Cedar Rapids students show high enrollment in science courses
A Cedar Rapids survey of 611 public high school seniors finds science and mathematics courses well above national averages with biology at 83.1 percent and chemistry and physics also strong. 58.6 percent plan college, 27 percent seek science careers, aided by extensive local science offerings and parental engineering backgrounds.
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Cedar Rapids
Research and Statistical Services
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School Life
Franklin
Front
Irene Foster
Herb Kirby
John Petersen
Bill Ashlock
Earle Thompson
Trooper's Unlucky Day Ends in Public Wreck
A Kentucky state trooper's car suffered a radiator hose burst and while a wrecker was called the tow vehicle clipped another car. The wrecker rolled, crushing a door against a roadside bank and smashing the police car. Both vehicles ended at the garage in wreckage.
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Bowling Green
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Fun for the Family on the Mickey Mouse Club
The program highlights weekday airings at 5 PM on Channel 9 featuring the Mickey Mouse Club for family entertainment.
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Channel 9
American Rocket Society Opens Annual New York Meeting
The American Rocket Society starts its four day annual meeting in New York with over 1,500 attendees. The organization comprises about 5,000 missile engineers and scientists and will discuss space law and sociology. Rear Admiral James Russell will headline the honors night dinner as awards are given to leaders in jet propulsion. Attendees include researchers from Japan France Great Britain Canada and the United States.
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Drunken Mower Detained After 2:30 A.M. Patrol
Charlotte police respond to a midnight complaint about a man mowing at 2:30 a.m. The intoxicated man circles a tree, is illuminated by a flashlight, and then arrested for drunkenness after being guided to a patrol car.
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