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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1981
Page
6
The Gazette editorials highlight Dubuque Packing Company shifting operations to New Rochelle Illinois amid worker concessions. Five hundred Dubuque jobs lost. wages cut 15.8 percent from 10.69 to 9 per hour with fringe-benefit reductions.
The City Council heard criticism of premature steps as it advances issuing 7 million in industrial revenue development bonds to accelerate the Cedar Rapids Public Library. Fund drive progress exceeds 850 thousand with large gifts expected. construction could start soon and finish by 1984, with occupancy planned in 1984. The case for speeding up remains strong despite opposition.
A reader recollects the Laurance Press Building history, dates and tenants, notes street addresses, and cites Cedar Rapids city directories. The letter also discusses Straw berry Point water project meetings, union and non union carpenters, local voter turnout, and public opinion on city debt and services.
A letter argues that public safety depends on a new jail with capacity to detain offenders. It contends deterrence requires imprisonment and questions whether residents will pay for stronger law enforcement or risk becoming crime victims.
The 1981 tax cut began as a small two provision measure and grew into a large tax bonanza affecting many groups. It raised the child care credit with no income cap but limited it for self employed or farming households. It kept double taxation issues and added constraints on home sale exclusions for mixed use properties.
Readers debate word choice and letter errors from quotes and notices. The column riffs on hurling craft versus space risk, miffed lines in theater, muffed words from baseball to dictionaries, and a misprint in an ad for a film.
Periodic observations from thoughtful Eastern Iowans are invited for expression here. The views are theirs, and the topics are unlimited. David W. Prudden of Cedar Rapids is an income tax consultant enrolled to practice before the IRS. He has experience with Collins Radio Arthur Andersen & Co. the U.S. Navy and the Social Security Board.
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