Scout-O-Rama Tickets Kick Off in Hawkeye Area
More than 11 000 Scouts from seven counties initiate ticket sales for four Scout-O-Ramas. Proceeds fund pack and troop activities and council camping, with 60 percent allocated to camp. A $1 ticket includes a pizza discount at local Pizza Huts and kickoff events run 5 to 8 p.m. at four sites.
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Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Don Goodman
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Marion
Coralville
Washington
Goodman
Dr Hess Elected President of Loras Club
Dr John F Hess of 4311 Fox Meadow Drive SE was chosen as 1975 president of the Loras club in Cedar Rapids. New officers include Stephen Vanourney as vice president and Carl Esker as secretary treasurer. Board members named are James Kennedy Thomas Schueller Emmett Scherrman Rev A A Sodawasser and Thomas Zachar.
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John F. Hess
Fox Meadow Drive
Loras Club
Cedar Rapids
Stephen Vanourney
Carl Esker
James R. Kennedy
Thomas J. Schueller
Emmett J. Scherrman
A.A. Sodawasser
Thomas J. Zachar
English Widely Taught in China
Chin chuan Cheng a University of Illinois linguistics professor says English is the most taught foreign language in China. He joined a 1974 American delegation touring the mainland, noting English is taught from grade six through college in most schools and begins in Shanghai by third grade.
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Shanghai
Destruction of the Matterhorn Predicted by Geology
The Matterhorn in the Swiss Italian Alps is described as self destructing as avalanches erode its lower slopes. The upper pyramid gains an overhang and experts warn the massive horn may topple thousands of years from now.
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National Geographic
City Market Renters to Meet on Wednesday Evening
A City Market stall renters meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Riverside Roundhouse to decide which last season renters return and to hear new space requests. Recreation director Nevin Nichols will run the session. Market operates Saturdays Tuesdays and Thursdays 5 a m to noon from May 3 to Nov 1 with garden produce or home crafts only and $125 season rental. Daily spaces may be available at $5 a day. information at the recreation office 398 5065.
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Riverside Roundhouse
Fourteenth Avenue
Recreation Department
Nevin Nichols
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Shaver Road
James Landherr
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Scout-O-Ramas
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China
Smulakoff
Smulekoff
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