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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 2000
Page
2
Leonard Pitts responds to a reader named Larry a white Southerner who found humor in a column about fashion jeans. Pitts argues anger about racial inequity is authentic yet urges shared humanity, asking Larry to see himself in the brown skin of the columnist and to recognize their common humanity. Pitts notes his 42 years of dealing with everyday life and race as an American dreamer with a brown face.
A federal judge in Miami refused to halt the government from sending 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez back to his father in Cuba. Judge K Michael Moore dismissed the relatives' lawsuit, saying the court cannot second guess the attorney general on asylum matters. The case moves to appeal as relatives vow to challenge the decision.
A Johns Hopkins study shows 16 and 17 year olds face dramatically higher fatality rates when carrying peers. One passenger increases risk, two to three or more passengers raise it further, with higher danger in early morning hours.
Atlantic City reports nutrition experts say Miss America winners have trended toward undernutrition with BMIs slipping below 18.5 since the 1920s. Johns Hopkins researchers note data gaps for years after 1990, citing heights and weights from Pageant archives and comparing to WHO standards.
The Gazette highlights a commitment to the future by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW or at nearby authorized locations, supporting local sustainability efforts.
The Gazette announces a correction for a Saturday story misnaming Lenora Allen Sommerville as the Women's Day program speaker at Bethel AME Church. It pledges to respond to complaints about accuracy and to publish corrections or clarifications in this space. Phone 398-8313.
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