Cedar Rapids School Board approves acting Supt raise
The Cedar Rapids Community school board granted Acting Superintendent Newell Lash a $3,000 raise for Sept 29 to Dec 31, as Marvin Maire joins Jan 1. Lash’s salary rises from $27,126. The board also set a closed-session meeting for negotiations, addressed PER Board actions on substitute teachers, granted several leaves and appointments, and approved multiple financial items including a $481 contract change and large bill payments.
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Newell Lash
Cedar Rapids
Fred Liftom
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Iowa Supply Teachers Assn
Crista
Public Employment Relations
PER
Zobac Construction Co
Taylor Rehabilitation Center
Central Lutheran School
Newhall
Palo
Newhall School
Central Lutheran
Steinbeck Praises Crime Prevention Bureau Work
Cedar Rapids Police Crime Prevention Bureau offers techniques to aid small businesses. Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck told Eagles club members that crime prevention, victim protection, and practical solutions are essential to public safety. He noted the burglar alarm system nearing completion and its impact on reducing false alarms by over 40 percent, saving costs on gasoline and officer time.
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Cedar Rapids
Steinbeck
Hopi Elder Warns Mining Threatens Mother Earth
Grandfather David Monogue, a Hopi elder and spiritual leader, warned at a United Nations press conference that a new federal land reclamation law could strip 1.8 million acres in Arizona from the Hopi and Navajo for mining. He said reclamation would displace 8,600 Navajos and deprive Hopis of ceremonial grounds harming their sacred sites.
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United Nations
N.Y
David Monogue
Arizona
Contract Bridge Celebrates 50th Birthday in 1975
New York United Press International reports contract bridge marks its 50th anniversary. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt drafted the original rules aboard the Panama Canal voyage in 1925. Survivor Francis McN Bacon III recounts the shipboard birth and rapid spread to a global audience.
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New York
UPI
Panama Canal
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Francis McN. Bacon
Bacon
Finland
Balboa
Pacific
San Francisco
Vanderbilt
United States
China
Richard L. Frey
Official Encyclopedia of Bridge
International Bridge Press Association
Russia
Sweden
Frey
Austria
Italy
Australia
Far East
South America
World Bridge Federation
Palo Alto
Calif
Monte Carlo
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School Board
Judy Campbell
Trudy Erickson
Roberta Hafar
Nancy Hancock
Abigail Pumroy
William Ramstad
Dennis Smith
Michael Lechky
Betty Arenz
Bill Johnston
Mark Sickles
John Ranes
Crime Prevention Bureau
Smulekoffs
Famous Brand Watches
Westminster
Gorham
Brother International
Rogers
Finlandia
Sonora
Independence
Olympia
Wittur
Hamilton Beach
Contract Bridge
Canada
Vised
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R. Dorman
First National Bank
Collector’s
R Dorman
First National Bank of Marion
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