This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1990
Page
4
The Gazette argues Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals doubled methadone prices without explanation, risking access for 85 000 of 500 000 heroin users and potentially impacting AIDS prevention. It criticizes excuses as vague and labels the move drug war price gouging.
Venus mission Magellan has twice lost contact with Earth, delaying a planned mapping pass. NASA faces criticism but supporters note past spaceflight challenges like Voyager 2, praising JPL engineers for perseverance and success amid setbacks.
The piece explains how Soviet oil cuts and higher prices hammer Eastern European economies after years of barter trade. It highlights Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Bulgaria facing unemployment rises, wage declines, and strained social nets as West Germany bears unification costs. It also notes rising anti-Semitic rhetoric linked to Solidarity leader Walesa and warns of broader right-wing currents spreading in post–Cold War Eastern Europe.
A reader condemns a local religious leader for supporting a holy war and questions U.S. foreign intervention. The letter denounces corruption at home, U.S. past racism, and hypocrisy while urging relief for those at home and pondering divine aid for the widow's son.
Eugene Spaziani argues against the Great Patriotic War and blames oil interests, the military industrial complex, and foreign aid for Israel on Bush and Reagan. He criticizes S&L deregulation and urges voters to clean house in November, citing the political climate in Iowa City.
A satirical column accuses a local newspaper of greed and irresponsibility by linking price hikes for gasoline to a lack of reporting on major stories. The piece mocks editors for prioritizing recipes over news and claims no reporters were assigned to a supposed big local story.
The piece outlines five common errors: farther vs further with examples on physical distance. memento versus momento and the US usage. pronoun usage with myself versus me. the effect versus affect distinction with a note on usage. and the treated singular/plural agreement of couple with pronouns in the phrase in their 70s.
A newspaper column laments declines in practical skills among children. It cites hot dog cooking, knot tying, and Velcro fasteners especially the Velcro fly and zipping as lost arts. The author urges preservation of basic competencies for the 21st century.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.