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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1985
Page
8
John Robertson is Managing Editor and Art Heusinkveld chairs the Editorial Pages staff. The Editorial Board chairs provide oversight for opinion content and page layouts.
The Gazette notes a push to consolidate 68 departments and 151 boards into 20 agencies plus calls to study local government restructuring. It cites a Sacramento consulting firm and quotes House Speaker Don Avenson urging review of county offices and elected roles to improve efficiency and reduce bureaucracy.
Congress weighs limiting government cars for executive and possibly other branches as GAO found only 49 of 128 top officials were eligible under a 1946 rule. The bill would trim 62 officials to vehicle use at about 700 thousand dollars yearly, amid a 1.2 million dollar fleet total.
New York Times nonfiction best sellers are led by celebrities. Shirley MacLaine Chuck Yeager Lee Iacocca Howard Cosell Priscilla Presley top the chart with Elvis and Me. The piece mocks publishing schools urging fame over craft and parodies Sinatra and Bunny Ross as cautionary tales.
The column argues most top selling books come from celebrities whose fame stems from film or television. It notes Bunny’s insistence on writing his own work and cites Nelson Rockefeller, Yeager, Iacocca, and Cosell as examples, with others like Kuralt and Monroe also on best seller lists.
An op ed critiques shifting language from spade to lifestyle and democracy to culture. It rails against terms like under the influence and chemical dependency while noting how reformers coin phrases such as reality therapy and ethically disoriented.
A Los Angeles Times Syndicate column critiques liberal derisive terms such as moderate Republican and immoderate, and examines the use of adult and concern to mask biases and push agendas, warning readers about Newspeak trends in political rhetoric.
A Washington Post column praises Charles Krauthammer as a sharp analyst who debunks plural solipsism in foreign policy. It likens Krauthammer to Dwight Gooden in early mastery, notes his defense of a strong core national policy, and argues his Jacksonian steadiness could aid the Democrats.
Jan C. Smuts argues that democracy offers no stronger guarantee of international peace than traditional dynastic rule of kings, framing the question of global security around governance forms. He suggests that political systems alone cannot ensure lasting peace without broader structures.
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