Ham radio dream keeps afloat for Darrell Bock
Darrell Bock, a 57 year old with cerebral palsy from Anamosa, pursues an amateur radio license. He plans a May goal to obtain his license and attend a Courage Center class in Golden Valley Minnesota to boost his skills. He hopes to swap his CB handle Game Legs for Darrell on the ham network and connect worldwide.
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Dave Rasdal
Ona
Anamosa
Darrell Bock
Bock
Courage Center
Golden Valley
Minn
Beck
Martelle
Iowa
Toledo
Mechanicsville
Muscatine
Darrell
Coe College students and faculty urge nuclear arms awareness
A group at Coe College in Cedar Rapids with about 10 faculty and 10 students discusses the nuclear arms race during Ground Zero Week. Members Janet Nudelman Deb Cangiano Stanley Watkins and Floyd Sanford share fears of war and its medical and environmental effects while urging public education and a push for an arms freeze.
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Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Janet Nudelman
Nudelman
Deb Cangiano
Stanley Watkins
Floyd Sandford
College
Watkins
Adlai Stevenson
Sandford
Pentagon
Cagniano
Europe
Coe
Gage
Falk House
Ave. NE
Mount Mercy Plans Ground Zero Week Events and Talks
Mount Mercy College hosts Ground Zero Week activities with Pi Sigma Alpha and the Mount Mercy Political Science Club. Readings, lectures, slide shows, and teach-ins cover war, nuclear weapons, and atomic history throughout the week.
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Cedar Rapids
Pi Sigma Alpha
Mount Mercy Political Science Club
Mount Mercy Drama Club
McAuley
Jon Wacker
Engineering Services Company
Wednes
Americans doubt oil price drop for heating fuel
A national Owens-Corning Fiberglas study shows only 3 percent of Americans expect lower heating oil costs this winter. Nearly two-thirds foresee higher prices and about 25 percent expect no change.
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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
Power outages and historic milestones in brief
The record notes 98 major U S power interruptions in 1981 and daily minor outages per Edison Electric Institute. It recalls British Parliament approving the Book of Common Prayer in 1559 and Queen Victoria being proclaimed Empress of India in 1876.
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U.S. Department of Energy
United States
The
Edison Electric Institute
Church of England
Britain
Queen Victoria
India
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