This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 2001
Page
8
The Gazette Communications announces Joe Hladky as Chairman and Publisher Chuck Peters as President and COO and Ken Slaughter as Executive Vice President and CFO. The three executives comprise the top leadership for the organization.
The piece argues the Iowa Legislature must narrow the spending plan to reflect slower growth, preserve the rainy day fund and Vision Iowa, and push interims to consolidate government. It notes broader state shortfalls nationally with revenues below forecasts and urges focusing on core needs like education, child protection, and health care for the poor while shrinking public roles.
HUD awards 2 million to Cedar Rapids and Linn County over three years to make over 200 housing units lead safe. The effort, backed by city and county staff, aims at primary prevention and reducing childhood lead exposure with targeted home repairs and hazard controls.
The author argues death by own action tactics weaken enemies as shown by Japan in World War II with kamikazes and suicide attacks. He notes such fixation harms military aims, boosts American resolve, and predicts terrorists will fail similarly unless defeated, while urging rebuilding and countermeasures.
A Cedar Rapids reader criticizes a Canadian ALF faction after a mink farm raid in Ellsworth, calling the group terrorists and equating them with extremist actors. The letter urges swift action against the activists and draws harsh comparisons to 9/11 and bin Laden.
Gazette reports Ames Board of Regents eye canceling two monthly meetings to cut costs amid budget shortfalls. Each meeting reportedly costs about 90000 dollars, prompting questions on hotel, meals, and logistics. A follow up on how the expense accrues is anticipated.
The Gazette accepts letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions must include full name, signature, street address and daytime phone number. anonymous letters are not accepted. Maximum letter length is 300 words, with up to 650 words suggested for column pieces, and a 30 day limit between letters from the same writer.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.