Cedar Rapids Hosts ISEA District Meeting With 3000 Teachers
More than 3,000 Eastern Iowa educators gather in Cedar Rapids for the Iowa State Education Assn district convention at Memorial coliseum. Neil Boyle, Bennett superintendent and district president, outlines a morning program on communications with speakers Dr. Ralph C. Nichols and Dr. Richard D. Batchelder.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
East
Iowa State Education Assn
Neil Boyle
Bennett
Memorial Coliseum
Jefferson High School
Terrence Carlson
Ralph C. Nichols
University of Minnesota
Richard D. Batchelder
National Education Assn
Nichols
National Society For the Study of Communication
Air Force
Batchelder
Newton
Mass
NEA
Southern California Teachers Assn
James Freeman
Harding
ISEA
Arnold Salisbury
DeWitt Assistant Principal Leads Large Teacher Convention
Richard Polansky reported registrations from over 3,000 teachers across Benton Jones Linn Johnson Cedar Jackson and Clinton counties. He will advance to the presidency in July with Harry Dean as vice president elect and other district officers named. The convention is biannual with the next session forthcoming.
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Richard Polansky
DeWitt
Benton
Iowa
Jones, Linn
Johnson
Cedar
Jackson
Clinton
Polansky
Harry Dean
City High
Iowa City
Mary Welsh
Williamsburg
William T. Holmstrom
Walter Schnelle
NEA
J. R. Ingraham
ISEA
Hardware To Touch Venus Set for '72
NASA may test a 100 pound capsule that would detach from a Mariner class spacecraft and dive into Venus atmosphere in 1972 to transmit atmospheric conditions before destruction. The plan hinges on approval of a study and aligns with a Venus flyby mission scheduled for 1969 and Mars atmosphere entry in 1971.
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Washington
U.S
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mars
Earth
Solar System
Hungarian Fined for Feigning Illness at Public Expense
Zoltan Nagy, 45, sentenced to 26 months in prison for feigning illnesses that kept him in 40 hospitals at public expense. District court heard he appeared near death at hospital doors and tampered with tests to extend stays, charged as work shirking and misuse of public funds.
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Budapest
Zoltan Nagy
Gannets Dive Deep for Fish in High Altitude Waters
Gannets, seabirds known for dramatic plunges, dive as deep as 50 feet to pursue fish, using swift vertical dives and keen eyesight. The behavior showcases their hunting prowess and adaptations for marine foraging.
World of Washington Oddities Mix Wined, Wives and Smog
United Press International reports a string of Capitol Hill vignettes. Rep Don Edwards attacks David Bruce over wine picks, while Sen Carl Curtis jokes about air quality warnings on Capitol Hill. Governor’s wives gather at Governors Grove amid chilly winds.
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Leon Burnett
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Don Edwards
David Bruce
U.S
Great Britain
Bruce
France
Germany
Edwards
California
Carl T. Curtis
Rneb
Capitol Hill
Girlie Films Promote Mine Safety at Scotland Pit
In EAST WEMYSS Scotland AP reports a company safety campaign uses a jukebox style machine in the Michael Colliery pithead canteen to play a short film ending with a one minute safety commercial. The gimmick aims to engage workers with practical safety messages. The program is part of broader efforts to improve workplace safety.
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East Wemyss
Scotland
Michael Colliery
Pithead Canteen
Minesafety
Auction Sells Scott Expedition Logbooks For 7280 Dollars
Three sea logs describing the discovery of the frozen bodies of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and companions were sold at a British auction for 7280 dollars. The Scott expedition perished in 1912.
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London
Robert Falcon Scott
Miss Bertha Winchester Ends England's Only Woman Grave Digger Career
Miss Bertha Winchester, 70, marked her retirement as England's sole female grave digger. The Totnes resident was celebrated for breaking gender norms in a historic occupation, ending a unique era in British funeral work.
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Totnes
England
UPI
Bertha Winchester
Monday Series Features Student Films in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids presents the final 1966-67 Monday Evening Series program on April 10 at Peoples Church. Ten top student films from 22 campuses across the U S and Britain will be shown, with a prizewinning color short Vision Quest from Montana State University accompanying. Tickets are $1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
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Cedar Rapids
Peoples Church
Church
Albert Schweitzer
Lambarene
Africa
University of California At
Los Angeles
Ernest Callenbach
Film Quarterly
Pauline Kael
Denis Sanders
Elliot Silverstein
King Vidor
Vision Quest
Montana State University
Jack Stennell
Iowa State
Flathead
Missoula
Large caches of WWII arms found around Berlin
East Germany reports ongoing discovery of World War II ammunition grenades and bombs in Berlin. The agency cites 182000 rounds 53919 grenades and 612 bombs uncovered in the last six months of 1966.
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Berlin
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