SOS program Aims to Help Non College Bound Students
Iowa City report on the Specialty Oriented Student initiative at the University of Iowa. It analyzes neglected non college bound youth like John Smith, ages 18 to 21, seeking trade and technical training over liberal arts paths. The piece outlines geographic bias in vocational offerings and notes the 1963 Sheldon area vocational school as a regional solution.
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Iowa City
John Smith
John
University of Town
Kenneth B. Hoyt
U. of I
SOS
Coyne Institute
Chicago
Hoyt
Iowa
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Sheldon Area
All-Iowa Fair Preview Promises Family Fun At Hawkeye Downs
The 1966 All-Iowa fair opens at Hawkeye Downs with a new quarter-million seat grandstand and amphitheater designed for the event. The week features racing, a demolition derby, animal shows, a Teen club daily, and a Browning family performance on Mayor’s Day. Gates open Thursday for a fair preview. official opening Friday and runs through Aug. 18 with free admission for combos and daily music on a midway bandstand.
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Hawkeye Downs
the Downs
Frontier Park
Browning
Iowa
Harold Ewoldt
Wilson Reunion Aug 13 in Traer
TRAER The 46th annual reunion of descendants of James and Jane Lusk Wilson will be held at the Memorial building. Dinner starts at noon. Speakers include Dr. Ronald Powers on Community Heritage and Service in the 20th Century and William C. Brabham on Community Recreation. A Disney film will be shown. Allan Carpenter is president.
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TRAER
James and
Jane Lusk Wilson
Memorial
Tracr
Ronald Powers
Iowa
William C. Brabham
State Conservation Commission
Allan Carpenter
Clifford Lyon
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Keith
Dysart
1966 All Iowa Fair schedule and events
A dense list of events for Thursday through Saturday at the 1966 All Iowa Fair including horse and cattle judging, poultry shows, musical performances by The Temptations and The Outsiders, various bands and demonstrations, livestock time trials, demolition derbies, and a Mayors luncheon. The schedule spans farm youth activities, judging contests, concerts, and family entertainments across multiple venues such as Teen Center and Amphitheater.
Deep River Millersburg parents push for school build plan
Petitions signed by 129 residents presented to the Deep River Millersburg school board seek a district wide school building program. No hearing date is set. Board discusses a recreational room for Deep River elementary and a west side Millersburg addition to include gym shop and music rooms.
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Millersburg
Deep River- Millersburg
Deep River
Clinton Woman Is 100 Years Old Today
Clinton resident Emma Trager marks her 100th birthday today at Clinton Manor Nursing Home. An open house is planned this afternoon with remarks about living right and accepting life.
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Clinton
Emma Trager
Clinton Manor
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Maegiir
Ed Luck
Kenneth Hoyt
Paul Elsbernd
Edmond Ehler
Calmar and
Eldorado
Gazette
Tom Merryman
Ray Vernimont
Vernimont
Teen Club
Pig Congress
FFA
Fine Arts
Angus
Hampshire
Duroc
Poland
China
the Temptations
the Outsiders
Bobby Vee
Seven Sons
Howdy Roberts
Farm Youth Center
Hereford
the Showmen
Johnny Ketelsen
Holter Movieland
Herdsmen’s Banquet
Holter Movieland Wild Animal Show
the Embalmers
Teen Center
Berkshire
Chester White
Yorkshire
Tamworth
Hallf
Ayrshire
Holstein
Suffolk
Southdown
Oxford
Leo Greco
Browning Family
Jersey
Shropshire
Cheviot
Corriedale
Dorset
The
Temptations
Guernsey
Battle of Music
Ask Building
D. River-Millersburg
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