Language program in Cedar Rapids schools grows slowly
Paul Diaz, Cedar Rapids foreign language consultant, notes enrollment in all elective language programs has doubled to about 2,580 in five years. He cites improved labs, better teachers, and in-service training, while planning to extend offerings to 7th grade and possibly expose more students to concise Mandarin or Russian in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Paul Diaz
Diaz
National Education Assn
Midwest
Iowa
Des Moines
Soviet to Open King George Island Research Station
Tass reports the Soviet Union will establish a scientific research station on King George Island also known as Waterloo, located off the tip of South America. It marks the first Soviet station in the western half of Antarctica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Antarctic
King George
Waterloo
Tass
South America
Antarctica
Odds and Ends from Washington Vary in Lively Oddities
UPI reports from the capital highlight quirky items. Congressman Donald J. Irwin aims to make Daylight Time year round, echoing Benjamin Franklin. A DC corrections idea uses guinea fowl at Lorton to detect escapes, an odd alarm system. Odetta performs at Ford's Theatre as antiwar chants echo nearby. Alan S. Boyd helps a cab passenger, revealing courtesy in a city scene. The cattlemen cite Dr. O Burr Ross on offal values, drawing a zany closer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Connecticut
Donald J. Irwin
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Irwin
Ben Franklin
Paris
District of ‘Columbia Corrections Department
Lorton Reformatory
Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Duffy
Duffy
Diamonds
Newton's
2Nd Ave
2Nd St
Crazy World of
Congressmanrwin
By Leon Burnett
Ford’s
Lincoln
Odetta
Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
American National Cattleman’s Assn
Killian
Bitldlian
Winsom
Winknut
Winsport
Bear Brand
Orion Acrylic
Skein
Famous Bear Brand
Winknit
Winsport Oron
Dupont
U.S. Navy
Lindale Plaza
Killian Company
Jean Joyce
Atkins
Beha Ees
Lindale
Eles
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!