Can Bill Clinton heal racial wounds in America
The editorial assesses President Clinton's year long anti racism campaign and asks if dialogue can bridge the white black divide. It cites polls showing lingering tensions and notes critics like Newt Gingrich urge concrete actions such as better schools and more black owned businesses. It concludes that healing must come from the American people.
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Commission on Excellence in Education Holds Grant Wood Meeting
The Grant Wood Area Education Agency hosts a town meeting as part of a 13 member Iowa commission chaired by Marvin Pomerantz. The panel will propose 21st century education reforms this fall amid concerns past blue ribbon studies yielded little change. Ron Fielder urges community awakening to demand school improvements.
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Editorials Discuss Tomorrow's Iowa Schools Reform
The editors cite Linn Mar Superintendent Joe Pacha noting a 1990s mindset in 21st century needs. They urge a broad information campaign to show how schools must change toward a focused, outcome driven curriculum for tomorrow's workplace.
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Watergate remembered as a dramatic start to a lasting scandal
The piece chronicles the Watergate break-in's eye opening start and continued fallout. It notes James McCord and other operatives, initial denials by Nixon aides, and how coverage evolved in papers like the Washington Post and Cedar Rapids Gazette. It highlights the tax revelations from 1969 to 1972 as a larger shock than Watergate for many Americans.
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Richard Nixon
Letters to the Gazette Hiawatha plan Doing the right thing
A Hiawatha resident praises local officials and the Comprehensive Plan after reviewing it in the library. She counters annexation protesters, notes 11.5 percent growth since 1990 and 15.2 percent since 1980, and says the town should grow in an orderly fashion.
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Editorial compares city council races to sports team building
The June 10 Gazette editorial argues arena mentality and turnstile revenue for cities, while PT Larson's letter urges voters to study individual candidates. It asserts the best qualified person is the sensible alternative, potentially strengthening the team of city government.
Readers letters and columns policy guidance
The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines letters and column guidelines. Submissions must include full name signature address and daytime phone. addresses are not published. anonymous letters are not accepted. 30 word limit per letter and one letter per writer every 30 days. column length should be 700 words or fewer.
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Cedar Rapids proposes new county landfill site
The plan asks Linn County to locate a new county landfill in Cedar Rapids raising questions about siting. Officials note waste needs and zoning, while residents seek environmental safeguards and clear oversight before approval.
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Cedar Rapids
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Couny
Abortion debate frames the nations moral direction
Loras Schulte of Marion, chair of Linn Area Pro-Life United, criticizes The Gazette editorial for framing the abortion debate and asserts that partial birth abortion is morally wrong and medically unnecessary. He argues the nation must distinguish right from wrong or risk societal self-destruction.
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