Cedar Rapids divers train under ice for certification
The Cedar Rapids Underwater Search and Recovery unit, led by Mike Ster, held an under ice training dive at a private Fairfax quarry. Twelve members practiced entry and rescue techniques with wet suits, air tanks, and safety lines as water temp hovered near freezing and ice measured 14 inches.
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Cedar Rapids
Mike Ster
West Eighth Avenue
Marion
Fairfax
West Eight Avenue
Dave
Joe Nicholson
Eighteenth Avenue
Stetson
Paul
Mike
McGuffey Readers Tamed the Frontier Nation
The McGuffey Readers begun in 1836 shaped West schooling through the early 1900s with over 270 million copies sold. Van Nostrand Reinhold recentl y donated 1879 plates to the Smithsonian as the series endures in schools and museums, highlighting moral lessons and civility.
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McGuffey
Alleghenies
Mason-Dixon Line
van Nostrand Reinhold
Smithsonian Institution
Robert E. Ewing
van Nostrand
Ned
Former AP Executive John Randolph Dies in Tokyo
Tokyo authorities said John Robert Randolph 57, veteran AP foreign correspondent and former executive, was found dead in his Tokyo apartment Thursday. Officials cited natural causes as the apparent reason.
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Tokyo
John Robert Randolph
Associated Press
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Lary Nelson
Thirty-sixth Street
Mark Powers
B Avenue
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By Rolf Christophersen
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H. Ruppel
Foley
Chambers
The
Center
Center For Higher Education
University OF Iowa
Washington High School
Administration OF
Foundations OF
University OF Northern Iiowa
Ino Moe Silvey
University OF Iowa — Business Administration
MBA
Frank O'Connor
Warren Boe
Noe Willis
Gerald Solomon
Iowa
Pia
Frontier
Donald J. Frederick
National Geographic News
William Holmes McGuffey
Brushy Run
W. Va
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
America
Henry Ford
United States
Youngstown
Greenfield Village
Mich
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati College
Ohio University
University of Virginia
Bess
Virginia
Mguffey
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Mt. Vernon Rd
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