Editorial criticizes light punishment for Cedar Rapids detective
The piece condemns Public Safety Commissioner Robert Jaeger for a one week unpaid suspension of Detective Donald Rosdail, arguing a firing was warranted given prior lies, a 1974 perjury case, and a history of misconduct. It warns the decision harms department credibility and local policing.
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Public Safety
Robert Jaeger
Cedar Rapids
Donald Rosdail
Jaeger
Rosdail
Police
Iowa Supreme Court
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Police Department
Defense Dept weighs reusing dismantled warheads in new missiles
Optimists hailed a treaty curb on medium and short range missiles as a step toward sanity. Last week the Defense Department floated moving warheads from soon to be dismantled missiles into a new European based nuclear system. Generals prefer repurposing them for an air to surface missile or a new free fall bomb rather than destroying them.
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U.S
Defense Department
Europe
Pentagon
Miss Wellborn
Campaign reform bill revived despite Senate stalemate
The piece analyzes Thad Cochran's view that the campaign reform fight is a power struggle between parties over Senate control. It notes bipartisan desire for tighter PAC limits, the Democrats' aim to secure long term control, and Republicans' resistance to public financing. It cites rising campaign costs, PAC influence, soft money, and the shift to TV driven campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi
Thad Cochran
Senate
Anatole France
California
Teachers’ Union
Autoworkers’ Union
Letters to the Gazette on city image and education
Readers critique city plans and safety concerns over the cenotaph flame and trolley schemes. They contrast funding with public safety and argue the US public school system remains strong, urging higher parental engagement and student effort.
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Xerox
Hitler
United States
Community gives to Cedar Rapids homeless and care center
Two Metro High School seniors organized an all school drive for the Willis Dady Emergency Shelter with shoes food and clothing. Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center donated three boxes of shoes. Jim Welborn says shoes aid job seeking success and thanks residents for support. The Cedar Rapids Symphony Guilds Follies at Pineview Care Center offered guests a memorable evening thanks to Carma Lou Beck and volunteers. Leone Lala activity coordinator 12th Avenue and Edgewood Rd SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Metro
Derek Davis
Dave Mangold
Willis Dady
Jim Welborn
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center
Welborn
Amtrak delays and Cedar Rapids transport concerns
Reader recounts a faulty Amtrak connection from Chicago to Mount Pleasant Iowa causing overnight stay and limited bus options to Cedar Rapids. The note calls for improved transport links and mentions lasting respect for longtime English teacher Miss Cleda Wellborn reflecting on fairness and influence.
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California
Cedar Rapids
Amtrak
Iowa
Mount Pleasant
Des Moines
Cleda Wellborn
McKinley
Miss Wellborn
Street tax anger over unsafe Erskine School streets
A letter criticizes city leaders for underfunded street safety as sidewalks were made optional and taxes misdistributed. The writer urges action on road tax shares, gas tax reform, and fair distribution to fund plowing and sanding for safe school access and pedestrian routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erskine
Lo and
Time of Judgment and Prophetic Warnings Across Ministries
A prophetic message warns pastors Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart to repent as sins would be revealed. It predicts divine judgment on the world after the house of God is cleansed and points to late March or early April as a time of trouble for America.
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House of God
Jim Bakker
Jimmy Swaggart
Prophets of God
God
Israel
Soviet Union
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Robert Byrd
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James J. Kilpatrick
Universal Press Syndicate
the Gazette
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Ellis Rd
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