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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1966
Page
8
Cedar Rapids reports 2421 students in foreign languages this year up from 990 in 1957-58. Spanish leads with 893 students followed by French 790 German 522 and Latin 216 as demonstrations by junior high students accompany the program.
B A Jensen resigned from the Cedar Rapids board of education after 13 years of service and will join the new Area 10 school board, taking office Wednesday. Ernest Pence said an appointment will fill the vacancy within 10 days if no election is called. Jensen previously served as board president for part of his term.
Alvin J. Malmer Jr., 42, of 164 Twenty sixth street NW, named director of buildings and grounds for the Cedar Rapids Community school district. He succeeds William Koach and will earn a salary of 12600. A ISU architectural engineering graduate, he has worked since 1953 with Cedar Rapids Block Co as a sales and production engineer. He will supervise maintenance and operation of school plants and aid in planning building projects.
Mt. Mercy College has been awarded an unrestricted grant from the Alcoa Foundation. Sister Mary Agnes, college president, announced the gift while Dr. O C McCreedy, foundation executive director, explained the grant supports independent colleges beyond the Iowa College Foundation. Mount Mercy is among several independent colleges nationwide receiving extra aid.
Cyclone Fence Sales Co. was awarded a $1,092 contract by the school board for fencing at Taft and Truman schools in Cedar Hills. The firm was the lowest of five bidders and will install 1,085 feet of metal fence separating the two schools from nearby homes after local resident petitions.
Prairie high school schedules 1966 baccalaureate Sunday 8 p.m. in the gym and graduation Tuesday 8 p.m. on the athletic field. Rev A T Was of Cedar Rapids delivers baccalaureate. Rev A W Benson Ely gives invocation. Rev Arthur Nash Ely gives invocation. Rev Clifford Carter Ely offers benediction. J W Rowe of Waterloo speaks at commencement on Whats In It for Me. Top 10 students introduced. diplomas presented by Robert Langdige. In rain, ceremonies move to the Prairie gymnasium auditorium.
The Cedar Rapids school board named Don King as Washington high school basketball coach and Waily Sheets as football coach. King, ex Coe College head coach, earns 9450 dollars annually with 7950 for teaching and 1200 added for basketball coaching plus 300 for intramural duties. Sheets, promoted from assistant, will earn 8850 dollars including 7600 for teaching and 1200 coaching differential.
The Cedar Rapids school board granted final approval Monday for a shared time program next fall involving 158 enrollments of parochial high school students in the two public high schools. The plan, allowed by new state law, will enroll private school students in public classes.
The board approved an application for 421 018.04 in National Defense Education Act funds for the 1966 67 school year. The request reflects increased needs at John F Kennedy high school under construction and plans to enroll La Salle high students in Jefferson high classes. Shared time enrollments include Regis students in Washington high classes.
The Office of Economic Opportunity awards 117 674 for three summer Head Start programs in Iowa. Scott county receives 89072 to train 400 preschoolers, Iowa City gets 24255 for 80 youngsters, and Keosauqua gets 4347 for 20 children.
Area 10 official canvass tallies from Linn county show 7496 votes cast last Tuesday. District results name top candidates across Cedar, Jones, Johnson, Iowa, Benton, Washington, Linn rural, Cedar Rapids west and east sides, with top vote-getters elected to the nine member board to oversee a regional vocational education system for seven counties.
College students who did not apply for the first three Selective Service tests may take the June 24 exam by submitting applications by June 1. About 140 registrants tested at Coe College last Saturday, with the remaining three tests at the same colleges as before. Col Glenn R Bowles urged timely applications as over 800000 registrants have been processed. Linn county draft board is located at 634 Guaranty building.
Eric Hender of Merchants National Bank was elected president of the Cedar Rapids area chapter of the American Institute of Banking. Ron Neil of Merchants was named first vice president, Melvin McCalley of Peoples Bank & Trust second vice president, Dennis Hrabak of First National Bank of Marion treasurer, and Sue Dreibelbis of Merchants secretary. Dreibelbis and Pat Scheel, both of Merchants National Bank, were named the outstanding area banking women of the year. The institute promotes education for bank personnel and eighty seven bankers received education certificates this year.
Joseph Bonanno a Cosa Nostra boss known as Joe Bananas returned from a mysterious disappearance on Oct 21 1964 to surrender at a U S courthouse. He wore a gray-blue suit and glasses and stood mute as reporters sought a statement. His attorney Albert Kreiger said Bonanno had no comment.
The Cedar Rapids commission on low cost housing held its first meeting Monday with 29 members. Dr. Jackson Burns of St. Pauls Methodist Church heads the panel and Waldemar Woods was elected vice chairman. Mrs. Harold Weston was named secretary. survey materials were provided for study of housing needs tied to urban renewal and highway projects. A second meeting was set for next Monday.
Sixteen Coe freshmen were named Tuesday to Alpha Lambda Delta, the national freshmen women’s scholastic honor society. The public convocation at 7 30 this evening at the Coe auditorium will feature Dr Sharry Umbeck president of Knox college speaking on Higher Education A Look at Its Products and Processes.
GARRISON Howard Schoon and Roger Lyons have been named to attend Boys State at Camp Dodge in June. They are sponsored by the Legion and auxiliary and the Lions Club.
A Saturday meeting at Cornell College in Mt Vernon will brief faculty from the second congressional district on academic support options. Rep. John Culver announced the event to alert officials from the Office of Education the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Health Service National Science Foundation Agency for International Development and the State Department.
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