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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1985
Page
6
J P Hladky Jr serves as Chairman of the Board while Joe Hladky III is named President and Publisher. John Donnelly becomes Executive Vice President and Treasurer, with John Robertson as Managing Editor and Art Heusinkveld heading Editorial Pages, as Editorial Board Chairman.
The Iowa election shows local option taxes misfired in small communities where the tax relied on metro area approval. Voters misunderstood the scheme, and the law’s complexity aided opponents. Legislation should simplify or require metro passage before smaller towns tax.
The piece notes rising damages and insurance costs from medical malpractice suits, urging curbs on awards. It highlights the Supreme Court green light for fee limits and California caps on non economic damages, and cites Iowa's IDOT proposal to cap claims against the state. It argues public resentment and legislative action to temper excessive litigation.
In a Geneva summit prelude, Mikhail Gorbachev challenges American officials by citing the military industrial complex as powerful in the United States. The Washington Post and New York Times report defense contractors push SDI for profits, while Eisenhower warned of unwarranted influence.
Readers criticize a Nov editorial on Title X funding and choice, praise a local election effort, and request restoring the Luann strip. A reader notes the MIA POW issue parallels Vietnam era concerns and laments perceived insensitivity in coverage.
Mary T. Shea of 236 19th St NW responds to a Nov 14 letter titled Sick society. She says society has problems but is not hopeless, urging Christians to build up others and pray for renewed faith to bring peace on earth.
A North Dakota ecumenical talk contrasts traditional afterlife focus with humanistic religion. It argues meaning comes from science, conscience, and social life, not private eternal status, urging religion to address earthly concerns and oppose oppression.
Outlooks periodic observations from thoughtful eastern Iowans invite public expression. The piece notes Jeremy Brigham of Cedar Rapids as minister at Peoples Church with prior service in Unitarian Universalist churches in Arizona and Ohio and experience as chaplain and university ethics instructor.
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