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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1985
Page
6
John Donnelly is Executive Vice President with John Robertson as Managing Editor. Art Heusinkveld serves as Editor of Editorial Pages, and a Editorial Board Chairman leads the board.
Editorial argues for a transparent citizen committee to study school building use and funding options after a failed tax proposal. It warns that who selects committee members could bias results and undermine credibility, urging open deliberations to restore public trust and avert wasteful outcomes.
A New York Times report claims secret 10 kiloton nuclear depth charge deployments were planned in Canada Iceland Bermuda and Puerto Rico for anti submarine use. The plan lacked proper host government consent and was reportedly disclosed by the Institute for Policy Studies.
A reader denounces wage cuts and tax hikes, urges across the board wage reductions from president to governor, laments Marion bureau closure, criticizes KCRG for abortion framing in a televised town meeting, and argues for charity instead of new school tax. The letter also cautions on drinking water with home treatment options and questions government fiscal policies.
A critical look at how health claims reach consumers and the risks of unproven nutrition therapies. The author cites 1906 drug law origins, discusses products like GH-3, RNA therapies, chelation, and warns that natural does not guarantee safety. The Gazette is praised for reporting weight loss gimmicks and FDA efforts, while not all media share this diligence.
A Cedar Rapids physician urges readers to be smart health consumers. He cites a 10 year review by the American Council on Science and Health ranking popular magazines by reliability, naming Readers Digest Good Housekeeping Redbook Parents Fifty Plus as generally reliable and Cosmopolitan Prevention Organic Gardening Mademoiselle as often unreliable. He advises discussing health questions with a personal physician and recognizing quackery without ridiculing others.
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