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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1981
Page
9
A writer recalls Chickamauga Battle on September 19–21, 1863 and its setting along LaFayette Road. He describes the battlefield’s terrain, markers, and cannons, and meditates on war’s brutality and the soldiers’ humanity.
Eastern Iowans reflect on a battlefield memory where silence grips the land and memory, the narrator feeling humbled before fallen soldiers. A doe appears on the slope, unbothered by the car and the observer, underscoring the fragile peace that remains.
A 1981 editorial argues the $1.6 million libel verdict against the National Enquirer risks chilling press coverage of public matters. It cites prior awards to Penthouse and Time as signs of a dangerous pattern that could force smaller papers to self censor to avoid costly lawsuits.
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