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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1982
Page
6
The Gazette editorial praises the Reagan administration for a larger 20 percent set aside with 10 percent payments for 1983, arguing it beats the 15 percent non paid program and earlier 5 percent plan. It notes anticipated production cuts, budget savings, and timing tied to the elections, urging appreciation for steps to avert farm bankruptcies.
Critics call this double dipping but the issue is value and ethics. Col. Ed Dickinson 55 will leave the Iowa State Patrol Oct 28 and stay on as a fire inspector, drawing a $21,200 pension and about $24,000 salary plus fringes. The arrangement raises questions of best qualifications and whether the move serves the state but is deemed legal and ethical. Dickinson earns his pension and will earn a new salary for continued public safety work.
About 100 students protested during the Iowa Board of Regents meeting in Iowa City as tuition rises from 1040 to 1104 dollars for 1983-84. Regents say higher costs and enrollment growth require the modest increase though aid concerns loom.
Letters discuss Cedar Rapids sewer failures and insist on city action to fix raw sewage in homes. Writers urge reconsideration of budget priorities, oppose further zoning until problems are solved, and call for citizen organizing through Citizens for Community Improvement. They also argue for a smaller, professional military, questioning universal conscription and endorsing cost effectiveness and readiness.
Dan Humpfer urges national action after returning from protests in Philadelphia New York and Washington DC. He accuses Senators Grassley Jepsen and allies of serving big corporations and calls for decontrol of gas social security taxation reform and broad political involvement to reclaim the government.
The Gazette invites letters up to 400 words, may edit for length. Writers must include name, street address and signature. a non published phone number helps authentication. Anonymous letters are not published. Focus on issues and events rather than personalities. One letter per writer every 30 days.
Reader recalls September trapping story and warns that Conibear land sets kill prized hunting dogs from $1000 to $2000 and ruin hunting areas. He defends legal trappers but vows to destroy any trap and take action against such sets.
The message defends Lynn Cutler by noting a 7 year attendance of 82.36 percent while serving on a national committee for community based services the elderly and farmland preservation. The speaker endorses Cutler describing her support for farmers laborers elderly educators and urges a vote on November 2.
Congratulations to The Gazette and Cindy Cullen Chapman for last Sunday's papers on money matters for women and children. The group celebrates learning in all financial areas and hopes for more guidance to help start money management early.
The Sojourners excerpt cites Jim Wallis on how nuclear war could be justified by extreme religious belief among top US military leaders. Hal Lindsay’s prophecy and Zionist scenarios are examined as possible drivers behind such thinking, risking self-fulfilling conflict in the Middle East.
Paul G. Donelson, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Strawberry Point since 1978, also serves on the advisory board of the Iowa Freedom Foundation. The column invites thoughtful Eastern Iowans to share unlimited topics and their views.
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