Mt Mercy Joins CLEP Tests Slated Monday
Mt. Mercy College will offer CLEP exams for the first time Monday, joining Kirkwood Community College which has used the tests for a year. The program allows nontraditional students to earn college credit for knowledge outside the classroom with各pass/fail standards set by each college.
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Mt. Mercy
Kirkwood Community College
Mt. Mercy College
Kirkwood
Coe
College Entrance Examination Board
James Birmingham
F Avenue
Birmingham
Carl
Eye House Calls For Astronauts
NASA plans a $4.9 million remote medical care unit with Lockheed to diagnose and treat sick astronauts from Earth. A health station will be built in a remote area for data relay medical care by distant physicians. location not yet chosen.
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Houston
UPI
Space Agency
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lockheed
NASA
Lockheed Missiles Co., Inc
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Holley’s
Soviet Union Rejects New Western Test Ban Proposals
Nineteen years ago the Soviet Union dismissed fresh Western ideas aimed at breaking the deadlock over a treaty to ban nuclear weapons tests. The move signaled continued Cold War tension as negotiators sought a joint accord.
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Soviet Union
Air Pollution Weekly Report At Linn County Health Dept
The Gazette records air quality data from Linn County Health Department division. Measurements track particulate matter in micrograms per cubic meter and parts per million against 1975 standards. Mobile unit near Municipal airport shows 99 for July 25 to Aug 2 with wind from runways. 24 hour averages at the airport range from 0.001 to 0.010 and 0.005 on Aug 3, well below limits. A separate reading suggests clean air up to 0.40, with airport readings July 28 to Aug 3 spanning 0.09 to 0.23.
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Air Pollution Control Division
Linn County Health Department
Municipal Airport
Letter shows Poe as autograph collector and eager publisher
A 1844 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Mary E. Hewitt reveals his hobby of collecting autographs and admits printing her poem without permission in the Broadway Journal. Auctioned recently, the letter notes Poe valued Hewitt's signed poem among his prized autographs, though no record shows Hewitt claimed penance.
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Poe
New York
UPI
Edgar Allan Poe
Mary E. Hewitt
New York City
Broadway Journal
Mrs. Hewitt
Charles Hamilton Galleries
Hamilton Galleries
Inmates, Warden Say Surprise X Film Shown
Warden John Turner said inmates at the Utah state prison were shown an X rated movie during the weekly film program in the medium security section. He did not know it was X rated until the screening started. He allowed completion of the film for security reasons.
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Draper, Utah
UPI
John Turner
Utah State Prison
Turner
Party Popper Confetti Toy Recalled From Florida Markets
Florida health officials order removal of Party Popper confetti crackers manufactured in Taiwan after 18 mostly minor injuries in Pinellas County. The bottle shaped device fires confetti when the detonating string is pulled causing burns from light to severe with blisters. Distributor S. Mantsua and Co. marketed the item.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Taiwan
Pinellas County
A. W. Morrison, Jr
Division of Health
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By Ann Conner
National Center
Williams
First Street
Jane Boyd Community House
Noelridge Park
Mt. Vernon Pee
Cote Wemer
Central City
S. Mantsua and Co
Craemer’s Men’s Shop
Lindale Plaza E
Lindale Plaza
Craemer’s
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