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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1973

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Vernon Junior High Bond Vote Planned in Marion ISD

Marion Independent voters face a Thursday ballot on a 1.375 million bond to add and renovate the Vernon junior high. Officials cite space, lighting, library and lab shortages plus aging boilers as needing modernized facilities to serve about 460 seventh and eighth graders. An open house is set today from 1 to 4 p.m. for tours of the campus and its problem areas.

Marion Independent School District C. B. Vernon Marion Independent Board of Education Vernon Junior High Vernon Fowler

Linn-Mar Announces Fall Faculty Classes Start Aug 27

Linn-Mar schools set August 27 as the first day of fall faculty classes. A Monday workshop launches the plan, with a comprehensive list of staff assignments across elementary, middle, and senior high schools including superintendents, principals, teachers, counselors, librarians, and coaches.

Linn-Mar

Hudson keeps rolling after 1941 miles and memories

Mrs. Olevia Dickinson of Stanley cherishes her 1941 Hudson with 250000 miles, bought in 1951 for 250 dollars. The creampuff, two tone brown with running boards, has needed plugs, points, a custom exhaust, and bearings replaced in 1960. Mechanic LaVern Warthan, admirer of the old car, keeps it running.

Stanley Olevia Dickinson Hudson Olevia Olivia LaVern Warthan Warthan Oelwein Arizona Independence

U S English Professor Dies at Iowa City

Curt A. Ziman 60 longtime University of Iowa English professor died August 9 from cancer at University Hospitals Iowa City He taught neoclassical and Elizabethan drama Shakespeare Chaucer and was editor of Philological Quarterly since 1964 Also edited English Literature 1660 1800 A Bibliography of Modern Studies He joined Iowa State in 1937 and was a Stanford and Princeton alumnus He was survived by his wife four sons and his mother who resides in Iowa City The body was willed to University of Iowa College of Medicine for research.

Iowa City Curt A. Zimansky University of Iowa University Hospitals Zimansky Philological Quarterly U. of I U. of S Stanford University Princeton University San Francisco Calif Lon Margaret Lacy Curt R Boulder, Colo Paul E Chicago Robert M Munich Germany David W Olga Zimansky The U. of S. College of Medicine For Research

Students Cited for Special Achievements at Iowa

The University of Iowa names 36 seniors who earned special honors upon completing their studies July 27. From the area Cedar Rapids Laurel Anderson Molly Mason Coralville Kathleen Burch Iowa City Linda Lurk Jones Steven Schooley and Victor Spiker are listed among the honorees.

Iowa City University of Iowa Cedar Rapids Laurel Anderson Molly Mason Coralville Kathleen Burch Linda Lurk Jones Steven Schooley Victor Spiker

Area One Adds Six New Programs and Instructors

Area One vocational-technical school board expands with six new full-time instructors and two replacements to offer six new career programs. New staff include Edwin Dramstad Moorhead heating and air, Vince Hachmann Dubuque auto mechanics, Marilyn M Araeipour Cedar Falls child care, John Barrett Dubuque food service, Julene BeVirt Omaha dental assisting, Rita Gaston Coralville dental assisting, Don Nelson Cedar Falls related business, and Amy Wicks Decorah part-time health occupations coordinator.

John Barrett Dubuque Julene BeVirt Omaha Nebr Rita Gaston Coralville Don Nelson Cedar Falls Amy Wicks Decorah

Cornell Student Wins Second in National Oratory Contest

Cornell student John A. Brennan of Richmond Heights Mo won second place in the Intercollegiate Peace Association national oratory contest for his speech A Taste of Peace. Brennan, 23, a Navy veteran now at Cornell, previously won Iowa state honors and earned a $75 prize.

Mount Vernon John Jack) A. Brennan Cornell College Richmond Heights Brennan Iowa Goshen College Goshen Ind U. S. Navy Cornell John S. Brennan Hampton Park

Submarine base at Trondheim destroyed in air raid

Thirty years ago a ten minute air raid destroyed the submarine base at Trondheim Norway after Germans spent three and a half years building it. The attack underscored Allied air power in Winter 1936.

Trondheim Norway

Postier sale of new house to Hughes in Cedar Rapids area

Mr and Mrs Kermit Postier sold a under construction house at 160 Twenty-ninth Street Court to Mr and Mrs Gerald Hughes of Mount Vernon Illinois with possession August 30. The deal was handled by Dean Wyatt Real Estate in cooperation with Fred J Gibson and Co Realtors. Last minute appointments welcome.

Kermit Postier Twentyninth Street Court Twenty-ninth Street Court Gerald Hughes Mount Vernon Ill Dean Wyatt

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