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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1970
Page
3
Cedar Rapids schools weigh moving from a two semester system to a three part trimester plan. Discussion centers on timelines and implementation, with officials noting progress may be slow but ongoing and aiming for potential change in the near future.
The report outlines a proposed trimester system needing 29 feasibility steps before any districtwide rollout. Officials say delays ensure the change is worthwhile and properly planned, with potential benefits including more course options and shorter term lengths in a staged, school by school approach.
Memorials honor Mrs. S. W. Wilder Mrs. How ard C Lane Vernon and others with short dedications from families friends and associates. Financial figures show a 1970 budget of 15 440 with 7 487 45 yet to be raised and donations from Kolarik and others totaling several dollars.
Driss Diba, a Moroccan, reached Tunis after walking 1700 miles from Casablanca in 46 days at an average speed of five miles per hour.
A 10 inch cynodont skeleton, dating about 200 million years, was found Nov. 10 by James Collinson in an Ohio State Institute of Polar Studies expedition. The fossil suggests a link to the theory that a supercontinent split around 150 million years ago creating current continents. The team includes Dr. David Elliot. discoveries include lusitrosaurus skulls and small primitive reptiles awaiting identification.
In 1705 Peter the Great proclaimed beards a useless embarrassment and ordered them shaved. Those who refused faced a tax as enforcement in the Russian reform effort.
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