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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1977
Page
6
Iowa discusses revising the open meetings law this month in Des Moines. Public hearings seek to draw lines between essential secrecy for regulatory and law enforcement actions and broader transparency for school boards city councils and other policy bodies.
Dr. Percy Harris of Cedar Rapids urged Iowa Board of Regents to streamline sessions at a Council Bluffs meeting. He noted personal financial sacrifice from part time service and suggested avoiding repetition to shrink meeting length, while acknowledging human nature makes it unlikely to happen.
The Persian Gulf voyage by Thor Heyerdahl’s 59 foot reed boat was halted when anchors failed and the craft drifted into shallow water. A Soviet ship towed it back to sea, per Tass. The expedition continues to test theories of ancient seafaring from Mesopotamia to Polynesia and beyond.
San Francisco hosted the National League of Cities meeting where officials fault President Carter for unmet urban policy promises. Mayors and city managers say little progress on jobs, housing, transit, and urban development despite Carter's pledges.
A New York Times Service critique notes 1937 space thrillers like Flash Gordon Buck Rogers and serials used marriage threats as a stand in for sexual tension. It contrasts modern Star Wars with earlier eras, arguing the old code kept romance out while implying sex was present.
A letter thanks residents who kept driveways clear while sidewalks remained unshoveled. The author urges more effort to help walkers including school children, newspaper carriers, and workers during heavy snow.
A reader argues stores are decorated and thanks merchants for their expense while noting the city did not initiate or pay for decorations this year. The editor adds that the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce chose against with no city funds involved.
In an editorial perspective Judge Guthrie F. Crowe recalls a long Canal Zone tenure and argues the United States holds clear title to the zone. He warns against treaty concessions, claims the canal is defensible, and attacks propaganda while condemning appeasement of Torrijos.
The Gazette invites letters to the editor with a 400 word limit and one letter per writer every 30 days. Submissions may be condensed and edited but must preserve meaning and cannot be anonymous. Include name address readable signature and a telephone number not printed to help authentication.
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