Woman fears for Soviet friend in wake of Moscow Games
Cedar Rapids woman Mary Smythe warns the 1980 Moscow Olympics may put Vyancheslav Rachkov at risk for exile or death due to his Baptist faith. She cites harassment in Leningrad and recalls a dissident friend exiled to Siberia after a lobotomy.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Cedar Rapids
Mary Smythe
Fifth Ave
Vyancheslav Ivanovich Rachkov
Slavik
Smythe
Vyancheslav
University of Leningrad
Russia
Siberia
Leningrad
KGB
Oscar Clyatt
U.S
United States
Clyatt
Komsomol
Skaia
U.S.S.R
New Accident Records System Aims to Cut Cedar Rapids Crashes
Cedar Rapids prepares a new accident records system by February 1 with police cooperation. The $21,000 equipment, approved in 1979, will microfilm and enter 1978 79 reports into a computer, enabling fast access by street or intersection to draw collision diagrams for high accident areas.
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Cedar Rapids
Mel Meyer
Meyer
Governor’s Highway Safety Office
City Hall
Board OKs Bach contract amid amendment and vote
The Board of Education approved a 34 year working agreement with Superintendent William Bach after an amendment lengthening review intervals and requiring annual board approval. The vote was 6 to 1 after a closed session evaluation. salary to be set later.
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William Bach
Board of Education
Bach
Iowa
Iowa open meetings law. _ Board member Richard Harger
Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission
Phyllis Brucher
Human Rights Commission
Brutcher
Commission
Daryl Hynek
Teachers Union and Grounds
Teachers’ Union
Rulers of Russia from Rurik to Ivan III
The early Russians began with Rurik who united Slavic tribes at Novgorod in 862. His successors moved the capital to Kiev in 972 where they ruled as dukes. Ivan III became the first czar of Muscovy in 1462 to 1505 and married the niece of the former Byzantine emperor.
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Rurik
Novgorod
Kiev
Ivan III of
Muscovy
Kiwanis Club Elects 1980 Officers and Board
Kiwanis Downtown chapter elects 1980 president F Wallace Brown of 650 Grant Wood Drive SE as supervisor of the service building and stores division at Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. New officers include Kim R. Stev el ey Don Aanestad Howard Vanderschaaf and Duane Kurrelmeyer. Board members are Claude Jones Ed Sandler and Del Block. Chartered in 1920 the club has about 100 members.
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F. Wallace Brown
Grant Wood Drive
Downtown Kiwanis Club
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Brown
Jim Oetken
Kim R. Steveley
Don Aanestad
Howard Vanderschaaf
Duane Kurrelmeyer
Claude Jones
Ed Sandler
del Block
Downtown Kiwanis
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Nancy Stevens
Gazette
Board OK
Vanessa Shelton
Blue Cross
Blue
Lowa
St. S
Cation
1St Ave. N.E
First Trust & Savings Bank
The
Bank of Today
First Trust and Savings Bank
First Ave
Dows ST
Ely
Owa
Third ST. S.E. Vials Acmaey
Kiwanis
Porntomsn
Lindalf & Westdale
Jrs
Lindale
Westdale
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