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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1996
Page
4
The document names key station leaders including President and Publisher Ken Slaughter Vice President and Treasurer Dale Larson Vice President and General Manager Jerry Elsen Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman Mark Bowden and Managing Editor.
Editorial notes Iowa allows 19 and 20 year olds in bars despite a 21 drinking age. A near fatal Cedar Rapids beating outside a bar raises questions about mixed messages and calls for ending underage patronage in bars. Police hold several Cedar Rapids men as suspects in the incident.
Cedar Rapids residents are urged to recycle spent Christmas trees at the Indian Creek Nature Center. Rich Patterson seeks 100 tons of trees by January 19 to convert into wood chips for trail maintenance. City crews and volunteers process and spread the chips, reducing landfill waste.
Letters condemn Iowa courts for obligating a non biological father to pay child support. They question state funding flows and the 50 50 custody principle when the mother is unemployed. The writers accuse judiciary decisions of misfeasance and invite public backlash.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette invites reader letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions must include the writer’s full name, signature, street address, and daytime phone number. addresses are not published and anonymous letters are not printed. Letters may be edited and will not be returned.
A reader voices frustration with politics citing ongoing Clinton investigations without convictions and alleged complicity among party allies. The message blasts the House speaker Newty for long tied to alleged facts and asserts broad guilt within the party.
A reader blasts Marion City Council over bypass rezoning, accusing officials of poor planning and suburban developers of turning the bypass into another downtown street. The writer argues the bypass serves distant towns and laments traffic benefits, praising strong-armed real estate interests and calling Marion a bad place to be from.
A letter responds to a December question comparing Jesus and Santa. The writer defends choosing Santa as a fitting modern Christmas figure, noting Santa would bring gifts and joy alongside reverent observance. He wishes a Merry Christmas.
Marla Sheffler argues against increasing tuition tax credits for nonpublic schools as Iowa public education strains. She cites costs, separation of church and state concerns, and unfair taxpayer burden while urging focus on funding public schools and resources.
A gleeful catalog of language foibles in media and public notices. It cites a TV caption mocking cereal killers, calls Parcells pre-Madonna players, and notes a Fort Lauderdale boat parade with errors in a grand marshals ad. It highlights spelling debates and reader quips on broach versus brooch.
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