Program Planned for Handicapped Dropped by Sheltered Workshop
United Community Services leaders report Linn County Health Center will run a new day activity program for 25 handicapped adults dropped from Area Ten Sheltered Workshop. Area Ten cannot place them in competitive work now. funding and future operation to be determined with potential agency sponsorship.
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United Community Services
UCS
Linn County Health Center
Area Ten Community College
C. C. Birr
Robert Langford
Area Ten
Kappes
Birr
Credit Unions Elect Officers at Two Firms
Employee at Iowa Manufacturing Co. and Barnard Leas Manufacturing Co. elect new credit union officers. Barnard Leas CU reelects David Skeries as president with Marion Williams as vice president and Cliff Teeple as secretary treasurer. Imco Employes CU names R. Howard Cropp as president, James Mackin as vice president, Cliff DeMoss as treasurer, and Richard Dvorak as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Co
David Skeries
Barnard and Leas Credit Union
Marion L. Williams
Cliff Teeple
R. Howard Cropp
Imco Employes Credit Union
James Mackin
Cliff DeMoss
Richard Dvorak
Coquillette Named to Regional Bank Post
James E. Coquillette, president of Merchants National Bank, appointed to regional advisory committee of the Tenth National Bank region by U S treasury officials. The panel assists the comptroller of the currency in reviewing regulations to fit national needs. Region covers Iowa Kansas Missouri and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Coquillette
Merchants National Bank
Tenth National Bank
U. S. Treasury
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Youth Charged With Violating Narcotics Law
Terry L. Dochterman, 18, of 409 Elder Lane NW, held in city jail pending arraignment on narcotics act violation. Cedar Rapids detectives and state agents served a search warrant at his residence Wednesday at 7 p.m. and seized four bags of a substance believed to be marijuana from his bedroom closet in a hunting jacket after a six month investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry L. Dochterman
Elder Lane
Cedar Rapids
Dochterman
Gallantry of Policeman Wins Nixon's Praise
New York AP reports patrolman Michael Rafferty earned nationwide praise after aiding a woman through slush and high water during a crippling snowstorm on East 42nd Street. Letters poured in from South Carolina and Chicago, with one from Washington, D.C. signed by Richard Nixon commending his thoughtful public service.
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New York
Michael Rafferty
East 42Nd Street
South Carolina
Chicago
Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
St Luke's Opens 50-Bed Special Care Facility
St Luke's hospital opens a 50 bed extended care unit on the sixth floor of its new addition designed for patients needing ongoing treatment but not continuous supervision. The unit includes a large day room with meals, recreations, color TV and a grand piano donated by local citizens. Louis B. Blair, the superintendent, notes the facility allows care with modifications as patients' conditions change while acute units initiate treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Louis B. Blair
St. Luke's
Area Ten Adult High School To Start March 10
More than 40 adult high school classes will be available in Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities for spring quarter. Courses cover English, math, typing, government, economics, American history, electronics. Tuition is $10 per course. Classes begin the week of March 10 at multiple sites including Marion, Linn-Mar, Center Point, Prairie, North Linn, Monticello, and four Cedar Rapids locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Gay Dahn
Marion
Linn- Mar
Center Point
Prairie
North Linn
Monticello
Agnew Pledges Firm Policy on Campus Uproar
Vice President Agnew told the National Governors Conference the federal government will protect campus rights to learn while not letting campus dissidents distort academic freedom. He cited Nixon’s concern over campus disorders spreading to high schools and said intergovernmental relations would be strengthened to coordinate programs and provide governors and mayors a direct channel to the executive branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agnew
Nixon
Office of Intergovernmental Relations
Smith Accused of Assaulting John H Burns
Robert F. Smith, 58, of 521 Fifth avenue SE, held on assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury after a 2:12 a.m. call. John H. Burns, 65, beaten and found bleeding in his apartment, taken to St Luke's then Veterans hospital Iowa City, in satisfactory condition. Burns said he and Smith had been drinking. Smith held for arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Smith
Fifth Avenue SE
John H. Burns
Burns
St. Luke’s Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Smith
No Plane Sighted On Nixon Flight
Berlin AP reports President Nixon’s Air Force One used the Berlin air corridor 88 miles route over East Germany. The jet descended from 18,000 to 9,500 feet near the East German border to comply with rules requiring Western flights under 10,000 feet. No other planes were visible during the flight from Bonn-Cologne to West Berlin.
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Berlin
Nixon
Air Force One
East Germany
Bonn-Cologne
West Berlin
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By Dale Kueter
Don Kappes
Iowa Division of Rehabilitation Education and Services
Youth Employment Service
Y.E.S
UCS Planning Committee
Aldrich Drahos
Credit Unions
Coquillette
Office of Admissions
Area Ten Adult High School
Raore
Love the New
Freezer
2Nd Ave
Ae Lenabad
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
United State Bank
Courteous Banking Service
16Th Ave
F.d.lac
First Avenue
Edicat
Rts
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