Linn County Advocates Aid Mentally Retarded Adults
The Linn County Association for Retarded Citizens formed a Citizen Advocacy Program to pair 11 volunteers with mentally retarded adults. Advocates and proteges act as friends doing everyday activities, aiming for self sufficiency and community integration. The program, unique in Iowa, mirrors 150 similar efforts across 32 states.
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Mary Shea
Nineteenth St
Kathy Morrow
Blairs Ferry Road
Marion
Linn County Association For Retarded
Linn County
Linn County Association For
Helen Monsees
Monsees
Advocates Reach Out To Help Mentally Retarded Citizens
Linn County expands its Citizen Advocacy Program with a 25 member advisory committee aiding mentally retarded clients. Eleven matches exist with three more in training during National Retarded Citizens Month. Volunteers aged 18 or older train in three sessions and commit at least 1.5 hours weekly for a year. Contact 365-0487.
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Monsees
Linn County
Linn County Association For Retarded Citizens
The
Linn County Association For
Fuel savings record set by tiny Mercedes prototype
In Stuttgart West Germany a Mercedes-Benz team of teenage apprentices built an 18 inch high 106 inch long 125 pound car that may hold a world record by achieving over 1500 miles per gallon in a fuel economy contest. It runs on air cooled single cylinder diesel engine under one horsepower.
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Stuttgart
West Germany
Iowa All-State Band Convention Heads to Cedar Rapids
The American School Band Directors Association plans its 25th annual convention in Cedar Rapids at the Roosevelt Royale Hotel Wednesday through Sunday with free public concerts by Dysart Geneseo High School Humoldt Mason City and other bands. Notable guests include Hindsley Revelli Santelmann and Stewart as 1000 active members plus 100 associates participate.
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American School Band Directors Association
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Dysart-Geneseo High School
Humboldt High
Lucas, Chambers, Clark and
Briggs
Roosevelt Royale
Pleasant Valley
le Mars
Mason City
LCCB
Roosevelt
Monticello High School
Karl L. King Municipal
Fort Dodge
University of Iowa Symphony
Paramount
Iowa
Coe College
Hilton Coliseum
Iowa State University
Mark H. Hindsley
Illinois University Band
William D. Revelli
Michigan University Band
Col
William F. Santelmann
Marine Corps Band
Washington, D.C
Carlton L. Stewart
Historic notes on music in Islamic and Chinese traditions
The text notes that Islamic music has long been a popular art despite bans in the Koran. It mentions Muhammad practicing cantillation of the Koran as inherently permissible with no training required. It also observes Chinese instruments named after their construction materials.
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Muhammad
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