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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 2000
Page
4
GAZETTE EDITORIALS call for calmer dialogue as they contrast 1980s and 1990s political rancor. They cite Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter advising tone down rhetoric and avoiding personal attacks while noting current conventions resemble pep rallies.
A Philadelphia Inquirer survey of 544 of 2 066 GOP delegates to Philadelphia names Ronald Reagan Abraham Lincoln and Jesus Christ as heroes with John McCain also appearing despite prior attacks by Trent Lott Orrin Hatch Pat Robertson and Gov George W Bush not on the list McCain praised for Vietnam service and expected a hero's welcome in Philadelphia
A new Clinton biography traces Bill and Hillary's 1974 loss to John Paul Schmidt. The claim Hillary called campaign aide Paul Fray a Jew bastard is disputed by the couple, while critics and media figures weigh in on memory, motive, and political tactics.
Harold Higgins argues that parking tickets issued to mostly young concertgoers on July 12 near the U S Cellular Center show a deliberate effort to deter youth from Iowa venues. He contrasts it with July 16 theater crowds and urges investigative reporting to uncover the motive and fairness.
Mary Gade writes in The Gazette urging Marion residents and merchants to oppose an amendment banning animals within 100 feet of food vendors in City Square Park and removing the word wading from pool areas. The note notes K9 exemptions, calls for council attendance, and provides contact details for submissions.
Cedar Rapids readers debate phrasing changes from replacing keys to selection and replacing tuned in with listened in. They suggest headlines about radio in the 1920s and note a correction in a report about Jane Doe whose mother was killed when she was eight months old.
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