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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1977
Page
4
Job Service of Iowa reports Cedar Rapids manufacturing accounted for 36.4 percent of nonagricultural wage and salary employment last year with 27,100 workers in 1976. Durable goods led by machinery employed 16,700 workers, 61.6 percent of manufacturing.
The Autumn Leaf and Archaeology Tour features a NE Iowa trip to Effigy Mounts National Monument with a stop at Pike’s Peak State Park. Transportation leaves the Nature Center at 9 a.m. Saturday and returns by 5 p.m. The $10 fee covers program costs. call 362-0664 to register.
The unadjusted jobless rate in the Cedar Rapids area fell from 3.3 percent in July to 2.6 percent in August, with state and national rates at 2.8 percent and 6.8 percent respectively. Agricultural and government employment declined due to seasonal trends, while manufacturing added 300 jobs amid growth in food and related products.
Thirty years ago the Coe College board of trustees directed the college architect to draft blueprints for a new campus building with a chapel at its center, signaling a major expansion project.
Coe College offers two non credit and for credit European programs January 1978. Art Theater and Life in England led by Robert Kocher runs Jan 4 27 with rural English family immersion then London study. Six Renaissance Cities led by Dr John L Murray runs late December to Jan 27 visiting Florence Rome Venice Antwerp Amsterdam and London. Costs 725 and 1150 with deposits due in 1977. Contact Kocher 398 1506 or Murray 398 1503.
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