Cosmetic Cuban troop issue baffles Carter defense stance
President Carter addressed alleged Soviet combat troops in Cuba with largely cosmetic measures. He touted a monitoring task force and stronger Caribbean diplomacy while noting existing Soviet restraint on nuclear submarines and the stalled arms-limitation treaty, arguing the Cuban problem is internal and not a crisis.
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Carter
Cuba
State Vance
Moscow
Cinfuegos
Caribbean
Cedar Rapids Growth Amid Westdale Mall Opening
Cedar Rapids emerges as a robust growth center as Westdale Mall opens, bringing four department stores and over 100 businesses with 1500 to 2000 jobs. The city relies on Collins avionics and redevelopment plans downtown and along the riverfront to bolster long term prosperity.
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Collins Avionics
Rockwell International
Cedar Rapids
San Jose
Calif
Tucson
Ariz
Jacksonville
Fla
Westdale
Law specialization urged to guide public in choosing lawyers
The piece argues law has become a minefield for the unwary as the profession fails to standardize competency. It compares lawyers to doctors, calls for formal certification in legal specialties, and notes Iowa's push for continuing education while warning that current associations lack proof of expertise.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Burger
Iowa Supreme Court
Cuba flap reshapes view of Soviet troops in Cuba
Anthony Lewis argues Carter's speech defused a manufactured crisis over a Soviet brigade in Cuba. He notes the unit's limited, nonoffensive role and credits the speech with centering on arms control rather than confrontation. The piece praises measured diplomacy and calls for SALT ratification to limit nuclear arming.
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Carter
Soviet Union
Cuba
Senate
Robert Byrd
Church
Howard Baker
United States
Washington
Black leaders face war and loss in Middle East clash
The Sunday Gazette prints a front page letter condemning Israeli use of American arms in Lebanon and the resulting casualties. The author argues SCLC leaders ignore the broader weapon sources and notes that PLO attacks prompt Israeli retaliation as long as civilians are harmed.
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The
Sunday Gazette
Lebanon
Editor's Letter Questioning Civil Rights Movement Motives
A reader argues that free enterprise governs the Middle East and accuses the communist bloc of hijacking the American civil rights movement to push world conquest. The letter questions the movement's Christian and humane nature and suggests a Soviet plot to destroy Israel for regional control, ending with a xenophobic greeting.
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Mideast
PLO
Arafat
Andrew Young
Young
Israel
Cedar Rapids tour showcases city beauty and warns against election signs
A Cedar Rapids narrator praises Riverside Park Greene Square Park and Noelridge while lamenting the election sign clutter along Collins Road. The essay recalls riverbank restoration elm cutting and city planning that shaped the area and urges restraint on political advertising.
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Riverside Park
Veterans Memorial Square
Greene Square Park
Bever Park
Collins Road
Noelridge Park
Twin Pines
Ellis Park
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Art Heusinkveld
John Donnelly
John Robertson
U.S
Strate
Florida
Anatoly Dobrinin
Andrei Gromyko
Vance
Iowa
Westdale Mall
Iiowa
Lindale Plaza
Lindale Mall
Lindale
Marion
Collins
City Hall
Five Seasons
Civic Center
Airport Commission
Riverfront
Ford
Kennedy
Tom Riley
University of Iowa
College of Law
Court Practice Institute
Chicago
By Anthony Lewis
Bolton
Havana
State Department
Frank Church
Key West
Lloyd Cutler
Baker
Barry Goldwater
New York Times Service
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Cedar Rapidians
London
Cedar River
Switzerland
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