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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1990
Page
6
J F Hladky Jr chairs the board of directors with Ken Slaughter as vice president and treasurer John Robertson as executive editor Jerry Elsen as editor of editorial pages and Dave Morris as editorial board chairman and managing editor directing the paper's leadership.
Editorial urges Senate passage of a House crafted handgun bill. It keeps state preemption, bans certain devices, tightens background checks through the three day waiting period, and adds penalties to deter child access, while NRA opposed provisions remain debated. The piece favors Branstad backing and a seven day waiting recommendation as a stronger safeguard.
The region ends old regimes ties with PLO and Libyan radicals. Romania erased treaties with the PLO after Ceausescu. Poland halts support to the PLO mission. Czechoslovakia resumes relations with Israel. East Germany contemplates Holocaust reparations as part of a broader democratic shift.
A Dayton Ohio Daily News column examines Japan Inc s introduction to Japanese economics a 300 page comic book that teaches adults via fiction about Toyosan Automotive and a rival Chrusky Motors president Ironcoke. It contrasts with American concerns about exports and price effects and notes comics as a learning device alongside Byte sidebars. The piece also reviews newspaper design trends to attract younger readers and cites a speculative TV movie style panel idea for President Bush and Social Security debates.
Parents push for state legislation classifying ADHD as a handicap and for school training plus smaller classes. Also noted is a fatal ADM plant fog incident raising bus safety questions about back bars on school buses and vehicle safety rules.
A Cedar Rapids Post Office retiree argues that 1960s era annuities exceed base pay due to COLA tied to current workers and Congress formulas. The writer notes a 4.7 percent Jan 1 increase, Gramm Rudman effects, tax treatment differences between federal annuities and Social Security, and distinguishes pension from annuity.
A piece argues abortion advances a eugenic agenda likening modern policy to Nazi propaganda. It warns of forced abortion, infanticide, and age-based killings, accusing media and politicians of enabling a pro death agenda. The author appeals to sacred duty and fears for vulnerable infants.
Pat Goodenough, foster family home recruiter for DHS Cedar Rapids, appeals to Iowa residents to become foster parents. She notes 4000 children in Iowa foster care monthly, 300 from Linn County, and 47 local foster homes. Call 362-5333 for information.
Four readers weigh grammar quirks and word usage with quips. Topics include older versus oldest for two, body wrapped in a quilt tied with wire, Belgium versus Belgian shotgun usage, and the term paragon with both virtue and inanimate meanings.
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