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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1968
Page
21
Two young women relaxed on a sunlit rooftop at 1004 Regent Street NE on a Friday with the day’s high reaching 84 degrees. Kathy Carney, 18, stood left beside Kathy Lodestein, 16, of 3715 Oakland Road NE.
An investigation in Fukushima, Japan, found that rain on vinyl sheets used as a roof acted as a lens. The focused sunlight set straw sheets inside the hut, causing the fire that destroyed the silkworm hut last month.
Mexico's treasury says thirty million Olympic commemorative coins with a total value of 750 million pesos are circulating. Minister Antonio Ortiz Mena estimated the special 25-peso silver coins will meet demand before and during the October Games in Mexico City.
Duke University announces a 1969 curriculum allowing students to shape studies with no fixed course requirements. Students may substitute research or a thesis, study abroad, or government work for classroom work and graduate with 32 courses, 26 in the major. Freshman and sophomore year include mandatory small groups and two tutorial sessions.
Duke University plans a new program II allowing unusually talented students to design their own curriculum with faculty help. About one in ten students may qualify initially. The program combines cross field studies and may include off campus activities such as government jobs or study abroad. Students can switch between programs I and II with adviser approval.
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