Cedar Rapids teachers near deal on 1968 pay scale
Teachers and Cedar Rapids school board members met to discuss a 1968 69 pay schedule with starting wages ranging from 5900 to 6300 dollars and average district salaries around 7947 to 9000 dollars. The research committee aims to complete its report by February 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Barnes O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Ben Trickey
Robert Barber
Ernest Pence
Dorothy Gilmore
Freeman
Charles Lingren
al Whitworth
Board of Education
Yale Season Special Events at Loop YMCA This Week
The central Loop YMCA youth department schedules a week of activities for different age groups including a Friday guest and Christmas party. Highlights feature eight and nine year olds pool and gym events, a cadet and junior high swim program, poking pong and basketball tournaments, lobby games, movies, crafts, and a water carnival. Contact 362-1138 for details.
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Central Branch Ymca
Garfield janitor praised by Cedar Rapids PTA
Garfield school janitor Merl Blair a 56 year old from rural Marion received public kudos from the Garfield PTA at a Cedar Rapids school board meeting. The PTA praised Blair and two other custodians Bjorn Kristensen and John Wink for going beyond regular duties and maintaining a positive relationship with students.
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Garfield School
Cedar Rapids
Merl Blair
Marion
Garfield
Garfield Pta
Bjorn Kristensen
John Wink
PTA
Blair
George Nevins
Warren Hinman
Nevins
Glick Hearing Set for Dec 28 on Lisbon Theft
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 4 p.m. December 26 for James A. Glick 23 of Mt. Vernon on larceny charges in a nighttime theft. Glick appeared before Justice John Woods and is free on $1000 bond for the Lisbon Standard service station cash register theft of 105. The hearing will be in Lisbon city hall.
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Lisbon
Mt. Vernon
James A. Glick
Glick
John Woods
Lisbon Standard
Soviet unmanned satellite launched to study X-rays from the sun
Moscow reports an unmanned Soviet satellite launched into a fast orbit akin to Sputnik to study X rays from the sun, with officials outlining its scientific aims and orbital parameters.
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Moscow
Sputnik
Grant to Coe College for Summer Science Training
The National Science Foundation awarded a 15710 grant to Coe College Cedar Rapids to fund summer science training for 30 high ability secondary students in chemistry computers mathematics and physics. Project director Charles M Lindsey explains admission is based on qualifications not need. Applications are to Coe for information and blanks.
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National Science Foundation
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Department of Mathematics
John C. Culver
Yond
Charles M. Lindsey
Coe
Retired Lt. Gen Mikhail Pronin Dies in Moscow
MOSCOW AP announces the death of 65 year old retired Lt. Gen. Mikhail Pronin once a top Soviet watchdog over troops political views. The former military officer died on Tuesday.
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Moscow
Mikhail Pronin
The
Communist Party
Cedar Rapids Board Rejects Student Scoreboard Request
The Franklin junior high student council asked to buy a new scoreboard for one of the two gymnasiums. Board members debated funding sources and law, tabling the request while staff review existing budgets for a possible purchase.
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Cedar Rapids
Franklin Junior High School
Robert Barber
Ben Trickey
No Threat Seen From Soviet Egypt Military Build Up
The State Department says Soviet efforts to rebuild Egypt’s military capacity are being closely watched but pose no present threat to the United States or its allies.
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Washington
State Department
Egypt
Floyd Emmons Hurt In Crash Near Anamosa
Floyd Emmons 62 of Marion a former Linn County supervisor is in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids after a car truck crash Monday two miles east of the highway 151 64 junction on the Anamosa bypass. Jones County officers say Emmons tried to pass a cream truck driven by Edward Schott 24 Coggan. The truck turned left and the car hit the rear of the truck and overturned.
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Anamosa
Floyd Emmons
Marion
Linn ‘County
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Emmons
Edward Schott
Coggan
Clarke College Closes Early Over Flu Outbreak
Clarke College in Dubuque dismisses classes three days early for holiday break due to a flu outbreak. The Catholic girls school with about 600 students cited the illness as the main reason while weather concerns also influenced the decision.
Geraldine Page Stars In A Christmas Memory TV Film
Geraldine Page headlines Tru man Capote's A Christmas Memory aired Tuesday night on COLOR channel KCRG TV.
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Geraldine Page
Truman Capote
Kcrg-Tv
Thief Steals $500 In Goods From Tama Farm Homes
Sheriff reports two farm thefts in Tama county. At Howard Bros Montour home $500 in articles taken including a portable TV, stereo, walkie talkies, binoculars, coats, sweaters and a 12 gauge shotgun. Suspect left suitcase of gifts. door unlocked during basketball game. In Merle Albert farm northeast of Lincoln near Grundy line, items valued about $72 stolen from garage including rifles shotguns and an auto bumper jack.
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Gazette
Toledo
Tama County Sheriff's Office
Milo Quigley
Howard Bro
Montour
Tama
Harry McMurray
Merle Albert
Lincoln
Grundy
Albert
Sheriff's Office
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