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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1982
Page
8
Art Heusinkveld serves as editor of editorial pages and chairs the editorial board. He leads opinion framing and oversees page layouts and commentary policy for the publication.
The Gazette argues the Soviet Union funded and supplied poison gas campaigns in Laos Afghanistan and Kampuchea using fusarium derived toxins. It praises U S State Department actions to document the crimes and warns the United Nations must condemn these acts or lose credibility.
The Boston Children's Hospital report links rising child malnutrition to cuts in food stamps and WIC funding. It notes 875,000 people dropped from food stamps, mainly those with higher incomes, and warns that reductions in WIC could harm toddlers if block grants fail to compensate.
World Food Council and Worldwatch Institute warn that current aid and development methods fail to lift underfed populations. Africa shows declines in production and weak policy, infrastructure, and management hinder food growth despite rising aid. Calls for coordinated donor effort and farmer empowerment.
A reader writes from Cedar Rapids about dawn, media, and war’s injustices. He urges readers to seek light, love, and practical action, criticizing politicians and calling for personal responsibility amid economic slump and social ills. He lauds constructive daily acts and praises hopeful editorial tone while critiquing a March 22 piece on drug policy.
Concerned Friends and Parents of the West Side thank participants in the St Josephs Day Parade held March 19 despite wind and rain. Hundreds of students and parents marched for Wilson Junior High School with thanks to organizers and sponsors including Jerry Newport Carl Newport Don Schloss Terry Meade Joe Vondra cek Pat Martin Czech Village coordinator and merchants. State Sen Jim Wells and State Rep Rich Running are thanked for their time. Parade chair Don Keister notes contact at 115 Rapids Ave SW.
A Georgia newspaper editor laments misused words in a sports story point by point. Critics contrast enormity with enormous, discuss Diogenes Greeks, and correct nauseous for nauseated in a gas description.
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