Taste of Iowa festival faces alcohol and bridge closure vote
Editorial urges careful handling of beer sales at the Taste of Iowa festival and the potential closure of the Second Avenue bridge. It notes council split on the issue, calls for a workable compromise, and argues alcohol attitudes influence youth while urging the festival to proceed with safeguards.
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Public Safety
J.D. Smith
Larry Serbousek
Smith
Serbousek
Second Avenue Bridge
Chicago
Lyle Hanson
Don Thomas
David Kramer
Kramer
Five Seasons Center
Lee Clancey
Renaissance Group
Iowa
Takeovers signal lessons for business strategy
A Wall Street Journal analysis notes two blockbuster media deals as turning points: Disney bought Capital Cities/ABC for 19 billion and Westinghouse acquired CBS for 5.4 billion. The piece argues enduring reputations hinge on steady, wise decisions, citing CBS leadership changes and cost cuts in the late 1980s.
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ALL Street
Disney
Capital Cities
ABC
Westinghouse
CBS
The
Wall Street Journal
Elizabeth Johnson
Tiffany
Johnson
Murrow
Edward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite
Laurence Tisch
Fairness In Media
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
FIM
Dan Rather
News
Cnn’s
CNN
CBS Records
Sony
Letters to the Gazette on partial birth abortion ban
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to ban partial birth abortions by a 20 to 12 vote on July 18. Critics call the procedure horrendous. Dr. Robert White says a 20 week fetus can feel pain, arguing the practice is a dreadful act.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Robert White
Division of Neurosurgery and
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Family planning funding cut sparks abortion concerns
The vote to end the national family planning program drew fire from opponents who say it increases abortion need. Iowa representatives Nussle Latham Lightfoot faced criticism for yielding to conservative pressure while Leach and Ganske supported prevention programs.
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Jim Nussle
Tom Latham
Jim Lightfoot
Iowa
Christian Coalition
Taste of Iowa faces Cedar Rapids council gridlock
Linda Boots laments a 2-2 City Council vote that blocks the Taste of Iowa event over beer availability. She notes vast private support, projected attendance of 35,000, and contrasts with other city festivals. Boots urges public support for the event and praises open-minded officials Thomas and Hanson.
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Taste of
Iowa
Larry Serbousek
J.D. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Serbousek
Smith
Chicago
Minnesota
Colorado
Five Seasons Center
Serbousek and Smith
Don Thomas
Lyle Hanson
Linda Boots
Gazette Letters Policy Update From Cedar Rapids
The Gazette announces a 300 word letter limit and requires name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown will be published. Submissions accepted via mail to Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by fax.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette Net
Flowa
CompuServe
Internet
Compuserve.com
Lawmakers limit doctors on late term abortion debate
Warren M. Hern argues Congress uses anti abortion politics to restrict medical practice. He criticizes bills banning late term procedures and Title X cuts, calling the move a partisan power grab that endangers women and physicians.
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House
Warren M. Hern
Christian Coalition
Congress
Newt Gingrich
Pat Schroeder
Colorado
Henry Hyde
Jesse Helms
Fire protection extends beyond city line with supplemental response
Cedar Rapids Fire Chief Joseph A. Gorman explains that supplemental response uses the closest fire unit to tackle structure fires in Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha areas. The system relies on 28 E agreements and county dispatch to improve response times with fewer taxes.
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Joseph A. Gorman
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Marion
Hiawatha
The
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
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