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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1981
Page
3
The piece argues the fault lies with an unstable individual and easy weapon access, not the country or its people. It notes Reagan's early term as a factor in public fixation on presidential homicide and urges continued vigilance without sensational blame.
A California jury awarded entertainer Carol Burnett 1.6 million dollars for libel against the National Enquirer. Judge Peter Smith ruled the Enquirer is a magazine not a newspaper, shaping punitive damages rules and sparing responsible papers from ties to the tabloid.
The nation witnesses a president under strain yet displaying grace under pressure. The column weighs the body politic as a metaphor for national health, cites Roosevelt and Garfield analogies, and notes Jim Brady’s personal toll while praising Reagan’s composure and leadership.
A letter writer pleads for evening newspaper delivery for home readers and cites her grandson David, 11, who loves delivering papers but fears cold winter mornings. She urges reader poll on timing amid concern for child workers safety and charity drives, then notes a separate issue about kittens in a dumpster and a community cancer awareness effort.
A mother questions the newspaper’s morning delivery by 6 a.m. amid broader concerns about religion’s influence in politics. The letter cites Catholics Protestants and Moral Majority in U S elections and calls for ending tax exemptions for churches.
A cadre of figures from The Gazette and Phoenix Gazette dissect each other’s slips of the tongue. Washington Post quotes backpedaling, a sportscaster calls a player inhuman, and a legislator questions sentence placement in a Bureau act excerpt.
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