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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1971
Page
6
Iowa election law faces overhaul as the Legislature weighs updates to require statewide voter registration. Attorney General Turner suggested scrapping the current system unless college student residence can be defined, sparking debate over uniform eligibility and rights. Critics urge universal registration and equal treatment for all citizens.
Iowa cities and towns miss thousands of dollars in federal highway safety funds due to a communications gap and matching fund requirements. Officials note three main hurdles: local cash for matching shares, limited municipal staff for planning and inspection, and extensive red tape. Overhauling grant programs could speed reimbursements and benefit taxpayers.
A reader protests violent advertising and scenes in prime time. They urge television stations to restrict scary content for children and rely on parental rating systems, asking for safer airing times to shield youths from gruesome depictions.
A reader recalls 65 fellow countrymen visiting the Hennik farm at Belle Plaine and notes the shift from the Union of South Africa to the Republic of South Africa over the past decade. The letter questions the atlas age.
William F Buckley Jr argues that student residency rules affect who may vote in college towns. He cites Normal Illinois and Madison Wisconsin as examples and warns against granting voting power to transient student populations. He favors preserving local control and tax-bearing limits while noting distinctions between undergraduates and married graduate students.
Former President Lyndon Johnson depicts Nixon allies pressuring Saigon to skip Paris talks during the 1968 election, claiming a few hundred thousand votes shifted Humphrey from victory. He also discusses his reluctance to run again, Lady Bird Johnson's influence, and a 1964 memo urging retirement from public life.
The write in vote counts are noted with Nixon’s praise for McCarthy and the 12 installment serialization of Johnson’s The Vantage Point in The Gazette beginning Oct 17. Kennedy’s candidacy and a critical post assassination meeting with Johnson are described along with remarks about Eastland Wallace and Jacqueline Kennedy.
Russell Baker recounts Boris the Russian spy’s satire of U.S. secrecy. A bugged park bench interview reveals escalating demand for classified papers as status symbols, from lunch checks to Playboy lists, with the FBI and CIA depicted as part of a comic Cold War ritual.
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