Kirkwood Offers Seminars On Cancer Facts Series
Kirkwood Community College presents a winter term series titled The Doctor Talks to You focused on general cancer facts and specific sites such as breast uterus lungs and digestive system. Dr Regis Weland moderates with materials from Sloan Kettering and Guttman Clinic delivered via the TLC Telenet system linking multiple campuses.
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Kirkwood
Guttman Clinic
Iowa City
Washington
Monticello
Vinton
Williamsburg
Kirkwood offers EMS and nursing aide training programs
Linn Hall and East campus in Kirkwood host classes including EMT and basic rescue tech, coronary care introduction for nurses, nursing home supervisory management, CPR recertification, and OSHA safety. Washington High School covers medication administration for aides. Crestview Nursing Home provides aide duties. Registration via phone at 398 5412 for Cedar Rapids callers or 1 800 332 8833, with extra copies available by calling 398 5668 at Kirkwood.
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Joan Soucek
Cedar Rapids
Linn Hall
Kirkwood
Washington High School
OSHA
East Campus
Crestview Nursing Home
University of Iowa professor on death and dying course
George Paterson, associate professor, argues that listening supports dying individuals more than cheerleading. The University of Iowa will run a newspaper course titled Death and Dying, with 15 lectures across six state papers starting January 28, plus two on-campus sessions.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
George Paterson
University
School of Religion
College of Medicine
Paterson
U of I
The
Gazette
Cedar Falls Daily Record
Ottumwa Courier
Spencer Reporter
East Hall
Iowa
How to Communicate With Deaf Persons
New York report outlines tips for communicating with deaf people in schools and workplaces. Key guidance includes visual signals, direct eye contact, speaking slowly, using body language, rephrasing for comprehension, and pairing speech with writing when needed.
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New York
Lexington School For the Deaf
Leo E. Connor
Tax problems for working spouses in two-paycheck homes
Money magazine notes that two paycheck households are a major 1970s trend in New York with wives facing heavy taxation. The first dollar of a working wife's income is taxed in the same bracket as the last dollar of her husband, pushing her into high rates even when combined earnings rise. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cites smaller total assets for two salary families versus single-earner households.
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New York
UPI
Money Magazine
Bureau of Labor Statistics
College Community discusses six elementary staff cuts
College Community teachers denounce six full time elementary positions to offset enrollment declines. Superintendent Bach defends the plan as a necessary adjustment while promising attrition or recalls if layoffs occur. Teachers argue they were not consulted and worry about paraprofessional staffing changes.
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College
William Bach
College Community
Bach
Wall
Washington reduces student loan defaults after aggressive collection
Government loan programs show progress with default defaulters dropping from a March peak of 393000 to under 350000 by November. Monthly repayments on defaulted loans rise to 2.3 million, as tougher collection and improved lending methods take effect.
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Washington
San Francisco
Monsoon Study Aims to Forecast Southeast Asia Weather
An international team including the United States China the Soviet Union and others began a year long monsoon study with a first phase from December in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia lasting three months. A second phase starts in May in New Delhi India. The project seeks accurate monsoon forecasts, a major scientific milestone.
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Washington
United States
China
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
New Delhi
India
National Science Foundation
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Ruth
Pat
Hazel Sponar
Joseph Sponar
Ruth Broderick
Ted Paulson
Barbara Kubovec
Armstrong’s
Lena Haig
R.E. Haig
Janet Hahn
Lydia
Irene Norton
David N. Gray
Anamosa
Mr. Price
W.L. Fitzgerald
Rudolph Norbohm
Eloise
Burke Healey
Vincent Dvorak
Agnes Dvorak
Josephine Dickson
Ly Christie Wallace Gazette
College Community Education Association
Helen Wall
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Kornfeld
U.S
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Roberts & Dybdahl Inc
Marengo
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