Reading program helps Cedar Rapids kids catch up
Federal Title I funds support remedial reading for over 200 Cedar Rapids students in six public and three parochial schools. Children entered the program with reading levels 18 months to two years behind peers and showed 42 percent faster progress after a year, with teachers noting improved attitudes toward school.
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Cedar Rapids
Mildred Middleton
Roosevelt, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler, van Buren
Lincoln
Immaculate Conception
St. Patrick's
St. Wenceslaus Catholic
Aldrich Drahos
Drakos
University of Iowa
Kennedy and
Franklin
Middleton
Six More Cancer Drive Chairmen Are Announced
General Chairman Frank Pfaff named six division leaders for Linn County Cancer Crusade. William Hardin will head the business special gifts division with kickoff Tuesday. L W Van Nostrand will outline society work. Two Marion divisions led by James Ward and William Quinby start March 25 with other leaders named for Marion and rural divisions. Volunteers plan an April 4 kickoff at the Town House.
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Linn County Cancer Crusade
Frank Pfaff
Marion
William Hardin
Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center
L. W. van Nostrand
American Cancer Society
Pfaff
James Ward
William Quinby
Marvin Fernow
Linn County
Women Voters Hear Talk On Job Center
Wilford A. Lewis director of the Clinton Job Corps Center will address the Cedar Rapids Marion League of Women Voters at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. He leads the center for General Learning Corp a Time Inc and General Electric affiliate. The talk covers center operations and development since its 1966 opening. The meeting at the Town House is open to the public.
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Wilford A. Lewis
Clinton Job Corps Center
Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters
Lewis
General Learning Corp
Time, Inc
General Electric
Purdue University
U.S. Navy
General Learning
Center For the Government
Corbin Straddles Three Counties in Southeast Kentucky
Corbin lies in Whitley Knox and Laurel counties in Southeast Kentucky, spanning three jurisdictions. This unique municipal footprint impacts governance and regional services as the city operates across multiple county boundaries.
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Corbin
Kentucky
Whitley
Knox
Laurel
Washington Presents Ten Little Indians at High School
The Washington speech and drama department stages Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium. Curtain at 8 p.m. Cast includes Gary Mainer Miriam Beedy and others. Reserved seats via 365-5241 Ext. 30 starting Monday at 8 a.m.
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Agatha Christie
Washington High School
Washington Speech and Drama Department
Devon
England
Parker
Danny Shaheen
Edie
Hahn
Art Newman
Tim
Johnson
Jeff Steitzer
Pat
Lafley
Albert Spencer Pink
Gary Mainer
Miriam Il
Satern
Mark Meyocks
Beedy
Dessa Paulson
Alan
Sotheby's to Auction Rare Medieval Torture Instruments
Sotheby's in London announces a major sale of rare medieval torture devices including a rack an iron maiden pillories and a rare whipping bench to be offered to collectors and museums.
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London
Sotheby’s
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Bill Duffy
Duffy
Cancer Drive
Women’s
Betty Jenkins
Arnold Palmer
Lindale
Washington
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Daughters of the Nile
Lindale Plaza
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