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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1982
Page
6
Art Heusinkveld serves as Editor of Editorial Pages and chairs the Editorial Board, guiding opinion pages and board deliberations. He shapes issue framing, tone, and policy stances across the paper. Heusinkveld leads debate, sets editorial direction, and oversees contributor involvement.
The Gazette weighs how Roxanne Conlin and Terry Branstad handle personal finances and tax returns amid campaign disclosures. The editorial argues state law on disclosure may not fix public judgment and notes candidates reveal or withhold details to shape voter perceptions.
The piece condemns draft resisters while noting five Iowans from Cedar Rapids area are among initial indictments by a Des Moines based group. It portrays registration as simple duty and frames indictments as justified targets of defiance.
The piece notes George Shultz quickly reshapes the State Department, appointing Kenneth W. Damn and W. Allen Wallis while renewing focus on Middle East tensions, NATO confidence, and U.S. Soviet relations. It argues the new secretary must balance conservatives, experts, and political pressures to redefine policy amid Lebanon, Iran Iraq, and oil security challenges.
A compact critique of Republican leadership and liberal press reaction to tax policy and economic theory. The piece argues Reaganomics failed, Dole and Reagan compromise, cites The Washington Post and The New Republic, and notes figures like Milton Friedman and Robert Bork, plus references to Commentary and a potential cocaine scandal.
Jack Maher’s July 19 letter argues Conlin’s tax claims are hypocritical and faults Reagan policy while tying to Lt. Gov. Branstad. It defends Branstad’s disclosures, attacks Conlin’s taxes, and urges electing Branstad to maintain state governance focused on education economic development and agriculture.
Spectators praised the Cee Summer Theatre production of Chicago for its professional quality. The show impressed with singing dancing direction set design and a strong orchestra leaving the audience humming as they exited.
The family expresses appreciation for the firemen from the E Ave and Fifth St NW station and Ambulance No. 45 for helping their mother Helen F. White on July 12. They note the responders did their very best.
A reader highlights confusing gun terminology in a clipping about a rock concert incident. The piece discusses misused terms like bullet and cartridge and questions phrasing such as a revolver laying on a bed and a man with a wife who is a man.
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