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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1996
Page
4
J F Hladky Jr chairs the board while Joe Hladky II serves as President and Publisher Ken Slaughter is Vice President and Treasurer Dale Larson as Vice President and General Manager Jerry Elsen directs Editorial Pages and heads the Editorial Board Mark Bowden holds the role of Managing Editor.
Cedar Rapids faces ongoing illegal parking in bus zones near stores. Five Seasons Transportation reports blocked buses delay wheelchair passengers and cause safety hazards. Proposals include fire lanes and handicap zones with $50 fines to deter violations.
The review targets Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia 1934-41 by Robert Thurston, arguing the author minimizes Stalin's atrocities. The piece compares alleged undercounts of camps and famine to the broader record, noting multiple gulag sites and vast starvation deaths.
The piece critiques Ted Turner remarks and a Pew survey showing declines in trust and viewership of ABC CBS NBC news. It cites CNN staffers Barbara Pyle and Terry Ryan, Newsweek editor Evan Thomas and discusses liberal bias claims. It argues audiences turn to online sources and deem network reporting biased.
Suzanne Smith of Cedar Rapids urges city officials to pre check conference relevance and costs before attendance. She advises materials ahead, phone questions, cost benefit analysis, and sharing information with staff to protect taxpayers money during belt tightening.
A reader praises Lan Nowotny and Roy Hartman for opposing the income tax and urgent governance reform. The letter links the Federal Reserve Act to national debt and criticizes partisan cycles, urging voters to demand real changes in November.
An editorial argues that high productivity by American workers coexists with declining real wages and widening CEO pay. It links weaker unions to shrinking workers’ share of profits and urges a revival of collective action, inviting readers to write for help.
The Gazette welcomes letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions must include writer’s full name, signature, full street address, and daytime phone number. No anonymous pieces. Limit 300 words for letters. one letter per writer per day.
Bernard Mason of Cedar Rapids commends The Gazette reporters Rick Smith and Chris Stewart for their courageous Bosnia Herzegovina story. He praises coverage of soldiers and war damage, Medjugorje, and calls for renewed global awareness.
Iowa City officials dismiss an EWG ICAN water quality report as misleading and inaccurate. Marion’s Water Department head calls the report false in parts while Iowa City’s water superintendent labels it inaccurate.
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