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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1982
Page
6
J F Hladky Jr chairs the board. Joe Hladky III serves as president and publisher. John Donnelly is executive vice president and treasurer. John Robertson is managing editor. Art Heusinkveld edits editorials. An editorial board chairman is noted.
The editorial notes a new dating method using a nuclear accelerator yields precise ages up to 65 000 years, challenging the 6 000 year Earth view. It cites Meadowcroft Rockshelter finds dating humans to 16 000 50 000 years, with some estimates around 20 000 to 50 000 years, while Earth remains about 4 billion years old.
The Des Moines Tribune faces closure as a company study recommends ending publication this fall. The move reflects a national shift from afternoon to morning papers, with the Tribune joining other losing titles and leaving readers without its distinct voice.
Letters urge Linn County residents to attend a June 10 public hearing at the Courthouse chaired by Joe Rinas to discuss U S S R arms race costs and risks and their impact on education, services, and local life. The note also expresses a heartfelt farewell from Cedar Rapids residents moving to California.
A reunion picnic for the 1962 sixth grade class from Jackson School is set for June 19 at the Ellis Park Overlook Pavilion from 5 to 10 p.m. Former students are asked to call 362 5246 about the menu and to help locate Sandra Arnold Barbara Freno Rouse Chuck Main and Gary Shepherd.
A Linn County appeal urges Democrats to vote for Jim Morgan in the June 8 primary. It touts his fairness honesty and concern for workers and claims his training and background will bring new ideas to the recorder’s office.
In 1982 Dartmouth College faced a dispute over the Dartmouth Review after a controversial repurposed dialect paragraph mocked Afro American studies and other subjects. Dartmouth faculty condemned the piece, while Rep. Kemp resigned from the advisory board amid charges of supporting violence.
The Second Special Session on Disarmament opens in New York amid global concern over atomic stockpiles and a surge of peace protests. Activists from the Freeze and anti nuclear campaigns push for a worldwide referendum on armament reduction as world leaders eye new disarmament measures.
Cy Douglass of Marion a retired journalist and former AP bureau chief in Oklahoma City Boston and Des Moines now served as executive director of the United Nations Association Iowa Division. He introduces readers to a forum for local thoughts with unlimited topics and personal views.
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