Jefferson High seniors among top winners in regional science fair
Jefferson High senior Craig Brophy and Muscatine’s Shelley Jones led the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair with first place in physical and biological sciences respectively. They advance to the International Science Fair in San Antonio May 6 12.
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Craig Brophy
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Shelley Jones
Muscatine
Iowa
San Antonio
Brophy
Miss Jones
Alan Johnson
Bloomfield
Bret McKee
Thomas Hickey
Michael Hayek
Cedar Rapids St. Matthew’s
Louis Vaske
Marion St. Joseph’s
Biological Sciences
Pam Miller
Marion Vernon Middle
Sue Clements
Tracy Russo
Alburnett Community
James Head
Marshalltown
Steve Bras
Mike Decious
Marion Vernon
Nate Winter
Kevin Rhodes
Janine Steinke
Cedar Rapids rally protests Iranian women's rights
About 60 people gathered in Greene Square Park as Cedar Rapids feminists rally in support of Iranian women. They planned to send telegrams to President Carter and UN Secretary General Waldheim urging pressure to restore basic rights and oppose gender oppression.
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Cedar Rapids
Greene Square Park
Cedar Rapids Area
Jimmy Carter
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Iran
Joanna L. Smith
North Towne Lane
Carter
Waldheim
Mexico City
Smith
Joan Lipsky
Sandra Reed Wins Area 10 Spelling Bee Title
A Washington County eighth grader Sandra Reed, 14, of rural Washington won the Area 10 Spelling Bee at Kirkwood Community College by correctly spelling nebbish and swaddle. She will join five finalists from Central Junior High Iowa City Anamosa Junior High Washington and Tipton Middle School at the state bee May 5 in West Des Moines.
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Barb Krauss
Amana
Randal Moore
Brophy
College of Engineering
Iowa State University
James Shields
Dubuque Wahlert
University of Iowa
Junior Engineering Technical Society
Office of Naval Research
Scott Lebeda
Alburnett Community
Shelley Jones
Wildlife Outdoor Club
Izaak Walton Club
Kent Rhodes
Piper Rhodes
Marshalltown
Indian Creek
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Michael Bly
Michael Shanahan
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
John Biichman
Alan Johnson
Washington County
Kirkwood Community College
Sandra Reed
Cletus Reed
Washington
Mid-Prairie Junior High School
Kalona
West Des Moines
Margo Baender
Central Junior High School
Iowa City
Paul Baender
Cynthia Dailey
Anamosa Junior High
Steven Daileys
Theresa Greiner
Washington Junior High
Jerry F. Greiners
Matt Meraz
Southeast
Fred Meraz
Frank Ryan
Tipton Middle School
Tom Ryans
Burglary Tools Arrests Reported In Roundup
James A. Stull, 18, of 516 10th Ave SE, and a 17 year old were charged with possession of burglary tools after police spotted two suspicious persons in the 200 block of First Street SW and later near a laundromat. The youth went to juvenile authorities. Stull jailed.
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James A. Stull
10Th Ave
First Street
Stull
Linn
FMC workers approve new two year pact at Cedar Rapids plant
United Auto Workers Local 299 members at FMC Crane and Excavator Division in Cedar Rapids ratified a two year contract. William Holtz said the agreement raises wages and benefits and includes a cost of living provision aligned with President Carter's seven percent standard. The pact also ties future wage increases to revised guidelines. Local 299 covers 1,268 production and maintenance workers. The old contract expired at midnight.
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United Auto Workers Local 299
FMC
Cedar Rapids
William Holtz
Carter
Holtz
Chuck Weed
Holtzes
Highway 212 near Marengo to be closed
The Iowa Department of Transportation will close Iowa 212 just west of Marengo Monday to start a new bridge over Big Bear Creek. Through traffic detours on U.S. 6 and Iowa 21. completion expected by early fall. The current high truss bridge is replaced by a 466 foot by 36 foot concrete beam bridge with regraded and paved approaches.
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Marengo
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa 212
Big Bear Creek
U.S. 6
Iowa 21
Automation Trend Sparks Debate On U S Labor Robots
John Wallace president of the U S Robot Institute criticizes current American robots as simple low mentality devices yet notes they are highly productive as automation of labor accelerates.
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America
John Wallace
The
U.S. Robot Institute
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