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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1989
Page
6
Jerry Elsen serves as Editor of Editorial Pages while Editorial Board Chairman Dave Morris acts as Managing Editor guiding page policy and content oversight.
The NCAA's annual meeting in San Francisco praising positive intercollegiate athletics underscores Dick Schultz's first year as executive director. He expanded the staff, visited 59 campuses, and steered stricter enforcement while stressing integrity.
Gorbachev hints at religious freedom revival while Izvestia runs foreign ads inviting Western business. The move signals openness and economic dialogue as perestroika and glasnost redefine Soviet policy and markets.
History now closes its book on Ronald Reagan. The piece weighs his presidency’s deficits and debt, debates his stance on budgets and entitlements, and muses whether his era signals a golden age or its end. It notes his impact on national morale, Cold War rhetoric, and the shifting outlook toward the Soviet Union.
A reader denounces Jim Morrissey for ridiculing Yasser Arafat while urging better world relations. The letter also tallies opposition to HR 2470 the Catastrophic Health Act, noting small Medicare gains and rising senior costs, urging readers to contact Congress.
Political scientist Austin Ranney argues against Calvin Coolidge and modern tax cut views, citing Reagan era wealth policies and capital gains. The piece questions whether wealth and class perspectives drive political labels while quoting John Kennedy and discussing wealth as a means to national progress.
The speaker argues small claims courts fail to deliver results in both collection and criminal matters. They claim combining criminal and collection cases undermines public benefit and that appeals are overturned by associate judges, transferring cases to others.
Longtime Safety Commissioner Robert Jaeger is praised by supporters as a reformer while critics within Cedar Rapids blame City Hall for corruption. The piece advocates replacing the commission form with mayor alderman government and electing Jaeger as the first mayor amid ongoing concerns of cronyism and cover ups.
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