Seek Money To Keep Their School Open
Students at Providence high school in New Lenox mobilize under Save Our School to cover a 90000 deficit as Joliet diocese weighs selling the school to the public system. They have raised over 30000 with donations, doorbell appeals, and 25 cent festival tickets amid hopes to avert closures. The diocese reports a 570000 red across 10 high schools and will meet next week to decide Providence’s fate.
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Kennard
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Rural Ely bus driver appeals license suspension
George James Sheriff a Cedar Rapids bus driver from a rural Ely area appeals a two month license suspension based on a speeding guilty plea he contends was misled by his former attorney. He says the car speeding at 90 mph may not have been his and that the suspension was imposed without a hearing.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
George James Sheriff
Sheriff
Harold Vietor
Des Moines
10 Years in Pen For $10 Robbery in St Petersburg
Andre Shellman, 21, a member of the Junta of Militant Organizations, received the maximum 10 year sentence for breaking into a car and stealing a bag of groceries during St Petersburg racial disorders last August. Circuit Judge Charles Holley noted Shellman’s high intelligence used to evade law.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Junta of Militant Organizations
Andre Shellman
Charles Holley
Shellman
Court Order Reinstates Judge for Cupid’s Wedding
Iowa City marriage plans stalled when District Judge Clair E. Hamilton retired before the December 21 ceremony. Chief Justice Theodore Garfield issued a temporary reinstatement without pay to perform the nuptials for Assistant Johnson County Attorney John Hayek and Patricia McGowan, of Milwaukee.
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Cupid
Johnson County
John Hayek
Patricia McGowan
Milwaukee
Clair E. Hamilton
Hamilton
Iowa
Theodore Garfield
Upholds Government Rule Requiring Anti Smoking Messages
A federal appeals court upheld FCC rules forcing broadcasters to air anti smoking messages. The three judges ruled the rule informs the public amid heavy cigarette advertising and does not violate the Cigarette Labeling Act.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Communication Commission
Broadcasters and Tobacco
FCC
North Vietnam Reports Growth in Small Industry
Hanoi said Saturday that some small industry and handicraft enterprises in North Vietnam increased production in the last three years in spite of the U S war of destruction.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
U. S
Hanoi
Television Listings for Cedar Rapids and Nearby Areas
Prime time grid shows Lawrence Welk Hogan's Heroes Mannix Jackie Gleason Petticoat Junction Hollywood Palace and Movie selections across KCRG WMT KWWL KTVO WHBE WOC WKBT KROC WHO
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Kcrg-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Wmt.tv
Kwwl.-Tv
Waterloo
KTVO
Ottumwa
Whbe-Tv
Rock Island
Woc.tv
Davenport
WKBT
la Crosse
Kroc.-Tv
College Graduates Entering Draft Up Fourfold
Washington reports a fourfold rise in college graduates drafted since graduate students became eligible, with about 20 percent of October draftees, roughly 13,800 men, being college graduates. Authorities note a backlog of unclassified potential draftees remains and 1-A status is still in flux. The Lawrence Welk Show salutes Thanksgiving at 8, color on KCRG-TV 9.
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Washington
Pentagon
Lawrence Welk
Kcrg-Tv
Scott County Protests 20 Percent Farm Land Valuation Hike
Davenport Iowa Scott county officials protested a state order raising farm land and building valuations by 20 percent. County Attorney Ned Wehr and County Assessor Charles Jones forwarded letters to the Iowa Department of Revenue for a hearing on the across the board increase issued by Department Director William Forst.
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Scott County
Iowa Department of Revenue
Ned Wehr
Charles Jones
Wehr
William Forst
Department
Forst
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