Navy Veteran Heads Coe ROTC Unit for First Time
Henry Taylor a four year Navy veteran from Charleston South Carolina has been named commander of Coe College’s air force ROTC unit for the spring term becoming the first service veteran to hold the top post. He arrived at Coe in 1967 and joined the Navy in June 1968 after brief campus dissension over black rights and the Vietnam War. Taylor stresses discipline and education as benefits of military life and says his goals include preparing juniors on staff to run the corps next year and achieving professional training aims within the corps.
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Taylor earns ROTC laurels at Coe College
Taylor, a former Navy radio man second class, trained at Balboa Panama Zone Coronado California and Vung Tau Vietnam. He returns to Coe College in 1972 with his wife Dell and daughter Savita, holds a 3.583 GPA in psychology, led Afro American Self Education and Sachem, wins the vice commandant's award at Pilattsburg summer camp, and is praised by Col. James L. Lee as a model cadet and leader.
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Cedar Rapids Naval Reserve
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Vladivostok Closed City Once Home To Power Meeting
Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East, is described as a closed city. It serves as the base for the Pacific fleet and is a major port for fishing and research craft. The city has been off limits to Westerners since 1922 after Soviet forces secured control following the Revolution.
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Ford
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Far East
Soviet Union
Pacific Maritime
Red Army
Model Trains Display At Hy-Vee Sponsored By Optimists
The Model Train club built by and for youth is shown on Hy-Vee s second floor at First Avenue and Sixteenth Street NE. Initiated by Dr. Dale A. Myers the HO layout has evolved over years under the Tuesday Noon Optimists who fund year round youth activities including a Christmas tree sale at Kingston stadium. Robert Klopp invites organizational tours and notes weekly meetings Tuesdays 7 to 9 p m with Lee Regal leading construction. The Optimists also sponsor a Junior Police club teaching citizenship and gun safety with parade traffic projects and fund other youth needs. A notable year s contribution includes canoe and rifle range gear for Camp Wapsie Y.
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She Gets Swimming Lessons by Mail
Diana Dunleavy a 14 year old from East Grand Forks Minnesota may be the nation s first mail order swimmer With no local team or indoor pool she trains weekly via a schedule from Arnie Keck of Eugene Oregon She practices at the University of North Dakota pool and qualified in August for the National AAU Long Course championships in Concord California placing 16th in the 200 meter freestyle among about eighty rivals.
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