Pioneer broadcaster Bill Quarton leaves $35 million endowment
Bill Quarton’s estate provides a $35 million endowment to five Eastern Iowa nonprofits including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art and Coe College. The gifts ease financial pressure on area groups. Quarton built WMT radio and co-founded Cedar Rapids TV station WMT later known as KGAN. Nearby, 600 Iowa National Guard members gain higher education benefits after a Pentagon correction following a Braley request. Landen Eastburn, Cedar Rapids’ smallest surviving baby, turns three while thriving after birth at 13 ounces and months in hospital.
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Bruce Braley
Landen Eastburn
St. Luke’s Hospital
Snowplow accidents rise as winterox ice and rogue parking bite
Cedar Rapids reports 55 snowplow vehicle strikes this winter, mostly against parked cars, far above typical counts. Ice and heavy snow blamed, with rogue parking during declared snow emergencies blamed as well. Iowa City uses alternating street parking to curb damage. In Benton County rural area, four mailboxes were destroyed by explosives along a three mile stretch, with no injuries or suspects yet. The late Bill Quarton’s 35 million endowment to five area nonprofits drew attention, but local media absent at the donor event.
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Trust and rights clash in a Bush era FISA critique
A reader panel argues the Bush administration seeks trust while expanding surveillance and weakening civil rights under FISA. The letter cites warrants, telecom cooperation, Iraq, Guantanamo, climate denial, oil profits, tax policy, and health care debates amid letters from Atkins Bednar and others detailing personal experiences and policy concerns.
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Lauretta Rion Atkins
Easter Bunny Vote Poll Result Question
Yesterday's Gazette poll asked if Iowa public employee collective bargaining should expand. Votes: 7 yes, 30.8 percent not sure, 55.6 percent no. Total 234. Today asks what did the Easter Bunny leave you with a new daily poll at GazetteOnline.com.
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The author argues for freedom of belief and criticizes pressure on atheists to hide their views in employment at will states. They describe themselves as a live-and-let live atheist while noting many atheists fear speaking out.
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St. Louis
New Jersey
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Niles Ross
Mortgage mess blame extends to Washington too
Jay Hancock outlines how regulators and policymakers failed to curb risky mortgage lending that helped topple Bear Stearns. The piece notes FBI concerns in 2004 and regulatory inaction until 2007, with critics urging tighter rules amid complex loan products and rising subprime defaults.
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FBI
Jeffrey Nun
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Bear
Letters Policy and Contact Details for The Gazette
The Gazette outlines submission rules including a 250 word limit per letter, one letter per writer every 30 days, and addresses for sending letters to the editor. It notes that no anonymous letters are printed and provides contact options by mail, fax, and email with required full name, address and daytime phone number for email submissions.
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