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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1971
Page
5
City officials report that all three Cedar Rapids municipal judgeships will be on the November ballot beside a possible city council race. The piece notes voters could face contests against incumbents, raising questions about how to evaluate judges’ records on strictness fairness and competence, and suggests the local bar could aid by summaries or recommendations.
The Cedar Rapids P E program faces debate over using effort and improvement as grade criteria. Critics question fairness given varying performance levels and argue a pass-fail option might better reflect true learning without harming college entrance records.
James J. Kilpatrick writes from Crabble Virginia on a January afternoon of stillness. He muses that waiting can be enriching when clocks halt, birds visit, and domestic rituals mark time while contemplating snow, fields, and the Virginia and national flags.
President Nixon’s Nebraska speech appeals to young Americans and all citizens with a broad social agenda. He linked ending the war and draft to jobs, equality, education, and poverty relief, signaling a turn toward action over rhetoric.
A Cedar Rapids reader objects to front page tragedy coverage and urges restraint. The letter discusses news judgments, abortion debates, reuse and charity, and reflects on Nixon era political rhetoric and civil rights commentary with reference to HEW and integration figures.
A Cedar Rapids native and Cornell College junior praises Governor Ray for proposing increased funding for the Iowa tuition grant program. The writer credits the program with enabling many Iowa students to attend private colleges and plans to teach English in state schools after graduation to repay the aid. The letter also notes a farm editor’s recent award.
A 1961 item notes Brentwood Inc seeking zoning change to allow a neighborhood shopping center at Mt Vernon Road and 42nd Street SE in Cedar Rapids. Open house for a new $95,399 addition to Strawberry Hill school in Anamosa is also mentioned.
Frank E. Mulle, vice president of the National Broadcasting Company, told Iowa State College that range, long a limiting factor in television, was no longer a problem and that the remaining hindrance to commercialization was FCC regulation. Two other notes mention a single death at crossings and the 1938 installation of signals at 288 crossings.
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