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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1985
Page
6
Editorial notes New Jersey Supreme Court ruling allowing voluntary withdrawal of life support from incompetent patients, with living wills and trusted witnesses as evidence. Cites safeguards including ombudsman input, two doctors’ concurrence, and nonjudgmental standards. Also mentions Iowa bill enabling direct patient directives.
The Virginia State Board of Education found two approved books lacking 100 lines from Hamlet and 320 from Romeo and Juliet due to edits deemed too risqué for youths. Critics label the cuts as bowdlerizing or bastardization, warning that omitting such lines cheapens classic works.
A reader laments high inauguration costs for President Reagan and urges belt tightening. The writer, noting four sons in service and senior citizens, opposes Social Security cuts and urges the president to reconsider policies. The letter ends with an appeal from Inez Almeda Basille in Minneapolis.
A discussion of defining law by reasonable and probable standards amid the Collins case, contrasting factual and non factual evidence. The piece also thanks Cedar Rapids citizens for Kiwanis coin pickups aiding scholarships, food baskets, camp fees, and a free lodge for youth and seniors, with contact for lodge use.
A column argues that false gods persist in contemporary forms such as pornography bars banks and universities, equating ancient idols with modern institutions. It notes that sacrifice remains in warfare abortion and debt, with Yahweh vs Satan framed as the ultimate conflict. It also corrects a typo about a physics line in Paul A. Smith's Outlooks, Jan. 26.
A citizen urges voters to oppose a school surtax proposal on the February 5 ballot, arguing that ongoing wage taxation burdens families and calling people to act and vote no to curb excessive taxation.
The article surveys the 1980s surge of audio tapes in Cedar Rapids area stores and libraries offering self help, health, business, poetry readings, and meditation. It highlights popular figures such as Graham, Schuller, Dobson, and lesser known voices, noting the aim to improve peace, family life, and personal growth while weighing what best guides daily living.
Brief reader views from eastern Iowa invite broad topics and personal perspectives. Contributors share thoughts on daily life, community, and local concerns in a reflective, unsigned format.
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