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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1986
Page
9
Readers accuse Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Lowell Junkins of classifying campaign staff as consultants to dodge unemployment, withholding, and Social Security taxes, arguing the IRS and state authorities require consistent treatment. The letter also reflects on a family death and community outrage, with memories of Clem Blood and local figures.
The Gazette editorializes for quick Senate impeachment of Federal Judge Harry E. Claiborne, who is jailed for tax-failure convictions. The writer later argues the Senate should delay for a reasoned verdict after reviewing all evidence and the trial, noting negligence but not proven intent to defraud.
The author contrasts U.S. generosity abroad with limited domestic aid, urging a national convoy to move Iowa corn and hay to drought affected states. Farmers and the Iowa Sheep Association complain of lacking transportation support despite millions in foreign aid and available military resources.
A landlady recalls renting a 1975 mobile home to a retired couple and their grown daughter, who overstayed and caused ongoing damage. She describes rising electric bills and repeated septic pumpings, water left running, and unaddressed repairs, noting rent barely covered costs and asking what landladies do.
The text argues that Parson Weems may have been tied to Carbonari myth shaping the Washington cherry tree story. It links Wemyss origins, MacDuff and Stuart kinship, exile of David Weems after Bonnie Prince Charlie, and a revolutionary frame in Carbonari rites with hatchet symbolism.
A reader recounts a billing dispute with Iowa Electric after a missing September bill. The meter apparently zeroed out and re-reading produced a handwritten, guesswork bill. The caller questions service prompts, responsibility, and fairness under a monopoly.
A columnist ridicules a Iowa sports editor for misusing words like procedure and proceed. The piece cites several examples including Terrel Bell quotes and a Kiplinger Tax Letter alert. It lampoons redundancy and slips of language across staffers and executives.
Periodic observations from thoughtful residents invited to share opinions. The topics are unlimited and the views are their own.
Harold F. Ewoldt of Cedar Rapids is described as a retired general manager of the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce and a specialist in the Cedar Rapids area's history.
The Rev. Isaac Searles arrives by steamboat to Cedar Rapids in August 1844 and sparks a Methodist congregation that becomes St. Paul’s. Early presbyterians form the First Presbyterian Church in 1847, with Grace Episcopal and others following as Cedar Rapids grows. Denominations foster tolerance and neighborly church life on the frontier.
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