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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1975

Page

17

Marion Linn-Mar schools delay with altered schedules

Marion Linn-Mar district will start 90 minutes late on Thursday with modified bus routes and a morning kindergarten at Bowman Woods Indian Creek and Wilkins. Teachers participate in NCA and DPI evaluations, including self studies and visits planned for December. An in service day is Sept 12 and late starts resume Sept 25. YMCA activity schedule listed. Beta Sigma Phi Xi Gamma Sigma to meet Tuesday at Sirloin N Brew for anniversary dinner.

Linn-Mar Bowman Woods Indian Creek Wilkins North Central Assny NCA Department of Public Instruction DPI Nao Xi Gamma Sigma Beta Sigma Phi Tutslay

Kiwanis Installations Set for Det 9 Marion

Marion Kiwanis will install officers on Oct 9 with Wallace Kemp as president. Other officers include Neil Wood president elect Robert Holecek first vice president William Baxter second vice president. Directors are Archie Conklin Eugene Frye Bruce Hartford Ralph Mills Norman Waffle. Mery Lov Pazour, 1609 Third Avenue, a teacher, filed nomination papers for Third Ward council seat. filing deadline Sept 25. six others filed transfer papers. Ear piercing clinic by registered nurse Saturday. Ray's Jewelry advertisement. Mrs. Ernest Wink services held at Oxford Junction United Methodist Church Thursday at 1 30. Burial at Forest Chapel rural Anamosa. Family to meet friends at Richard Wink residence in Oxford Junction.

Marion Kiwanis Wallace Kemp Neil Wood Robert Holecek William Baxter Archie Conklin Eugene Frye Bruce Hartford Ralph Mills Norman Waffle Mery Lov Pazour Third Avenue Marion Independent School System Third Ward Trinstion Wink Ernest Viola) Winks Seventh Avenue Oxford Junction United Methodist Church Hayden

Fire Teacher for Overburdening Teens in En durance Test

Albany WY AP The New York City French teacher Edward Grube was fired last year for making junior high students endure endurance sessions behind locked doors and drawn shades. Six boys testified he paid them to participate and end sessions by carrying him piggyback up stairs. Nyquist said one boy carried him up 43 flights and found reckless disregard for health though no injuries were shown.

Albany, WY New York City Ewald Nyquist Edward Grube Queens Grube State Education Department Nyquist Petitioner Ayas

Bougainville Declares Independence From Papua New Guinea

In Port Moresby the Bougainville Provincial government announced secession from Papua New Guinea. The separatists led a ceremony in Arawa naming Bougainville the Republic of the North Solomons, while PNG and Australia rejected recognition and promised no change to progress toward independence.

Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Boupoinville Salomon Islands Michael Somere Australia Somare Bougeinville New Guinea

Curfew and arrests after failed Ecuador coup crumble

In Quito President Guillermo Rodriguez Lara declared a curfew from 9 pm to 5 am and ordered the arrest of Civic Junta members after a 12 hour uprising. Rebels led by Gen. Gonzalez Alvear seized the presidential palace but were surrounded and surrendered as loyal forces retook the capital amid deaths and injuries.

Quito Ecuador Guillermo Rodriguez Lara Monnday Rodriguez So Talied Civic Junta Pablo Davala Dillon Social Christian Party Guillermo Cabrera Carlos Cornejo Orbes Fausto Cordobes Chiriboga Jose Joaquin Siva Christian Democrats Ran Gonzalez Alvear Navy Ard Rio Bamba Guayequil Pacific Verredores Regiment

Westward Jewish Dreams Turn To Disillusion in Soviet Press

A Minsk paper recounts Mikhail Epshtein’s migration trail from Minsk to Israel then Vienna, Italy, Marseilles, Paris, and Brussels before seeking the U.S. amid poverty and hardship. The piece notes similar immigrant reports and Zionist efforts, but warns capitalism disrupts expectations and social incompatibility arises.

Moscow Mikhail Epshtein Soviet Union Minsk Sovietskaye Belorussia Epshtein Israel Vienna Italy Marseilles Paris Brussels U.S West

National Parks Crowds Surpass Expectations Across Nation

National Park Service Director Gary Everhardt reports park visits will reach a new all time high this year, revised upward by 13 million to 240 million, surpassing 1974's 217 million. Grand Canyon in Arizona shows a 46 percent rise in public use through July versus 1973.

