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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1978
Page
6
Postal workers reject the tentative pact citing insufficient wage gains while preserving layoff protections. Observers expect a 25 percent three year rise, pushing average pay toward $20,000 by 1981 and signaling a likely postage increase by mid-1979, with automation looming.
A Michigan industrial engineer and former professor advocates metric clocks and time division. He proposes 100 temps per day with decitemps and centitemps, arguing full metric time would fit a global system. He favors calendar reform via the World Calendar as a superior approach to simplify planning and dates.
In a low key move the Department of Defense weighs a large role in American higher education. The plan offers tuition aid and facilities in exchange for military training integration and possible campuses using bases abroad. The issue hinges on senior partnering and funding, with broad effects on curriculum and academic independence.
Geraldine Loupee, candidate at large, urged the Cedar Rapids school board to lease unused spaces, citing Immaculate Conception School’s five rooms used for day care and preschool. She argues the district can be more efficient and serve the city, urging a September 12 vote.
Public relations chairman of Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters writes in support of state regulation for life insurance cost disclosure. He argues McCarran-Ferguson preserves state control, notes Iowa law, NAIC Buyer's Guide availability, and cautions FTC bias toward term insurance. He emphasizes need for permanent solutions and broader factors beyond cost.
The Gazette invites reader opinions under clear rules. Submissions must be 400 words max and non anonymous. Each writer may publish one letter per 30 days, may be condensed and edited, and must include name, address, and a readable signature. telephone numbers are not published.
Mark Russell notes members of Congress voted to restore citizenship to Jefferson Davis and others, a symbolic move beyond Ford’s pardons. Davis is dead since 1889 but would be eligible to vote or serve if alive, while Lee received citizenship and Washington a five star general status. Rafshoon works to polish Carter image amid Nixon era comparisons.
Senate backed a measure by Orrin Hatch and Sam Hayakawa to ban compulsory psychiatric testing and psychoeducational inquiries in all public schools receiving federal aid. The rule requires parental consent for any psychological evaluation and aims to curb intrusive questionnaires and therapy oriented practices in education.
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