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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1969
Page
36
Editorial page noting daily opinions and columns from the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Features likely include commentary on local politics society or national issues of the era with signed columnist perspectives.
The piece applauds Governor Ray for nominating Cedar Rapids figure William O Gray to the state highway commission. It praises his integrity intelligence and judgment and notes he will weigh statewide needs while assuring local attention to regional highway development. It cautions that the appointment does not fast track local projects.
The Iowa Senate passed a Cedar Rapids aimed bond bill 59 to 1, but readers fault the process for not informing Linn County lawmakers like Senator Don Weimer in advance. The column urges better regional political organization and accountability, apologizing to Weimer and other local legislators.
The late Dr King’s widow and Ralph Abernathy oppose capital punishment for James Earl Ray after his 99 year sentence for MLK Jr’s Memphis murder. They say retribution has no place in their beliefs and echo their moral stance against the electric chair.
To the Editor argues for sex education to raise standards and reduce promiscuity and disease while stressing adult support. It compares Sweden’s improvements, urges self control, cautions against overindulgence, and calls for higher entertainment standards and community role modeling.
Presidents of Iowa's three universities estimate tuition rises of 200 to 300 dollars yearly. The letter condemns student demonstrations, riotous acts, public undress, and coarse language, urging parents to divert funds from universities and prefer higher learning in orderly schools.
The piece reports governors and mayors urging Washington to curb federal tax take and expand federal aid. Rockefeller backs higher revenue returns and national welfare standards, with Finch pushing legislative action. Rising state and local spending, welfare migration, and bank risks in cities highlight the crisis.
The essay argues postwar Germany and Japan have rebuilt rapidly with American aid and now prosper. It urges that they should assume a bigger defense and economic role, while noting risks of renewed militarism and their lag in leadership in assisting developing nations.
About 600 car owners rushed to renew licenses at the courthouse on the 15th Sunday deadline for 1959 Iowa plates. By the 4th, Linn County had 45,000 renewals. Gladbrook edged West Central 72 60 in the Town Girls basketball state tourney in Des Moines. Camp Fire Girls hosted a Date with Dad party at St Pauls Church. Eleven Coe College students earned ratings at the Iowa Forensic Association tourney as Coe won its 13th straight title. Nadgie Rohrback, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rohrback, planned a southern trip with St Louis and San Antonio noted. Harold Trewin and Mrs Hickok were reappointed to the Cedar Rapids school board by strong majorities.
In Des Moines the five Roosevelt Roughriders players expected to carry the attack are Gene Zisko, Bob Multhaup, Bill Taylor, Joe Walt, and Emory Sample. They aim to lead the team at the state tournament, per a 10-20-30 Years Ago recap.
Review spoofs a surreal opera parody set in Cadiz and Palermo. The piece parades bizarre acts with Giulietta and Joachim, a gypsy predestined fate, a poisoned wine tragedy, and Wagnerian twists ending with Joachim transformed into a frog maiden as Rosa Maria laments O Salve Mio.
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