Cedar Rapids Could Lose Ground If 1975 Census Sticks
The Cedar Rapids special census may not raise the 1975 population to 1970 levels. Jim Bremer of the U S Census Bureau notes Midwest cities trend downward or flat and 10 percent of missed residents are typically found. City officials seek late August deadline to adjust or reject the official figure for state and federal funding. Mayor Canney asks residents to report uncounted people. initial calls exceeded 250 in two days.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Bremer
U.S. Census Bureau
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Bremer
Census Bureau
Don Canney
Canney
Westdale Mall
Chapman
Coe, Kirkwood
Mt. Mercy
Ernest W. Hahn, Inc
California
Kirkwood Offers Four Transportation Courses This Fall
Kirkwood Community college will offer four transportation topics this fall in evening sessions. Courses are International Transportation, Traffic and Transportation Management I, and Traffic IV on Tuesdays starting Sept 2 at 7 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The Interstate Commerce Law and Practice I class meets Thursdays starting Sept 4 at 6:30 p.m. Each three credit course costs 13 dollars per credit hour for part time students. Contact Kirkwood admissions in Linn hall to enroll.
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Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids-Marion
International Transportation
Kirkwood
Kirkwood Admissions Office
Linn Hall
The Life of Our English Ancestors Exhibit at Folger
A Folger Shakespeare Library exhibit in Washington presents Renaissance England life and education through sixteenth and seventeenth century books pamphlets and posters. Curator O B Hardison Jr notes the exhibit links language and lifestyle to modern thinking and values physical activity and sports echoing past beliefs about education.
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James Howell
England
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, D.C
National Geographic Society
Folger
O.B. Hardison, Jr
Chase to Back Whitney Exhibit on American Sculpture
The Chase Manhattan Bank will provide major corporate support for the Whitney Museum of American Art Bi centennial show 200 years of American Sculpture. The exhibit opens March 15 1976 at the Whitney and runs through September 26 1976 with about 165 artists and six sections including American Indian art and 18th to 19th century works. The National Endowment for the Arts has already pledged 130000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney
National Endowment For the Arts
Kennedy Erskine Choir Concert at Kennedy Auditorium
Kennedy high school and Erskine elementary school choirs combine for a 7 30 p m concert in the Kennedy auditorium. Happiness Inc directed by James Kimmel and the Erskine swing choir directed by Michael Davenport perform songs including You Are the Sunshine of My Life and I Got the Music in Me. Admission is 1 with children six and under free. Proceeds fund bus transportation to the state fair. Happiness Inc recently won the Apollo Swing Choir contest among 26 choirs from four states. The Erskine group includes children aged 10 to 12. The article notes the 1920 start of the San Francisco to New York airmail route.
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Kennedy High School
Erskine Elementary School
Kennedy Auditorium
Happiness, Inc
James Kimmel
Erskine Swing Choir
Michael Davenport
Erskine
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John H. Chapman, Jr
Coe College
Linn County
Mike
Deupree
Omulekoffs
Chase
San Francisco
Together For
Rachel
Gabriel
Sonnet
Iowa
Smulekoff's
Alden
Armstrong
Tex
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