Home computer demand surges in Johnson County
A Gazette poll of 500 Eastern Iowans finds home computers rising in appeal, especially among ages 25 to 34, with 29 percent of Johnson County residents planning to buy. Video games show fading demand with only 5 percent of non-owners intending a purchase. Some parents feel pressured to buy computers for education and budgeting.
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Dale Kueter Lazette
Frank Magid and
Malone
Craig Wander
Radio Shack
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Johnson County
Marion
Hiawatha
Cox Cable
Forest City Launches Model Rural Computer Education Program
Forest City unveils a $1 million Model Rural Community Education Program led by John K. Hanson to boost computer literacy from grade school through college. Partners include Winnebago Industries Control Data Waldorf College and local schools with PLATO learning and 150 terminals. The project aims to raise productivity and attract high quality workers as state leaders praise its innovation.
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Forest City
Iowa
John K. Hanson
Winnebago Industries
Winnebago
Control Data Corp
PLATO
Waldorf College
Hanson
Terrel Bell
Winnebago and
Control Data
Terry Branstad
Iowa Development Commission
Branstad
Ron Cottone
Texas Instruments
Ron Hall
U.S
Robert Worthington
Bell
Education Department
Cosmos 1426 joins silent spy satellite record
Science Digest notes a Soviet spy satellite cruising at high speed over Earth recording data for the Kremlin. Cosmos 1426 returned to Earth March 5 1983 after nine weeks aloft setting a new unmanned recoverable-vehicle record.
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Kremlin
Pentagon
Russia
Earth
Science Digest
Ussr
Oberg
U.S
Rubik’s Cube inventor earns shiftable element puzzle patent
The U S Patent Office issued a patent to Professor Erno Rubik of Budapest for a shiftable element puzzle resembling a dozen interlocking sections forming a cylinder. The foreign trade firm in Budapest holds the patent assignment. Rubik also received three other puzzle patents this year including the Rubik Snake.
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Ernc Rubik
Budapest
Hungary
Rubik
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