Cedar Rapids Teachers Urged to Create Evaluation System
Cedar Rapids teachers were urged to build an accountability model for classroom performance at an in service meeting. Dr Malcom Provus warned that without self directed standards outsiders will impose a system and fire underperformers. He stressed community driven standards and early action by about 1400 teachers ahead of the new school year.
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Cedar Rapids
Malcom M. Provus
Paramount Theater
Provus
Dr. Provus
Paramount
City Briefs Features School Music Sit-In And Local Ads
Musical sit-in of the summer by Boddicker School of Music students will be at the Library Auditorium Wednesday at 10 with Cedar Rapids children invited. Also listed are a Wednesday grocery auction at 342 5th Ave SW, a Glandorf Auction advertisement, Honor Roll for Susan Leckington of 639 Thirtieth Street Drive SE at Winona State College, a new Second Avenue Beauty Salon, and various ads for services and products including vacationing Housecex, Scientific Diaper Service, Waltonians ice cream social for Camp Conservation, Madeline's beauty services, Kingsgard Cleaners Third garment free, Eager Elves Preschool, Housebex Antiques, and Hawkeye Seed Co iris roots sale.
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Boddicker School of Music
Cedar Rapids
Susan Leckington
G. L. Leckington
Thirtieth Street
Winona State College
Minnesota
Linn County funds approved for drug treatment clinic
The Linn County Crime Commission approved a federal grant request of 33,100 to establish a 24 hour drug treatment clinic. The county Mental Health Center would staff it under medical direction with professionals and volunteers, located adjacent to a hospital.
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Linn County Crime Commission
Linn ‘County Health Center Board
State Crime Commission
Commission
Linn County Medical Society
Largest WIN Class To Enter Kirkwood
Harold VanDerWeide of the Iowa State Employment Service announced the largest WIN class to date will enter Kirkwood Community College in September. Students will study agricultural mechanics, associate nursing, secretarial, dental and medical assistants, and arts and sciences. The program, run with the Employment Service and the department of social services, aims to provide employability services for the unemployed. VanDerWeide said he is pleased with progress and that while the present form may change, the concept will remain.
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WIN
Kirkwood Community College
Harold VanDerWeide
Iowa State Employment Service
Employment Service
Department of Social Services
VanDerWeide
Record of drownings at Japanese water resorts
Tokyo reports 408 people have drowned at Japanese water resorts since the July 21 start of the school summer vacation, according to national police.
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Tokyo
UPI
YES Job Center Closed Till May
The Youth Employment Service YES headquarters at 107 Eighth Avenue SE is closed for the year. Young people seeking jobs and employers should contact the Iowa State Employment Service at 610 Eighth Avenue SE. VanDerWeide reported over 2,000 applications for summer jobs and 310 placements, triple last year’s 100. YES plans to expand services year round and will reopen next May or June for summer job applications.
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Youth Employment Service
YES
Eighth Avenue SE
Iowa State Employment Service
Harold VanDerWeide
Employment Service
VanDerWeide
Cedar Rapids Boy Charged After Arrow Incident
A 15-year-old Cedar Rapids youth was charged under the city missile ordinance after shooting a bow and arrow. One arrow entered a car window in the Bowling Street SW area, grazing the driver Karen Pontius and injuring her daughter slightly. No injuries beyond a graze were reported. the youth was processed by the youth bureau and released to his parents.
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Cedar Rapids
Karen Pontius
Meadowdale Drive
Bowling Street
Czech Language Classes Set for Sept. 22
The Cedar Rapids Czech Federation and Kirkwood Community College co sponsor two Czech language classes beginning Sept. 22. Beginners and advanced sessions run ten weeks on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Wilson Junior High School, 2301 J Street SW. T B Hlubucek will teach both courses.
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Cedar Rapids
Czech Federation
Kirkwood Community College
Wilson Junior High
J Street
T. B. Hlubucek
Marion teen charged with minor beer possession
Janice L. Keppler an 18 year old resident of 1290 Eleventh Avenue Marion was arrested Monday night for possession of beer as a minor. She posted 55 bond and was released after authorities found six cans of beer in her possession in the 3000 block of First Avenue NE.
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Janice L. Keppler
Eleventh Avenue
Marion
Miss Keppler
First Avenue NE
Robert K. Clark Jr Held On Concealed Weapon Charge
Robert K. Clark Jr., 19, of 104 Thirty-sixth Avenue SW, was arrested early Tuesday for carrying a concealed weapon. He was held in the city jail pending arraignment after a plant guard stopped him as he tried to crawl under a fence at the Allis Chalmers plant on Thirtieth Street Drive SE. A companion reportedly escaped, and police found a stiletto type knife on Clark during a frisk.
