Art in Cedar Rapids aims to spark civic spaces
A Cedar Rapids Marion Arts Council study called CREATE reviews art in public places. It urges making May's Island and Greene Square Park more inviting, lighting energy, masking a parkade, and linking the Art Museum with decorative pavement. The report notes varied costs and urges planners to act.
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Cedar Rapids
Create
Cedar Rapids - Marion
May’s Island
City Hall
Greene Square Park
New Art Museum
Third Avenue
Arts Council
Lady Liberty bicentennial on tape and 19th century sound limits
A reflection on how the 1986 87 Lady Liberty centennial events inspired home video keepsakes, noting early recording limits from Edison to wax cylinders and the later rise of color sound tape thanks to phonographs and CNN. It contrasts 19th century absence of preserved voices with 1980s widespread video access.
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Thomas Edison
Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
CNN
Former Sen Dick Clark on Reagan taxes at Cedar Rapids fund-raiser
Former Senator Dick Clark told a Cedar Rapids Democratic fund-raiser that Ronald Reagan's tax and budget policies left no room to expand any federal program. He also claimed the president has kept some other campaign promises.
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Sen
Dick Clark
Democratic Party
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Reagan
Smoking-ad ban is justifiable and not censorship
The article argues that a tobacco advertising ban is constitutional and not a move toward totalitarian control. It cites a Puerto Rico court ruling on casino ads to show commercial speech can be regulated for public health, notes smoking is not a constitutional right, and counters claims that regulation equals censorship. It highlights advertising’s role in creating new demand, especially among youth, and notes billions spent to recruit new smokers despite high death tolls. It references Sen. Bradley and industry tactics opposing links between ads and illness.
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Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
Burt Neuborne
Puerto Rico
Supreme Court
Rehnquist
Newborne
Neuborne
ACLU
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Tobacco Institute
Synar
Rayburn
Justice Rehnquist
New Jersey
Willingboro
Carey
Population Services
Justice Powell
Central Hudson Gas and Electric Co
New York Public Service Commission
Congress
Synar Health Protection Act bans tobacco advertising nationwide
Congressman Mike Synar promotes a 1986 Health Protection Act aimed at prohibiting all tobacco advertising and promotion including newspapers magazines billboards and sports event sponsorships enforced by the FTC. The hearing featured AMA ACS AAP and APHA emphasizing tobacco causes cancer and heart disease while legal scholars debate First Amendment limits and POSADAS precedent.
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Washington
Mike Synar
Oklahoma
Tobacco Company
Federal Trade Commission
Letters to the Gazette mix of road safety and random notices
A reader urges patience on the road for cyclists and drivers, warns about dog chases and liability under Iowa law, and asks for care toward pets and families. Multiple letters mention local concerns including a rabbit theft, Concorde interest at Cedar Rapids, and a travel offer from Universal Travel.
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Iowa
Deanna
Kelburn la NE
Beach Party Acknowledged by Visitor at Williamsburg Amana
A visitor thanks reporter Kurt Rogahn for a kind article about the Beach Party. He appreciates the warm reception in Williamsburg and the Amana colonies during his visit. He invites readers to Pasadena to reciprocate hospitality, noting the Chamber of Commerce knows his location.
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Kurt Rogahn
Williamsburg
Amana
Pasadena
The
Chamber of Commerce
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