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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1971
Page
6
Iowa lawmakers review church property tax exemptions amid arguments for and against continuing a long standing subsidy. Des Moines clergy oppose repealing exemptions, while Bishop Maurice Dingman and others urge preserving moral and community benefits as public sentiment weighs the issue.
Marquis Childs warns the United Nations is de facto bankrupt with arrears exceeding 65 million and unpaid peacekeeping costs. He notes Soviet and US delinquencies, calls for a complete reform, and questions the institution’s future amid growing nationalism and veto power.
State Senator Tom Riley leads a Monday evening meeting in Oelwein to press for a northern I-380 route serving Waterloo and northeast Iowa. Co chaired by Clifton Lamborn, the session aims to form a steering group to show the highway commission the route is cost effective and beneficial to road users.
City voters are urged to consider maturity and leadership for finance commissioner as the position saltates as mayor in absence. Law notes vice-president duties require handling mayoral roles during vacancy or absence per code 363B.8. Election set for November 2.
A Cedar Rapids reader contrasts city officials stance on the Waterloo Cedar Rapids interstate plan and urges broader regional benefit. The writer recounts seeking school party permission at Taylor School and to pay janitorial overtime from the budget to allow a fuller Halloween event for children.
A letter to the editor urges only one small Halloween event for Taylor School children while noting funding for expensive accessories. Homeroom mothers sought the party and complain that school officials and the school board are pressuring the planning process.
James Kilpatrick denounces the Brademas led plan grafted onto the economic opportunity act of 1971 as a 11000 word monstrosity aiming to federalize child development through a network of councils and facilities with free care for low income families. It envisions a Soviet like system eroding traditional American values.
The New York Times Magazine interview with Jean-Paul Sartre, cited by William V. Shannon, questions intellectual responsibility beyond writing. It argues violence and romanticized mass action distort politics, warning against equating bloodshed with progress and urging precise, humane political aims.
Carl Riblet Jr discusses the mortgage interest rate as the key indicator of status. He notes that 6% or less marks established ownership, while 7 8 or 9 percent signals entry into a different economic class, with the line Every half year's interest costs half a year of life attributed to Horace Walpole.
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