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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1995
Page
4
LF Hladky Jr as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Hladky Ul as President and Publisher are named among senior leadership. Ken Slaughter is Vice President and Treasurer, Dale Larson serves as Vice President and General Manager, with Mark Bowden as Editorial Board Chairman and Managing Editor.
Editorial notes heightened emotion in Capitol Hill as anti abortion forces use graphic photos to push partial birth abortion bans. It criticizes distortions in House and Senate debates over Dr Henry Foster and cites conflicting statistics while warning of further shrill rhetoric and photo use.
A Gazette commentary urges visitors to stop vandalizing fossils at the Devonian Fossil Gorge near the Coralville dam. Since 1993 floods exposed the bedrock, about half a million people have visited, yet some have pried fossils from their limestone home. Officials warn that fossil theft is a federal crime and threaten enforcement to protect the irreplaceable display.
The piece argues that while many Americans see themselves as middle class, mobility is tightening as education and skills dictate rewards. It notes Whitman’s hesitation to use class language, cites Clinton’s warning on inequality, and warns that postwar security is fading as political participation gaps grow between educated and less educated citizens.
The piece portrays Newt Gingrich as a forceful advocate for limited government writing in To Renew America with a strong libertarian stance alongside Grover Norquist. It notes his alignment with 1994 GOP gains and argues his view faces tests from a cyber porn bill and evolving media tech while urging an empowered citizenry.
The National Czech and Slovak Museum hosts Minisalon with 244 six inch square box artworks created by Czechoslovakian artists in 1984 defying a communist ban. The display showcases distinctive works that resist concise description and highlights Cedar Rapids as a key venue for this exhibit.
A Gazette Sunday comic section front page carried the Wiley strip Non Sequitur July 2 with the words liberals suck in the third panel. A reader objects to vulgarity and urges editors to exercise more discretion while noting concern over family friendly G rating.
Mary Dias urges The Gazette and the League of Women Voters to publish verbatim Iowa Code sections on forms of city government. She proposes monthly forums to inform voters, keep elections and form of government separate, and restore credibility after a petition surged civic wakefulness.
Mike Deupree muses on history in films noting that frontier figures such as Lewis and Clark and John Wesley Hardin are shown clean shaven in classics like The Far Horizons Lawless Breed and Santa Fe Trail. He questions the accuracy of facial hair trends in westerns and asks why actors like Tarzan shaved daily.
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