Bitter Winter Over but Drouth Continues Across U S
United Press International reports that a harsh winter ends but severe drought presses on. Iowa Wisconsin Missouri and California face water shortages and crop losses. dust storms damage wheat and power shortages threaten electricity supply. Local officials cite billions in potential crop losses and disaster declarations.
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Drouth
Iowa
Paul Waite
Midwest
Wisconsin
Colorado Agriculture
J. Evan Goulding
Sively
Carter
Missouri
Jack Runyan
Iowa Farm Bureau
Power Company
California
Kansas
Linn-Mar High School Parents Meeting on Course Selection
Evening meeting for Linn-Mar parents on Thursday at 7 30 p m in the media center to review the 1977 78 curriculum and course relevance for future plans. Principals counselors and selected teachers will answer questions on curriculum scheduling and other school concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn-Mar
Bicyclist 13 Injured After Sunday Rear-Strike Crash
Keith L. Miller age 13 of 920 West View Drive was hurt Sunday afternoon when his bicycle hit the rear of a parked car in the 100 block of Eleventh Street. He remained in fair condition Monday at St. Luke's Hospital with a fractured right shoulder as police continued the investigation.
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Keith L. Miller
Westview Drive
Eleventh Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pops Concerts Set at Linn-Mar Friday Saturday
Linn-Mar high school hosts a two night Pops Concert in the gym with performances by vocal and instrumental departments. Directors are Byron Thompson and F Joe Weigand with multiple groups including concert band choir folk group and jazz ensemble performing selections from Sousa Lerner Lerner and many other composers. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for children.
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Linn-Mar High School
Byron Thompson
F. Joe Weigand
Sousa
Anderson
Pearson
Joplin
Marciniak
Shaft
Hayes
Moffit
Lerner-Lane
Bennett
Todd Rooks
Dawn Huntsinger
Debbie Hill
Beth Alitz
Mame
Denver
Thompson
Frog Kissin
Wielson-Thompson
Fair Is Friday Craft and Hobby Fair in Marion
A citywide craft and hobby fair takes place Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Marion Community Center on Tenth Avenue. The second annual event is sponsored by the Marion Past 60 group. Exhibits include paintings drawings woodcraft needlework quilting rocks jewelry furniture and more. The Elder Craft Shop of Cedar Rapids YWCA showcases senior citizen work. The Marion Public Library displays arts and crafts books and a library list.
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Marion Community Center
Tenth Avenue
Marion Past 60
Elder Craft Shop
Cedar Rapids Ywca
Marion Public Library
Cascade Girl Named Truman Scholarship Finalist
Cascade-Greennill college sophomore Terri Brady from Cascade has been named one of three Iowa nominees for the Harry S Truman Scholarship. The finalist from Aquin high school is among 53 students nationwide to earn up to 5000 dollars yearly for public service potential.
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Cascade
Grinnell College
Iowa
Harry S Truman
Terri Brady
Truman
Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
U.S
Truman Scholarship Foundation
Congress
Aquin High School
Artist Hamblett Dies at 82 in Mississippi
Theora Hamblett a shy Mississippi school teacher whose homespun paintings joined art collections of Nelson Rockefeller Alec Guinness and the New York Museum of Modern Art died Sunday at age 82 in Oxford Mississippi.
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Oxford
Theora Hamblett
Nelson Rockefeller
Alec Guinness
New York Museum of Modern Art
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United Press International
Oia
Legion Memorial
Parks Department
City Hall
Mary Lowe Dickinson
Circle of
Kings Daughters
Benita Elis
Eighth Avenue
Kiwanis — Hiawatha Trails
Kiwanis Club
Sambo’s
Marion Mechanical Board of Examiners and Appeals
Marion Planning and Zoning Commission
Council
YMCA
Marion Ymca
Cedric
Coates
Conrad
Kayla Maloy
Carpenter
Averre
Reed Stephens
Marcia Roberts
Funk
Brazil
Paterson
Green
Paich
Broadbent
B.T. and Company
Gates
Cassey
Company
Morton
Miss Huntsinger
Rooks
Jan Morton
Sawyer
Mary Wharff
Pat Murphy
Greg Shireman
Hamblett
Gazette
Marion
10Th Street
Ny Aes
Low Tar & Cot
FTC
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