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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1982
Page
7
A Gazette piece argues police use a safe helicopter backed chase in Cedar Rapids but notes drivers with suspended licenses still roam. It suggests impounding vehicles under suspension, linking new federal grants to such laws while Iowa lawmakers reconvene.
The IPBN decision to keep public television free of ads and editorials defends its educational role and independence. Critics warn relaxing rules could blur lines with commercial TV, risk funding, invite political manipulation, and erode viewer donations.
Letter to the Gazette complains of uneven coverage in a Saturday article. The writer notes Jim Riordan received far more space than Robert Lounsberry while discussing the federal land set aside program seen as an election year buy-off but vital to many town farmers.
A reflective piece links the 1929 crash and 1930s despair to caution against arrogance. It recalls Daedalus and Icarus as a moral about not flying too high, urging restraint, shared sacrifice, and support for the president's efforts to revive the economy.
Roxanne Conlin and her campaign staff have made personal appearances at major Cedar Rapids events including Coe College Kirkwood College the League of Iowa Municipalities and the Iowa Association of Realtors. Volunteers have circulated information and engaged with voters at community gatherings throughout the county.
The piece argues that 20 years after the Cuban missile crisis, right wing writers led by George Will misjudge the outcome. It defends Kennedy era strategy as narrowly aimed at neutralizing Soviet missiles and avoiding global catastrophe, critiquing calls for total victory and demanding restraint.
A Cedar Rapids family thanks the Red Cross, firemen, police and neighbors for their help during a Sunday evening fire on Oct 3 at the apartment building where their daughter lived. They praise the responders for concern and say the city has a big heart.
In a letter to the editor the writer argues a fetus is alive at every stage of pregnancy and holds moral rights. They criticize the Supreme Court ruling, discuss breath and heartbeat as life markers, compare to accidental immersion cases, and condemn abortions as cruel, urging humane methods and anesthesia.
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