Linn-Mar Curriculum Tour Highlights Next Year Plans
Linn-Mar school board members toured junior and senior high classrooms as Principals Corkery and Jensen outlined current facilities and proposed curriculum changes. Proposals include extending six week exploratory courses to nine weeks, adding outdoor education, more team teaching, and expanded foreign language and industrial arts offerings.
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Linn-Mar
John Corkery
Glenn Jensen
Corkery
Jensen
Dutch Elm Disease Program Aired Before Marion Council
Marion council heard City Forester John C Van Camp report on Dutch elm disease and control efforts. In 1967 236 elms or 3.5 percent were lost. bids will be opened Friday for removing 40 diseased trees and for yearly control in parking areas.
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John C. .van Camp
van Camp
Frank Anthes
Bill Grundy
Richard Johnson
Willis Schnell
Anthes
Johnson
Grundy
Peter F. Crivaro
Crivaro
Robert J. Stone
Rock Island Major Bennett Named Deputy District Engineer
Major Eugene W. Bennett, 32, named deputy district engineer of the Rock Island corps of engineers. He holds an MS in civil engineering from the University of Missouri and will assist District Engineer Col. Walter C. Gelini. Bennett is a Norwich University graduate of 1958 and has served in Germany and Korea.
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Eugene W. Bennett
Rock Island Corps of Engineers
Bennett
University of Missouri
Walter C. Gelini
Norwich University
Northfield
Germany
Korea
Marion Bus Fare Boost Begins Monday
Howard Hampton of the Regional Transit Corporation says Marion bus fares will rise 10 cents starting Monday. The increase applies to all fares on Regional Transit Authority buses in Marion.
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Howard Hampton
Regional Transit Corporation, Inc
Hampton
Marion OKs Ten Cent Bus Fare Increase
The Marion council adopted a ten cent fare hike for Cedar Rapids Marion buses after turning down a subsidy request by Mr. Hampton. Officials noted residents preferred service with a fare increase over subsidies, while a south Marion route feasibility survey has not begun.
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Marion
Marion Council
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Frank Anthes
RTC
South Marion
Heath urges Wilson to back U.S. on Washington trip
British Conservative leader Edward Heath called on Prime Minister Wilson to make Britain's support for the United States plain ahead of Wilson’s visit to Washington.
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UPI
Edward Heath
Britain
Wilson
U.S
Washington
Iowa Congressmen End Postal Politics With Testimony
Two Iowa lawmakers, Democrat John Culver and Republican H R Gross, urged reforms to end political appointments in post offices. They cited 50 similar bills, recommending merit based hiring for postmasters and rural carriers and tenure for postmasters, with aims to depoliticize postal leadership and operations.
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Iowa
John Culver
H. R. Gross
House Post Office Committee
Washington
Culver
Mexican Students Trapped on Ixtacihuatl Slopes Amid Snowstorm
Twelve of 29 Jesuit school students are reportedly dead on Ixtacihuatl near Mexico City after a snowstorm. Seventeen survivors were alive Tuesday morning in poor condition, with helicopters unable to land and rescuers inching down the mountain from Amecameca.
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Ixtaclhuatl
Ixtacihuatl
Popocatepetl
Mexico City
Rafael Moreno Villa
Guadalajara
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