City Council rejects rezoning in Cedar Rapids Job Service move
Job Service of Iowa faced strong opposition to an office relocation into a residential northeast Cedar Rapids neighborhood. The dispute involved downtown interests, the Police Department, and a Human Rights Commission complaint over racial implications. The article weighs lessons for future site choices and argues mid city placement would benefit residents and the agency’s community role.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Human Rights Commission
Job Service of
Governor proposes cost cutting through department ideas
Governor Ray chaired a meeting of state department heads to discuss saving taxpayers money. William Krahl presented 10 implemented cost-cutting ideas totaling about 1.083 million in savings, led by the Department of Transportation cutting mowing and erosion.
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Iowa
Ray
William Krahl
Department of Transportation
Politicians Serve Self Interest Says Carl Riblet Jr
Carl Riblet Jr. argues politicians share traits of ignoring truth seeking private gain and bungling governance. He claims they smother humor and drive voters to despair while offering extreme remedies and a final insult to the public.
We Need Bob Weinhardt for Cedar Rapids School Board
A teacher parent and retiree commend Bob Weinhardt reflecting two years on the Cedar Rapids school board. The letter praises his commitment to quality education and finance, urging voters to choose him as a representative of the whole community.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Weinhardt
Unenforceable gas bill sparks Carter administration critique
The Washington Star editorial denounces the pending natural gas pricing bill as flawed and impractical. It argues Congress should scrap the compromise, start over next year, and emphasizes the bill’s complexity and unenforceability.
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Heaven and Earth
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The Communist Manifesto plank echoed in American politics
The piece argues that the second plank of the Communist Manifesto, the graduated income tax, is now near 43 percent of earnings, with calls to abolish private property via regionalism and land use laws. It promotes Yes on 23 and HJR 23 the Liberty Amendment, urges voter education, and warns of a growing police state and elite bureaucrats. It cites debt figures, compares to Germany in the 1920s, and urges action to stop federal overreach.
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Congress
Leaving Beckys Mother Behind A College Farewell
A mother writes of sending her daughter to college and confronting mixed feelings. She lists changed routines from driving to errands and noting how strangers identify her by her daughter. She finds both loss and hope as time marks an era’s end.
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Becky
Sharon
Kennedy’s national tour fuels political fun and peril
The piece portrays Senator Edward M. Kennedy as a dominant, entertaining figure at governors conferences and national events. It notes his broad expertise from arms control to antitrust, his high draw with Carter at low poll times, and his busy campaign trail across states for various candidates and causes.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Edward Moore
Jimmy Carter
Edward Moore Kennedy
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Carter
Character Bends Under Circumstance Then Recovers
The phrase compares good character to a steel spring that yields under pressure and straightens again once stress ends, likening it to a soldier answering the bugle call.
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