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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1983
Page
8
The Gazette weighs a Kansas law allowing mail only elections for non-partisan issues and cites Olathe school bond turnout of 73 percent and low per vote costs. It warns Iowa would face higher costs in Cedar Rapids but argues mail voting could raise participation and safeguard secrecy.
Kissinger leads a six nation fact finding swing through Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras and El Salvador to gauge the region without meeting guerrilla groups. Commissioners will talk to officials but exclude insurgents, sparking questions about credibility and balance in a politically chosen tour.
Phase I of the FBI probe into Carter briefing papers shows campaign duality and finger pointing between old Reagan and Bush camps. No crime found yet, but interviews indicate possible involvement by Reagan aides, Carter White House, and security staff.
A reader recounts waking to a Chelsea morning and testing backward lyrics from The Doors. He claims a hidden message in reverse text and ties it to a Madagascar tribe phrase, then jokes about burning rock albums and urging others to drop theirs off.
A jumble of reader notes and clerkroom chatter inspires confusion over a public hearing on issuing a quick claim deed. Commentary covers misread terms and a heat wave record, plus language quirks and quotation myths.
A veteran salesman recounts a coworker with three weeks on the job plotting to push out three seniors aged 65 plus. Management allegedly supports piracy of accounts as younger staffers seek to seize sales, echoing a warning about greed and integrity in the workplace.
The ninth annual Diabetes Bike Ride and Stride completed with thanks to volunteers sponsors McDonald’s Northtowne Schwinn and Q 103 participants and the public. The American Diabetes Association Iowa Affiliate led by Donald J Palmer thanks supporters and notes diabetes affects about 170000 Iowans with 50000 unaware.
Janet Baker Camp Fire Bev Wilson and Gloria Johnson of Girl Scouts Les Marquart Boy Scouts thank Lindale Mall United Way and local media for backing a drive that collected over 15000 canned goods for the Emergency Human Needs Food Distribution Bank benefiting needy families.
Dee Ann Rexroat’s review of Redbone and Carlin notes a warm, intimate Cedar Rapids show with George 46 and gray beard, but criticizes very poor audio with four mikes and loud feedback. The backup band handled the problem with poise, while the singer trumpet interplay was missed.
The Gazette invites reader opinions with a 400 word limit and requires writer name street address and signature. A non published telephone helps authenticate. Letters should focus on issues and events not personalities and no verse. One letter per writer every 30 days.
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