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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1978
Page
6
John Robertson, managing editor, outlines page priorities and editorial direction for the newspaper. He emphasizes reader engagement, coverage standards, and community issues shaping upcoming issues and opinions.
In Hiawatha residents oppose a six to eight person group home for mentally retarded children claiming property values would fall and turnover fears persist. Advocates argue the youths are law abiding and belong near their families, urging acceptance and proper care.
Gazette editorial urges employing a "character actor" to energize civic meetings in Maine. It argues personalities rather than issues spark turnout and suggests hiring a paid local performer who can rile policymakers and entertain the public, aided by growing public channel cable TV.
Grandparents lament cost and nerves, aunts discuss teasing and strict parenting, a parent notes a younger sister’s exclusion and a desire for a perfect party, highlighting differing attitudes toward a preschooler and family dynamics.
A reader recounts a long struggle with her daughter’s schooling in Iowa. Doctors and teachers dismissed early concerns and labeled the child slow and trainable, leading to proposals for private schooling and institutional care. The piece argues for recognizing brain injury as a basis for new teaching strategies and notes broader policy implications.
A letter argues housing for mentally retarded individuals should be citywide rather than confined to Northbrook neighborhoods. The writer contends 21 homes near Discovery Village burden two areas and calls for broader, shared responsibility across Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha for integration.
In Dubuque Iowa a field survey by Patrick Caddell and Cambridge Survey Research shows a split electorate with inflation and high taxes weighing on Carter. While some praise Camp David achievements especially on the Middle East, most voters doubt a second term and would back Ford today.
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