Cedar Rapids Editorial Page Highlights Friday October 1 1976
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1976
Page
6
Having and eating cake in Iowa medical funding debate
Legislators debate COMS state aid terms after college president J Leonard Azneer pressed for support. Recent audits and funding figures raise questions about private college subsidies and the state’s obligation to fund medical training in Iowa while considering future plans for a second medical college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Leonard Azneer
COMS
Azneer
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa
Harassment by Northwestern Bell Overdue Bills
A reader complains that Northwestern Bell harasses a paying customer after divorce. Despite timely payments, they receive prompt payment notices and were disconnected without notice. A $75 reconnection deposit was reduced to $50. The Sept bill arrived Sept 18, with six days to pay or service would be cut. A Sept 23 call attempted to arrange October payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapdis
Divorced woman laments unfair phone bill notices
Mary Winkie of Marion complains Northwestern Bell sent notices blamed on long distance use after changing listing from her ex-husband. She questions discriminatory treatment of divorced women and calls for less advertising of long distance services while noting unavoidable costs.
Soak-the-rich myth debunked
Unsaid summary depicts James J. Kilpatrick reporting on a sound bite exchange with President Carter about taxes deficits and health care. The piece highlights Carter's claims that tax reform would soak the rich while Kilpatrick notes political demagoguery and the need for a fair simple tax code. The dialogue centers on balancing budgets lowering inflation and sustaining private sector jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Rappahannock County
Press victory carries obligation
A Fresno Bee team member four reporters jailed for 15 days over a secret grand jury transcript are praised by the California Bar Association at its convention for refusing to reveal sources. The piece quotes Judge Hollis Best and CBS reporter Daniel Schorr on journalistic ethics and the public's right to know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fresno Calif. Bee
California Bar Assn
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Ethics Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
Village Voice
New York
Language wrinkles and shifts force polite debate
The column argues about the evolving use of the word gay and the mispronunciation of interest. It discusses how faith communities view plain versus gay dress and notes that mispronunciations sometimes gain acceptance, with examples like as if and as though and the origin of secretary from secretarius.
Iowa university opens basketball schedule with Iran Nationals
The Iowa athletic department starts the season with an exhibition against Iran Nationals on Tuesday November 23. Regular season tickets include the Iran Nationals game for 3.50, a note that irks season-ticket holders who expect separate pricing and a counted exhibition. The piece playfully imagines a midway joke with the shah visiting for a halftime oil-price Q and A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa University
Hawkeye
Carter's Playboy Strategy Reveals Duplicitous Tactics
The piece argues Jimmy Carter used a post interview summary as a cover for misquoting himself and downplaying vulgar remarks. It links his Playboy and Times Magazine interviews to a broader plan to mollify religious voters while courting a louder, scandal loving audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Playboy Magazine
Carter
Jerry Brown
Playboy
Norman Mailer
New York Times
Times
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People’s Forum
Northwestern Bell
Mary Winkie
Twenty-sixth Avenue
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Jol, Son
By James J. Kilpatrick
Scrabble
J. Tolliver Spelvin
J.T
Rappahannock
Mrs. Spelvin
Democratic Congress
Democratic Party
James J
NYT
By Don Oakley
Fresno Four
Superior Court
Hollis Best
U.S. Su
Preme Court
Adlai Stevenson
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Washington Star Syndicate
Theodore M. Bernstein
Robert H. Walker
Media
E.S. Bridges
Little Rock, Ark
Secretarius
Miss Speller
New York Times Syndicate
Early
Turkey
By William Safire
Lyndon Johnson
Post
Johnson
Mailer
The
New York Times Service
William Safire
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