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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1978
Page
7
The article explains three to five day forecasts using state maps of highs lows and fronts and notes month ahead forecasts reveal whether temperatures and precipitation will be above or below normal. Seasonal forecasts use long term averages and wind patterns. Advances in computer forecasts promise clearer accuracy over extended periods within years.
The historic Czech Village Museum opens behind the old U S Bank on C Street SW during the festival. It displays costumes purchased in Czechoslovakia by Czech Fine Arts Association members along with glassware and primitive items. Admission is by small donation.
Coe College offers a fall seminar titled Religion and the Public Schools taught by Dr. Malcolm L. Peel. It meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Hickok Hall room 201. Tuition is 210 dollars. registration is at the Registrar's Office.
The California Supreme Court reversed William Harris King's felon gun conviction in a 6 1 decision ruling that felons may use a firearm in self defense. King had fired warning shots at party crashers in 1975 San Jose incident and was granted probation after the jury found him not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon.
Across New York Washington and Illinois families pursue unorthodox education free from schools. Parents value curiosity and real life learning over structured curricula while resisting statutes or officials dictating their methods. One father teaches botany chemistry and physics in parks and on circuit boards. Another mother uses Calvert courses to delay formal schooling, favoring spontaneous activities and world exposure. A Chicago Catholic parent emphasizes religious values while a Pennsylvania dropout professor promotes noncompetitive upbringing. A New Jersey mother underscores any learning outside school as essential, and an Illinois mother aims for independent, capable children who shape society.
The Virginia Museum has purchased the 1907 oil on canvas portrait Martsche with Hat by Robert Henri. Frederick Brandt, associate curator, calls the work fresh, vibrant and freely brushed, capturing the sitter’s true character.
An IEEE fall conference at the Roosevelt Royale Hotel September 21 and 22 features eleven invited papers on interactive terminals software design aids mechanical component design and PLATO from the University of Illinois. Seminars on personal development and a Cedar Rapids traffic signal system presentation are included with a banquet by Dick Jackman and speakers Margi Mason and others. Also noted is the death of Edward Benes 30 years ago.
A notice for Cedar Rapids residents about the senior citizen and handicapped bus service with the phone number 363 8244 for dial a ride assistance and scheduling.
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