Iowa cadet admissions see high attrition and female applicants
The report details 1980 class attrition at West Point Navy Air Force academies with 357 women admitted and 62 leaving. It notes 13 of 38 Iowa men dropped out and mentions female enrollment goals for 1981, plus how Iowa lawmakers select nominees, listing counts of applications and nominations by Culver Clark Blouin Harkin Smith Grassley Leach Bedell for both women and men.
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West Point
Air Force Academy
Robin Fennessy
Dyersville
Naval Academy
Sen
John Culver
Clark
Culver
Iowa
Blouin
Grassley
Leach
Bedell
Plebes Discuss Women at West Point Iowa Plebes View
Katharine Goodland of Ames and Dale Fye of Cedar Rapids share mixed views on admitting women to West Point. Goodland says the move is worthwhile and she plans a military career. Fye notes ongoing resistance but predicts women will stay, possibly reaching 20 percent enrollment.
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Katharine Goodland
Goodland
Ames
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Iowa
Dale Fye
Cedar Rapids
Army
Fye
Dale L. Fye
Memorial Drive
Washington High School
Greenwich
Conn
Look Both Ways Defensively Near Funeral Processions
Cedar Rapids law requires drivers to yield to funeral processions and emergency vehicles. The lead car must start across the intersection, and motorists should enter intersections cautiously as lights change. Traffic Capt. Louis Stepanek notes accidents are not recalled but stresses awareness.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis Stepanek
Stepanek
New C R Organization Helps Dyslexic Children in Iowa
A Cedar Rapids Iowa branch of the Orion society forms to study prevent and treat dyslexia. Board includes Terri Petersen Deane Chesley and Ruth Stark with semi annual meetings and attendance at the Upper Midwest Orion conference in Bloomington Minnesota March 4 5. Contact Terri Petersen or Ruth Stark to attend or help.
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Iowa
Orion Society
Terri Petersen
Cedar Rapids
Deane Chesley
Ruth Stark
Robins
Upper Midwest
The
Orton Society
Bloomington
Minn
U N Consultant Avery Cohan Dies
Dr. Avery Cohan a finance professor at the University of North Carolina for 20 years and a United Nations consultant died Monday at age 62 in Chapel Hill North Carolina.
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Chapel Hill, N.C
Avery Cohan
University of North Carolina
United Nations
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