Nine Percent Decrease Seen in Four-County School Enrollment
A Joint County system report to the College Community school board projects a nine percent drop in total enrollment across Cedar, Johnson, Linn, and Washington counties over five years. Elementary counts fall from 31,601 this year to 26,387 by 1977 78 while secondary enrollment fluctuates, with Linn showing an overall nine percent decline.
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Cedar
Johnson, Linn
Washington
College Community School Board
John Finch
Joint County Research and Evaluation Services
Finch
Linn County
Linn
College
College Community
Czechs Flock to Massive Soviet Exhibition in Prague
In Prague puzzled by Soviet life visitors flock to a sweeping exhibit titled 50 Years of USSR. About 40 000 daily crowds view consumer goods industry and space technology while 60 000 Soviet troops mingle with fairgoers on weekends.
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Prague
Soviet Union
Ussr
Czechoslovakia
C R Man Arrested On Check Charge
James Day aged 49 of 2300 Grande Avenue SE was arrested Tuesday on a charge of drawing a check with intent to defraud and was released on a $1000 bond Wednesday. The warrant originated in Kansas City Missouri.
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James Day
Grande Avenue SE
Day
Kansas City
Iowa Public Safety Seeks Nearly 30 Million Budget Increase
Iowa public safety officials asked for almost 30 million dollars for the next biennium in a budget hearing with Gov. Robert Ray. The proposal targets about 15 million per year with half for the highway patrol, reflecting expanded costs from a rising state role and earlier federal funding offsets for the crime lab and narcotics division.
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DES Moines
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Robert Ray
Public Safety
Michael Sellers
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sellers
Department of Public Safety
Iowa Crime Lab
Criminal Conspiracy Unit
Division of Narcotic and Drug Enforcement
Department of Public Defense
Iowa National Guard
Iowa crime commission funding plans in coming years
The crime commission, created in 1972, had under 45 thousand dollars in its first year and 181 thousand in the current year. For the next fiscal year it seeks 188 thousand dollars and 284 thousand dollars for 1975, with most funds sourced from federal contributions.
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Iowa Crime Commission
Commission
Crime Commission
Four Juveniles Charged in Two Incidents in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police arrested three 17 year olds on larceny charges after they allegedly took about 20 empty pop cases from the PDQ store at 1944 Forty-second Street NE around 1 a.m. The youths were processed by the youth bureau and referred to a probation officer. A 16 year old was arrested for possession of beer as a minor and resisting an officer at about 4 a.m. and also referred to a probation officer. He will face court on the traffic charge.
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Cedar Rapids
PDQ
Forty-second Street
Youth Bureau
Blaze Damages Barker House
A Tuesday afternoon fire caused extensive damage to Gary Barker's home at 807 Third Street SW. Officials say the blaze started in a bedroom of the one story frame house and was caused by careless smoking. the bedroom was gutted but the attic sustained limited damage. No occupants were home.
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Gary Barker
Third Street
Hallberg Arrested on Contributing to Delinquency Charge
Paul Hallberg, 29, of 911 Old Marion road NE, was arrested Wednesday on a count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and alleged failure to pay child support. He was released on a $300 bond.
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Paul Hallberg
Marion Road
Hallberg
90 000 Passengers Sign Up For Lunar Flight Dream
Pan American Airways closed its moon flight reservations with 90 000 names including Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. The listing spans ages nations and motives from a Philadelphia grandmother to a Vienna journalist and a Miami architect noting plans may never happen before the 21st century.
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Cape Kennedy
Neil Armstrong
Pan American Airways
Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins
Student Held in Campus Stabbing
A student is held in connection with a campus stabbing as discussions move from lunar flight to hypersonic sub orbital travel. Analysts note airlines will track Space Shuttle plans and the Apollo program nearing its end with Apollo 17.
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New York
Hong Kong
Pan Am
Bid for Furniture Safety Standard Plan
Washington AP reports the administration began work on a federal flammability standard for upholstered furniture with a target effective date in late 1974. Secretary Peter Peterson invites comments on a proposed standard under the Flammable Fabrics Act, citing research showing many deaths and injuries in fires involving upholstered furniture.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of Commerce
Peter Peterson
Milk Truck Upsets. Driver Uninjured in Waukon
Donald Haler, 23, of Waukon, a Pulman Transport driver, escaped injury when a milk truck tipped into a ditch on a gravel road off Highway 9 en route to Cresco. The spill totaled several thousand gallons and caused substantial vehicle damage.
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Waukon
Donald Haler
Pulman Transport Co
Haler
Cresco
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Iowa Department of Civil Defense
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al Markle
Iowa
Law Academy
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
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Roosevelt Hotel
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Brenton
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Blaze
Barker
Augustina Dillon
Philadelphia
Gerhard Pistor
Vienna
Justus Hellmuth
Miami
Hellmuth
Kathleen Liebel
Virginia Commonwealth University
Civil Aeronautics Board
MT. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Richard Blackmore
Bergenfield
N.J
Blackmore
Marty Rosensteel
Greensburg
Rosensteel
McKibbin Hall
Pistor
Earth
Wmsge Caepir Ca
Orion
Peignoir
Big Jim Camper
Imong
Monopoly
Fisher Price School
Kresge Company
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