Colleges seek nontraditional markets as 18-year-olds lag
A Kirkwood Community College board briefing on a state funded enrollment study warns enrollments will stall due to a falling birth rate and outmigration. Don Page notes arts and sciences declines at several colleges while vocational programs and private colleges shift to career focus. Innovative curricula and broader recruiting may attract nontraditional students.
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Kirkwood Community College Board
State Department of Public Instruction
Don Page
Page
Kirkwood
Des
Public meetings week for Linn County and Cedar Rapids agencies
A compact schedule lists public meetings from Monday to Friday across Linn County and Cedar Rapids. Attendees include the Linn County Board of Supervisors, Water Works, library board, conservation, human rights commission, Marion city council, Hiawatha, and various planning and service boards, with times, locations, and brief agenda notes such as the 1973 street project discussion and health services coordination.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Water Works Board of Trustees
Linn County
St. Wenceslaus
Cedar Rapids
Marion City Council
City Hall
Cedar Rapids City Council
Marion Building Board of Appeals
City
Hiawatha City Council
Hiawatha City Hall
County Supervisors
Linn County Humane Society
Linn County Crime Commission
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Board of Social Services
Third Street
Cedar Rapids Urban Renewal Board
Board of Supervisors
Board of Social Welfare
Health Center Board
Federated Services Council
Hoover Health Council
Oakdale
University of Iowa
French Gloom Deepens as Wines Attract Global Buyers
Paris reports a wine shortage as foreign buyers from the United States Japan England and Italy purchase the best French vintages. Harvests were uneven last fall especially Bordeaux raising prices and sparking concern that only local wines will remain affordable.
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Paris
UPI
Waterloo
France
Arvernes
Rue Lafitte
Bordeaux
Candy sale boosts fees for Camp Wapsie Y youths
A Cedar Rapids area candy sale launches to fund camp fees for boys aged 7 to 15 at Camp Wapsie Y. Sales run Apr 7 in Linn County with $1 boxes earning 44 cents per box toward fees. Registration, parental permission, and branch contact numbers are listed. New camp dates begin June 17 with nine one week sessions through Aug 12. fees $36 Linn County and $39 outside. $5 deposit reserves a period.
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Camp
Wapsie-Y
Central
Ellis and Marion
Dwight Belknap
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Cedar Rapids-Linn County
Belknap
Camp Wapsie
Linn County
Earthquake Fault Found Near Nuclear Plant Site
USGS researchers say aerial photos indicate a potentially active fault beneath the proposed 2.23 million kilowatt coastal plant site 100 miles north of San Francisco on the Mendocino coast. PG E plans further surveys and will file results with the AEC in March.
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San Francisco
UPS
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Frank McKnown
Mendocin Coast
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Point Arena
Kip Newton
PG and
Carl Wentworth
Eli Silver
Newton
PG and E
AEC
Nations flags fly in order at the United Nations
The flags of member nations flutter at equal height in front of the 39 story Secretariat in New York. They are arranged alphabetically with the U.N. banner above. On joining, a new nation’s flag is raised in a central position above the rest for the first day.
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United Nations
New York
U.N
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Joe Wise
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Larry Knott
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U.S
Central ‘Branch Ymca
PG and E’s
Lawrence R. McDonald
Armstrong Men
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