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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1981
Page
6
A looming obstacle to the new federal aid rollback is the lack of private sector jobs for aid recipients and inadequate charitable incentives in the tax reform. The piece notes the generation under 35 shows less interest in welfare and politics, demanding tact from Reagan to foster community aid while surveys indicate Americans remain generally generous and willing to volunteer.
Moshe Dayan dies two weeks after Sadat and his peace plan prompts reflection on a liberal route for Israeli Palestinian autonomy. He argued for Israel living with secure borders and a staged withdrawal of military administration while allowing Arab towns to shape their own relations. Dayan favored bilateral coexistence over external guarantees, but Jordan’s King Hussein blocked west bank division, limiting his reformist outlook.
In Illinois, Governor Jim Thompson faces potential challenges from former U S Senator Adlai Stevenson III and ex Governor Daniel Walker as political pressures mount from the Democratic side. Early polling hints Stevenson could draw strong support if he enters the race, while Thompson campaigns vigorously, highlighting his crime commission leadership and popularity.
The piece notes Robert Wagman, Michael Howlett, and Thompson's aides leaking polls about Walker versus Stevenson. It highlights Democratic leanings to back Stevenson, and eyes Harold Hughes returning to Iowa politics. It examines Robert Ray's re election prospects and Hughes possible run for governor in 1982, with both Stevenson and Hughes likely to run.
A Washington Post report about Blair House bugging becomes a legal and ethical dispute as Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter sue for libel. The editor defends sourcing while urging editors to sift rumor from fact and questions media responsibility.
A reader condemns careless drivers and urges cyclists to follow rules, recounting a hit and pregnancy after an intersection crash. The letter warns cyclists to contact police and obtain accident reports, notes police action, and critiques the paper's ZIP code omission and format.
A reader criticizes Polly’s syndicated column for giving lethal tips to remove a cricket in an apartment. The writer mocks the advice, noting the hazards to children and pets, and questions the column’s usefulness and addressless readership.
A call to families to express heartfelt love to parents children and relatives beginning at home. Urges showing care regardless of outside opinions and extending love to those without parents or relatives. Emphasizes love as a unifier rooted in faith and the idea that love can conquer all.
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