Slow Learner Education Tour Through Soviet System
Donna Skinner of Iowa City toured Russia with 80 educators from Phi Delta Kappa studying free universal education in the USSR. She visited eight and ten year schools, a dawn of special education and a Moscow Kremlin dream, noting costs for goods and a brisk subway life.
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Leningrad
Moscow
Intourist
Donna Skinner
Iowa City
Mt. Mercy College
Russia
United States
Phi Delta Kappa
National Education Society
Soviet Trade Union of Teachers
Ussr
Donna
Soviet Union
Alaska Lands Face Auction Debate in New Congress
Washington UPI reports Alaska, vast and resource rich, faces congressional action as moratoriums on mining and development end in 1978. Debates pit conservationists and native claims against energy development and the Trans-Alaska pipeline prospects.
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Alaska
Congress
Washington
UPI
America
Russia
Seward
Interior
Interior Department
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
House Interior Committee
U.S. Geological Survey
Jay Hammond
Yukon
Chuck Clusen
The
Sierra Club
Clusen
Dear Genie Editor Notes Seek Iowa Links From Readers
A Linn County heritage column invites readers to submit questions seeking Iowa connections. The note explains a 50 word limit, typed submissions, and contact details for Dear Genie to publish questions and arrange exchanges with descendants and researchers.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
Dear Genie
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
International Dinner at Coe's Union on Jan 16
The Coe College International club hosts its fourth annual banquet January 16 in Gage Memorial Union main dining room. Serving begins 6 30 p m with a world buffet. Tickets are 4 50 adults 3 50 students. Reservations by January 13 at the Gage Union box office 398 1500.
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Coe College International Club
Gage Memorial Union
Gage Union
Iran
Ireland
Czechoslovakia
Panama
Japan
Laos
Thailand
Russia
France
Hawaii
Luberva
Marisa Massey
Tehran
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North Carolina
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Menard County
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Ohio
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Goodman
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Malinda Holiday
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Samuel Penney
Davis County
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Crestview Drive
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Albert Perry
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Aurora
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Oklahoma City
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Fillmore
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