YMCA to Run $204,960 Youth Corps Project in Cedar Rapids
A federal grant of 204960 dollars was approved in Washington for a Neighborhood Youth Corps project in Cedar Rapids. Sponsored by the Cedar Rapids YMCA, the program will run one year for out of school youths ages 11 to 21 under a contract with NYC Director Jack Howard. The YMCA is part of UCS which also oversees Linn County LEAP anti poverty efforts.
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President Johnson proposes far reaching health education program
President Johnson sent a cradle to old age health and education plan to Congress to aid poor children and the elderly. The package includes a national advisory committee on alcoholism, a center for research on its causes, funding for modernizing welfare health functions, and grants to states and communities for comprehensive services.
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Pummeling Dealt Reds By Marines By Tom Reedy
A report discusses a four year extension of the elementary and secondary education act and a boost in the family income formula beginning in 1968. It covers proposed funding and hiring decisions to address Amish school attendance and overcrowding issues in Oelwein.
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Amish Schools Face Four Year Certificate Dispute
Amish communities provide teachers for local schools but lack state certificates. The dispute with state and local authorities has stretched four years. The Oelwein board will operate schools this year under Gov. Hughes's temporary plan.
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Linn Education Board Moves to Establish Area Library
The Linn county education board began steps to set up a seven county area library and audio visual resources center in Eastern Iowa. Ira Larson says initial provisions and federal Title Three alignment are under review, with plans to observe classes and possibly hire teachers. The report mixes unrelated items including a misattributed remark about an Amish teaching position and a separate military brief, indicating a fragmented clipping.
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British Switch to Decimal Currency in 1971
London AP report: Britain will adopt decimal currency in February 1971. The pound will remain the major unit but be divided into 100 smaller units yet unnamed. Currently the pound is divided into 12 pence.
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James Callaghan
County Park Bonds Go to Chicago Co Library and Audio Visuals
The county will issue bonds for 1 million dollars to fund Pinicon Ridge and Squaw Creek parks. Halsey Stuart and Co was the low bidder at 3.5169 percent with seven bids total. Net interest is 216,876.67. State Title Three funds of 1.4 million are allotted, and county superintendents will seek board approval to participate in an area library project serving public and parochial schools.
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Right Man Sought for Experimental Cancer Transfer
Robert F. Allen and a 65 year old Philadelphia man with identical osteogenic sarcoma and blood type O positive agreed to an experimental operation at Roswell Park Memorial Institute. Tissue transplant between patients aims to trigger cancer resistance. outcome uncertain but hopeful for both men.
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Unmanned Soviet Venus 3 Lands on Planet Venus
Moscow reports Venus 3, a one ton unmanned spacecraft, landed on Venus after a 35 million mile journey in three and a half months. Venus 2 passed close to Venus, Venus 1 remains in heliocentric orbit, and the voyage marks another space first for the Soviet Union.
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Springville Woman Killed in Car Truck Crash
Mrs. Edwin Hocum 71 of rural Springville died when her westbound car collided with a northbound gasoline truck at the 64 151 intersection on the east edge of town. Her husband Edwin Hocum was hospitalized with cuts and shock. The truck driver Harvey Fritz 41 of Epworth was uninjured.
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Springville
March Comes In Like Lamb The Lion Growls In Iowa
A Tuesday in Iowa saw sunny skies and mild afternoon temperatures with Cedar Rapids at 52 degrees after a 36 degree overnight and 45 degree high Monday. Forecasters expect the lion to growl later in the week with clouds building Wednesday and a chance of rain or snow Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
President Johnson Offers Peace Talks and North Vietnam Reconstruction
President Johnson urged Hanoi to negotiate peace on the occasion of the Peace Corps anniversary. He said the United States would support free elections in South Vietnam, abide by the outcome, and join a massive reconstruction program open to all including North Vietnam.
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