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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1977
Page
6
Cedar Rapids city council moves to raise mayor and four commissioners 6 percent next January with a second 6 percent rise in 1979. First reading approved amid debate on fairness and the growing gap between mayoral and commissioner salaries.
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner surveyed 131 staffers revealing 74 Republicans, 16 Democrats, 31 independents, and 8 unregistered, with mugwumps outnumbering both major parties. He warned about mugwumps as he contemplates a challenge to Senator Dick Clark.
The American Dental Association reports a sharp drop in denture use among Americans aged 30 and over from 35.2 percent in 1960 to 24.7 percent in 1975. The ADA credits preventive dental care and home care education, predicting further declines as the fluoride generation ages into denture years.
The article notes Republican leaders in the House push to raise the full benefits eligibility age from 65 to 68 as part of a plan to save Social Security. Critics call it harebrained and warn it strains the promise of Roosevelt's New Deal. Packwood argues the party lost the security and certainty balance.
William F Buckley Jr surveys Ray Price former Nixon speechwriter and his defences of Tricky Dick After reading Nixon final April 30 1973 speech Price urged Nixon not to resign noting Agnew could become president The piece casts Price as a manipulator and links him to Nixon’s tumultuous presidency from the Washington Star Syndicate
A letter blames elected officials for apathy and rising taxes. The writer argues lawmakers enact bills that burden homeowners and raise costs, noting self-serving pay raises while promising relief that did not arrive. It criticizes Des Moines lawmakers and a Democratic majority for failing to aid the common man.
Letters rail at lawmakers while crime figures top national lists and a 1978 criminal code takes effect. A reader urges a statehouse cleaning as police face new limits, and cites wasted tax dollars on reform. An inmate torture claim follows, contrasting with National Hunting and Fishing Day events hosted by the Izaak Walton League.
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