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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1968
Page
8
The letter backs State Rep. Scott McIntyre Jr’s call for overhauling Iowa local law enforcement. It argues for consolidating agencies, stronger standards, better training, and modern equipment, with federal and state funding suggested as help while communities bear responsibility. Crime data underscored the need for improved enforcement.
The Iowa Medical Society urges a cautious liberalization of abortion law aligned with prior proposals. It cites health and life risks, incest, and rape as valid conditions, while upholding physician and patient conscience rights. Advances in genetics prompt ethical debate on human cell potential and individual rights.
Robert S. Gates II, long active on Cedar Rapids boards and committees, died leaving a legacy of analytical insight and practical problem solving. Despite a shy demeanor, colleagues recall his ability to pinpoint vital issues and his office motto that credit should not matter. His passing leaves a gap in community service and support long valued by friends and associates.
The piece notes how Eugene McCarthy’s retreat from active campaigning sows doubt among his young backers. They feel the political path is unclear, torn between loyalty to McCarthy and shifting support to statewide candidates. Some supporters insist the Vietnam War remains the core issue as they weigh long-term Democratic revival.
Nixon aides discuss wooing a few Wallace electors to boost his tally if the 270 electoral votes are not reached. John Mitchell leads a plan to negotiate with Wallace electors directly while avoiding Wallace himself, with potential patronage concessions to win over those pledged to Wallace.
Louis Harris analyzes the 1968 election as a potential realignment. He notes third party pressures with Wallace and McCarthy fracturing the two major parties, rising youth disaffection, and deep South shifts. He predicts possible long term minority status for Democrats in the region amid broader generational and regional divides.
The letter criticizes Mr Culver for an unclear Vietnam position. It notes vague calls for a bombing halt and troop reductions with no concrete plan, and contrasts his remarks with Tom Riley’s decisive Vietnam strategy. Jane W Hawley Walker.
A letter condemns the Vietnam War as unwinnable and urges ousting key officials including Dean Rusk Walt Rostow Clark Clifford and Nicholas Katzenbach. It cites 30 000 U S casualties since 1961 and questions Nixon Humphrey and Wallace as political options.
President Eisenhower addresses about 80 000 Iowans at the national cornpicking contest stressing peace as the main foreign policy goal. Senator Kennedy speaks prior, Mamie Eisenhower attends, and notable attendees include Jeffrey Hunter and Dusty Bartlett relatives in Cedar Rapids. Lee Kacena rescues a man from a house fire sparked by a match. An Allied Industrial League hobby show opens in Cedar Rapids with 35 exhibits at the YMCA Keen Teen rooms. Joseph Meade of Cornell College to lecture in Montrose about handling grievances.
Harry Palmer vice-president and general manager of Wilson and Company spoke on the meat packing industry's function in the economy. A National Academy of Design exhibit opened at the public library Little Gallery. In Big Ten basketball, SUI sophomore Jer ry Niles led with 16 points in two games.
The piece argues Republicans will align with either no change or change coalitions as lines sharpen by 1972. It predicts growth in youth and black voters, notes Nixon or Humphrey as bridging past and future politics, and suggests Wallace may birth a second change coalition while government remains possible through leadership.
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