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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1972
Page
6
Vice President Agnew criticized the media in Omaha for focusing on controversial issues and praised press conferences as a channel for public information. He argued reporters should not cherry pick topics and that straight reporting, not pundits, provides PRIME exposure.
The Iowa ballot will place the congressman race after President, vice president, and U.S. senator elections, moving it ahead of the governor. The change groups national offices together and may affect outcomes in districts where Culver and Smith run as Democrats. Voters may zigzag across the ballot regardless of party. Results will reveal the impact next November.
Readers question Cedar Rapids hospital policies on allowing husbands in delivery rooms. The letter argues for prenatal classes and physician consultation as in Iowa City and Des Moines, asking why Cedar Rapids bans or limits father presence and urging hospitals to reconsider to support expectant families.
Editorial page invites readers to submit letters on issues or events not personalities. Limit around 400 words per letter with one letter per month per writer. All letters may be shortened for publication and must not be anonymous. Include name address signature and telephone number for authenticity check.
A letter requests removing illustrative material from movie ads in The Gazette to protect youths from indecent advertising. The writer calls for a ban on X rated imagery and urges editors to avoid discriminating against readers seeking a clean newspaper.
Washington Star Syndicate reports AFTRA has abandoned the demand that actors join the union and pay dues to appear on radio and television. The change confines the requirement to dues, allowing commentators to work on air without joining AFTRA.
UCLA researchers Albert Bush John Burke and Richard Carlson report CV 100 can cut carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon exhaust by up to 50 percent while boosting fuel economy 10 to 15 percent. The additive works with gas diesel and heavy fuels, reduces diesel odor, and is being test marketed to fleets and major oil firms in the United States and Canada.
At the Moscow summit Nixon carefully pressed Brezhnev on Sino Soviet tensions. Secret briefing noted Kosygin warning of Chinese influence in Hanoi and North Vietnam. Nixon presented a cautious appeal for peace, stressing that peace between China and Russia benefits U.S. national interests.
In San Francisco on June 2 Senator George McGovern and Rep. Wilbur Mills failed to mesh and left Mills opposed to McGovern as nominee or running mate. The 20 minute talk revealed Mills doubts over welfare plans and McGovern's credibility, signaling a rough path for McGovern's bid.
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