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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1968
Page
8
A Cedar Rapids report shows 407 students dropped out in 1967 68 up from 252 the prior year. Officials cite home problems school discipline and grading practices while proposing targeted guidance programs altered graduation standards and stronger home school links to curb attrition.
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO charged the school board that paying students subsidize 800 lunches daily for those unable to pay. CRFT President H Johan Eschbach questioned the system and urged cost shifts or price cuts, noting cafeteria receipts fund salaries and utilities. The board filed the letter without comment and Eschbach sought a reply.
Elizabeth McMillan, a kindergarten teacher at Kenwood, was named Monday to represent Cedar Rapids in a nationwide teacher of the year competition. She has led a career in Cedar Rapids since 1946 and is active in state and national education associations.
Jefferson alumni presented a memorial gift to the school district honoring two former Jefferson wrestlers Dennis Gunder and Jon Winger killed in Vietnam. The gift consists of mercury vapor lights to be installed above the wrestling mat and the board voted unanimously to accept it.
The Ottumwa board selects Kohlmann-Eckman-Hukill to plan a $7,000,000 high school for 2,800 students. The project aims to start late 1969 with a 1971 completion and bond election proposed for spring.
The four county joint school system discussed master planning for special education and potential cooperative purchasing. A committee will identify local needs in Linn Johnson Cedar and Washington counties and study financing and services including a Cedar Rapids Cerebral Palsy center with aid from United Community Service.
Senator Everett Dirksen has checked into a Livingston New Jersey medical center for a few days for a checkup. The hospital houses the nation’s largest high pressure oxygen chamber used to treat lung disorders, notably emphysema, from which Dirksen has long suffered.
Robert L. Caruso 19 of 837 Fifth Avenue SE changed his plea in Linn district court to breaking and entering. Judge J Paul Naughton ordered a pre sentence investigation and set sentencing for Nov 26. Caruso linked to the Oct 14 break in at Washington High School.
In Cebu harbor a passenger ferry named Tama sank after colliding with the British freighter Eastern Moon. Three bodies were recovered and 27 crew members were accounted for with minor injuries among them. The harbor pilot cited engine failure as the collision cause.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met with Portuguese leaders in Lisbon including Prime Minister Marcello Caetano and Foreign Minister Franco Nogueira. He then flew back to Washington while still recovering from an upper respiratory infection and declined a luncheon.
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