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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1988
Page
6
Art Heusinkveld serves as Editor of Editorial Pages while Editorial Board Chairman Dave Morris holds the position of Managing Editor.
Editorial argues Congress must overhaul welfare to aid poor children led by Moynihan's Family Security Act focusing on child support and adult education. It notes AFDC and SI policies favor whites and blacks respectively, urges rapid action and state involvement.
The Iowa Senate Education Committee cleared a measure to bar corporal punishment by teachers, asserting no current need. Opponents argue spankings are rare, last-resort discipline, and fear the bill would overstep existing policy and remove a deterrent without clear danger or rising injuries.
Local letters oppose rezoning land from residential to CNH for Rescar rail car yard along Otis Road SE citing noise, odor, runoff, and flood concerns. Writer urges planning officials to inspect sites and questions safety for nearby homes and children.
A reader challenges seat belt advocates and policymakers about the 1987 Iowa fatality rise to 489. Citing 1984 420, 1985 473, 1986 441, the letter argues belt laws do not clearly save lives and compares personal freedom to public health mandates.
Todd H Pavela Jr of Cornell College Mount Vernon argues that Robertson's appeal to traditional values would recreate a nationalist, religiously intolerant society. He characterizes such a past as akin to Hitlerism and warns against reviving it.
A couple recounts last summer biking from Gilbertville to Cedar Rapids along the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. They praise its beauty and community value while urging defenders to protect the corridor from those who threaten it.
A Cedar Rapids contributor active in multiple conservation groups and serving as chair of the Hazardous Waste Committee for the Iowa League of Women Voters shares her views. The column invites thoughtful regional commentary on unlimited topics.
The piece urges state action to preserve the 52 mile Cedar Valley Nature Trail from Hiawatha to Evansdale amid Benton County landholder resistance and 1988 land reverting orders. It recalls 1981 surfacing, 1986 RAGBRAI, and calls for Branstad's Trail State push with a contact line for legislators.
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