Runway Work Planed with Bond Money For Airport Upgrades
Cedar Rapids airport officials outline a 2.35 million dollar bond plan to resurface and groove runways, with 2.65 million to buy adjacent land. If approved, bids could go out in 30 days and a mid July contract awarded. United Airlines warns service could be cut if runways deteriorate.
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Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Miller
FAA
R. L. Mangold
United
Mangold
Hines
Duane Creek
Progress Threatens Rhineland Archaeology and Heritage
Archaeologists warn a decade remains to excavate hundreds of thousands of Rhineland sites before urban sprawl and autobahns erase them. Dr. Walter Janssen of the Rhine land state museum says modern progress could erase ancient Roman complexes burial mounds pottery and jewelry, slowing European archaeology by centuries. He cites road building coal mining and farming as major destroyers with the mechanical excavator singled out as the worst threat.
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Walter Janssen
Rhineland State Museum
Janssen
West Germany
European
Chilean Comic Books Help Students Learn Spanish
BYU Professor Wendell H. Hall learned Spanish faster for his son through Chilean comics. Developed with Rene Rios Pepo Condorito, the program uses Condorito strips to teach language and culture with glossaries, exercises, and accompanying recordings read by Chilean radio actors.
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Provo
Utah
UPI
Brigham Young University
Wendell H. Hall
Chile
Hall
Valparaiso
Rene Rios
Pepo
Condorito
Brigham Young
Russians Lift Seven Day Berlin Highway Blockade
Twenty years ago authorities said Soviet forces suddenly ended a seven day highway blockade of Allied military patrols in Berlin.
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USS
Berlin
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Smulekoff's
Munich
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