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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1969
Page
5
A newspaper editorial page from Cedar Rapids dated March 6 1969 presents opinion pieces likely discussing local issues. The readable text emphasizes columnists and editorial framing without explicit event details.
The article summarizes President Howard Bowen urging reforms at a Chicago conference. It highlights flaws in higher education, notably the publish or perish culture that traps professors, students, and administrators in a cycle of reputation and funding. It questions who can supply the authority to enact change.
The proposal from State Senator Clifton Lamborn, chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, would shift the highway patrol and duties such as fuel tax collection, truck weighing, and truck licensing to the secretary of state. Critics call it a backward step that threatens organized state government structure.
A reader attacks a Philadelphia doctor's comparison of control and coronary groups as statistically invalid due to age gaps, argues about age spans and ECG results, and raises questions on county city dog tax sharing and computing records. The letter defends federalism and cites distrust of centralized power, ending with a humorous jab about cats.
In reply to Mr. R. C. Wall's Feb 22 letter I support city and county dog tags and address questions about their purpose and differences. Tags enforce local dog codes and handle distinct urban and rural needs, with separate issuers and enforcement reflecting varied codes.
An opinion notes discomfort with school discussions of sex topics, asking how single women and older unmarried women should teach or engage in sex education amid widespread controversy and moral concerns.
Legal thinker Baird A. King argues about the government’s power to compel military service and to commit forces to prolonged undeclared conflict. The note raises whether such authorities can be logically questioned or must stand unchallenged.
Column by C L Lubberger argues a fourth war is likely in Palestine unless the United States and Russia step in to curb the fighting. It notes France's withdrawal and Israel’s reliance on US arms, while Soviet influence appears to bolster Nasser's United Arab Republic.
Louis Harris notes a divergence between visible activism and public sentiment. A cross sectional poll finds 50 percent backing the draft, 35 percent opposing, with 10 to 38 percent for volunteer or lottery ideas. Families of draftees tend to support, while those with eligible youths fear for safety. The U.S. remains committed to a civilian army, even in wartime tensions.
The piece discusses Senator Fulbright's cautious stance on confirming Walter Annenberg as ambassador to Britain, citing Annenberg's controversial past with Chicago race papers and a noted libel of the Curtis Publishing Company. It also outlines Attorney General Mitchell's plan to use the federal Safe Streets Acts to curb campus unrest and to pursue cross state line conspiracies for rioting, highlighting broader Cold War tensions and Middle East balance of power.
Southern Republican leaders and White House aides clash over LBJ desegregation guidelines as Nixon faces pressure to ease policy. A Feb 16 meeting yielded a warning that without easing the South may threaten support, risking loss of Southern states in the next election.
President Nixon signals a broad domestic agenda focus by denouncing student rioting and saluting a firm stance by Father Theodore in a letter addressing campus unrest. The move represents a decisive step in handling university protests and broader social tensions across campuses.
A Cedar Rapids area snowstorm dumped thirteen inches in two days and contributed to thirteen deaths statewide, with three in Cedar Rapids. The city and region cleared the seven inch blanket as the weather warmed after a heavy week.
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