Cedar Rapids Gazette Editorial Page June 1 1976
Editorial page from the Cedar Rapids Gazette dated Tuesday June 1 1976. Contains opinion pieces and commentary reflecting local issues and public policy discussions of the era.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1976
Page
7
Soil aid funds prompt Iowa officials to defend program
Iowa soil conservation officials defend the long term cost sharing program amid criticism of favoritism. Questions center on whether state commissioners should be eligible for matching funds and if current arrangements create a seedy political look while highlighting specific grant recipients and regional impacts. The piece suggests paying officials a fee instead of access to funds to restore propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swegle
State Conservation Commission
Hobson
Gaylord Thayer
Hardin County
Federal Soil Program
William Greiner
Iowa Soil Conservation
Thomas Kenny
Akron
Donald Johnson
Fairfield
State Soil Conservation Commission
Ray
Noel Hill
Webster City
Soil Conservation
Public Schools Morals Instruction Divides Opinion
A Gallup poll shows 79 percent favor moral and behavior instruction in schools despite church state separation fears. The piece questions what such instruction would teach and notes that virtue must be learned beyond the classroom to truly take root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Gallup
In quest of crucial unity No hero by James Reston
Washington discusses the 1970s political landscape. Voters show low primary turnout as candidates struggle for cohesion. Ford's record and Reagan's challenges stir debate over governing with a divided Congress and bipartisan unity.
Democratic Team Concept in 1970s Politics
The piece discusses Democrats seeking a coordinated presidential and congressional leadership team to win in November and govern, weighing Carter or others with Mondale and Humphrey in key roles. It notes retirements on Capitol Hill, open leadership, and the need for a cabinet able to work with Congress amid global upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Humphrey
Kennedy
Congress
Ford
Deaths Prompt Forum On Fire Training Tragedy
In a letter to the editor Allan L. Nelson and George J. Kanellis question how two men died in a dam training exercise. They accuse fire leadership of negligence and call for immediate action to prevent similar missions, rejecting blows to the dam as foolish. The victims are named, and the dam’s utility is defended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Cabinet
Congress
Call Patients Not Inmates At Cedar Rapids Psychiatric Ward
A reader protests the use of inmate for psychiatric patients in Cedar Rapids hospitals. The Gazette notes that patient is the proper term when describing someone diagnosed or treated, and the editor adds the correction was inadvertent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Isn't it the truth by Carl Riblet i
An opinion piece by Carl Riblet critiques government error as a recurring disease, tracing how authorities create new taxes to fund waste and expand control, framing taxation as a long standing, systemic flaw in governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Riblet
Brown's fly by clouds sincerity
Washington era analysis questions Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr and his Missouri campaign moves as Carter gains uncommitted delegates. Ford administration paralysis and swift primary driven decisions note a White House strained by Ford Cheney Reagan pressures. The piece comments on political maneuvering and timing ahead of elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Reagan
Carter
Humphrey
Udall
Church
Brown
White House
Congress
Washington
Edmund G. Brown, Jr
California
Jimmy Carter
Missouri
Where religion fits the nuclear response analysis
William F Buckley Jr asks how Christian ethics apply to nuclear strategy in a Time essay. He contrasts Catholic and Protestant tensions, notes Pope Pius XII on worship and force, and weighs whether a Christian president would use first strike or submarines. He treats faith, policy, and apocalypse with cautious, period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soviet Union
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Iowa
Carroll Hobson
Hardin County Soil Conservation District Commission
Hobson’s
Winneshiek County
By James Reston
Republic
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ronald Reagan
Panama
TVA
ABC
Democratic Party
Fritz Mondale
Minnesota
Senate
House of Representatives
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Tip O'Neill
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
China
Japan
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Yugoslavia
New York
Kansas City
New York Times Service
Democratic Nationa
People's Forum
Allan L. Nelson
Linwood Street
George J. Kanellis
Mt. Vernon Road
Chris Boots
Tenth Street
interOcean Press Syndicate
Brown's
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Denver
Maryland
Thomas F. Eagleton
Eagleton
Jerry Brown
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Mr. Ford
Cheney
Field Newspaper Syndicate
the Lion
William F. Buckley, Jr
Time Magazine
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Ames
Communist Party
Clare Boothe Luce
Pius XII
Christ
Earth
William F
Buckley, Jr
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