Missouri first jai alai game and air feats noted
Jefferson City reported that Missouri hosted the first jai alai game in the United States, along with the first dirigible balloon race and the first parachute descent from an airplane, per the secretary of state. The article also discusses school enrollment, budgets, and cooperation between Marion Independent and Linn-Mar districts.
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Marion Independent
Linn- Mar
Bennett
Glen Easterday
Jefferson City
UPI
United States
Missouri
Missouri Educational Firsts Highlight State Strong Traditions
The secretary of state notes Missouri as the site of the nation’s first successful public school kindergarten. It also claims the first manual training high school, the first and largest school of journalism, the first osteopathy school, and the first bacteriology class in the United States.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Missouri
United States
Chicano education lecture set by UC Riverside professor
Dr. Carlos E. Cortes, UC Riverside history chair, speaks on Chicano Awareness in Education at 7 p.m. Thursday in McKinley Junior High auditorium. Third in a cultural awareness lecture series sponsored by Cedar Rapids Community Schools, Grant Wood Area Education Agency, and Midwest Center for Equal Educational Opportunity. The free event highlights Cortes’s teaching awards and publications.
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Carlos E. Cortes
University of California, Riverside
McKinley Junior High
Cortes
United States
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Midwest Center For Equal Educational Opportunity
Meyers Named Chief of AMC Leadership Change
Gerald C. Meyers, 49, elected chief executive and president at American Motors Corp. He will replace Roy D. Chapin Jr. who remains as chairman. Iain M. Anderson was elected executive vice president and chief financial and administrative officer.
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Detroit
Roy D. Chapin Jr
American Motors Corp
Gerald C. Meyers
Chapin
Iain M. Anderson
Tourism fuels Missouri economy with 1976 spending
Tourism spending added $2.25 billion to Missouri's economy in 1976, according to the Missouri Department of Tourism. The report highlights travel and related activities boosting state economic growth.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Missouri
State Tourism Division
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution at Ironbridge Gorge
Ironbridge Gorge in England houses Abraham Darby’s first blast furnace and a vast museum complex. The site showcases early iron smelting, railways, iron rails, bridges, and engines, highlighting Coalbrookdale as the cradle of modern industry and the valley’s transformation into a museum hub.
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Ironbridge
England
UPI
Britain
Abraham Darby
Ironbridge Gorge
London
Neil Cossons
Mediterranean
Ironbridge Museum
Darby’s Hole
Coalbrookdale
Darby
River Severn
Severn
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Asaro
Delmar Burns
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