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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1972
Page
9
Editorial page from Gedur Rapids Gazette dated Sunday December 24 1972. Includes opinion pieces and commentary reflecting local issues of the era.
Dickens urges readers to keep Christmas well by selflessly helping others and sharing joy. He notes that small acts like giving a Raggedy Ann doll can delight children as much as lavish gifts and stresses timely charity to bring happiness to families and especially children.
A nine year old questions deer hunting and ecology as wildlife experts debate humane population control. Iowa overpopulated deer threaten crops and hunters defend fall harvests while carnivore declines reshape ecosystems. Archimedes referenced for innovation.
Buckley surveys the year in a sharp column, noting a holiday lull in public affairs. He recalls Vietnam and Nixon McGovern, the presidential race, Yale tensions, and a running joke about a Soviet drought, ending with a bleak year-end verdict on politics and history.
A reader questions tricycle safety reports citing 1.5 million yearly sales and 5 million in use, calculating injury risk and urging government restraint. The letter also supports pushing newsrooms to run advance public meeting notices in story form and thanks visiting carolers for hospital goodwill during Christmas.
In Washington the piece explains a standard communist negotiating ploy of creating a last minute stalemate to force extra gains. The author cites Soviet and Chinese precedents and argues North Vietnamese tactics mirror those patterns as talks proceed.
Roscoe Drummond argues that communists will push for a favorable settlement before a cease-fire. He says the public must stay vigilant against one upmanship and support the President for an enforceable, evenhanded deal. He notes Hanoi seeks a porous cease-fire to violate it when convenient.
The piece notes Hanoi and its allies tried a cease fire with built in loopholes and nonnegotiable terms. Kissinger and Nixon reject the charade criticizing changes to texts and demands on monitoring. The column labels Hanoi’s tactics as routine and unduly dilatory.
The Linn County Humane Society auxiliary thanks attendees for a successful open house at the Humane Shelter. Gratitude extended to The Gazette for showing animal photos and to news media for spot announcements about fundraising projects.
Editorial page urges public input while guiding topics to issues over personalities. Letters should stay on single topics, be under 400 words, may be shortened by editors, require real names and signatures, and include writer's phone number for authenticity checks. Serial monthly limit per writer applies.
Mrs and Mr Rainville of Hiawatha thank the organizers of the senior citizens bus tour for a pleasant Monday night excursion to see Christmas lights. The trip included Cedar Memorial with a courteous driver and an escort who knew the viewing spots.
President Nixon ally Clay Whitehead proposes a five year license renewal and FCC gatekeeping for television channels, linking renewals to perceived balance and bias in network news. The plan aims to curb networks while offering station owners economic security, inviting government influence over news content.
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