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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1982
Page
6
The Gazette rebuts O Neill criticisms of Reagan pulling inflation down yet notes the 1982 deficit and unemployment. It argues deficits reflect recession remedies and compares Hoover’s non intervention to Reagan’s approach, urging frugal programs and job growth to lower debt.
Colgate University president initially blocked an NCAA Division I AA playoff invitation citing exam time. After players warned of transfers, he reversed the stance. The piece contrasts playoff schedules with bowls and highlights the tug between academics and football culture at large.
Letter recounts a hit and run that killed a 13 year old boy and the parental drive to form Iowa MADD. It notes arrest of a drunk driver, praise for a new law, calls for harsher sentences, and warns of ongoing drinking and driving dangers amid 1981 alcohol related crashes and fatalities.
Olive Squires reports on three months watching Linn County drunk driving cases with MADD panel peers. She questions Eugene Kopecky's TV remarks and notes courtroom decorum, judge conduct, and attorney behavior while praising several judges and noting panel member qualifications.
Paul Tapin of Marion urges a modernizing agenda for Iowa including toll roads, parimutuel betting and a state lottery to aid prosperity. He argues residents should have freedom to spend money as they wish and contrasts with past policies.
The writer rebuts Mike Mellhon by arguing unemployment is not solely due to tech progress. Government projects like Backbone State Park and Hoover Dam foster economic security and private enterprise, despite short term duration. He notes current policy focusing on rates and inflation has coincided with high unemployment.
The piece notes varied radio era offerings from old fiddlers to big bands and concert orchestras. It compares station changes to a domino effect and signals gradual declines in rock trends while shops report continued interest in instrumental music nationwide.
The Gazette welcomes letters up to 400 words with editors shortening as needed. Include writer name street address signature and a non published phone for authentication. Letters should focus on issues and events rather than personalities. One letter per writer every 30 days, no verse, no anonymity.
The author notes Alaska’s booming economy with $2.8 billion capital move talk from Juneau to Willow, a proposed state land transfer from federal to state control, and high oil revenues. He warns the plan requires borrowing, critiques state governance, and highlights changes like Turnagain Arm filling in and the White Pass and Yukon rail shutdown affecting tourist access to Klondike sites.
Periodic observations from thoughtful Eastern Iowans invite public input. Richard K. Alman, former Cedar Rapids city arborist and executive with Linn County conservation, retired from the Alaska state park system as an executive. He now operates a tree farm and RV campground near Anamosa.
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