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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1967
Page
9
Local editorials on topics of concern to Cedar Rapids readers are presented with emphasis on civic issues. The page reflects opinions and commentary from Gazette staff and guest writers, airing perspectives on governance, community matters, and public policy.
Voters approving 74 percent of 13 700 cast validated a city owned transit plan in Cedar Rapids. Officials expect ridership to finance operation, with the regional transit authority prioritizing start up ridership and clear routes while avoiding exhaust smoke nuisances from older buses.
The editorial argues to revise Iowa's voter-registration law after the 1965 mobile system failed. It urges restoring temporary registration sites operated by city clerks with League of Women Voters and party groups, supplementing city hall offices, and repealing the mobile registration law to improve election year readiness.
The author contrasts the Fed Start EAD START anti poverty program with a new breakfast-at-school project. While a better morning meal aids disadvantaged preschoolers, it shifts parental responsibility, potentially shaping a child’s sense of duty and independence as society moves forward and back.
The piece argues that both parties back dual efforts to fight Vietnam and poverty at home. It notes a shift toward reducing federal bureaucracy and embracing revenue sharing with state and local governments. John Gardner warns that aspirations outpace organization and calls for better use of funds.
A letter to the editor defends flying the U S flag at night, citing DoD guidance and presidential practice. It discusses patriotism during the Vietnam era, Vatican and Catholic perspectives on birth control, and asserts personal religious freedom and choice in faith.
In Tuesday’s editorial Jan 24, an editor denounces Osservatore Della Domenica. The letter argues Vatican subscribers are chiefly churchmen and notes readers’ faiths. The piece frames the Vatican magazine as misrepresenting birth control questions.
The 1957 St Wenceslaus Homecoming crowned Rose Sebetka during ceremonies at the St Wenceslaus gym in Dubuque after the Red Hawks defeated St Columbkille’s 60 to 50. Queen’s attendants were Carol Ann Miller Barbara Tresnak Sharon West and Stella Schmidt. Also noted are Iowa decorators association officers named at a three day Roosevelt hotel session and various campus and civic notes.
Alice Ferber, Linn county relief director, directed all excess garments and other articles made on the county WPA sewing project sent to the flood stricken Ohio river valley. Marion F. Robb was chosen president of the Marion Service club at a meeting held in Memorial hall. Two youths received Eagle Scout badges at a court of honor.
John Chamberlain critiques a Havana dispatch claiming Fidel Castro’s plan to grow diverse crops in the Escambray relies on emancipated women. He argues crops like onions asparagus strawberries and grapes cannot be harvested in short cycles and mocks the notion of women’s liberation as it relates to labor in Cuba.
In New Orleans at the Republican committee meeting moderates doubt Romney's immediate strength. A Nevada state chairman named Charles H. Percy as a backup, while McIntosh urged early Romney support. Nixon vied for attention with limited activity as Romney's camp pressed hard to build an early win against Johnson.
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