Cedar Rapids School hiring gains amid growth and housing limits
Cedar Rapids officials led by Superintendent Arnold Salisbury and Secondary Education Director Don Stout review a teaching applicant, aiming for 1963 1964 hires. The district plans 25 additions this year due to classroom shortages while enrollment rises by about 800, with 500 split between two senior highs.
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Cedar Rapids
Arnold Salisbury
Don Stout
Universr
Sity
Iowa
Iowa State
California
Chicago
Salisbury
State College of
Pines of Rome Faring Better
Rome reports the city’s umbrella pines, once withering in Europe’s harsh winter, are healthier this year. A city commission cites smog from traffic and home heating as the cause of past illness, with heavy rain and snow reducing pollutants and icing reducing tree receptivity as possible factors.
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Rome
Europe
DeMoss to Emcee 13th Parade of Barber Shop Quartets
Lyle DeMoss of Omaha will host the 13th annual Parade of Barber Shop Quartets presented by the Cedar Rapids SPEBSQSA chapter at Memorial Coliseum on April 20. More than 50 Harmony Hawks rehearse weekly under Len Biella at the Embassy Club for the event headlined by Sun Tones of Miami and Hot Four of Minneapolis with local quartets Vigortones and Diplo mats.
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Lyle DeMoss
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
The
Society For the Preservation of
America
Memorial Coliseum
DeMoss
University of Nebraska
SPEB
Len Biella
Embassy Club
Harmony Hawks
Vigortones
Diplomats
Sun Tones
Miami
Hot Four
Minneapolis
TVA Tightens Flood Control While Weather Worsens
In Knoxville officials led by Alfred Cooper manage Tennessee River flood control through a complex routine of rainfall data, dam adjustments, and computer forecasts. Despite shutoffs and curtailments, floods persist mainly along smaller creeks where mainstem management cannot prevent them.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee River
Ohio
Paducah
Alfred Cooper
Weather Bureau
Cooper
Knoxville
Tennessee
Elected to Job He Didn't Seek in St Charles County
Fred Burger, former St. Charles city high school superintendent, was elected by write in votes to the county superintendent of schools post, a $5400 yearly job with no duties, after Missouri Attorney General Eagleton ruled elections for the office must occur. Burger led with 516 votes. 140 other names were written on blank ballots.
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ST. Charles, Mo
St. Charles County
Fred Burger
St. Charles City
Missouri
Thomas Eagleton
St. Charles
Eagleton
Burger
Plane Workers Reject Prizes for Politeness
London European Airways offered prizes to staff for politeness but workers and the union refused. They seek higher pay and better conditions instead. A stewardess spokesman called the plan childish and crazy. Prizes included furniture and washing machines.
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London
British European Airways
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Amana
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