Magid shaped American television news and local outcry
Magid, a former Coe College professor who died at 78, built a 1956 consulting firm that redefined TV news through survey driven, fast paced and visually focused broadcasts. He influenced Cronkite’s anchorman role at CBS and helped launch Good Morning America while guiding weather coverage and enterprise reporting across stations including KCRG TV9. His civic work included seating on Smithsonian boards and Direct Relief International.
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Rank Magid
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Coe College
Kcrg-Tv9
Magid
John Phelan
KCRG
Becky Lutgen Gardner
the Gazette
Gazette Communications
Joe Hladky
Iowa
Smithsonian Institution
Direct Relief International
Walter Cronkite
CBS Evening News
ABC
Chicago
University of Iowa
Coe
Missionaries' Haiti venture prompts moral questions
A column critiques a group of 10 American Baptist missionaries who sought to relocate 33 Haitian children to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic without proper parental or government consent. The piece questions motives, legality, and potential harm, noting Haitian authorities’ involvement and urging reunification with families. It also reflects on broader duties of aid and faith.
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Dominican Republic
Port-au-Prince
City weighs convention center plan amid buyout fund gaps
Dan LeGrand argues Cedar Rapids faces a new funding gap to upgrade the U S Cellular Center and build a convention center beside the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons, while flood buyout money remains unfunded and traffic access must stay open for safety and emergency routes.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
U.S. Cellular Center
Third Street
First Avenue
A Avenue
Convention Center
Dan LeGrand
Changes needed to fight childhood obesity
A commentary urges reform of school meals and physical education to combat obesity among U S adolescents. It calls for replacing junk with local fresh produce and limiting corporate food influence in schools.
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U.S
Tiller murder about controlling others lives
The murderer of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has been convicted and faces a life sentence. The text argues the crime aimed to control others, not protect children, condemning the killer’s belief in divine sanction as excessive and noting global child death from preventable illnesses.
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George Tiller
Redistricting questioned as a fix for student struggles
A reader argues that shifting students across schools does not improve performance and tangles with equity aims. They call for targeted support for struggling pupils and question lowering free and reduced lunch concentrations as a solution, urging creative, targeted tools over bus rides and mass reassignments.
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Jennifer Hemmingsen
Lane Plugge
Plugge
Culture war era ends as Cedar Rapids council accelerates reform
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett drives rapid changes with a new committee structure and plans to select a library site, hire a construction manager for the Paramount Theatre, and pursue a flood buyout push. FEMA timing on Central Fire Station and a potential events center funding loom, while budget balance and tax questions surface amid a public debate.
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Daytona International Speedway
Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Corbett
Paramount Theatre
FEMA
Central Fire Station
Sinclair
Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization
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Vets Memorial
Kurt Warner
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