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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1977
Page
6
The February 28 1977 issue presents local editorial commentary on civic topics, including community concerns, governance, and public interest questions. Readers are urged to consider policy implications and municipal impact from recent developments.
The Iowa State and Iowa football schedule dispute draws State Rep John Patchett into a debate over contract alterations. Regents and athletic officials weigh game locations and ticket allocations as ISU plans a larger stadium and TV arrangements could ease the ticket crunch and ease tensions.
State Rep. John Patchett of North Liberty drew a threat line after an objector to the Lake Mac bride park expansion vowed to use property rights to target officials. He warned the state university regents over a ticket dispute that they would need his support to avoid a budget cut. Patchett called threats unhelpful to governing.
The writer objects to nearby public recreation land restricting fishing and camping rights for thousands. They argue developers knew such areas would attract many visitors and question why the lake area was built there in the first place.
Mr and Mrs Clete Stoltzfus of 406 Twenty-eighth Street NE praise Easter Seals for aiding campers at Camp Sunnyside with therapy and equipment while stressing that no one is denied help due to inability to pay.
A speaker denounces the method of enacting a congressmen salary raise without a vote, accusing Washington of deceit and claiming regional government and advisers conceal a new constitution that would reduce freedoms beyond Russia. The critique warns that truth would repel decent Americans.
A letter urges support for Easter Seals Iowa highlighting its funding efficiency and a encourage giving. The writer warns against presidential executive orders bypassing Congress and cites historical orders as threats to constitutional power. The piece promotes specific anti federal control literature and asks readers to contact Congress.
Twenty five inmates at the Iowa state penitentiary join with Fort Madison Jaycees and Warden Lou V. Brewer to form the Pen City Jaycees. A charter banquet is set for March 13 as they plan programs in business, government, health, safety, minority affairs, and elderly assistance to better themselves and aid others.
A reader defends Bill Harnish as wrongfully discharged from the Citizens' Committee on Alcoholism. They claim money handlers failed in duties and praise Harnish's integrity and unpaid service. The letter accuses politics of interfering and calls for truth over sympathy.
A Harris Survey of 1,466 adults finds John F. Kennedy viewed most favorably, leading in five of eight areas and tied for first in three. Franklin D. Roosevelt ranks second, with Truman and Nixon notably lower. Ford's standing improves post presidency. Carter’s comparison to predecessors remains uncertain.
In the late fifties Richard Revere praised a book on Senator Joe McCarthy calling it a major historical document. The piece argues anti McCarthyism and television revived McCarthyism, while praising Revere and Bozell’s prior critique and labeling tail gunner Joe as a myth.
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