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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1979
Page
6
The author argues that CPI overstates inflation by weighting new housing costs heavily while neglecting that only 10 percent buy new homes. Weighing housing at 20 percent hides lower rises for most buyers, as mortgage and new-home costs surge while used goods and transit expenses rise less, affecting unions and public sector pay.
A local Job Service ad prompts debate over the agency’s role and funding. While ethical, the optics of a private business using a public screening service highlight that Job Service is funded mainly by private unemployment insurance taxes, creating a dual debt to public and private sectors. This raises questions about double taxation and the agency’s public purpose versus private use. The Iowa Legislature and Job Service face scrutiny over funding structure and governance.
The writer argues cooperation with Russia is vital despite two battalions in Cuba. He says the marginal SALT advantage should not be sacrificed for pique and urges firm but face-saving assurances from Moscow. He notes Idaho politics and endorses the treaty over fears of Soviet troop presence.
A New York Times Service piece explores how Japan absorbs English in daily life. It highlights coinages like towelket and sho ene and notes English impact on speech, culture, and work values, with examples from music and advertising and concerns about Westernization.
A reader recounts finding a beautifully marked white and black cat left behind, now frail and friendly, clearly a former pet. Neighbors feed her but cannot adopt, lamentting the cruelty of abandonment and urging owners to act responsibly instead of ending a life.
The writer condemns starving animals and dumping pets, urges refusal of new pets, and criticizes Cedar Rapids officials over Kenwood and Vinton ditch flood projects. They accuse city planners of promises unkept, cite washed out bridges on 3 streets, and demand a detention basin and proper work on Midway Drive NW area.
Vinton residents accuse Mayor Canney and Commissioners Phillips and Remnis of inaction for 11 years on the 2600 E Avenue NW ditch flooding while civic center and downtown mall projects proceed.
A compact meditation notes that damaging rumors can carry as much sway as favorable mentions about individuals. It weighs how reputations are shaped by both praise and slander, urging caution in judging based on hearsay.
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