Kirkwood Approves Five Year Master Plan
Kirkwood Community College’s board unanimously approved a five year master plan after nearly a year of work. The plan outlines nine goals and 43 objectives including improved diagnostic testing and enhanced student services. The college expects a possible five percent enrollment increase to 4627 in credit programs next year.
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Kirkwood
Community College
Don Page
Gazette
Bill Stewart
Morris Allen
Marion
Stewart
Gretchen Maine
Maine
Iowa
Deaths Down Across the United States
The National Center for Health Statistics reports May deaths at 157 000, down 1 000 from May 1978, while May births rose to 285 000 up 5 percent and May marriages reached 218 000 with divorces at 102 000. For January–May births total 1 368 000, up 3 percent. Thomas Jefferson quote included.
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Washington
National Center For Health Statistics
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Rock Island Clerks Could Strike Over Wages and Retroactivity
The BRAC warns a Rock Island Railroad clerks strike is imminent if the carrier rejects moderate wage increases and retroactive pay. Negotiations faltered after the National Mediation Board proposal was rejected by the railroad amid ongoing talks and a court-ordered reorganization.
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Washington
Chicago, Pacific and Rock Island Railroad
Fred J. Kroll
Brotherhood of Railway
BRAC
Rock Island
Kroll
National Mediation Board
CDT
Mediation Board
Ted Zirbes
Chicago
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Christie Wallace
Robert Davidson
Mechanicsville
South Carolina
Charles Bode
U.S
Chicago Area
Zirbes
Frank McGarr
McGarr
Dave Zentz
Cedar Rapids
Zentz
Bausch & Lomb
Wpilec
Watch Gazette
Gayetse
Gas and Electric Company
Killian’s Lindale Mall
Iowa City
Killians
Lown City
Lindale
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