Kirkwood approves legitimization of criminal justice program
Kirkwood Community College board unanimously legitimized the criminal justice corrections program started in 1974. The program now requires local state and DPI approval and currently enrolls 20 students. Former graduates work for Cedar Rapids Police and some pursue Mt. Mercy College criminal justice studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College Board of Directors
Larry Willis
Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Deputies Ratify Pay Plan With Overtime Benefits
Deputies ratified a new pay program through SECO and the Linn County supervisors featuring a 6.75 percent across the board raise plus step increases. Time and a half for holidays and an extra vacation day apply, with overtime options either paid or compensated. The package totals about 10 to 11 percent overall in salary and holiday overtime. The contract runs retroactively from July 1, 1977 and expires July 1, 1978. It is pending formal signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Alvin Logan
SECO
Sheriff's Department
County Supervisors
Logan
Mrs Lympus Seeks College Board District Post
Roberta Lympus 32 of rural Swisher filed nominating papers for director district No 6 of the College Community school board. She cites education experience and a progressive approach to basics. A 1967 Iowa State graduate with classroom work in Alburnett Des Moines and the College Community district. She and husband David have two young sons Chad and Jason and attend Gloria Dei Lutheran Cedar Rapids. She was born in Carroll and grew up on a farm in Lytton.
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Roberta Lympus
Swisher
College Community School Board
Lympus
Iowa State University
Alburnett
Des Moines
College Community
University of Iowa
Roberta
David
Chad
Jason
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Lympus
Carroll
Lytton
Iowa
Geologist George Barbour Dies at 86 in Cincinnati
Geologist George Barbour died in Cincinnati at age 86. He gained fame for his work in China contributing to research on Peking Man, the early humans said to have roamed China about 650000 years ago.
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Cincinnati
George Barbour
China
Peking
Airport audit pullback blocks Hatt from access
Cedar Rapids airport commission bars Jack Hatt from operating on airport property until he agrees to an audit of his rental car records. Hatt's Rent-a-Car operated at the airport until last July and has not provided records for the routine audit required by his expired lease. The panel also plans to pursue an agreement with Collins Radio to control Hatt’s activities near the terminal.
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Cedar Rapids
Roy Jameson
Hart
Hatt
Commission
Robert Blythe
Jameson
Collins Radio
Collins
Airport Commission
Car Pedestrian Mishap in Marion Injures One
A pedestrian, Kenneth D. Raue, 36, was struck at 7 34 a m in the 2600 block of Seventh Avenue Marion and taken to St Luke s hospital with a fractured pelvis and abrasions He was listed in fair condition mid morning The driver Douglas R Wolfe 26 of Shellsburg faces a charge related to car equipment and is due in Marion magistrate s court July 22 Also noted ON THIS DATE in 1958 President Eisenhower ordered 3500 Marines to Lebanon.
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Seventh Avenue
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
Kenneth D. Raue
Alburnett Road
Raue
Douglas R Wolfe
Shellsburg
Wolfe
Owl To Be Freed At Indian Creek Nature Center Interview
A Sunday event at Indian Creek Nature Center features a live animal interview with naturalists hosting hands on exhibits. They will release a great horned owl during the program inviting visitors to view the release and learn about the bird.
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Nature Center
Indian Creek Nature Center
Postmasters To Take New Jobs In Anamosa And Ladora
Anamosa gains postmaster D Leo Morrissey who will lead a 15 person staff at the facility with annual receipts of 210000 and a salary of 23093. Ladora appoints Eugene Rathjen as postmaster after serving as officer in charge since last December, with annual receipts of 8302 and a 16727 salary. A temporary resident owl from Bever Park Zoo is cared for at the Cedar Rapids nature center with a 50 cent member fee and 1 dollar non member charge. The center aims to release the owl after educational use and notes no live animals are kept in perpetual captivity. Thought for Today quotes Mark Twain on truth.
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Anamosa
Ladora
D. Leo Morrissey
Morrissey
Cedar Rapids
Postal Employee Development Center
Eugene Rathjen
Marengo
Rathjen
Nature Center
Bever Park Zoo
Zoo
Curtis Abdoudi
Otis and
Bertram Roads
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates Listed
The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded 1883 lists subscription options including carrier $1.05 weekly and mail rates for Afternoon Edition and weekend issues. Rates show 7 issues weekly for $4.29, four weeks $4.60, 52 weeks $70, with restrictions on mail subscriptions where carrier service exists. The AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U S
Gazette
Associated Press
Iowa Allows Farm Purchase Exception For Swine Operation
The Iowa attorney general approved an exception to the three year moratorium on farmland purchases by corporations. The ruling permits Kleen Leen Inc to operate an experimental swine operation in Linn County, though the moratorium generally blocks corporate farmland acquisitions until Aug 15, 1978. Family farm corporations are exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
James M. Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Attorney General
Kleen Leen, Inc
Linn County
Clifford Peterson
Kleen Leen
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CETA
Washington
Monticello
Williamsburg
Iowa City
Burlington Street
Iowa Council of Area School Boards
Miller Welding and Tile Co
Cedar Valley Asphalt Co
Banes Construction
Fairfax
Jones Hall
Jones and Benton Halls
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
Merchants National Bank
Brenton Bank
City National Bank
Farmers State Bank
Citizens Savings Bank
Clarence Savings
Iowa State Bank and Trust
Mechanicsville Trust and Savings
Trude Elliott
Cedoh
Raries
Tom Fruehling
Federal Court Reporter
Iowa County
David McGuire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lebanon
Middle East
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens
Larsen-Olson Company of
AMC
Miles
FTD Florist
V— Pacer
Duffy Schamberger Motors, Inc
Collins Road
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