Grant aids future teachers at UNI in mental retardation program
A $14,600 grant from the Bureau for the Handicapped of HEW will assist University of Northern Town in Cedar Falls. Five seniors and two juniors in UNI's special education program will receive stipends. seniors get $800 plus tuition, juniors receive $200. The funds support trainees and curriculum development for mentally retarded learners. About 300 students are enrolled in the UNI mental retardation teacher preparation program.
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Cedar Falls
University of Northern Town
Lee Courtnage
UNI
Bureau For the
Health, Education and Welfare Department
UNT
Courtnage
Three Bands Set to Play at U Iowa Friday Concert
IOWA CITY three bands will perform at an 8 p.m. Friday concert in the Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union at the University of Iowa. The Stagehand and Jazz Lab Ensemble concert is free with no admission charge. Tom Davis will direct the Jazz Ensemble and the two Stagebands will be led by Woodrow Hodges and William Funk. Student members range from freshmen to graduate students from many colleges, with several campus concerts each year.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
HU Wenei Leyeu
Tom Davis
U. of I
Woodrow Hodges
Winfield
Kan
William Funk
Dubuque
Barn Near What Cheer Destroyed By Fire
A large barn on the Ed Vail farm seven miles west of What Cheer was destroyed by fire around noon on Wednesday. Tenanted by LeRoy Kitzmann, the barn was half full of hay. Firefighters from What Cheer, aided by Barnes City, battled the blaze. The family had been burning brush nearby but reported no wind and were unsure how the barn started.
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Ed Vail
LeRoy Kitzmann
Here
Barnes City
Culver Attacks Nixon Depreciation Plan as Corporate Windfall
Rep. Jom Culver of Cedar Rapids denounces liberalized business depreciation as a windfall with no economic justification. He urges accelerating tax cuts for middle income taxpayers to boost consumer buying and retool unused plant and equipment. Culver cites taxpayer revolt risk and argues the plan shifts benefits to high earners while not boosting investment.
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Washington
Nixon
Timursday
Jom Culver
Cedar Rapids
Tipton
Town
Culver
Lawan
Commerce Department
Open House at Independence Institute Focuses on Mental Health Careers
Dr. Selig Korson announces the 13th annual open house at Mental Health Institute Independence on April 25 from 12 40 to 4 30 P M. The event highlights Mental Health Careers in Action with staff from psychiatry nursing social work psychology and the Alcoholic Unit meeting visitors. Departments will present programs across the hospital while activity groups operate as usual in the activity center.
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Selig Korson
Mental Health Institute
Mormon Trail Bridge Faces Interstate Integration Dilemma
Officials weigh how to fit the Mormon Trail bridge over the Missouri River into the interstate system north of Omaha Council Bluffs. The 15 year old privately owned toll bridge funds $2.7 million debt and could carry eastbound interstate traffic while a new free span serves westbound lanes. Alternatives include federal purchase, a private town purchase under a bridge act, or building a second span with interstate funds, but Nebraska lacks authority to buy. Washington study ongoing.
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Ames
Missouri River
Omahia
Council Bluffs
Joseph Coupal
Mormon Trail Bridge
Muscatine
Coupal
Nebraska Highway Department
Washington
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