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Robert K. Clark, Jr
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Clark
Allis- Chalmers
Thirtieth Street
Police and Firemen Plan Combined Meeting Tuesday
Police and fire fighters scheduled a joint session with their negotiation committees Tuesday at 2 p.m. Police group head Mark Corrigan criticized the city council for not meeting with them, saying council attention is needed beyond the safety commissioner. The association had asked the council to discuss wages and other demands, after being told to meet Friday with Safety Commissioner John Oberthien at 1:30 p.m.
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Policeman’s Protective Assa
Professional Fire Fighters Union
Mark Corrigan
John Oberthien
Moore Returns Candidacy Papers for Cedar Rapids School Board
Ronald E. Moore of 2326 Blake boulevard SE filed papers with the secretary of the Cedar Rapids Community Schools Tuesday morning to officialize his candidacy. He is one of eight men seeking the three seats on the board in the Sept. 14 election, with seven having already returned papers.
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Ronald E. Moore
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Couple Awarded Over 50000 In Auto Crash Damages
A Mukwonago Wisconsin couple received over 50000 in damages for a September 18 1967 auto accident near Fredericksburg. Mary Webelacker won 48905 34 with Anton Webelacker awarded 2603 35. Plaintiffs alleged George L Parkinson of Toledo and his employer General Telephone Co of the Midwest were negligent. Parkinson was found negligent for failing to keep a proper lookout and yield the right of way.
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Mukwangago
Wis
Fredericksburg
Edward J. McManus
Mary Webelacker
Anton
Vebelackers
George L. Parkinson
Toledo
Parkinson
General Telephone Co
Midwest
Anton Vebelacker
McManus
Still Smouldering Freighter Towed Off Coast
The Philippine freighter Don Jose Figueras, 466 feet, still smouldering after a Saturday fire 900 miles northwest, is being towed toward the Oregon coast. Its 40 crew members and two passengers, left aboard another ship, are bound for San Francisco. The Yocona Coast Guard cutter, out of Astoria, towed it starting Monday after abandoning the voyage from Pusan to Panama with general cargo.
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Don Jose Figueras
Oregon Coast
Here
Panama
Pusan
Korea
U. S. Coast Guard
Yocona
Astoria
Ore
Patent office nets 138 anti pollution device apps
Washington reports the U S patent office has received 138 applications for anti pollution devices since February 17. The steady flow of filings reflects growing interest in cleaner tech and emissions controls ahead of regulatory actions.
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Washington
API
U.S
Kirk Jamison Charged With Taking Watch
Kirk Jamison 18 of 2919 Elaine Drive NW was arrested Monday night for larceny. He was released on orders from the county attorney. Jamison is accused of stealing a watch valued at $100 from Darryl Matthews of 2020 Glass Road NE.
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Kirk Jamison
Elaine Drive
Jamison
Darryl Matthews
Glass Road
Yellowstone Park Bears Transplanting 65 Percent Successful
Yellowstone National Park reports a program to transplant grizzly bears from populated areas to back country is about 65 percent successful. Of 37 bears captured, 31 were moved to back country and six given to zoos. Twenty of the 31 have not been sighted near towns since, though some returned, including one placed by boat on a Lake Yellowstone peninsula.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Glen Cole
Lake
Yellowstone
Cole
Plans for Wedding Changed to Funeral in San Diego
The Rev. Harry Hubbard of Kingman Kansas traveled to San Diego to officiate his son John Hubbard’s wedding. John, 30, a former teacher, died of a heart attack Saturday while racing a souped-up car in Santee. He was to be married the next day.
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San Diego
Calif
Harry Hubbard
Kingman
Kan
John
Hubbard
Santee
Graduates Tina Miller and Randall Lane Honored at Mankato State
Tina Miller of 609 Fourth Avenue SW and Randall W Lane of Wyoming graduated from Mankato State College in Minnesota on August 21. Miller earned a bachelor of science in sociology and Lane a bachelor of science in business administration.
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Tina Miller
Fourth Avenue
Randall W. Lane
Wyoming
Mankato State College
Minnesota
Miss Miller
Lane
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established In 1653
Cedar Rapids Gazette, established by The Gazette Co, is published daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail options with separate pricing for night, Sunday, afternoon and US territories. The AP holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Manchester Council Approves Northwest Paving Project
Despite strong objections from property owners the Manchester city council approved a paving project in northwest Manchester estimated at 142000 with 110000 in assessments. Storm sewers along the road are already installed. The council also approved annexing 30 acres of land owned by Elmer Nelson on the town's north edge.
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Manchester
Elmer Nelson
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