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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1978

Page

11

Kirkwood launches Employee School Program ESP training program

Kirkwood Community College announces the Employee School Program ESP open to adults 18 plus who qualify under multiple agencies guidelines. Courses include welding auto mechanics data processing accounting and secretarial with funds routed to Kirkwood centers to cover tuition. ESP coordinator George Colbert will link students to funding and potential employers and may enable simultaneous high school completion. Interested individuals should contact Colbert at 398 5424.

Kirkwood Community College Kirkwood Kirk Wood George Colbert Colbert

Final Registration Ahead at Kirkwood Community College

Final registration for the winter quarter occurs Monday and Tuesday November 27 and 28 at Kirkwood Community College. Daytime arts and sciences classes register 8:30 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, 8:30 to 11 and 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, with evening credit registration 7 to 8 p.m. both days in Linn Hall. Vocational programs offer openings with daytime and evening slots across several fields.

Kirkwood Community College Linn Hall

Bangkok to River Kwai Bridge Tour Draws Visitors

Tourists flock to the River Kwai Bridge in Thailand, with a rebuilt steel span open to traffic and day trips from Bangkok. Options include a river raft stay near Kanchanaburi and a nearby Allied cemetery. Also notes Egypt universities closed on this date in 1968 to curb student riots.

Plete Kwai Ceylon Bangkok Kanchanaburi Egypt Cairo Alexandria

Marshall says work remains in fight against prejudice

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall told graduates at the investiture of Wiley Branton as dean of Howard University Law School that the Ku Klux Klan and its allies are in every phase of American life. He urged young blacks to remember more work lies ahead to end prejudice.

Washington Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall Ku Klux Klan Marshall Wiley Branton Howard University Law School

Red Cross January classes reflect December schedule

The Grant Wood area Red Cross chapter announces a schedule of standard first aid and CPR courses through December. First aid sessions run December 2, 8, 12, 14, and 15 with varying times. CPR classes occur on select dates in November and December. All sessions take place at the Red Cross office 3601 42nd St. NE. Registration is required, call 393-3500.

Grant Wood Area The Red Cross 42Nd St. NE

Winter aquatics course offered with YWCA

An adapted aquatics instructor course runs Nov 29 through Jan 5 meeting Wednesdays and Fridays 5 to 7 p.m. It trains water safety instructors and YWCA leaders to teach swimming to individuals with disabilities, replacing the Red Cross handicap instructor course. Registration is via 365-1458. Also notes that barbed wire was patented on this date in 1867 by Joseph Glidden of DeKalb Illinois.

Grant Wood Area The Red Cross YWCA Joseph Glidden de Kalb, III

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