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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1981
Page
6
Art Heusinkveld is named editor of the Editorial Pages and chairs the Editorial Board. The appointment elevates his role in guiding opinion content and oversight of editorial directions across the newspaper. He succeeds prior leadership and sets strategic focus for reader engagement and community commentary.
The Gazette argues the Army Corps of Engineers Missouri River diversion study and Exxon’s plan to tap 8 percent of the river’s flow for shale oil water are wasteful boondoggles. They warn water scarcity will hit Iowa and urge a shift to drought resistant dryland farming as the Ogallala Aquifer depletes.
The piece warns that diverting Missouri River water to the west could harm Iowa by reducing irrigation, barge navigation, and electricity generation. It cites uncertain Fort Randall impacts, Exxon’s 1.7 million acre feet per year claim from Oahe, and ongoing declines since the Picksloan Project 1967. Officials have not formally protested.
The GAO reports millions of illegal immigrants may receive federal housing subsidies. HUD says citizenship status should not be asked, while Rep Grisham pushes a bill to bar illegal aliens from long term federal housing aid, with emergency aid possible.
A reflective article links the My God reaction to shooting events from Kennedy to Reagan, noting how gun violence shatters civility and pauses grim public discourse. It argues that one gunman can wrench national mood and expose fragile democratic norms. It ends urging no lighthearted debate today.
Haig’s crisis image dominates media debate as reporters question his control and influence. The piece notes his four star career, Nixon White House history, and possible presidential ambitions while criticizing press depictions and calls for resignation rumors.
A reader letter condemns House File 544 threatening Iowa University of Iowa Hospital funding over abortion clinic morality. Another note thanks Cedar Rapids supporters for Brucemore preservation and urges discussion of true pro family and pro child definitions amid teen pregnancy debate.
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