Okay Truck Driving Range at Kirkwood Okay Truck Driving Range at Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College board approves staff bids for a truck driving range on campus. Estimated $50,000 total project cost with $6,000 for tiling. site near Bowling Street SW and 76th Avenue SW. Some directors oppose prioritizing this, citing the ORT program cut last month. The range will be rock surfaced and lighted with potential National Guard grading aid.
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Kirkwood Community College Board of Directors
Bowling Street
Seventy-sixth Avenue
Harold Yeoman
Monticello
Robert Davidson
Mechanicsville
Selby Ballantyne
Teamsters
National Guard
Kirkwood
Yeoman
Ballantyne
B.A. Jensen
Alice Davis
Cedar Rapids
Art Department
Jacobson Construction Co
Jacobson
Linn Hall
Davis
Skeptical of Greenhouse Grass Offer At Kirkwood College
Kirkwood Community College board, Cedar Rapids, hears New Era Enterprises Grass House System pitch. Officials doubt farm impact and potential farmer competition while considering a one year free operation and future grant options. They plan to study grass growth tests and potential liability before a decision.
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Kirkwood Community College Board of Directors
New Era Enterprises
Cedar Rapids
John Blong
Blong
Wayne Newton
Luzerne
Newton
Kirkwood
Robert Davidson
Mechanicsville
Davidson
Iowa State University
Legs Run Over Ends Bet for Injuries in Trial
A Linn district court jury ruled against Betsinger in a case against Charles Rex Stone over injuries from an incident on highway 13 south of Coggan. Betsinger alleged his car failed and he stretched his legs on the roadway, but the jury found negligence on his part and awarded no relief. The panel included jurors from Marion Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
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Lansing
Highway 13
Coggan
Steven Michael Betsinger
Linn
Charles Rex Stone
Edgewood
Stone
Betsinger
Roscoe W. Phipps
Joann L. Fritch
Michael S. Jones
Marion
Jean M. Duppong
Ruby L. Burns
Robert J. Melichar
Delores M. Bailey
Charlene Cooper
Cedar Rapids
Marianne A. Bern
Mr. Vernon
Emugene D. Krause
Springville
Coe Honors Seniors in PBK and PKP Inductions
Fourteen Coe College seniors are selected for Phi Beta Kappa while eight students and two faculty members join Phi Kappa Phi. The front rows name Malcolm Ruhl, Teresa Tidwell, and others among PBK and PKP inductees with several faculty honorees noted.
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Coe College
Phi Beta Kappa
PBK
United States
Malcolm Ruhl
Brooklyn
N.Y
Teresa Tidwell
Oklahoma City
Patricia Waskow
Route 1
Marion
Holly Hart
Muscatine
Ruth Kinzey
Sentenced On Three Counts In Linn District Court
Ernest Burton, 31, Cedar Rapids, received concurrent sentences up to five years for assault with intent to commit crime and larceny, plus up to ten years for robbery tied to a December 2 1976 Cedar Rapids tavern incident. He also faced a larceny charge for stealing a flute. David Lathrop received up to five years for lascivious acts with a child linked to a 1975 Cedar Rapids case.
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Linn
Ernest Burton
Cedar Rapids
David Lathrop
Parliament rejects mixed-race access and interracial repeal
The South African government released a 110-page paper in parliament reaffirming apartheid. It rejected liberal recommendations from an 18-member multiracial commission and maintained racial separation including bans on interracial marriage and sex relations.
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Cape Town
South Africa
House of Assembly
Kirkwood to Offer Job Training for Unemployed Workers
Kirkwood Community College announced a grant funded program that will provide workshops counseling and job training to more than 200 unemployed people in Cedar Rapids. The DPI grant totals 10000 with an additional 5000 in in kind services. Two two day workshops are set for May 20 21 and May 26 27 at Kirkwood with space for about 100 participants each. Participants can choose among four follow up options including job placement services and career training.
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Kirkwood Community College
State Department of Public Instruction
Kirkwood
DPI
William Grundy
Linnhall
Grundy
Autos Boost Industry Output
The Federal Reserve reported March industrial production rose 1.4 percent, the sharpest increase in 19 months, driven by autos. The gain followed February's 1 percent rise and January's 0.8 percent decline, signaling potential job growth as the industrial sector covers about one third of total employment.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
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Robison
Pigott, Inc
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Brown, Healey, Bock
Shive-Hattery and Associates
Benton Hall
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Jones Hall
Roland Krekeler
The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
A. Philip Randolph
Coe
Enwood Terrace
Greg Force
Salina
Kan
Kristen Best
Fleetwood Road NW
Cynthia Leonhart
Denver
Dan Cowman
Nampa
Ind
Robert Kocher
PKP
Jeff Edwards
New London
Neal Woodruff
Susan Shaull
Blairstown
Charles Long
Indian
Penick and
Raeyi
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Australia
San Francisco
IME
Orkney Islands
Scon
Jim Beam
Beam
United Tastes of America
Fin
Linn County Nursery
Norway
Colorado
Pfitzer
Center Point
Iowa
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