D C Board Upholds Paddling Ban After Debate
Washington AP The District of Columbia school board votes 5 to 4 to keep the paddling ban in force noting debate over disciplinary policy. The board also approves indefinite suspension for unruly pupils with a May review. Mordecai Johnson criticizes Supt Hanson while unity later returns.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Carl Hanson
Mordecai Johnson
Howard University
Johnson
Hanson
Citizens’ Committee
Preston McLendon
West Hamilton
McKinley Students Poem Selections for Anthology
Eight McKinley junior high students have poems selected for the Anthology of High School Poetry to be published by the National High School Poetry Press of Los Angeles. Readers will see works by Lynda McMillan, Tom Hubbard, Pat Proctor, Gary Keeppel, Elizabeth Shipley, Mark Weimer, Jan Schott, and Ken Godsey from classes taught by Mrs. Mildred Arensman and Mrs. Frances Heaton.
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McKinley Junior High School
National High School Poetry Press of
Los Angeles
Lynda McMillan
Tom Hubbard
Pat Proctor
Gary Keeppel
Elizabeth Shipley
Mark Weimer
Jan Schott
Ken Godsey
Mildred Arensman
Frances Heaton
Top Russian in U.N. Secretariat Dies at 55
Evgeni Kiselev, the highest ranking Russian in the United Nations secretariat for the past year, died after eight days in a hospital. He was 55 and reportedly suffered from a heart ailment.
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New York
Evgeni Kiselev
U. N. Secretariat
Weather as a Weapon of War Explored in Sunday Report
Science writer Frank Carey examines proposals to control weather and the potential use of such power in warfare. The Associated Press report, coming Sunday in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, notes many ideas read like science fiction today and questions how soon they could become reality.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Home Show fully booked for Thursday opening
The Cedar Rapids Home Show will open at 6 p.m. Thursday at Hawkeye Downs Exhibition Building with all display areas filled. Chairman Stew art R. Clapp told the Home Builders Assn. of Cedar Rapids that exhibits now cover everything from lawn grass to cooking ware, with Nurserymen and Plumbers Assn. displays among the final additions. Hours run 1 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Stewart R. Clapp
Home Builders Assn. of
Elks Club
Clapp
Plumbers Assn
Hawkeye Downs
Builders expect property tax relief from Iowa legislature
John Banker of Clinton, president of the Iowa Home Builders Assn., told builders during a session on legislative topics that there will be some form of property tax relief. He noted the legislature must raise more funds and warned it could cost builders.
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John Banker
Clinton
Iowa Home Builders Assn
Banker
House
Senate
School Business Officials Set First Iowa Conference
The Iowa Association of School Business Officials plans its inaugural conference at the Roosevelt hotel with 50 to 60 members expected. Keynote speaker H C Bleckschmidt of St Louis will discuss national outlooks, followed by Paul Johnston Iowa's superintendent on how the Department of Public Instruction views school business management. Cedar Rapids figures B A Jensen and Arnold Salisbury are also slated to speak.
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Iowa Assn. of
Roosevelt Hotel
H. C. Bleckschmidt
St. Louis
Association of School Business Officials
Paul Johnston
Iown
Department of Public Instruction
B. A. Jensen
Cedar Rapids
School Boards to hear legislative report and mercury program talk
Blythe C. Conn executive director of the Iowa Association of School Boards will give a legislative report. Richard Valentine project engineer of the mercury program for Collins Radio will talk. Officers will be elected Saturday afternoon and the meeting ends with a banquet in the evening.
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Blythe C. Conn
Iowa Assn. of
Richard Valentine
Mercury
Collins Radio
Willenborg Wins National Defense Education Act Fellowship
John F. Willenborg of 1831 Grande Ave SE earns an NDEAF fellowship for graduate study in business administration and manpower utilization. A Loras College senior in Dubuque he will study at Washington University St. Louis starting September with tuition stipends and a $400 dependency allowance rising in years two and three. He is Regis High School 1959 graduate and serves as Loras senior class president and a Who’s Who honoree, and is a four letter athlete in baseball and basketball.
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John F. Willenborg
Frank R. Willenborg
Grande Avenue SE
Willenborg
Loras College
Dubuque
Washington University
St. Louis
Willenberg
Regis High School
Loras
Meredith Asks Family Quarters for Summer at Ole Miss
James Meredith, the 29 year old Negro historic for enrolling at Ole Miss, applied for summer living quarters in the veterans village on campus paying a $25 deposit. No assignment until May 1. His wife attends Jackson State College for Negroes and they have a 3 year old son.
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Meredith
Necro
Ole Miss
Veterans Village
Jackson State College
Ambroz Center to be dedicated Saturday in Southeast
The former East Side Recreation Center at 404 Seventeenth Street SE will be officially dedicated as the Otto Ambroz Recreation Center at 10 30 a m Saturday. Mayor Bob Johnson will speak. John R Battin will be master of ceremonies. Dr Dawson R Grim will introduce guests. Nevin Nichols will speak for staff. Edward E Sears will give the benediction.
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East Side Recreation Center
Seventeenth Street
Otto Ambroz
Mr. Ambroz
Playground and Recreation Commission
National Recreation Assn
National Recreation Conferences
Commission
Mt. Vernon Road
Bob Johnson
John R. Battin
Dawson R. Grim
Nevin Nichols
Edward E. Sears
Cattle Lost in Decorah Barn Fire
A 50 by 80 foot barn on the Lester Teslow farm near Decorah burned at 2:30 a.m. Thursday destroying four registered Hereford cows three Hereford bulls a litter of pigs a sow and 1000 bales of hay. One bull was saved. Loss estimated over $20 000 and cause undetermined.
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Decorah
Lester Teslow
Driver Fined $500 for Drunk Driving in Toledo
Jessie Little of Toledo was fined 500 dollars plus costs for a second offense of driving while intoxicated.
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The
Gazette
Toledo
Jessie Little
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U.N. Secretariat
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University of Mississippi
Ambroz Center
Ginsberg
J. C. Penney Co
Wringer
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