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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1967
Page
2
Iowa tax officials wrestle over whether municipal parking fees should face a 3 percent service tax. A ruling due Oct 30 could exempt city garages and lots, preserving public access and avoiding burdens on downtown districts. The piece urges exemption and legislative fix to clarify the law.
The Iowa Secretary of Agriculture labels marijuana a noxious weed and urges legislative action to curtail its spread on public and private properties. Officials note medical views vary on harm while recognizing illegal marijuana activity remains, and suggest extending noxious weed status to Ambrosia trifida and Ambrosia elatior if pollen counts drop.
A Muscatine county justice of the peace court found a farmer not guilty of employing a 9 year old migrant girl as a tomato picker on a technicality. Jurors supported the law’s intent against under age labor and urged amendments to close the age verification gap before the 1969 legislature.
The editor recalls Socrates resisting bribery to escape a death sentence, stressing that law obedience and defense of the state are essential. He argues no state can allow revolt or disobedience, and legal means should be used to reform unjust laws while they stand. If one disobeys, full penalties must be accepted.
The Gazette invites letters on issues or events not personalities. Short letters around one topic perform best. About 400 words limit, one letter per writer per month, subject to shortening, no anonymous submissions, and writer contact details required for verification.
An editor warns that the U S national debt nears 340 billion with 4500 dollars of new debt each minute since 1776. The piece argues reducing this pace to zero would take 191 years, and laments fiat money and the end of gold backing, citing postwar German inflation as caution.
In a column by Jack Anderson, oil interests resist stricter auto pollution standards arguing higher efficiency reduces gasoline use and hurts profits. Ford faces pressure over oil-change intervals while Republicans push for state control but back federal standards to ease auto industry burden.
After the 21 to 7 Iowa victory over Wisconsin, a crowd gathered at the Corn Monument before the Old Capitol in Iowa City and burned the monument as part of a homecoming ritual. Dr. Clarence M Updegraff spoke on arbitration of time standards at a Sheraton Montrose hotel session of the Industrial Engineering Assn of Iowa. James Fuelling of Oelwein crowned Cornell college Homecoming queen. 1947 queen Molly Mishiyama was presented during the Cornell game. Lowell Lange named Mr. Unconquered by Paulette Goddard. M H Biddick appointed to Cedar Rapids defense rental five man rent advisory board. John Gerber presented season trophy to Cedar Rapids driver John Hobel. 1937 Cedar Rapids school enrollment dropped from 9,867 in 1936 to 9,629 in 1937.
Director E. G. Schroeder announced the appointment of J. W. Kistler as freshman basketball coach at SUI. Kistler also serves as assistant yearling football coach. Mrs. W. W. Davidson of Elkader is named Clayton county chairman for the annual Christmas Seal sale, succeeding Mary Meyer who held the post for 15 years.
A letter from Winston Churchill to Svetlana Alliluyeva discusses American values, freedom, and the right of the minority to publish. It defends Esquire magazine's right to publish and urges open competition of ideas. It notes Svetlana fled communist repression and that her happiness is her own, not bought by wealth.
Russell Baker recounts a leaf peeping trip from Barrington to New York and New England, where beauty clashes with tedium and highway nagging. The narrator notes the leaves’ splendor yet questions the purpose, concluding that after viewing a billion leaves the effect dims.
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