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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1982
Page
6
In Dubuque a voter asked Terry Branstad about tolling Interstate 80. Branstad initially showed interest, then said the plan was not feasible after Conlin noted the federal repayment issues. The episode highlights campaign risk and Branstad’s evolving stance before the election.
Theodore M. Black argues against abolishing Halloween noting adults protect children while the night offers fun and safety. The piece defends Trick or Treat as a sublimation of mischief and warns that banning Halloween would revive old vices and chaos, urging readers to celebrate and resist critics.
Letter writer corrects usage of Spanish double surnames in reference to Gabriel Garcia Marquez and urges readers to understand naming. He warns against Reaganomics and criticizes Tom Tauke for supporting cuts to Medicare and related programs, urging voters to act at the polls and resist media influence.
The Gazette invites readers to submit letters up to 400 words with the writer’s name street address and signature required. A nonpublished phone number helps authenticate submissions. Anonymous letters are not published. Content should focus on issues and events rather than personalities. One letter per writer every 30 days.
Dorothy Larson writes from Marion urging the United States to withdraw from the United Nations citing Safire's Oct 15 column and a book claim that the UN advances world government, costs and terrorism, and endangers American sovereignty. She calls for ending U.S. participation and foreign entanglements.
Brent Appel accuses Tom Tauke of backing Reaganomics and a broad military build up that funds right wing regimes in El Salvador Honduras and Guatemala while harming domestic programs. The letter urges voters to back Appel for Congress on November 2.
Readers raise alarm over a Wyoming to California coal slurry pipeline. Questions focus on underground water source impacts, potential water table damage, and secret negotiations. Public transparency and environmental safeguards are urged as details remain unclear.
In a letter from Robert W. Carlson of 327 Parkland Drive SE, he notes a frequent contributor cites Matthew 12 30 to claim a position and contrasts it with Mark 9 40, arguing that quoting scripture out of context shows folly and invites talking out of both sides of the mouth.
AWashington writer argues John Z DeLorean fell not from temptation alone but from a hollow respect for a self styled figure. He contends DeLorean chose lifestyle and public image over selling the business or admitting failure despite wealth, education, and talent.
A reader questions the use of the term parameter and argues it is misused as perimeter. The letter critiques double negatives and objections to complected versus complexioned while noting redheaded as outdated and mentioning a redheaded duck.
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