Primary Road Proposal Gets Hurried Approval
Cedar Rapids area planning body approves a map of existing and proposed primary roads after minor changes by the technical advisory committee. Mayor Don Canney and IDOT seek quick action with a February meeting, while local priorities focus on Collins Road extension west from I 380 to Edgewood Road NW to curb expected Forty second Street traffic surge.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
State Department of Transportation
Don Canney
Richard Phillips
Planning Commission
Department of Transportation
IDOT
Planning Unit
Canney
Regional Planning Commission
Mt. Vernon Road
Tenth Street
First Avenue
Highway 13
F Avenue NW
Highway 30
Williams Boulevard
Collins Road
Edgewood Road
Forty-second Street
Forty-second
Aspen Lane
I-380
Workshops Bring Back High School Physical Science Teachers
More than 30 Eastern Iowa teachers attend monthly Coe College physics and chemistry workshops started in 1967 and revived in 1975 under Dr. Joseph Kasper. Sessions featured micro computers cathode ray oscilloscope and hands on chemical analysis demonstrations. The program aims to expand into broader physical sciences with increased lab work.
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Coe College
Iowa
Joseph Kasper
Coe
Bettendorf
Dubuque
Victor
Kasper
Paul Smith
Jeff Keiser
Stan Watkins
Duane Carr
Coe Chemistry Department
Marion High School
Bruno Rinas
Rinas
East Iowa
California Bans Arab Boycott Sparks Legal Trade Debate
California passes a state anti boycott law aimed at suppressing Arab boycott provisions in Middle East trade. The measure, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, broadens anti trust rules to include third party boycott terms, raising federalism questions and prompting banks to halt paper processing for affected transactions.
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San Francisco
California
Jimmy Carter
White House
Edmund “Jerry” Brown
Middle East
United States
Israel
Donald Burns
Business and Transportation
Jesse Unruh
Mohammad Mahgoub
Bank of America
United California Bank
Crocker Bank
Will Maslow
United Jewish Congress
Enrich Dried Skim Milk in Food Aid
In Rome Prof. Jean-Pierre Dustin, head of UN WHO food aid programs, won commitment from the UN WFP to enrich all dried skimmed milk with vitamin A at about 1.30 dollars per ton. He warned donors they risk killing by kindness if not approved and cited vitamin A’s role in vision and prevention of rapid blindness in vitamin A deficient children.
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Rome
UPI
Jean-Pierre Dustin
U.N. World Health Organization
U.N. World Food Program
WFP
Committee On Food Aid
Tough Talking
Dustin
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