover Art Center shows while the writer handles only Art Center exhibits, urging relocation to restore dignity to the arts in Cedar Rapids.
Norman Cousins argues during Thanksgiving that the United States retains vast productive capacity and a strong economy despite inflation. He notes potential military cuts without harming defense, high employment, rising education levels, and a global responsibility rooted in abundance. He credits public conscience for progress on Vietnam and Watergate and asserts America remains a peaceful mediator.
The Gazette outlines rules for reader letters including a 400 word limit per letter, one letter per writer every 30 days, possible condensation without altering meaning, no anonymous submissions, and the requirement to include name address readable signature and telephone number for authentication. Content favors issues over personalities and forbids poetry.
Thousands of Vietnamese refugees die at sea over three decades. The drowning of 200 near land heightens global awareness. Questioning whether US France Canada Belgium remain main havens or if Southeast Asian nations will grant asylum. Calls for more humanitarian commitments amid international pressure.
The article reviews plural forms of craft and explains why air, space, or water vehicles keep the singular craft. It also traces word origins from errors and discusses terms like obsequies and obsequious, and cites the oddly coined oughtness from Webster's editions.
Smith Hempstone reports that Carter administration officials praised Castro for humanitarian gestures while privately unsure of the MIG-23s in Cuba. The piece questions White House risk calculations amid possible effort to secure a new START-era pact and suggests a conflict between public praise and security ignorance.
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