Editorial staff credits and page editors listed
Jerry Elsen serves as Editor of Editorial Pages and heads the Editorial Board. Dave Morris is named Managing Editor.
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Jerry Elsen
Dave Morris
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1988
Page
6
Who Believes Iran A Critical Look At Peace Plan
The piece questions Iran’s sudden pro peace stance after a year of stalling in the eight year war with Iraq. It argues the ayatollah seeks time buys oil revenue and weapons, notes Iran occupies Iraqi land, questions the tribunal's impartiality and doubts sincerity of a cease fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
U.N. Security Council
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Ayatollah Khomeini
Ayatollah
Security Council
Cedar Rapids Considers Shifting Driver Education Costs
Cedar Rapids Community Schools weigh moving expensive behind the wheel instruction to colleges or private providers. Superintendent Daeschner cites high costs and asks if Iowa law allows outsourcing while nearby districts offer free or cheaper programs. Colleague Bach defends schools as a public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Education
Daeschner
William Bach
Letter writer laments medical climate and praises Cedar Rapids events
In a Cedar Rapids letter, C E Burlingame recounts decades as a physician faced with Medicare rules, tort limits, and rising liability costs. He urges better doctor patient communication, recalls missed local events like a Kids Fun Race, condemns vandalism to a boy’s tractor, and critiques Elkhart General Hospital’s emergency care. He notes veterans’ parking woes affecting his care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Medicare
Sam
Emergency
Elkhart
Ind
General
Elkhart General
Visiting Nurse Association
Eastern Iowa Views: Readers Share Theyre Opinions
Outlooks from Eastern Iowa residents invite broad personal reflections on topics large and small. The column gathers reader viewpoints and sociable commentary in a forum style.
Equal rights in telling dirty jokes for women
A column argues that women should enjoy unisex humor and freely tell risqué jokes. It challenges propriety biases in public life and calls for removing gendered censorship, urging women to laugh loudly and claim the freedom to use coarse language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Indian tribute monument at Custer Battlefield provokes mixed feelings
A visitor from Cedar Rapids recalls June 25 at Custer Battlefield Montana and the 112th anniversary of the battle. He and Blackfoot hosts note the granite pillar highlights white warriors while Indian families and sovereignty are less commemorated, prompting questions about memory and visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer Battlefield
Montana
Browning
Mont
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Calvary
Custer
Righting clichés in writing and word origins
In this meditation Carl Kane discusses clichés with examples from a newspaper misstep. He cites how phrases like wet your whistle and live by your wits evolved, noting misused wording and prepositional shifts while tracing idioms back to Chaucer and early sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wiese
Wiese
Chaucer
Herb
Morris
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Izaak Walton League
Mike
C.E. Burlingame
S. Gilbert
Apt
Iowa City
Gloria Kottick
Ms. Liberated
Jane Austin
Carl Kane
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