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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1985
Page
6
Editorial notes how headlines exaggerate social ills, citing illiteracy rates, hunger, homelessness, and child abductions to expose a trend of overstated gloom. It argues a few journalists exploit dull news, creating distortions rather than conspiracies, and highlights the role of government aid in shaping real conditions.
Congress, returning from vacation, is urged to pass a bill extending daylight saving time from six to seven months. The proposal would move start to the first Sunday in April and end on the first Sunday in November, replacing the current April and October change dates. Supporters cite safety, energy savings, and economic boosts, while opponents note farm schedules and school concerns. The House Energy and Commerce Committee backed the bill, and passage is viewed as likely.
The letter highlights NEH funding to Kirkwood Community College totaling 360000 for a three year grant, plus nine Iowa Humanities Board programs since 1979, totaling over 470000. It praises NEH mission and notes local impact on Cedar Rapids culture, education, and public life, including Linda Nassif Teague as a strong school board candidate.
Endorsement highlights Susie McDermott on education philosophy planning long term goals solid programming and completing plans. Praises curriculum knowledge staff development and collaboration between teachers administrators and community to serve Cedar Rapids children.
A letter urges Cedar Rapids area voters to reelect Mary Ann Kucera to the school board citing her eight years of unpaid dedicated service and hands on district involvement. The writer commends her preparation, facility visits, and engagement with parents, staff, and students while correcting a neighbor column misstatement about another family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Soukup thank supporters for help at the weekend garage sale held at 4918 McGowan Rd SE. The event raised 63 dollars and 60 cents for the Jerry's Kids fund.
Former inmates from Fort Madison recall limited aid on release and find jobs scarce. The piece argues for government responsibility to provide work opportunities, housing support, and financial stability to prevent recidivism, urging a system that helps ex convicts earn, save, and reintegrate into society.
In a corrected paragraph of Robert Stangl's Sept 1 letter the author clarifies a transcription omission. It notes Combellick views Nicaragua similarly to other cases and recalls Sandinistas rising by terrorism. The writer accuses aid to Nicaragua despite their oppression and support for terrorism and guerrilla war against El Salvador.
Paul A. Smith argues that terrorists are frustrated individuals lacking experience with regular processes and diplomacy. They seek to coerce the powerful, preferring destructive methods to constructive change. Once threats are made, maintaining self-respect becomes hard, pushing toward riskier actions and ongoing aggression.
Opinion urges reframing from threats and violence by world leaders and terrorists alike. It advocates recognizing integrity in role models, reducing arms race profits, and partnering with foreigners to meet basic human needs on Earth, warning there may be little future elsewhere.
Outlooks features periodic observations from thoughtful eastern Iowans invited to express themselves. The Cedar Rapids writer is a Coe College science faculty member and active in Democratic Party politics.
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