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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1994
Page
4
The editorial argues the Iowa effort to fumigate the hog industry raises environmental questions over waste and odors. It notes public sensitivity in politics this year and compares past bans on smoke and yard waste to potential limits on mega hog confinement while urging careful solutions.
The text argues Allied planners omitted Red Army veterans from a 50th anniversary WW II commemoration. It notes Soviet sacrifices on the Eastern front, including Stalingrad, and criticizes postwar rifts with Stalin. It warns future anniversaries should honor Soviet contributions too.
Courtney Anderson from Cedar Rapids objects to a May 26 flyer distribution by Larry Johnson and supporters at Kennedy High School asserting students be informed on abortion. She argues third trimester facts and health considerations were misrepresented and urges objective, nonpartisan education without manipulation.
Washington columnist Richard Harwood cites William Bennett’s Index of Leading Cultural Indicators to argue media overreports social decline. He highlights crime rises, brief punishments, welfare growth, and rising abortions and divorces, contrasting with sparse positive domestic trends.
Rutgers journal questions high adultery stats by Greeley and NORC findings show lifetime rates of 11 percent for wives and 21 percent for husbands. Britain Denmark France and the United States show high monogamy. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education highlights rising black enrollments in medicine MBA law and overall college prep progress. African-born blacks in the United Kingdom cited as highly educated.
John D. Graham of Harvard argues environmental hazards like asbestos in classrooms are overstated. He compares risks to daily caffeine and peanut butter, and says air and water quality are better than in the past, urging more positive environmental reporting.
A reader complains that NBC's The Substitute Wife presents a harmful, idealized view of polygamy with a dying pioneer wife arranging a second marriage for her husband. The letter argues the show ignores downsides of multiple wives and attacks traditional family values.
Michael Dooley of Marion condemns council member Julie Speral for a negative vote on a trailer park issue. He argues property owners fund most public facilities and urges relief for taxpaying Marion residents amid planned police, fire, school and library projects.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public business. Editors may edit submissions and return none. Writers must include full name signature address and daytime phone. addresses are not published. maximum letter length 300 words with at least 30 day gap between letters.
The New Yorker debated whether singular makes or plural make should follow two years in the sentence What a difference two years make. The writer argues two years is a plural concept but can be a single unit, ultimately favoring the original makes.
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