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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1977

Page

8

Kirkwood Leaders to Be Honored at Dinner

Kirkwood Community College will host a recognition dinner Monday at Iowa Hall honoring 78 students for leadership during the 1976 77 school year. The program includes awards by Supt Selby Ballantyne with recipients led by Tom McGivern and Susan Dever for student congress presidents and several officers and committee chairs across student government and activities.

Kirkwood Community College Iowa Hall Kirkwood Selby Ballantyne Debbie Baird Tom McGivern Keystone Susan Dever Cedar Rapids Student Congress Kathy Paulsen Newhall David Knight Toddville Tom VanAmburg Atkins William Little Washington Barbara Little Joyce Skinner Marion John Hawes Kerry Hansen Sally Bousley South English Jerome Dawson Larry Hudson

Spring Fling Lineup at Kirkwood Community College

Kirkwood Community College hosts a week of events labeled Spring Fling with music, films, comedy, and student faculty contests. Highlights include Glen Super and Red White and Blue Grass performances, Bing Show, pig roast, and a concert at Iowa Hall along with a packed schedule of campus activities and numerous student and staff ombudsmen listed.

Kirkwood Community College Kirkwood Student Congress Glen Super Don Lang Iowa Hall

Trust Assn Educational Conference Heads to Cedar Rapids

Trust officials and tax attorneys from New York Pittsburgh and Milwaukee will address the 29th Iowa Trust Assn educational conference in Cedar Rapids this week. The two day session features finance, estate planning under the 1976 tax reform act and continuing legal education credits for participants.

New York Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cedar Rapids Iowa Trust Assn Richard Ryan Merchants National Bank Sheraton Motor Inn Frederic B. Moriarity United States Trust Co Moriarity Harvard New York University New York City Thomas R. Christenson Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co University of Iowa Law Ryan Iowa N. William Hines University Law School Sheldon F. Kurtz Association Sheraton

McKinley’s Steam Wagon Sidelined in Local History

In Taylorstown Kentucky Jerome Bonaparte McKinley, an early inventor born 1842, built a steam wagon that served riders between here and Louisville. His daughter recalls a 12-seat vehicle with three wheels and handlebars, but locals say it frightened horses and gained no patent or fame.

Taylorsville Henry Ford Here Louisville McKinley

Radar Locations This Week

Radar checks planned in multiple sectors this week across Southwest Ninth and J streets and Second and Third Avenues. Other zones include Southeast Nineteenth Street Memorial Drive and Bever Avenue. Northwest segments cover B and F Avenues Eighth Street Ellis Boulevard. Northeast zones include Sixteenth Seventeenth Forty second and Council Streets Wenig and Shaver Roads.

Nineteenth Street Memorial Drive Bever Avenue Eighth Street Ellis Boulevard Sixteenth Seventeenth Forty-second Council Streets Wenig Shaver

Waterfalls measured by flow height and pattern

The article notes Sete Quedas in Brazil and Paraguay as the world's greatest by mean annual flow and height. It compares Stanley Falls on the Congo river, where a larger total volume passes over but no single cataract exceeds six feet.

Brazil Paraguay Africa Stanley Falls Congo River

Mt Mercy to honor Dr George E LaMore as graduation speaker

Dr George E LaMore Jr head of religion and philosophy at Iowa Wesleyan College will deliver the Mt Mercy College commencement address. The ceremony is set for May 21 at 10 a.m. in Washington High School auditorium.

George E. LaMore, Jr Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Mercy College Washington High School LaMore Iowa Wesleyan State

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BASA General News Sun Kirkwood Leader Jo Peck East Campus Diane Mann Pomeroy Agribusiness Edward Prime Naomi Hudek Iowa City Cochairman Congress Norman Mallory Jeff van Fleet Sigourney Dave Kirsh Doug Darrow Dwayne Hensch John McCusker Pat Hollis Pam Price Steve Shean Bev Harrell Fairfax Tom Sadler Allan Deerburg Nancy LeMasters Bicycle Terri Mahnke Pattie Lumley Craig Hood March Dental Karen Young Jayce Freestone Tracy Rich Central City Pattie Scheel Office Education Association Raejean Hartz Deb Nieman Denise Merrill Susan Anderson Janice Gossell Barbara Behrens Tipton Deb Simpson Odebolt Sue Lintz September Debbie Burt Vicki Dolezal Jolene Steffen Debbie Smith Wapello Kirkwood Marketing Club Dan Lown North English Eric Horn Winterset Dani Frisch Springville Pam Jackson Hiawatha Yvonne Cisar Kacena Music Club Ray Huff Crawfordsville Elaine Warren Food Store Jim Hart Diane Morgan Stanley Rich Walters Solon Mike Boots Florists’ Club Dave Nolan Boone Beth Hanson Maquoketa Janelle Jesse Oelwein Environmental Students Association Larry Nissen Mr. Vernon Kevin Anderson Robert Kappmeyer Barbara Murray West Branch Culinary Club Judy Oehlerich Norma Kern Blairstown Mike Bogan Harriet Cassel Roberta Banks Debbie Cortez Bessie Nelson Cedar Rapids Country Club Ment, Inc Glen R. Johnson Eugene Maloney Johnson Minnesota United States Treasury Ford Dr. LaMore Mt. Mercy Minister Europe Near East Greece Italy Williams College Boston University Oxford George LaMore Bine Smulekoff Bulova Longines Wittnauer Caravelle Seiko Che Longines-Wittnauer Jewelry
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