Local Newspaper Leadership Roster Names Top Executives
J F Hladky Jr serves as Chairman of the Board while Joe Hladky is President and Publisher. John Donnelly is Executive Vice President and Treasurer. John Robertson covers Executive Editor duties and Jerry Elsen leads Editorial Pages with an Editorial Board Chairman.
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J.F. Hladky, Jr
Board of
John Donnelly
Jerry Elsen
Editorial Pages
Acme Electric Co
Five Seasons Center Commission
Rinas Leaves Public Life After Long Linn County Service
Joe Rinas, 42, ends a 16 year public career in Linn County, Cedar Rapids politics and state legislature. He served decade on the Linn Board of Supervisors, helped establish a self insurance program, built the new jail, expanded handicapped services, created more group homes, and supported early 911 launch. He sought lake plans for Squaw Creek Park and state funding for riverfront planning. He joins New York Life Insurance as an agent.
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Joe Rinas
Rinas
Linn Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Don Canney
Linn County
Democratic
Board of Supervisors
Richard Wenzel
Special County
Curtis Hayes
Squaw Creek Park
New York Life Insurance Co
Quayle Quiet Strategy Highlights Safe VP Run
Daniel Quayle, tabbed by George Bush as running mate, plans a low profile focus on broad issues like family values and education. Allies say he will avoid confrontational questions and spend time with former colleagues in Congress, though doubts about his readiness persist.
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George Bush
Quayle
Bush
Congress
Capitol Hill
Dan Quayle
Bring Em Up 380 Space Center for Cedar Rapids Idea
Readers propose a Midwest Regional Space Center in Cedar Rapids to honor local engineers and space pioneers. The plan includes a museum, rocket park, Omnimax theater, space camp and Challenger Center affiliate with land from Noelridge Park near Rockwell Collins, linked by I 380.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur Collins
James van Allen
Wright Brothers
Alexander Lippisch
Midwest Regional Space Center
Noelridge Park
Rockwell Collins
Rockwell
Collins Plaza
Blairs Ferry
Iowa
Letters to the Gazetter Advocating Iowa Advertising
A reader defends IDOT signs in Carter Lake Iowa praising Iowa image. They favor adding mascots Herky the Hawk and Cy to billboards to reach Omaha drivers. The writer argues the Missouri west area deserves proactive branding and sees more pluses than negatives.
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IDOT
Carter Lake
Iowa
Red
Omaha
Herky the Hawk
Missouri
Public voices on Reagan Bush North and school battles
The letter criticizes Reagan and Bush for alleged cover ups in the North case and mocks their televised persona. It denounces rising crime, Watergate fatigue, and opposes a home and church school bill led by Sen. Delahery, warning of parents jailed over its passage.
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Ronald Reagan
Oliver North
Reagan
Bush
North
Ronnie
Patrick Delahery
D-Davenport
Sen. Delahery
Senate
House
Iowa
Mourning for Hirohito and Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Readers reflect on Japan's wartime past and the fate of Emperor Hirohito. The piece recalls Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March, noting public sentiment on accountability for wartime leaders and the memory of those lost.
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Hirohito
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Tojo
Midway
Bataan
New U.S. restraint reshapes the world power scene
Andrew Glass analyzes a shift as Europe Asia and Latin America push Washington toward caution in foreign ventures. Reagan’s planned Libya strike eases amid allied opposition while Bush signals a low key approach to Central America. Soviet openness and new regional powers raise fears of a growing power vacuum and wider arms risks.
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Afghanistan
U.S
America
Libya
Nicaragua
Europe
Asia
Latin America
Reagan
White House
Israel
George Bush
Central America
Mexico
Venezuela
Jerusalem
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Bush
China
Brazil
Tel Aviv
Cox News Serv
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Joe Hladky
John Robertson
It Safe
Moscow
I-380
C.R
the Gazette
St. Louis
Canton
Ohio
National Football League Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
N.Y
Baseball Hall of Fame
Huntsville
Ala
The
Gazette
Silver Bullets
Lindale
Westdale
Greater Downtown Association
Architect
Witor
Andrew Glass
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