Des Moines Man Overcomes Addiction to Earn Social Work Degree
Ron Bird 37 of Des Moines narrates a life change from a troubled youth to a social worker. He dropped out at 17, joined the service with limited success, then earned his high school diploma at 26 through correspondence courses. After battling alcoholism, he trained as an alcoholic treatment counselor in 1969, led a men’s halfway house in Cedar Rapids, began college in 1970, and earned a degree in social work from Mt Mercy College in 1973. He plans further studies, crediting AA sponsors, treatment staff, and his wife Gwen for support as he and his family reside at 413 Eighteenth Street SE.
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Ron Bird
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Gwen
Oakdale
Citizen's Committee On
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Mt. Mercy College
Alcoholic Anonymous
Ron
Tim
Terry
Cindy
Eighteenth Street SE
Camp Good Health Memorial contributions listed on page 9
Memorial day observance prompts many contributions to Camp Good Health operated by the Cedar Rapids children's home. The camp offers a summer camping experience for children who otherwise could not attend.
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Cedar Rapids
Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Feed Mississippi Flow 50,000 Years
The Antarctic ice sheet represents the largest component of the world’s water budget after the oceans. If melted at a uniform rate, it could sustain the Mississippi River’s flow for about 50,000 years, highlighting long term global hydrological impact.
Summer Learn to Swim Dates Set for Grant Wood Area
The Grant Wood area Red Cross chapter lists 1975 learn to swim dates across Cedar Rapids pools from June 2 to June 6 for ride training and from June 9 to July 18 for three two week sessions. Registration June 4 to 6 at cashier's windows. Fees: $1 city taxpayers, $2 out of city. Courses include basic water safety and rescue, advanced lifesaving, and instructor retraining with Bever pool specifics and Mt. Vernon and Manchester starts.
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American Red Cross
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Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon City Hall
Manchester
Town Meeting 76 in Linn County at Cedar Rapids
Town Meeting 76 will be held May 31 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids from 8 30 am to 5 pm. A $1 registration covers materials and lunch. The event, part of a national series, features talks on The Times and the Bicentennial Era and The Future and the American Citizen with workshops and a noon bluegrass lunch performance by Echo Mountain Boys.
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Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Centennial Commission
Linn County
Linn
Echo Mountain Boys
Old Barn Theater
JoAnn Kreiman
Forty-seventh Street
TV Subtitles For Deaf Students In PBS Test
Washington area PBS station WETA airs subtitled programs as part of a PBS experiment to help deaf viewers learn language. Susan Davidoff, a 22 year old teacher of deaf children, advocates captions and PBS plans a decoder device to enable subtitling on regular sets.
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UPI
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Public Broadcasting Service
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ABC Evening News
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Washington Area
PBS
Evening News
Julia Child
Dick Cavett
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Federal Communications Commission
PBS Project
John Ball
HEW
Office of Education For the Handicapped
Washington, D.C
St. Louis
Portland
Ore
Boston
Sacramento
Calif
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Radar unit locations for weekly traffic enforcement
Police announce periodic radar checks this week in four sectors. Northwest: Edgewood road, B and F avenues. Southwest: First and C streets, Third, Sixteenth and Wilson avenues. Northeast: A, B and C avenues, Council street, Oakland road. Southeast: Blake boulevard, Second and Third avenues, Seventh, Eighth, Nineteenth and Thirty-fourth streets.
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Council Street
Oakland Road
Blake Boulevard
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Red Cross
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BankAmericard
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Institute of Cultural Affairs
Chicago
Try
China
Chicago Brookfield Zoo
Peoples Bank
Peoples
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Mays City
Newhall
FDIC
Coe College
Eastside Kiwanis
Town House
First Avenue S.E
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