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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1982
Page
6
Art Heusinkveld, editor of Editorial Pages, has been appointed Editorial Board Chairman. He previously served as a leading voice on opinion pages, guiding editorial direction and policy.
The Gazette lauds law enforcement in Davenport for raids on nine locations and confiscation of equipment amid rising cable signal theft. It notes losses to Cedar Rapids Cable Communications and potential rate impacts, urging stronger ordinances and prosecutions to curb the crime.
The Iowa Legislature approves a measure taxing nonresidents on full in state earnings and in state investment income, replacing the previous method. About 45,000 people would be affected and roughly 8.5 million dollars added to next year's revenue, with credits for taxes paid to home states.
The piece contrasts two books on nuclear arms policy, praising Sen Sam Nunn's sober approach while criticizing Ground Zero's Roger Molander and the Kennedy Hatfield prologue for emotive bias. It argues the Reagan administration debates delay talks and urges public pressure to push for real negotiations.
Letters to The Gazette criticize Reagan's 1982 budget as bigger than Carter's 1981 plan and warn deficits threaten the economy. They urge a conservative Congress to balance the budget, discuss private schools and education funding, and reference the John Birch Society film and public school funding contrasts.
The author asserts freedom of speech is misused by pornographic and provocative art, arguing such works distort truth and promote crass values. They contrast media bias with genuine art, reference Orwell and Broun, and urge true free speech that upholds truth, beauty, and goodness.
A wire service and columnist erred with decimated and bespeckled in crime of the week. Eleanor C. Thomas cites misuse in a UPI blast report and a radio columnist misreads Kingaholics prompting questions about Larry King. (Note: no graphic details.)
Periodic observations from Eastern Iowans invite self expressed views. A Cedar Rapids resident served on the Coe College music faculty for 37 years before retiring in 1974. She has been an organist for several organizations, including the Cedar Rapids Symphony.
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