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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2001
Page
4
Editorial: Sunday voting and reforms for federal elections
The National Commission on Federal Election Reform urges bipartisan leadership and Sunday ballots as options. It favors uniform state voting standards, modernized equipment, and voluntary deferment of results by broadcasters, while opposing a nationwide 11 pm result ban and a mandatory holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bipartisan Commission On Elections
Ford
Carter
Florida
Congress
National Commission On Federal Election Reform
Europe
Readers argue over Donner and Blitzen spelling in German trivia
A column on Donner and Blitzen sparks reader letters. James Larkin cites German dictionaries and his German wife to support Donner as thunder. Others, including Rose Turner Caroline Trumpold Don Grimm and Marianne Bern, dispute the spelling and note their own sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Larkin
Donner
Donder
James
Caroline Trumpold
Don Grimm
Marianne Bern
Donar
Coe
Gazette Letters Policy Note on Readers' Opinions
The Gazette states it does not vouch for letter accuracy or judge opinions. It invites corrections or contradictions from readers with equal opportunity for publication.
Debating the atomic bomb: a historian's view on ethics
Jonathan Dresner, history professor at Coe College, reflects on the Hiroshima Nagasaki anniversaries, the Truman war crimes debate, and the ethics of using atomic bombs. He recalls attending the 50th anniversary in Hiroshima, the HNN mock trial, and argues civilian harm versus military aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
United States
History News Network
HNN
Harry S. Truman
Japan
Jonathan Dresner
East Asia
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Gazette welcomes letters and guest columns policy
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public business with the writer’s full name signature address and daytime phone number. Anonymous letters are not accepted. Limit 300 words for letters and one letter per writer every 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Our policies hurt Iraqi people not Saddam
A letter from concerned readers condemns United States sanctions and bombing in Iraq arguing the policy has caused mass poverty and over a million civilian deaths. It cites UNICEF figures and reports of waterborne disease, radioactive debris, and repeated bombings at high cost to taxpayers, urging action to lift sanctions and end the suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddam
Iraq
U.N. Children’s Fund
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Washington
Colin Powell
Neighborhood grocers spark Cedar Rapids zoning debate
Russ Oviatt of Wellington Heights argues urban renewal must stay inclusive as Cedar Rapids debates sustaining the First Avenue Hy-Vee. He warns against losing a neighborhood cornerstone and cites jobs, safety, and access to nutritious food as core needs for Mound View and Wellington Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mound View
Wellington Heights
Russ Oviatt
Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association
Rural residents uninformed on sales tax vote sparks
Letter to the editor questions rural voters knowledge of a sales tax election in Linn County Iowa. It cites misunderstandings about fund allocation and local versus city outcomes and criticizes readers for ignoring the Gazette and Iowa Code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Linn
Linda Langenberg
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Dave Storey
Scott Swenson
Peg Schmitz
Carl
Kane
Free Lance
C.A
Truman
Philip Nobile
Ronald Radosh
Historynewsnetwork
Saako
Germany
Americas
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