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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1976

Page

6

Full Tuition Naval ROTC Scholarship for Robert Vrbicek

Robert Vrbicek Jr a Kennedy high school student has been awarded a four year full tuition scholarship from the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps enabling attendance at any of 58 colleges with NROTC units. The award worth 16 000 to 20 000 annually covers education plus 100 dollars monthly and ROTC duties. Applications for the 1977 fall term are open to current juniors with calls to Des Moines Navy recruiters.

Robert Vrbicek, Jr Brookland Drive Kennedy High School Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps NROTC Vrbicek Iowa Navy Cal Navy Des Moines

Off the Shelf Supplies Could Streamline Government Purchases

Washington AP reports a new federal procurement policy to buy commercial off the shelf products when feasible to cut costs and speed up acquisitions. The policy targets items like pens and pencils stamped Property of the U S Government and aims to save billions in fiscal 1976 while reducing specifications development and warehouse burdens. In San Antonio a separate UP report notes cancer research shows harmless viruses in animals can combine to form cancer causing viruses, prompting NCI cautions to labs.

Washington U.S Office of Federal Procurement Policy Daniel Wilson San Antonio 4St Southwest Foundation Saga National Cancer Institute Sto

Higher College Tuitions Cutting Enrollments

Patricia McCormack reports that rising tuition fees are reducing college enrollment, especially among youths from families under $15,000 income. The American Association of State Colleges and Universities notes a 26 percent drop in full-time college attendance by dependent 18 to 24 year olds from low income families between 1969 and 1973, with public college costs reaching 2,500 to 3,000 dollars yearly.

American Association of State Colleges and Universities U.S. Census Bureau Bureau of Labor Statistics Association Allan Ostaz Wisconsin

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