Cedar Rapids Schoolhouse Levies Face Ballot Decision
Citizens weigh renewing 674 cent per thousand levies in four districts Cedar Rapids Community Marion Independent Linn-Mar and College Community to fund upkeep remodeling and capital improvements for ten years without raising taxes. Rejecting levies risks delayed repairs higher future costs and bond funding implications. The measure runs through 1984 85 with potential next year ballot if defeated.
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Life's Building Blocks Found In Meteorite Dust
Scientists report five bases adenine guanine cytosine thymine and uracil occur together in the Murchison meteorite from Australia, suggesting life's basic ingredients can form beyond Earth and boosting odds of life elsewhere. The finding challenges creationist views and reinforces evolution as the dominant framework for origins.
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Cyril Ponnamperuma
Public schoolhouse levy up for renewal in Cedar Rapids
Voters on Tuesday September 13 face a measure renewing the schoolhouse fund levy. The 6714 cents per thousand property value yearly tax supports facilities upgrades equipment energy savings fire safety and accessibility. The levy has been in effect since 1951 and approved again in 1974.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Marchers echo King dream in Cedar Rapids school levy push
A diverse crowd at a Cedar Rapids rally links MLK 1963 aims to job equality and end of discrimination with a 1983 school levy. The piece praises Dr Dennis Kral as a strong school board candidate and notes plans to vote yes for the schoolhouse fund to sustain safe, well maintained facilities into the 1990s.
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Community thanks Dr. Kral for school board bid
The note praises Dr. Dennis Kral for his role in summer dialogue sessions with the school administration and supports his campaign for a school board seat. It commends his understanding of education and potential to balance proposed changes across the system.
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Fingerprinting volunteers praised by Central City group
Nancy Goodlove of the Central City Parent Teacher Organization thanks Linn County Sheriff's Department deputies Butler Whitley and Larsson for aiding a fingerprinting project on August 27. The effort fingerprinted 232 children and included friendly visits to make the kids comfortable.
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Central City Parent/Teacher Organization
Central City
Dennis Kral Seen as Student-Focused Cedar Rapids Candidate
Carolyn Hawkins and Southeast Citizens for Community Improvement praise Dennis Kral for protecting school properties, supporting small class sizes, and pledging to vote for him on Sept. 13. Jane Aiels thanks city departments for improving Redmond Park for children.
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Redmond Park
St Jude's Corn Festival Binds Care Center Residents
A community celebration by St Jude's congregation included transport, lunch, and entertainment for Heritage Acres Care Center residents at 200 Clive Drive SW. Beverly Craft and Deb Heath extend gratitude for the effort and fun.
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Vaccine Sickness And Lawsuit Over 1976 Swine Flu Vaccine
A plaintiff seeks readers who took the 1976 swine flu vaccine and later developed autoimmune diseases. He links GBS and other diseases to the vaccine, noting permanent neurological damage and a government denial of his suit. He invites affected readers to share experiences and timelines since fall 1976.
Safire urges tough action after Soviet plane attack
In a sharp critique, Safire argues Reagan oversells rhetoric over a Soviet missile test and the downing of a Korean airliner. He urges concrete economic and diplomatic retaliation and criticizes passive stance toward Soviet provocations and arms talks.
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