Linn-Mar Educator and Dostals Honored for 1977
Esther Sharbo librarian at Linn-Mar High named educator of the year by the Linn-Mar Education Association. Lumir and Sara Dostal named friends of education for 1977. Awards to be given at the LMEA banquet in May. ECUA consideration to follow. The report lists Sharbo's long service, Dostal family's involvement, and local school ties.
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Linn-Mar Education Assn
Esther Sharbo
Lumir Dostal, Jr
Friends of Education
LMEA
East Central Unisery Unit
Iowa State Education Assn
ECUA
Isea Representative Assembly
Linn-Mar
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Iowa
Minnesota
Arthur
1570 Country Club Drive
Lumir
Sara Dostal
Novak
Marion
Lumir, Jr
Sara Busse
Sara
Dostal
Indian Creek School
Dostals
Zaire Exile HQ Bombed as Mediation Sought
Zaire air force jets bombed Kisenge the exile headquarters in Shaba Province as 2,000 Katangan exiles from Angola fight to advance. Nigeria mediating an end to the fighting, with Vance signaling U S restraint on arms requests and continued non lethal aid.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
United States
Mobutu Sese Seko
Nigeria
Kisenge
Shaba
Angola
Katanga
Congo
Dilolo
Frost: Nixon Interview Ready to Speak
British host David Frost taped the first of 12 exclusive interviews with former President Nixon in Los Angeles. Frost said Nixon was ready to speak about his life career and the Watergate scandal and teased that the resignation would be among questions while declining to reveal specifics.
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Los Angeles
David Frost
Tiny Tim
Canterbury
Nixon
Frost
White House
American Review to Publish Final Issue in September
The American Review, longest running paper back literary periodical in the United States, will publish its last issue in September. Founded by Theodore Solotaroff in 1963, it published works by Philip Roth Kate Millett and E L Doctorow and helped launch many new authors. Solotaroff said the magazine has lost editorial momentum after ten years.
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New York
The
American Review
America
Theodore Solotaroff
Philip Roth
Portnoy
Kate Millett
E.L. Doctorow
Solotaroff
Court Upholds OSHA Rules Amid GAO Critique
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld OSHA enforcement procedures rejecting contractor challenges to fines without juries. A GAO study criticized OSHA and NIOSH for limited protective standards, noting 15 substances with final rules in five years and risks still high.
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OSHA
GAO
Washington
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Supreme Court
Byron White
Congress
General Accounting Office
New York Times
Labor Department
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Woman Hurt as Car Hits Bicycle Near Keota
Keota woman Marlene Greiner 18 is in serious condition with a fractured hip and pelvis after a car struck her bicycle on Highway 77 two miles south of the Highway 92 junction. Driver Genevieve White 79 of Keota faces charges for improper pass.
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Keota
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Here
Iowa Highway Patrol
Marlene Greiner
Highway 77
Highway 92
Genevieve White
Greiner
Sigourney Hospital
White
Culver Calls End to Height Rule for Women in Military
Senator Culver urged Pentagon to stop rejecting tall women above six feet for military service. He argued equal opportunity requires removing height discrimination and allowing women to serve to the greatest extent.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
John Culver
D Lown
Culver
Inflation Up Jobless Down Forecast For 1977
University of Pennsylvania economists predict a year end drop in unemployment from 7.9 percent to below 6 percent by 1979 while inflation rises by about one point with oil price stabilization. They forecast modest manufacturing growth and rising short term interest rates as the economy recovers from a winter surge in prices.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Penn
Wharton School
Carter
Lawrence Klein
F. Gerald Adams
Richard Young
Percentage of Smokers Down Says Federal Research
A federal researcher told the American Cancer Society that the smoking population declined 8 percent over 12 years. Dr. Daniel Horn said the number of smokers rose with population, but the smoking rate fell from 42 to 34 percent, signaling a solvable problem.
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Los Angeles
UPS
American Cancer Society
National Commission On Smoking
Commission
Daniel Horn
Railroad Costs Reach 140000 for Cedar Rapids Traffic Ban
Chicago and North Western officials testified it costs about 140000 annually to comply with Cedar Rapids ordinances prohibiting downtown rail traffic in evening rush hours. Robert Steiner of the state transportation board said the figures rely on overtime, idle stock, and penalties from other lines for late car returns. Cedar Rapids officials questioned the assumptions.
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Des Moines
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Robert Steiner
State Transportation Regulation Board
Steiner
Cedar
Rail traffic curbs in Cedar Rapids spark lengthy hearings
The city restricts rail movement on Fourth avenue between 3 30 p m and 5 30 p m to ease congestion while tracks the C N W system face scrutiny. Steiner notes 43 exhibits and a roughly 1000 page transcript as officials from Rock Island Milwaukee Road and Illinois Central Gulf prepare further testimony in Cedar Rapids hearings expected to wrap Friday.
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C&nw
Steiner
Fourth Avenue
Transportation Regulation Board
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Milwaukee Road
Illinois Central Gulf
Magistrate Appointment Meeting Set in Linn County
A Linn County magistrate appointment meeting is scheduled for April 27 at 3 p.m. in the second floor west courthouse courtroom to interview candidates and select two part-time magistrates for two-year terms. Judge William Eadsinvites eligible electors under 72 and lawyers for first consideration. current magistrates James Bennett and Guy Booth seek reappointment as salaries may rise from 6750 to 8750 dollars per year.
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Linn County
Linn
William Eads
Eads
James Bennett
Guy Booth
Coe-Cornell UN Day Fete Honored for National Report
The Coe Cornell United Nations Day observance from last October is singled out for a national report to President Carter. National UN Day Chairman Edgar Speer notes the honor due to emphasis on non political UN work. A Cedar Rapids UNA USA executive letter informs Coe and Cornell colleges.
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Jimmy Carter
Edgar Speer
U.S. Steel Corp
Philip P. Secor
Cornell
Leo L. Nussbaum
Coe
Cy Douglass
Marion
Iowa
Una-Usa
Cornell Colleges
Cedar Rapids Area
UN Asin
Cedar Rapids Driver Excellence Program Saturday
Amvets Post 50 sponsors a Cedar Rapids area driver excellence program for high school students Saturday at 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Ball Park. Eligible entrants must have completed driver ed and hold a learner’s permit or license. One winner per school advances to the state runoff in Waterloo on April 16 with banquet expenses paid. state winners go to the national finals in Nashville May 14 to 16 with first prize a Dodge and a 2000 dollar scholarship plus smaller awards for 2nd through 5th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets Post
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Ball Park
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Area
Nashville, Tenn
Northcott to Meet Carter in Washington briefing
Bruce Northcott news director of WMT stations will join about 20 broadcast and news executives meeting with President Carter in Washington Friday. Cabinet members and White House staff will attend this first small briefing to let non Washington people ask questions and trade ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Northcott
WMT
Carter
Washington
White House
Foege Promoted at Catholic Charities Archdiocese Dubuque
The Rev. Thomas W. Rhomberg announces Romaine H. Foege as program supervisor for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Effective April 1, Foege, of Marion, will oversee all agency service programs including adoption unwed parents family counseling homemaker outreach and community development.
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Thomas W. Rhomberg
Catholic Charities
Archdiocese of Dubuque
Romaine H. Foege
Foege
Twenty-eighth Street
Court
Marion
Cedar Rapids
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