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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1977
Page
8
A 21-member College Entrance Examination Board panel links lower SAT verbal and math results to a shift toward more electives and fewer required courses. It cites reduced reading and writing emphasis, plus sloppy teaching, as core causes and urges more reading and writing to rebuild skills and mastery nationwide.
A jury trial in Cedar Rapids faces a debate over viewing sexually explicit films with jurors. A prospective juror objected to watching adult movies, highlighting how the term euphemistically labels smut. The piece notes lexicographers’ fascination with the word adulteration and calls attention to euphemisms in porn culture.
James J. Kilpatrick argues the Bert Lance controversy has cooled with little evidence of dishonesty or wrongdoing. He says the press overreacted, that Lance has shown competence, and urges focusing on real issues while noting Lance’s financial strains and ongoing suitability to lead the OMB.
A mock presidential newsletter outlines how reporters, especially the national press corps, miss key stories from Secretary Vance and energy policy. It portrays regional editors as uncorrupted by Washington while lampooning Bert Lance coverage and Bach as political backdrop. New York Times Service.
The Gazette’s Charles Stroh is criticized for a crude view of photography as mere mechanics. The letter argues photography is a creative form where the photographer’s identity and feeling shape the finished work, not the shutter button.
A letter discusses photographers with art-minded sensibilities and the common remark that a camera "takes good pictures." It contrasts technical skill with natural artistic eye and hints at audience perceptions of photography.
Letter complains that a Des Moines police officer’s shooting death was buried on page nine rather than front pages. It condemns headlines implying the officer survived and notes the value placed on officers as $35,000. It questions care for fallen police and fire personnel.
The editorial laments continued profits from Watergate by pardoned figures like Nixon and Ehrlichman turning to TV and books while a lead witness and others seek rehabilitation. It questions the ongoing profitability of crime and the lack of accountability in the post Watergate era.
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