This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 2001
Page
8
The Gazette argues against harder divorce, urging focus on stronger marriages via a Community Marriage Agreement. Clergy in Cedar Rapids support four month minimums before weddings, yearlong courtships, premarital counseling, and mentor programs to foster lasting unions.
In two growing districts College Community votes $14.5 million and Linn-Mar $12 million to add classrooms. Turnout was about 25 percent, leaving questions about public engagement and the 60 percent turnout rule for bond approval.
Ann Rosenthal, a Cedar Rapids school board member and University of Iowa engineer, urges Iowa to adopt energy performance contracting to replace aging public building systems. She cites high natural gas costs, potential state legislation, and multi-state examples to claim the method can cut energy bills with private investment and value-based bidding.
A reader argues the University of Iowa Museum of Art show titled Lure of the West is biased, omitting Native American and African American perspectives and presenting stereotypes. The letter urges a broader history including voices of Native peoples and Black cowboys.
The author argues the Democratic Party faces existential risk amid Bush budget strategy to win over potential Blue Dogs. He urges pressure tactics including million-dollar promises to deter caving to big money, suggesting discussions in Las Vegas or Washington, D.C. by DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words with name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown will be published. One letter per writer every 30 days. Editing allowed. no return. Mailing address, fax, and email provided for submission.
Readers discuss proposed one cent increase in state sales tax to support school funding, replacing local option taxes. Opinions defend statewide approach to ease property taxes while criticizing local option schemes and lottery funds, with notes on permanence and bond issues.
An advocacy note claims Israel armed teachers and older students following a 1994 bus attack that killed 30, forming retired security teams and stopping school threats. The piece contrasts with U S gun laws, arguing many laws impede self defense and that blood flows while lawmakers seek another statute.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.