Principals Named at 5 Cedar Rapids Schools
Five new principals were named by the Cedar Rapids school board and veteran Pierre A. Tracy will retire from Wilson junior high. Edwin J. Hembern succeeds Tracy at Wilson after 13 years as an assistant and five as a teacher. Irwin L. Nelson to lead Harding junior high now under construction, and Donald G. Nau to head McKinley. Eugene Whiteman becomes Taft junior high principal, Marlin Berg takes Franklin Pierce elementary, with appointments effective next school year. Salaries set at next fiscal year. staff selections to aid new principals.
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Cedar Rapids
Pierre A. Tracy
Wilson
Edwin J. Hembern
Tracy
Hembera
Coe College
University of Iowa
Irwin L. Nelson
Warren G
Whiteman
McKinley
Red Oak
Coe
Marlin Berg
Franklin Pierce
Fillmore School
Hayes
Iowa
Arnold Salisbury
Mob Storms Our Library In Java City
A1,000 strong mob attacked the U S Information Service library in Surabaya East Java burning books furniture a mobile unit and a car. The destruction followed protests over U S policy toward the Congo and Malaysia amid Indonesian political turmoil.
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Java City
Jakarta
Indonesia
America
Congo
Malaysia
U.S. Information Service
East Java
Surabaya
U.S
American Cultural Center
Belgium
Sukarno
USIS
Paul Neilson
James McHale
Allan McLean
Library hours in Cedar Rapids high schools could extend
Cedar Rapids school board will study extending afternoon hours for high school libraries. Board President Ernest Pence appointed Barnes O Donnell to assess probable costs. Superintendent Arnold Salisbury notes potential real value for students while acknowledging Wednesday church night policy and possible conflicts with athletic schedules at junior varsity and junior high levels.
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Cedar Rapids
Ernest Pence
Barnes O’donnell
Arnold Salisbury
Waldo
Berger
Salisbury
Enme
Replacing Top Soviet Woman Speculation Grows
Moscow reports Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky is on leave amid mounting speculation over his future and that of Culture Minister Ekaterina Furtseva. Furtseva, Khrushchev ally and once the top woman in the party and government, appeared briefly at a diplomatic reception. Unconfirmed reports named Panteleymon Ponomarenko as possible culture minister successor.
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Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
Ekaterina Furtseva
Malinovsky
Khrushchev
Furtseva
Communist Party
Panteleymon Ponomarkenko
Cedar Rapids School District approves full replacement insurance
The Cedar Rapids school board voted to insure buildings at 100 percent of replacement value, authorizing about 5.2 million dollars in added coverage for a 2,399 dollar yearly premium, bringing total building insurance to 35.8 million and contents to just over 4 million with an 18,046 dollar annual premium. Kingston stadium will join the program, with coverage rates low due to concrete construction.
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Cedar Rapids
Otto Wiedersberg
Kingston Stadium
Wiedersberg
Crash Kills School Bus Driver in Detroit Suburb
An oil tanker veered across a median strip and collided with a school bus and a station wagon in a Detroit suburb. The bus carried 40 pupils. 18 were injured, including seven teens. The bus driver was killed and the tanker driver unharmed. The station wagon driver was seriously hurt. Police quoted the tanker driver saying he swerved to avoid a car that cut in front of him.
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Detroit
Cedar Rapids Board Approves Lease of Teaching Telephone Link
The Cedar Rapids school board authorizes a yearly lease of telephone switching equipment to connect two new junior high schools. The system will store taped instruction at one site with playback available at the other via dial equipment. Expansion to video transmission may follow.
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Cedar Rapids
Castro aide shoots self amid Cuban power struggle
Cuban defense minister Augusto Martinez Sanchez, 46, reportedly shot himself after learning he was to be fired. A longtime Fidel Castro ally and former defense chief, he was acting prime minister during a U S visit and tied to Raul Castro’s circle as power tensions rose within the party.
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Miami
Augusto Martinez Sanchez
Havana Radio
Martinez Sanchez
Fidel Castro
Raul
Fidel l
U. S
Cuba
Communist Party
Old Guard
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