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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1975
Page
6
Iowa official Lounsberry notes the shift from choice to good beef due to gains in feeding and knowledge. Mislabeling lets middlemen profit, with farmers losing 85 to 120 dollars per 1000 pound steer. Consumers face confusing labels and price gaps. A mandatory grading law is proposed to end the practice.
The Iowa highway patrol marks four decades in service with plans for The Iowa Trooper magazine published by Organization Services Corp. The project aims to fund scholarships and aid, but critics warn it could press advertisers to influence patrol actions and risk eroding public trust.
Indira Gandhi defends India’s path while criticizing Western praise for China. She cites U.S. and British attitudes toward democracy, compares India to Portugal and Italy under authoritarian reform, and accuses editors of double standards for praising China while condemning India. Washington Star Syndicate
The Kent State shooting verdict absolved Kent State president Robert I. White Ohio Governor James A Rhodes and 27 Ohio national guard officers of civil damages in the deaths of four students and wounding of nine. White said he was pleased and relieved but not happy. Parents vowed to appeal, but the author argues no clear guilt was proven and that damages would not restore the dead.
A gorilla enters a saloon and orders a martini, pays a ten dollar bill, and provokes the bartender with jokes about sexism politics and ethnicity. The scene escalates with broken glass and threats, ending with the gorilla remarking about prices and noting few gorillas in the bar.
A Cedar Rapids readers' forum covers fair housing ads, helmet laws, and state funding. Contributors urge preserving local needs, challenge federal incentives, and suggest constitutional limits on federal influence, with calls to protest via reduced work or charitable giving.
A reader rebukes a prior editorial on nuclear energy, accusing the piece of downplaying hazards and suggesting a shared bias with Iowa Electric. The letter questions the credibility and sources behind pronuclear arguments.
The Gazette invites reader opinions with a 400 word limit per letter and one letter per writer every 30 days. Letters may be condensed or edited for clarity without altering meaning and must include the writer’s name address and readable signature for authentication. Personalities are secondary to issues and events in these submissions.
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