Editorial: Still no excuse for KAL 007 shootdown
The Gazette argues new information supports the judgment that the Soviet defense command erred not mercilessly attacked. It notes initial U S claims shifted as evidence emerged that warning shots were fired and the interceptor failed to identify the civilian airliner. The piece cautions against excusing the Soviet act while considering questions about West responses and naval or air force conduct.
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Korean Air Lines Flight 7
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New York Times
Kamchatka Peninsula
Sakhalin Island
Major League managers form a small exclusive club
The piece surveys repeated playoff firings from Cincinnati to Chicago, naming Vern Rapp, Al Hrabosky, Rene Lachemann, Charlie Fox and Jim Frey as part of a perceived elite group. It notes 26 hold top jobs while others coach, and cites Preston Gomez, Gene Mauch and Frank Howard as longtime insiders.
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Russ Nixon
Vern Rapp
St. Louis Cardinal
Rapp
Hrabosky
Samson
Montreal
Preston Gomez
San Diego
Gene Mauch
Phillies
Frank Howard
New York Mets
Howard
Metro High School tour inspires civic readers and students
A Cedar Rapids home builders official praises Metro High School’s Student Built House program and campus volunteerism after a luncheon tour. He urges others to visit the facility, notes gaps in foreign language exposure, and announces a goodwill teaching tour to Russia or China with physics educators, returning in November.
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Cedar Rapids and Marion Home Builders Association
Building Trades Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Metro High
Russia
China
United States
Cedar Rapids Praises New Vinton Ditch Fitness Trail
A Cedar Rapids writer compliments the city on the Vinton Ditch Fitness Trail between Midway Drive and Johnson Avenue NW praising its mile and a quarter length and thanking the Park Department. The commenter also criticizes front page coverage of a school parking lot fight.
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Cedar Rapids
Vinton Ditch
Midway Drive
Johnson Avenue NW
TV Channel 5 Pitch Fails for Frustrated Viewer
The narrator recounts a failed attempt to sign up for a 24 hour movie Channel 5 offering free rent, highlighting repeated missed appointments, extra charges for higher antenna and tripod, poor reception, and a total of $119.90 in up front and recurring costs with no usable service.
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Waterloo
Readers note recurring pronoun and preposition usage errors
A reader cites common errors in journalism and writing such as misusing he versus him, for whom versus whom, confusing tenants with tenets, and words like enormity versus enormity usage in mountains. The letter argues for precise grammar and word choice in print.
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Bessie Buxton
Iowa City
Ohio State
Insightful Answers on 1980s U S Politics and Women in Tickets
A dialogue recaps why James Watt resigned as interior secretary amid Senate pressure, Reagan's stance on Cabinet resignations, and prospects for a woman running mate. It weighs Democratic hurdles, Ella Grasso as a model, Anderson’s possible female VP, and debates enlivened by questioners and candidate clashes.
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Ella Grasso
Connecticut
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