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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1983
Page
7
The Gazette argues that easing Soviet travel restrictions yields little practical benefit for Iowa while highlighting the U S Soviet travel restrictions and reciprocity. It notes the United States may abolish or reduce limits by mutual agreement, but Soviet refusal keeps the closed societies distinct.
Across 44 states including Iowa, about 1 800 farmers face possible foreclosure as the North Dakota case against Farmers Home Administration raises due process questions on loan actions. Delinquency reaches 77 000 nationwide, or 28 percent, with Iowa at 17 percent. Foreclosures blocked temporarily, but thousands may still lose homes next year. Congress urged to link farm distress to broader job retraining and new legislation.
The Associated Press reports former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt folded a paper airplane with Pershing 2 written on it and sailed it into the Bundestag as Willy Brandt attacked NATO missile deployment. The scene underscores a lighthearted moment amid a high stakes debate.
In Washington the debate on deficits features Martin Feldstein arguing for tax increases and spending cuts to curb rising deficits. Treasury Secretary Regan touts a rosy growth scenario while downplaying links to higher interest rates, amid a clamor for spending restraint and tax changes.
The piece links nuclear fears, The Day After, JFK’s 1963 University speech, and the 20th anniversary of Kennedy’s death to call Iowans to a peace-focused effort before the February caucuses. It urges town meetings, corporate and church sponsorship, and training seminars to make peace the primary issue.
A Marion resident criticizes a Cedar Rapids voter for backing a board member aligned with local wishes. The writer argues for balanced sector representation on the school board and opposes at large elections, noting Northeast side school closures and expansion limits.
A man reflects on missed freedoms and shifts in gender roles, describing how his era’s expectations shaped his life. He recalls supervising five daughters, supporting his wife’s education, and observing the Great Escape mindset, contrasting past duties with modern liberation. He notes unemployment debates and retirement as he contemplates change after retirement.
A Cedar Rapids business leader Sud Dows of Dows Real Estate Co. and Dows Farms, Inc. is noted as president while readers are invited to share unlimited topics and personal views in this periodical segment.
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