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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1986
Page
6
The Gazette argues the Daniloff arrest strains a forthcoming summit but may bolster US leverage by challenging moral equivalence. It urges Reagan to expel Soviet officials and cut embassy staff while predicting no lasting damage to overall relations if resolved.
Iowa City Library Board defends free information as the public sees budget cuts. starting next March the library will close Thursday evenings and Fridays to avoid user fees. Officials warn other cities may face similar shortages affecting police fire and health services. The piece cites Richard de Bury on libraries and urges preserving universal access amid recession.
Opinions criticize U S journalist Daniloff and Soviet Zakharov arrests amid US Russian talks. The writer calls for release of Daniloff and notes Zakharov’s mistakes. Also laments Grant Elementary crosswalk painting during school hours and urges safer timing and planning.
A Christian viewpoint argues that origins teaching should affirm Genesis not evolution. It contends evolution is a theory, not fact, and urges creationism be taught at home and in churches rather than in schools, while warning big business funds science.
Advocates urge Iowa to follow New Jersey Florida and Rhode Island in banning steel-jawed leghold traps. They cite widespread suffering of target and non target animals and call readers to write Governor Branstad with postcards at Des Moines Iowa 50319 urging swift wildlife protection.
Donald Kaul attacks church authority over sexuality, urging reform. He cites Father Charles Curran’s views and argues for relaxed dogma on contraception abortion premarital sex and homosexuality while warning of rising teen births and abortion rates.
Teens defend First Avenue cruising as harmless socializing while police harassment and store owners prohibition push them to seek a permit to continue meeting. They argue cruising brings business to Hardees Quik Trip and 7-Eleven and warn ban could drive youths to drink and drive or linger at gas stations.
Dan Langfield of Cedar Rapids is appointed executive director of the Linn County Medical Society, announced today.
The piece argues Marxian class dynamics may reappear as technology reshapes the labor market. It contrasts the aging middle class with a growing segment of unemployed or underemployed workers while praising high tech skills as the path to higher wages. It cites Kiplinger earnings and urges education retraining. It ends with a call to bike safety and civic action by American Legion Post 5 and local sponsors.
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