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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1969
Page
6
The piece notes trouble for prominent Catholic schools facing closures and pressure for aid from public schools. It urges calm, cooperative planning over contradictory attitudes and stresses that both systems serve children and communities. Signs suggest constructive dialogue may be forming.
Regents chair says selection will rest with the regents alone while consulting students faculty alumni and other groups. The next Iowa president should move in without binding commitments to any faction and rely on personal ability and broad latitude to govern.
Letters to the editor argue the public health nursing service was abruptly cut, endangering home visits and Well-Baby clinic support. Residents from Prairieburg Central City and Cedar Rapids urge restoration and study of abortion policy and mental health impacts.
Rep. Joan Lipsky cites an Indiana study to oppose lifting Iowa's abortion ban except to protect the mother's life. She urges delaying any change until a complete legislative review. The Indiana committee found far fewer illegal abortions than advocates claimed—about 1,650 annually versus 30,000.
A freshman state lawmaker was advised he was out of order. The remark prompted reflections that more lawmakers being out of order could improve the statehouse atmosphere. Homer E. Busby 1000 Thirty-fifth Street NE.
The Linn County Humane Society receives heartfelt congratulations for its unpretentious effort to ease animal suffering. Special praise goes to Mr Bill Moon for his promptness and efficiency.
James Reston argues the Pueblo incident tests U.S. oversight of government errors. He notes the Navy inquiry raises due process concerns and questions whether officials like Bucher, the crew, and even defense leaders can be judged fairly. He cites Congress, presidential commissions, and Britain's Royal Commission as models toward independent, elder-led review beyond politics.
A cadre in khaki pitches a plan to install an $18 billion Sentinel anti missile site in a vacant backyard. Officials argue it won’t stop Russian or Chinese missiles yet would tempt arms negotiations and serve as a bargaining chip. The exchange layers irony about cost, efficacy, and political theater.
Nixon proposes a new dimension to arms talks by linking Cold War limits to political settlements. He asks Moscow whether cutting Cold War ventures would help reduce the nuclear arms race, signaling a shift in U.S. Soviet negotiations.
As World Bank president Robert S. McNamara shifts from Pentagon pressures toward a banker's steady course he pushes to expand the bank's activity. The transition highlights his aim to broaden lending and influence beyond defense era debates.
C L Sulzberger argues China’s stance may be evolving. Beijing has long seen the United States as the external foe and the Soviet Union as the internal foe. With rising Sino Soviet tensions, Beijing may now deem Moscow the greater danger and seek dialogue with Washington to counter it.
The Iowa Senate passed a 70 mph daytime limit for primary highways, and approved 75 mph daytime and 65 mph nighttime limits for interstate highways. Dissent from Sen Joseph Coleman. Also coverage of Cedar Rapids strike talks, Linn county education race, a lost ruby watch report, a piano concert, pheasant relief from air dropped feed, and a Cedar Rapids detective of the year plaque. 1939 local option bill mentioned.
10-20-30 Years Ago notes the wet-dry issue reemerges after a petition by 25 percent of the governor race voters in the county. George Demery, 79, resigns as Graham township constable in Johnson county after 44 years, saying the job isn’t what it used to be.
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