Great Old Ladies With No Place To Go
Four mighty battleships of the US Navy the Missouri Iowa New Jersey and Wisconsin await a fate in reserve fearing high operating costs and uncertain future while other mothballed vessels face scrapping No decision yet on keeping or repurposing these historic ships and states weigh possible memorials and transfers amid ongoing debates on their costs and usefulness.
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Picking on Jets As Noisemakers
Washington United Press International reports that FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby criticizes public gripe over jet noise as odd, noting buses cars and trains also produce noise. He says society will learn to live with jets and mentions 1.5 million funds aimed at reducing noise, largely for quieter supersonic transport research.
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Founders of Scouting in Cedar Rapids To Be Honored
Cedar Rapids observes Boy Scout Week with a Thursday rededication at Memorial Coliseum and a Friday Eagle ceremony. Fred J. Poyneer is honored with a class of Eagles at Mt Mercy College on February 10. Lions and local leaders highlight decades of council history from 1924 founding to the Waubeek and Hawkeye Area councils.
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C. H. Farrow
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John Limback
Charles Manson
Verne Marshall
Mt. Vernon
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Stone City
Payneer
Waubeek
Howard Cherry
Iowa River Valley Council
Iowa
Tohnson
Washington Counties
Tawkeye
University of Iowa J
Lonnie Rogers
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Dick Graal
Robert Gordon
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Washington Notebook Becomes Wry History of Kennedy Era
Washington Notebook recalls McNamara lunches with an Italian journalist and asks about Skybolt versus Edsel while White House aides recount Kennedy name recognition slips. A Kennedy second inaugural toast spurs a new drink, the civil service cocktail, in government circles.
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Democratic Party
Civil Service
Hatch
Applicants for Peace Corps Up
The Peace Corps reports applications running about 24 percent higher than a year ago with 3 000 to 4 000 inquiries weekly before formal applications. Richard Graham, director of recruitment, said the corps has 43 458 volunteers overseas and 971 in training, totaling 45 429. Director Sargent Shriver had aimed for 40 nations by December, a goal not yet reached but progress deemed strong.
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Peace Corps
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Sargent Shriver
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U.N. Official Urges Youth to Improve Housing Conditions
United Nations official Constantine Doxiadis of Greece urges youth to focus on practical housing solutions rather than space pursuits. He speaks to a UN committee studying housing and calls for a terrestrial outlook.
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Constantine Doxiadis
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Program on Journalism Career Told
NEW YORK AP A new program as journalism careers is being set up by the Newspaper Fund. Paul Swensson the executive director announced the project saying that journalism is changing rapidly with rising education levels salaries and job opportunities. The fund plans a journalism scholarship guide and a directory of colleges offering courses to counselors and will distribute them. Information about the guides and directories can be obtained from the fund office at 44 Broad Street New York.
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Paul Swensson
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Swrensson
Wall Street Journal
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N.Y
Former Instructor at Lee Honored for Government Service
Wesley F. Kubichek, 76, a native of Town City and former Coe College instructor, received the Department of the Interior Distinguished Service Award in Washington. The longtime U S Fish and Wildlife Service employee and photographer helped film the whooping crane film that won at Edinburgh in 1989. he retired in 1962 and now lives in Mobile, Alabama.
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Scotland
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