Cedar Rapids School District revises field trip rules
The Cedar Rapids Community School District considers major changes to field trip procedures. A draft set by Dr. William Rainbow introduces per student cost limits of 100 dollars for extended trips and 250 dollars for major trips. It also changes board approval to three annual batches and expands participation for top state placers to regional and national contests.
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Cedar Rapids
William Rainbow
Rainbow
United States
Canada
Gerber
Fleet Reserve elects Grant and Miller leaders
Walter Grant, former Linn County sheriff and 30 year Navy veteran, is named president of Hawkeye Branch No. 216 Fleet Reserve Association in Marion. Velma Miller becomes Fleet Reserve Auxiliary president. other officers include Crandall, Balhorn, and Rehmel with a nine-member board. Branch membership rises 49.6 percent from 145 to 217. Also notes today’s birthday list for Yul Brynner, Nicolai Gedda, and Hermann Prey.
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Walter Grant
Eighth St
Marion
Linn County
Hawkeye
Fleet Reserve Association
Grant
Navy
Fred Crandall
Marvin Balhorn
Ira H. Rehmel
Melvin J. Carson
Jack Clarke
William Davis
Francis Reinhold
Nicholas Kersbergen
Velma Miller
Second Ave
Fleet Reserve Auxiliary
Audrey Reinhold
Kathryn Rehmel
Vera Crandall
Lois Fisher
June Stark
Thelma Chaisson
Arlene Corson
Can the U.S. Get Mexico's Oil? Sunday Parade Analysis
A Parade magazine feature probes Mexico's oil industry, assessing its reserves, production capacity, and potential implications for U.S. energy policy. It weighs political and economic factors shaping cross border energy ties and market risk.
Cedar Rapids Public Library seeks architects for project
Cedar Rapids Public Library invites registered architectural firms in several Eastern Iowa cities to submit information on experience qualifications personnel and similar data for a building or remodeling program. The deadline is July 23 and firms are urged to contact library director Thomas Carney if inadvertently overlooked.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Jerry Elsen
Library Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Thomas Carney
Changes in Cedar Rapids school staff ratios over time
The Cedar Rapids Community School District shows a shift in staffing from 1967-68 to 1979-80 with fewer students per teacher and more teachers per central office staff. The student-teacher ratio fell from 20.5 to 16.8 as counselors and special programs expanded, while central office staff per teacher rose from 34.7 to 46.0.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Richard Schulz
Schulz
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J. Lauree Gerber
Robert Weinhardt
Board of Directors
Fleet Reserve
Grant, Miller
Yul Brynner
Nicolai Gedda
Hermann Prey
U.S
Mexico
C.R. Library
C.R
Otto Wiedersberg
Charles Cebuhar
United State Bank
Wiedersberg
Dee, Gosling and Co
The
Garfield Elementary
Speer Electric Inc
Linn Photo
Olympus
Linn Photo East
3Rd Ave
Smule-Carpets
Armstrong
Aldon
Bigelow
Karastan
Mohawk
Wanda
Antron
DuPont Nylon
Ansa
Smulekoffs
Henry Witwer
Witwer Insurance
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