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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1969
Page
6
The piece notes President Nixon’s listening tour of NATO nations proceeds with heavy security to prevent protests. Observers question the concrete gains of personal talks while hoping a new Washington administration can seize rare chances to pursue peace, awaiting the president’s safe return to Washington.
The Iowa Senate rejected a liberalized abortion bill 36 to 24. Critics argue moral claims lack proof, while supporters foresee eventual passage as public understanding evolves. The piece questions fetal rights, embryos, and whether moral law should override personal choice in reproductive issues.
The writer argues that inflation threatens private and religious Iowa schools and colleges, crippling family budgets and increasing poverty. Citing 5 percent price rises since 1968 and Magid Associates research, the piece urges reconsideration of past inflationist voting patterns and calls for a prayerful re-evaluation of electoral choices.
A letter argues the obscenity controversy at the Student Power symposium at SUI is abstruse. It recalls Lenny Bruce trials to define obscenity as words arousing prurient interests and questions euphemisms used at political gatherings. The writer urges focusing on civil liberties and death-penalty debates instead.
James Reston notes Nixon planned a Europe tour to solidify Western unity and confront Cold War challenges. A public spat between Paris and London during his White House briefing unsettled Washington, dimming hopes for European cohesion and pushing focus back to Washington and Moscow.
A Harris poll of 1,447 adults shows 44 percent oppose recognizing Beijing with 30 percent in favor. Support for admitting China to the United Nations has edged up since 1966 and 1967, but a two-fifths majority still resists such a move.
Suzanne Smith and Eve lyn Melby were named honorary Martha and George Washington at Coe College's Colonial ball. Duane Arnold was elected 1959 Cedar Rapids YMCA president with Gordon DeLay Reginald Figge and L K Burkhalter as officers. Harold Mike Howard, retired SUI wrestling coach, named honorary referee at the Big Ten tournament March 6 7 1949. Iowa legislature adopts a senate house compromise to fund WWII bonuses using 50 million from cash surplus plus bonds. Cornell College president warns federal subsidies could shut private colleges. Footlighter presents The Drunkard of the Fallen Saved at ICBJ hall. Five McKinley High boys plus others returned from Buffalo Creek camping trip north west of Anamosa.
The Roosevelt basketball team beat Franklin 50 to 40 at home. Gene Zisko and Bill Taylor led scorers with 18 points each. Mrs C G Ellinger was elected president of the Marion Missionary Union at its annual Congregational church meeting.
A Harris poll shows 1964 to 1969 shifts with rising support for better relations with Communist China yet strong backing for keeping Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan at the UN. Voter age and education gaps drive divisions on recognizing Peking and the two-China solution, with most favoring continuation of U.S. support for Nationalist China.
Seafarers All The Mortuary Embalmers and Allied Funeral Service Employes union becomes an affiliate of Seafarers International union. United Transportation Union News notes the connection, joking that M E A FSEU members ferry people across the River Styx. Don Oakley NEA.
Drew Pearson reports Latin American nations increasingly oppose the United States in the Peru Peruvians standoff. Brazil aligns with Peru while Bolivia's Barrientos backs Peru publicly after a U.S. ranch visit and prior aid. Public pressure grows across the region.
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