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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1969
Page
7
President Nixon says postmasterships will be depoliticized with appointments based on merit rather than party. Postmaster General Blount clarifies vacancies will go to the best qualified candidates, regardless of politics. Observers question practical enforcement but praise the move as a step toward a more businesslike postal service.
The piece weighs proposals to lower the voting age in Iowa and to drop the drinking age to 18 as intertwined reform. It argues age-related privileges require responsibility and maturity, urging a cautious, incremental approach prioritizing broader enfranchisement before pursuing drinking-age changes.
The proposed reform would allow mental health to be a factor in abortion decisions, requiring two psychiatrists to concur in writing. Supporters say psychiatrists can responsibly assess mental well being just as physical health is judged, while opponents fear it could become a broad exemption. Ultimately the woman's choice remains paramount with safeguards in place.
In a connected letter to the editor, a reader argues teachers face both advantages and drawbacks of the profession. The piece contrasts hours and summers with demands, salaries, prep time, and the potential for merit pay and bargaining, noting personal teaching experience in California and Illinois.
A reader advocates an abortion tax to fund government and argues property tax savings. The writer suggests splitting revenue between cities and the state and cites a different letter heading as a mischaracterization. Larry Garman signs the note.
James Reston argues Nixon’s Europe visit is symbolic and exploratory, aimed at reopening essential channels and reappraising foreign and defense policy. The trip seeks to ease tensions with de Gaulle, reassure West Germany, and prep for future arms talks while avoiding major new strategies.
The Harris Survey finds broad approval for strengthening U S defenses including anti missile defense and more long range missiles and bombers with nuclear capability. Yet educated and affluent groups show divisions with wariness over limited wars and a demand for credible arms control.
Four hundred acres on the west edge of Cedar Rapids are opened for Cedar Hills housing, expanding the area sixfold for a $30 million project by Skogman interests promising over 2,000 homes. Cedar Rapids listed by the U S Department of Labor as a low unemployment city with few peers. Frank Kosek becomes president of the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club. The 1949 Welfare Foundation of Cedar Rapids is incorporated with Van Vechten Shaffer as president. Pigeons worry as Leon Hanson traps 2,000 birds in his spare time with a homemade trap. B L Wick tells Rotary members war is a certainty based on 1939 European developments. Robert Daniel named as one of four.
Homer Maxwell, Montrose hotel manager, was elected chairman of the Chamber Convention Bureau. University of Iowa law students will argue cases during Supreme Court Day, marking a notable academic event.
The piece recounts a friendship unraveling between Sam a white liberal and Alphonse a Black activist. Alphonse accuses whites of systemic racism while Sam seeks rational debate. Their clashes escalate with insults threats and a failed attempt at confrontation ending with mutual detachment.
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