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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1980
Page
6
Article highlights Cedar Rapids parents pressuring the school board over alcohol and drug abuse in schools. It traces Families in Action origin in 1977 and describes how local P.R.I.D.E. groups evolved to raise parental awareness and promote teacher-parent collaboration without blaming homes.
DeKalb Families in Action Inc lists P O Box 15053 Atlanta GA 30333 with group rate eight dollars per copy. PRDE information references two university addresses in Atlanta and Naples Florida along with a National organization rate and an Iowa contact Alvera Stern at Youth and Shelter Services in Ames Iowa 50010.
Mary Jacobson notes that even with caring parents, kids are getting hooked as drinking age drops to 12 and drug use to 13. Ames and other Iowa parents join Youth and Shelter Services Inc. for a continuum of care including education, activities, assessment, referral, treatment, and after care, with parental counseling and emphasis on family values to curb use.
A terse interview shows a respondent refusing to reveal voting preferences and mocking political labels. The dialogue covers attitudes toward Carter and Reagan, party affiliations, debates, and personal indecision, ending with a firm statement that voting choices are none of the questioner’s business.
The letter argues for examining voting records of incumbents and challenging new candidates on past votes. It urges media to publicize records during elections, critiques ads, and discusses constitutional rights and a 10 year call for a constitutional convention. Corinne Whitlatch of the American Friends Service Committee in Des Moines signs.
A Des Moines group calling itself Protectors of the Constitution campaigns to deter voters from supporting a constitutional convention. The writer accuses the group of using fear to preserve taxing powers through the Legislature and questions their true motives.
The Gazette will stop publishing letters about the Nov 4 election after Sunday, Nov 2. To be printed by Nov 2, letters must reach the editorial department by Wednesday noon, Oct 29.
The American Friends Service Committee denounces anti-Semitism and racism in France and the United States. It mourns victims of hatred, condemns ongoing prejudice, and pledges to speak out while supporting Israel’s security and Palestinian aspirations within a peaceful two-state context.
The piece highlights Richard Starnes’s Outdoor Life article praising John Culver for wildlife habitat protections, rural clean water efforts, soil conservation tax benefits, hazardous waste disposal, and the 1978 Endangered Species Act revision. It notes Culver’s hunter stance and gun policy positions amid criticism of right wing outlets.
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