Kirkwood adopts residency rule to count Iowa students for tuition
Kirkwood Community College board approves reducing the residency period to 90 days, aligning with area schools to fair share state aid. About 78 nonresident students could be affected. Also approved bid withdrawal with protest for Old Capitol Motors and set next meeting dates.
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Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Ira Larson
State Department of Public Instruction
Larson
Old Capitol Motors
Iowa City
Hartwig Motors
Grant Wood Area Education Agency Board
Lebanese Army Moves Seeks Ceasefire Amid Beirut Fighting
Army intervention reduced street clashes in Beirut but kidnappings continued on several highways. 40 people are unaccounted, including two American Embassy staffers believed held by leftist Muslims. Fires damaged factories and officials urged army protection for industry while avoiding refugee camps.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Lebanese Association of Industrialists
Rashid Karami
Linn Jobless Rate Unchanged in September
The Iowa Employment Security commission reports Linn county joblessness held at 4.3 percent in September with total employment at 78,100, up from 76,900 a year earlier. Manufacturing fell 100 as heavy machinery declined, offset by nondurable goods gains. analysts foresee little change in October with possible layoffs in November and December.
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Linn County
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Portugal Placed On Military Alert
Portugal declared a nationwide military alert after seven bomb attacks and rumors of a coup. Key commanders were summoned to Lisbon to discuss the crisis as fears of right or left wing actions spread following a large Communist backed rally demanding the return of ousted premier Vasco Goncalves.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Vasco Goncalves
Voter Registration Office Open Saturday for Last Day
The Linn voter registration and election office will be open Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. to allow last minute registrations and address changes for the November 4 municipal elections. Absentee ballots for Cedar Rapids and Marion will be issued after the Tuesday canvass. Access is via the courthouse east door. polling place changes include Cedar Rapids sites and Bertram voting at new locations.
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Linn
Merle Kopel
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Prairie Elementary
Grant Wood Area Education Assn
Sixth Street
Jane Boyd
Tyler Elementary
Twelfth Avenue
Eighth Street
Roosevelt Junior High
Morocco and Spain reportedly reach Sahara compromise
Moroccan sources say Spain tentatively agrees to hand over the disputed Spanish Sahara to Morocco, with Morocco ceding part to Mauritania. Algeria opposes the deal and maintains troops along its frontier. Foreign minister plans Madrid talks to finalize sovereignty transfer, despite Franco health as a possible delay.
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Marrakech
Morocco
Spain
Spanish Sahara
Mauritania
Algeria
Sahara
Hassan II
Jose Soliz Ruiz
Madrid
Ahmed Saraki
Francisco Franco
Hassan
el Aaiun
Hancock Building To Get Shock Absorbers In Wind Fix
The 60 story John Hancock building in Boston will receive two 300 ton shock absorbers at a cost of 3 million dollars each to reduce wind sway. Workers also replaced 10,344 windows and added reinforcing steel, with window replacement costing 7.7 million dollars.
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Boston
John Hancock
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Benedict Arnold Sends Sick and Feeble Back to Cambridge
On October 24 in Dead River Maine with the river to Quebec impassable Arnold orders sick and feeble troops returned to Cambridge. Almost an entire division of Connecticut troops abandons the campaign amid the retreat.
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Dead River
Maine
Quebec
Benedict Arnold
Cambridge
Connecticut
Cedar Rapids Gazette details and subscription rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co is a daily and Sunday paper published at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription options include carrier weekly and mail plans with various weekly and yearly rates. The Associated Press holds republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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