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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1978
Page
8
The piece argues readers rarely learn party positions from platforms yet compares 1978 state party platforms. Both seek county home rule, ERA, voter recall. Democrats push initiative, bottle deposit credit, and broader public employee bargaining, while Republicans back tax- rate fights, right to work, and slower gas decontrol.
The piece argues for a national mandatory deposit on beer and soft drink containers. It cites studies predicting energy and resource savings, litter reductions, and job losses offset by retraining, while noting strong industry opposition from Coca-Cola Pepsi and large brewers. It highlights seven states that have enacted deposits and cites Delaware as a recent example with cross-state conditions.
Voters on November 7 will decide a 5 percent room tax on hotel and motel rents that is expected to raise about 250 260 thousand dollars a year. Half of collections support cultural venues including the community center Paramount Theater and Cedar Rapids Art Center. The measure aims to offset property taxes and fund city projects with surplus funds directed to other needs if available.
Theodore M. Bernstein discusses how politicians and TV figures favor polysyllabic phrases over plain language, naming the habit verbal ostentation. He analyzes an ellipsis slip in a sentence about physicians handling venereal disease cases and shows a clearer, corrected construction.
The piece argues that concentrated power erodes checks and balances and corrupts leaders over time. It notes how re election enables appointments to key posts, shielding insiders and enabling benevolent but unethical actions. It cites a governor whose influence raises concerns about hidden improper activities.
A letter urges Iowa voters to elect Fitzgerald for governor and oppose the incumbent seeking a fifth term. It promotes Gerry Loupee as the qualified candidate for Cedar Rapids School District measures with broad parent committee backing and community volunteers.
Eisenhower School closure concerns tied to Gerry Loupee arise as parents and media question if her School Board candidacy links to the plan. The Task Force and Board had the $300,000 Adams Elementary addition noted in the plant improvement inventory, and Loupee alone flagged the discrepancy between expanding one school and closing another nearby.
A resident recounts how a thief kept a two dollar bill but returned the fold containing important cards after Cedar Rapids neighbors Mrs Loupee and others helped. The letter praises honesty, integrity, and local helpers from 16th St SE and a YMCA resident, and contrasts with legal rhetoric at the Potomac.
A reflective column by Don Graff surveys Latin America’s pattern of authoritarian rule and reform failures. It links Somoza’s Nicaragua to Cuba and the Dominican Republic, noting revolutions, repression, and cycles of upheaval. The piece cites Chamorro’s La Prensa murder and warns that forgetting history risks repeating it.
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