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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1976
Page
2
Volunteer Alert outlines groups needing leaders for Girl Scout and 4-H programs as well as roles helping mothers, elderly residents, recording books, tutoring students, and mentoring youths. Contact Voluntary Action center at 365-6942 or visit 318 Fifth street SE YWCA 8:30 to 4:30.
Harding Junior High students stage The Other Side of the Wall at 7 30 p m December 9 in the school auditorium. A boy and girl from opposite sides cross the wall and learn they share common hopes despite fear and distrust. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
Disabled war time veterans and dependents are invited to attend open meetings on benefits next Monday or Tuesday at the coliseum armory. National experts will answer questions on government benefits. Monday runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local Disabled American Veterans chapter sponsors. Local Commander Chuck Crull comments.
Kennedy high school bands directed by Frank Kluesner perform a 7:30 p.m. concert in the school auditorium. The concert band plays The Hermitage new march by Clifton Williams Toccata by Frescobaldi and Variations on a Korean Folk Song by John Chance. The jazz lab band offers a Kim Scharnberg arrangement of Dream Weaver plus pop and jazz rock numbers. Admission is 125 for adults and 75 cents for students.
Adm. Armin Zimmermann, 58, commander of the West German armed forces, died Tuesday in a Bonn hospital after a long illness. On this date in 1917, Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town, the "City of Little Men," 11 miles west of Omaha.
Iowa State University will offer three graduate courses in Cedar Rapids during winter quarter. Political Science 512 Urban Politics meets Thursday evenings 6:30 to 9:30 with focus on urban political systems. Statistics 401 Statistical Methods for Research Workers runs Wednesdays 6:30 to 9:30 on data analysis. Family Environment 470 Communications with Families starts Monday evenings 6:30 to 9 and suits home economics education students plus others. All classes in room 248 at Washington High. call 363-9637 for info.
Easter Seals Chairman John Condos announced Alma Matthews as the 1976 77 Easter Seal chairman for Linn County. Matthews will coordinate services for the physically handicapped, lead the 1977 campaign, and organize county volunteer efforts for the Linn chapter affiliated with the Easter Seal Society of Iowa.
Kirkersville Ohio photographer W Walter White who shot a famous Jean Harlow portrait died Saturday at age 75. His MGM portrait of Harlow was billed as the most publicized still of any movie star.
Coe College in Cedar Rapids Iowa offers a $25 tuition gift certificate for the exploratory term January 3 to 28. Over 50 noncredit courses are available under this year’s program with no formal admission required and no transcript needed. Regular for credit courses cost $175, and the program aims to enrich learning for students and faculty. For details and certificates contact the registrar at 398 1556 or write to Coe College.
Grace Slick of Jefferson Starship married the band's lighting director Skip Johnson in a private ocean side ceremony at a Ka'anapali resort in Hawaii. It was Slick's second marriage at age 37 and Johnson's first at 24.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will visit London December 10 to 12 for talks with the British government. The trip follows the NATO council session in Brussels December 9 to 10. He is expected to meet Prime Minister Callaghan and Foreign Secretary Crosland in a high level diplomatic exchange.
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