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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1985
Page
6
J F Hladky Jr chairs the board while John Donnelly serves as executive vice president and treasurer. Art Heusinkveld is named editor of editorial pages and chairs the editorial board.
The piece critiques William Bennett remarks on student loan cuts as stereotypes while endorsing need-based limits. It outlines proposed changes: restricting eligibility to families under 32,500 and a 4,000 annual loan cap. It notes potential shifts to private colleges and calls for careful framing of loan use and eligibility.
Kenneth T. Blaylock Moe Biller and Vincent R. Sombrotto, heads of three federal unions, face resignation by February 26 or administrative Hatch Act charges after endorsing Walter Mondale in 1984. They have been on unpaid leave for years and protest the enforcement as a technical overreach.
A reader urges a new farm program limited to small family farms. They blame large operations for agricultural decline and call for land reform tax reform and a ban on farmland speculation. They advocate capping cropland at half a section per family and prohibiting foreign ownership.
A letter writer argues against euthanasia and warns of global right to die aims, citing a Nice conference plan to create clinics. She advises residents not to sell nursing center shares to private interests, urging community ownership to ensure compassionate care and avoid profit driven decisions.
A reader objects to Gazette articles claiming the Milwaukee Road still operates segments through Cedar Rapids and Marion. He notes a 1980 shutdown and says current service in Cedar Rapids is by Chicago & North Western, Illinois Central Gulf, Iowa Northern, and Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, with Milwaukee Road and Rock Island gone. He praises Judge McMillen for allowing Soo Line to acquire Milwaukee Road to protect shippers.
A columnist decries infant mortality in Cedar Rapids arguing abortion is murder. The letter condemns fetal deaths and calls for mourning and a moral reckoning, urging readers to reflect on conception, birth, and the sanctity of life. The author contrasts personal gratitude for healthy children with grief for thousands of babies lost annually.
A reader letter questions several rail line assertions in The Gazette's Feb 9 page 3A report “Soo line's low bid.” The writer notes lines through Anamosa Monticello and Marion Perry Council Bluffs are gone or altered and calls for better research before publication. Editors acknowledge the Metro area's Milwaukee Road route inaccuracy.
In a sales and life lesson, the author recalls Babe Ruth's reply to questions about strikeouts. The message: failure is part of progress, each strikeout brings you closer to a hit. The piece extends the idea to presidents like Lincoln and to all pursuits, from sports to careers.
The piece reflects on Winston Churchill Lee Iacocca and a father's blunt philosophy about failure. It urges persistence after setbacks citing Churchill's electoral defeat and Iacocca's rise and fall at Ford then Chrysler. It sits as a motivational vignette about resilience and taking decisive action.
Outlooks features writings from Cedar Rapids resident John B. Walters who has been an insurance agent since 1946. He previously engaged in politics and served one term as Linn County Republican chairman.
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