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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1977
Page
2
The Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce officials announce the Talent event theme Career Open House for December 27 at Town House Convention Hall. Twenty one employers will join seniors from Iowa in informal booth visits with free refreshments and a Hospitality Table center stage.
Three members of Boy Scout Troop 25 at Arthur School will receive Eagle Awards at 7 30 p m Saturday at Harding Junior High School Donald J Canney will be keynote The Eagles go to Les Nylund 15 Todd Nylund 16 and Shane Berry 16 Nylund and Berry are in Harding Junior High and Kennedy High School respectively Each has served in Order of Arrow leadership and completed service projects
Nine elementary pupils have works chosen for taping by Cedar Rapids Public Library staff. Five storytellers and four poets will have their pieces recorded for the library's audio-visual collection.
Pompeii buried by Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. Malaria deaths exceed other diseases worldwide per National Geographic. Anton van Leeuwenhoek, born 1632, pioneered microscopy. United Nations founded 1945. 1896 US census notes 12 cents per 10 pounds potatoes as the record low retail price.
The executive committee of Coe College's board approves a 6.7 percent increase in the comprehensive fee for the 1978-79 academic year bringing the total to 4600 dollars. Tuition rises 240 dollars and room and board 50 dollars as President Leo L. Nussbaum cites rising costs and the need to keep faculty salaries competitive. The college notes past increases have been modest compared with consumer prices and highlights financial aid programs to assist students.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says skateboards do not cause injuries. riders do. Joann Langston notes kids are the problem as the agency uses the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System from 119 hospitals, soon 130, to assess risk. The latest data estimate 375000 skateboard injuries this year.
A Washington based company has bought controlling interest in Sugarbush Valley Corp and seeks to acquire all outstanding shares of the Vermont ski golf resort. Sugarbush Valley runs the resort for 19 years and holds about 2400 acres in the Green Mountain National Forest. The buyer is Solon Automated Services Inc. On this date in 1946 John D Rockefeller Jr offered to donate six block Manhattan real estate for a United Nations headquarters.
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