Washington National Park Service Gary Everhardt Everhardt Everherdt Grand Canyon National Park Arizona

Reports Hiding of More Oswald Data

Houston Chronicle reports FBI and Dallas police hid for months a statement quoting agent James Hosty that the FBI knew Oswald could kill Kennedy. Dallas Chief Jesse Curry forwarded Revill’s claim to Warren in 1984 while denying prior guidance to suppress it.

Houston Texas FBI Dallas Les Hervey Oswald John F. Kennedy Houston Chronic Jesse Curry Supreme Court Earl Warren Oswald Washington The Chronicle Jack Revill James Hosty Revill Kennedy Reville Curry Fieng J. Gordon Shanklin Warren Commission Hosty Shanklin Durey

Moore asserts open discussion vital to education

Cedar Rapids school board member Ronald Moore urged at a Sertoma luncheon that open dialogue is essential to keep education under parental and taxpayer control. He said staff should present first choices while board members may question proposals and request research for informed decisions as he runs for another term against Barbara Bjornson.

School Hoad Ronald Moore Moore Cedar Rapids Sertoma Club Elks Club Cedar Rapida

Magistrate Hears Seven Linn County Cases

In the magistrate court Douglas Stowell of Hiawatha pled guilty to drunk driving with sentencing deferred. arrested June 7. Gary Drakos of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to drunk driving, 180 day jail term with 120 suspended, arrested Aug. 10. James Soukup of Marion pled guilty with sentencing deferred. arrested July 5. Hetty Stere of Prairie Trailer Court had assault and battery charge dismissed for August 19 incident. Paula Sharpe of 1811 Thirteenth Street SW had a bad check charge dismissed for writing $38.53 to Barlow's on March 3. Mary Williams of Toddville had a bad check charge dismissed against A L Bonding Co. on Jan 16. Michael Casey of 212 Eighteenth Street NE bound over to grand jury on larceny charge.

Douglas Stowell Hiawatha Gary Drakos Route Three Cedar Rapids James Soukwp Route One Marion Hetty Stere Prairie Trailer Court Jimmy Stare Paula Sharpe Thirteenth Street Barlow A l Bonding Co Michael Casey Eighteenth Street Grand

Forest Fire in California Park Nearly Contained

Porterville, Calif. AP California's largest forest fire of the season in Sequoia National Forest was nearly contained after burning 15 200 acres. Full control expected by Wednesday morning as about 1 000 firefighters worked through the Sierra back country. The blaze has caused 288 000 dollars in resource damage and fire fighting costs rise to 780 000 dollars, with seven million hoard feet of timber destroyed. Seventeen firefighters reported minor injuries.

Porterville Calif California Sequioa National Forest U.S. Forest Service Sierra Nevada

Bjornson Addresses Budget Planning Gaps for Cedar Rapids Schools

Cedar Rapids school board candidate Barbara Bjornson argues that budget planning lacks options since the state comptroller now sets general fund limits, with most district funds spent on salaries. She urges budget transparency, administrator cost study, and informed board participation as she runs for a three year at large seat.

Barbara Bjornson Tuesaday Bjornson Cedar Rapids Roosevelt Royale

Washington commissioned captain to seize enemy vessels

Cambridge Sept 2 Gen Washington commisioned army Capt Nichol son Broughton to take command of the armed schooner Hannah to seize vessels transporting men munitions or provisions to the British. He was instructed to avoid engagements with any armed vessel of the enemy.

Cambridge Mass Washington Army Nicholson Broughton Hannah

Apple crop seen rising despite bad weather across crops

The USDA predicts a bumper apple harvest with about 174 million 42-pound boxes, up 13 percent from last year, as orchards ripen and supplies might lower retail prices next year. A USDA spokesman cites favorable weather benefiting apple growers despite challenges to other crops like corn and onions.

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

State Treasury Announces New Public Fund Interest Rates

Des Moines Iowa September 2 1975 announces new official state interest rates for public funds setting maximums and minimums for banks and public treasurers. Rates become effective September and reflect Federal Reserve System guidance.

Lone Des Moines Waurice E. Baringer Robert J. Boy Aero Banks Board OF Governors Federal Reserve System Federal Onset Chicago

Graduates Colleen Conyers Simpson and William Olmstead Jr Earn Degrees

Colleen Conyers Simpson of 2058 Larry Drive NE Wheaton Illinois graduates from Wheaton College with a AB degree in Christian education. William J. Olmstead Jr former Cedar Rapids resident and Coe College graduate earns a master of science in fisheries and wildlife from Colorado State University.

Colleen Conyers Simpson Larry Drive Wheaton College Wheaton Ill William J. Olmstead, Jr Cedar Rapids Coe College Fisheries and Wildlife Colorado State University

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