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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1996
Page
7
Dale Larson named Vice President and General Manager Jerry Elsen named Editor of Editorial Pages and Editorial Board Chairman Mark Bowden named Managing Editor in the latest newsroom leadership update.
Editorial urges calm as Iowa discusses a floating casino. It recalls a recent hostile campaign atmosphere and warns opponents and supporters to avoid nastiness and personal attacks while beginning to choose sides on the issue.
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency seeks public input on four long range options for trash disposal including curbside recycling and an experimental buried waste pit plan. A three week comment period runs through June with a board discussion at Kirkwood Community College on June 12.
In Cedar Rapids, two major hospitals Mercy Medical Center and St. Luke's confront overlapping services and rising costs. A longtime administrator urges merger or coordinated single PHO to save up to thirty million annually while preserving patient care and local access. Louis Blair, former St. Luke's superintendent, weighs in.
Craig Crawford reports on a Freedom Forum study of 139 Washington reporters that shows 89 percent backed Clinton in 1992 while 50 percent identified as Democrats and 61 percent called themselves liberal. The piece discusses bias, professionalism, and the challenge of perceived objectivity.
Tim Gingo argues federal and state barriers to tribal gaming keep Indians poor and dependent. He cites poverty, underfunded schools and hospitals, and crumbling reservations while tribes build bingo halls and casinos to lift themselves out of poverty and gain pride. He attacks government actions against Omaha Tribe profits and urges protest.
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