Robert Coover to Read at Coe College Appearance
Writer Robert Coover, author of Origin of the Brimes, will read from his works at Coe College on a Saturday evening. The free event, in Room 105 Brink Hall at 8 p.m., is sponsored by Coe’s English department as Coover holds a Ford Foundation grant and will teach at Princeton in 1972 73.
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Robert Coover
Coe College
Brink Hall
Coover
Princeton University
Town Writers Workshop
Cedar Rapids
Coe
Millsap elected president of Cedar Rapids Sertoma club
Ken Millsap, a charter member of the Greater Cedar Rapids Sertoma club, was elected president for 1972 73. He has served as vice president secretary treasurer and on the board over nine years. LaVern Jurgens became secretary treasurer. Jerry O Connor Paul Jones and Dick Mahoney were elected vice presidents. Two year directors will be Ralph Faht Jim Gilchrist and Gene Cretsinger. Carry over directors are George Kacere Duane Tackaberry and Charles Raines. Benny Otten was re elected sergeant at arms past president. 18 G Prucha Jr will be chairman of the board.
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Ken Millsap
Greater Cedar, Rapids
Sertoma Club
LaVern Jurgens
Jerry O'Connor
Paul Jones
Dick Mahoney
Ralph Faht
Jim Gilchrist
Gene Cretsinger
George Kacere
Duane
Amusement Center of Arnolds Park Sold to Pat Burg
Arnolds Park Amusement Enterprises in northwest Iowa changed hands to Pat Burg of Graettinger, a native now living in Minneapolis. Burg plans modernization but delays until after the 1972 summer season. Darlene Oleson confirms the sale to Burg and notes she will stay on as Roof Garden ballroom manager.
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Arnolds Park
API
Iowa
Minneapolis
Darlene Oleson
Arnolds Park Amusement Enterprises
Pat Burg
Graettinger
Burg
Qleson
Bernard Storck
Gaynor
Sioux City
Cleson
Roof Garden
Iowa Notes Reports Jobless Rate Dip in March
Iowa unemployment slipped to 4.3 percent in March from 4.9 percent in February, with 59,800 unemployed. Nonfarm payrolls reached 894,499, the highest since September 1971, while average weekly earnings rose to 169.00 across all sectors, led by nondurable goods gains and overtime cuts in construction.
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Des Moines
Towa
James T. Klein
Towa Employment Security Commission
Klein
Iowa
Flon Durable Goods
Kein
Bankruptcies Surge Across Nation and North District
A sweeping rise in bankruptcies is reported nationwide with a 600 percent increase since 1950. In the Northern District of Iowa 191 petitions were filed last month, 1,492 in the prior year, and 200,000 nationwide in 1971, up 2.6 percent. Experts attribute consumer debt growth to easy credit and shifting priorities. A typical debtor is a 30 year old married blue collar worker with a tenth grade education.
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Towa
Itver
Sioux City
Dodge
Mason City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Jawa
India
Iowa
Cedar Baokis
Sociologist Vaughan Joins Cornell Faculty At Mt Vernon
Vaughan, a native of Aurora Illinois, joins Cornell as assistant professor of sociology this fall. She specializes in individual and society delinquency and aims to teach general sociology and sociological theory. Her prior work includes American PhD studies and research on wartime governance and population factors. She will be based at Mt Vernon.
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Stalin
Yakub
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Tait Pat
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Drias
San Hoa Ail
Allied Glass Products
Cornell
First Avenue
Lombardy
Sheng
Heathy
Ariot
6Th Street
Hiway
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