Linn Health Board Debates Part Time Leave Precedent
Linn County health board weighs precedent as it approves a part time educational leave for Larry Miller day care supervisor and discusses consistency in future leave decisions. The panel also approves vocational bonuses funded by Handicapped Systems and invites United Way to planning talks. A part time van driver is hired at 2.55 per hour for 20 hours weekly.
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Linn County Health Center
Larry Miller
Ernest Merriweather
Ruth Mund
Miller
United Way
The
Health Center
Citizens Committee On
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Merriweather
Absentee Ballots Open for Linn County School Elections
Absentee ballots are available for the September 14 school elections in Linn County. Qualified voters may apply by mail or cast ballots at the courthouse during regular hours or the special Saturday hours, with last day to register on record. Districts include Alburnett Cedar Rapids Center Point Central City College Linn-Mar Lisbon Marion Mt. Vernon North Linn and Springville.
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Linn
Merle Kopel
Alburnett
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Consolidated
Central City
College Community
Linn-Mar
Lisbon Consolidated
Marion Independent
Mt. Vernon
North Linn
Springville
Voting Researcher Paul Lazarsfeld Dies
New York AP report states sociologist Dr. Paul Lazarsfeld who studied voting trends and media influence died of cancer at a New York hospital at age 75. He passed away Monday.
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New York
Paul Lazarsfeld
New York Hospital
Lazarsfeld
CB Buddies Chase Wrong Truck 70 Miles
Dirty Don and his CB friends chased a pickup they believed hit him across 70 miles of Interstate 80 in Idaho. They followed Tom Whitehead from Washington, who denied hitting the truck, and officers halted the pursuit after Whitehead agreed not to press charges.
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Glenns Ferry
Idaho
Dirty Don
Don
Interstate 80
Tom Whitehead
Washington
Whitehead
Arizona
Boise County
al Lewis
Cbers
Minor transformer fire hits Orchard substation
A fire at Iowa Electric Light and Power Co Orchard substation near Cedar Hills caused minor damage with no power outages. Eyewitnesses saw flames from the transformer as lights flickered in Cedar Rapids area. Fairfax firemen responded to the scene about two miles west of Cedar Rapids along Highway 30.
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Cedar Hills
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Orchard
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Highway 30
Marion man charged with drunken driving in Cedar Rapids arrest
Cedar Rapids police arrested William W. Young aged 50 of 1215 B Avenue Marion at 11 43 p m Tuesday at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street SE on a drunk driving charge.
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Cedar Rapids
William W. Young
B Avenue
Marion
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
New Preschool Program Head At Jane Boyd
Joyce Armstrong of Iowa City is hired by Jane Boyd Community House as director of preschool programs replacing Merilyn Sediacek. The program serves three and four year olds from lower income families with fees based on ability. Armstrong will lead two lead teachers two assistants and volunteers with about 30 children expected this year. Her background includes New York and Iowa City early childhood programs and a master’s and bachelor’s in early childhood education.
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Joyce Armstrong
Iowa City
Jane Boyd Community House
Merilyn Sediacek
Cedar Rapids
Armstrong
New York
University of Iowa
Friendship
Brooklyn College
Korean Dissidents Appeal Convictions
Sixteen dissidents including former President Yun Po Sun and former candidate Kim Dae Jung appealed their anti government convictions to a higher court. Priests among the convicted said they would appeal within days, seeking review of sentences up to eight years.
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Seoul
South Korea
Yun Po-sun
Kim Dae-jung
Butz Pressured to Close Beef Import Loophole
WASHINGTON officials reportedly resisted Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz's plan to count beef moving from a free trade zone in Mayaguez Puerto Rico toward quotas. Cattleman Wray Finney alleged the state department and White House trade office fought the regulation, but Ford urged action to close the loophole.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Wray Finney
American National Cattlemen's Association
Ford
Australia
Butz
Finney
White House
Foreign Trade Zones Board
Malone Urges Open School Board Meetings for Public Trust
Cedar Rapids candidate Fran cis E. Malone for the third director district in the Sept 14 election urged open meetings for all school board business. He told the Ex club at Roosevelt hotel that voters should read newspapers, visit schools, and seek clear answers about a district budget of about 37 million and 1,000 teachers. He supports open negotiations on teacher contracts after further study.
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Cedar Rapids
Malone
Lutheran Church President Dies
Dr. Melvin Hammarberg, president of the Lutheran Church of America Minnesota Synod, died at 64 in St. Paul. He passed away Monday, one day before his resignation as head of the 262,000-member body would take effect.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Melvin Hammarberg
Lutheran Church of America
Minnesota Synod
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Debbie Dubach
Bobby
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Ill
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YMCA
Lewis
Best Buy
Caress Fillwell II
Jane Boyd
Charge Butz
Lutheran Church
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