Speaker Named for Annual Jaycee Awards Banquet
Dr. Kenneth McFarland will deliver the main talk at the annual Jaycee awards banquet February 13 at the Roosevelt hotel. He is described as a progressive conservative and has spoken at Jaycee events in 1961 and 1964. Four awards will be presented the first time at the same banquet including corn grower and outstanding young farmer. Reservations due February 9 at 364-5135. banquet at 7 p.m. with a 6:30 p.m. social. McFarland is a Kansas State Teachers College graduate with a Stanford PhD and is a longtime school executive and renowned public speaker. He operates a livestock farm near Topeka known for Hereford cattle and Tennessee Walking horses.
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Kenneth McFarland
Jaycee
Roosevelt Hotel
McFarland
Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Kan
Hearing Planned On Kennedy High Boundary Dispute
Linn county officials plan a hearing on objections to Kennedy High School attendance boundaries. The full county board of education will hear the case after records are sent from Cedar Rapids Community School District. Harrison elementary district residents oppose being assigned to Kennedy High on the east side.
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Linn County
John F. Kennedy
County Board of Education
Ira Larson
Harrison
Iowa
Larson
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Kennedy High School
CREA backs move to end uncertified teaching certs in Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Education Assn will support a resolution to stop issuing teaching certificates to individuals without a BA and without student teaching. Kenneth Lemke notes such certificates degrade teaching, while Alan Whitworth cites a U.S. Education Office view on teacher shortages. The group seeks a special non teaching certification path for study hall and other duties. More than 400 teachers head to Des Moines for the ISEA delegate assembly. James Freeman presides at the state session.
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Cedar Rapids Education Assn
CREA
Washington High School
Kenneth Lemke
McKinley
Iowa State Education Assn
ISEA
State Department of Public Instruction
Lemke
Alan Whitworth
Franklin
U.S. Office of Education
U.S
Whitworth
Charles Lingren
Ing
Louisa Peak
Erskine
Miss Peak
Iowa
National Education Assa
James Freeman
Harding
Freeman
Des Moines
Six East Iowans Nominated for West Point by Culver
Iowa's Second district sends six nominees to the U S Military Academy by Congressman John C Culver William J Pfeffer Jr of 448 Lewellen Dr NW Thomas J Gilbon of Dyersville Ronald D Elvers of Waukon Ronald J Schulte of Dorchster Gregory Schrubbe of Decorah John G Ganske of Manchester Each will be reviewed by academy officials with the top two set for the class entering next summer Culver also invites applications through Sept 30 for the 1968 class.
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Iowa
Second
U.S. Military Academy
John C. Culver
William J. Pfeffer, Jr
Lewellen Drive
Thomas J. Gilbon
Dyersville
Ronald D. Elvers
Waukon
Ronald J. Schulte
Dorchester
Gregory Schrubbe
Decorah
John G. Ganske
Manchester
Academy
Culver
Grinnell Radio Employee to Leave for Blind Commission
Grinnell AP reports Jim Crawford, 46, sales and station manager of KGRN Grinnell, resigns effective Wednesday to become a rehabilitation counselor with the Iowa Commission for the Blind.
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Grinnell
Jim Crawford
State
KGRN
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Benefits of Casualties on Income Tax Returns
Sylvia Porter notes 1966 losses from car damage theft or home damage may be deductible as casualty losses on Form 1040 page 2, with court decisions offering varying guidance. Deductions hinge on proof of casualty caused by vandalism or misplacement rules, and drought losses may apply for pre-1966 years. The law allows 1966 casualty deductions for major disasters declared by the President through April 17 1967, enabling immediate tax relief.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Carpenter
Treasury
Drouth
Dreuth
Grassley pushes right to work into Iowa Constitution
Rep Charles Grassley and 16 colleagues propose amending the Iowa Bill of Rights to enshrine the right to work in the state constitution. They argue the 1947 law, shielding employment from union membership, deserves constitutional protection similar to free speech and religion. Grassley notes the 1965 repeal attempt failed by three votes and warns against future repeal.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Grassley
New Hartford
Grassley
Transformer damaged on Rossville road carries 8000 volt charge
WAUKON Interstate Power Co officials found a portable transformer broken open along Rossville road. They warned the device carried an 8000 volt charge and said the person who opened it narrowly escaped serious injury or death.
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Waukon — Interstate Power Co
Rossville Road
Young people and new ideas on sex and morality
Digest February exclusive article questions if youth are realistic about sex and love. Authors of Human Sexual Response share their definite opinions in a feature alongside 41 other articles and columns in the issue.
Clergy Conference to Hear Samuel Sandmel Talk
The Cedar Rapids Conference of Clergy invites members to hear Dr. Samuel Sandmel of Cincinnati at 3:30 on February 7 at Temple Judah. He is a Bible and Hellenistic literature professor at Hebrew Union College and specialist in the New Testament and Judaism.
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Cedar Rapids
Sandmel
Hillel
Vanderbilt University
Hillel Foundation
Yale University
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