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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1978
Page
6
An independent newspaper publishes an editorial page led by Managing Editor John Robertson. The piece reflects editorial direction for Saturday, December 30, 1978, with J. F. Hladky Jr. serving as President and Publisher and as Executive Vice-President, while John Donnelly handles the treasury.
The Iowa Natural Resources Council commends flood flow study on the Cedar River and Cedar Rapids mall plans while criticizing CIA director Turner over foreign journalists. The council backs more Cedar Rapids police hires and tax increment financing for a new community center. It urges public alerting on a Soviet satellite crash and supports Food Stamps grants, reapportionment guiding committees, and school competency testing. The group pushes for constitutional equal rights, life support rights, a direct presidential vote, and amends to education and taxation policies. It urges stronger sexual abuse reporting laws, cassette of hearings, and warns about clashing views on cloning and private school textbooks funding. It endorses carrying out a Panama Canal treaty, a gas tax hike, Amtrak Zephyr continuation, and a 127-acre Squaw Creek lake project. It opposes peacetime draft revival, beef import quotas, and supports housing code enforcement and no fault auto insurance while calling for no-unannounced searches and primary election reform.
Editorial roundup from Iowa reacting to Prop 13 style tax limits and petitions, trails for recreational use, FTC actions on funerals, and library fees. Supports trial of public finance changes, ERA deadlines, and bilingual education while urging fairer crime penalties, world peace moves, and asylum for refugees. Endorses Car ter era and governors’ race, cautions on wage controls and early resignations. Encourages recognition of mainland China and racial harmony efforts.
A brief meditation urges quiet to hear guiding wisdom from God before service and leadership. The note by Hilda Watterick emphasizes listening, self direction, and thoughtful study as paths to meaningful action.
Reader letter urging investigation of Iowa prisons and convictional centers. The writer cites graft and favoritism, asks why KCRG's Fort Madison report was halted, questions gubernatorial oversight, and contrasts Fort Madison with Anamosa internal courts. They warn of future outcomes for released inmates and call for public accountability.
The LA Times piece argues Barbara Tuchman links 14th century horrors to seeds of rationality and suggests America in 1978 faces inflation and government scrutiny but may gain long term improvement. It notes a shift away from bigger government, a sober defense view, Middle East understanding, and distrust in charismatic leaders.
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