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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1998
Page
4
Ken Slaughter named to Vice President and Treasurer roles while Mark Bowden assumes responsibilities as Managing Editor in a restructuring at the newsroom.
The piece analyzes Loral Space and president Be L Schwartz, noting his million-dollar Democratic donations and disputes over administration favors. It notes Loral’s satellite dealings with China, national security concerns, the Justice Department probe, and a House committee inquiry amid partisan charges of treason, framing the coverage as less sensational than past Clinton stories.
A column argues government should run prisoner security in some cases, warning privatization risks to public safety and union jobs. Gov Branstad vetoes a bill requiring legislative approval for prison privatization amid ongoing studies, while AFSCME heads warn of disaster and call for trained professionals.
Senator approved overhaul backed by Clinton despite Treasury concerns. The plan creates a corporate dominated oversight board with budget influence, preserves a multinational tax avoidance loophole, and funds new taxpayer protections with an upper income tax cut. The result risks long term budget strain and job flight while offering limited relief to innocent spouses.
A reader laments public school shootings and calls for school funding shifts toward teachers. They praise bipartisan education reform in Iowa, criticize administrative costs and vetoed concepts, and urge neighborhood K-8 schools and accountable, high teacher salaries.
A humorous remark celebrates rain that forced Hillary Rodham Clinton to cut eleven pages from her lengthy speech at Howard University commencement. The joke parallels a rally where one attendee asks what is being said, highlighting the notion that brevity can carry more impact than length.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions must include writer’s full name signature full street address and daytime phone number. Materials may be edited and not returned.
A survivor objects to media focus on unsolved murder coverage noting timing and sensitivity. The writer criticizes painful imagery and urges more responsible reporting while acknowledging tips may emerge from coverage. The survivor argues threats linger as perpetrators remain at large.
Peggy Sannerud of Mount Vernon protests a local newspaper headline calling Traci Evenson’s death a classic whodunit. She urges more respectful treatment of a real tragedy and objects to trivializing violence in media coverage.
The passage discusses PSA testing and its impact on prostate cancer incidence noting it speeds detection and improves early diagnosis. It critiques phrases in Iowa legislation about police removing clothing from abuse victims and analyzes use of the word enormity in commentary about Grease.
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