U.N. Admission Vote Canceled After Vietnam Veto
Ford blocked Hanoi's UN admission citing missing American POWs. The admissions committee canceled its meeting while informals may occur. Vietnamese officials criticized the veto. families of POWs praised the move, while Vietnam released 12 pilot names seen as a ploy.
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U.N
Ford
Vietnam
United Nations
Security Council
U.S
William Scranton
Washington
Hanoi
Mansur Rashid Kikhia
Libya
United States
National League of Families of Pows and Mias
Squaw Creek Parents Protest Paid Busing in Cedar Rapids
About 30 Squaw Creek district parents rallied at the Cedar Rapids Board of Education meeting to demand a return to free busing for 258 signatories. They cite hazardous Mt Vernon Road SE conditions, lack of sidewalks, and in-town equity as reasons to reconsider charging 71 dollars for a first child, with scale for additional children, while county officials review a potential bike path.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Educational Services Center
Second Avenue
Squaw Creek
Twin Pines
Leonard Kulish
Mt. Vernon Road
Board of Supervisors
Otto Wiedersberg
Marvin Maire
H. Edward Beatty
Field trips outside U S banned by school board
Cedar Rapids Community school district will stop field trips outside the continental United States and end financing of chaperone costs from the general fund under new administrative rules. Seven staffers were paid 2900 for a trip to the East Coast last summer, and the district says chaperones should be funded by the trips themselves. Some board members challenged the blanket prohibition, favoring case by case decisions.
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Continental
United States
Cedar
Rapids
Don Stout
Stout
Richard Schulz
Ed Beatty
Barbara Bjornson
Beatty
Donald Nau
Washington High School
Wayne Howes
District Seeks Extension on Pollution Compliance at Four Schools
Cedar Rapids Community School District seeks an extension from Linn County Health to meet air pollution guidelines at Franklin McKinley Roosevelt and Wilson junior high schools still using coal. Startups, stack tests, and potential replacements are planned with new natural gas boilers already in place at four elementary schools.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Linn County Board of Health
Franklin, McKinley, Roosevelt
Wilson
Franklin and Wilson
McKinley
Roosevelt
Kenwood
Garfield
Grant Wood
Cleveland
FAA Clears LaGuardia After Weekend Hijack
The FAA says LaGuardia’s security worked during a weekend hijack by five Croatians who used fake bombs. Investigations show they studied security for months and aimed to be stopped at the gate. Federal and local authorities weigh prosecution as a real bomber death at Grand Central and a Dec. LaGuardia locker bomb are linked elements.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
New York
LaGuardia
FAA
Grand Central Station
TWA
Minor Earthquake Shakes East Coast Area
A minor earthquake struck southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina on Monday afternoon causing excitement but no damage. Residents in GALAX Virginia and surrounding areas reported shaking but no structural harm or injuries followed.
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East Coast
Galax
Ops
Virginia
North Carolina
Kirkwood Use of C R Buildings Still Is Free
A 7A task force studying Cedar Rapids community education facilities recommends Kirkwood Community College use of city buildings stay free. Administrative aide Richard Schulz estimates annual costs at most 12 000 dollars, likely far less as some nights are already used for school purposes. The panel will also weigh funding involvement for community education and potential city playground program costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Richard Schulz
Kirkwood
Schulz
Typhoon Fran Fades Leaves Heavy Death Toll in Japan
Typhoon Fran weakened to a tropical storm near Hakodate in Hokkaido after devastating landslides and floods. Police reported 114 dead 49 missing and 331 injured with over 326 000 homeless across provincial areas, the deadliest toll since 1966.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Meteorological Agency
Hakodate
Hokkaido
Cedar Rapids District Receives Additional Title I Funds
The Cedar Rapids Community School District's federal funds for 1976 77 were raised by 61000 bringing Title I Part A to 582944 from 521581. The extra funds will restore laid off teacher associates and cover start up costs for a new Title I program at Garfield school, with 18000 carried over to next year.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Board of Education
Thomas White
White
Garfield School
NAACP Compromise: Wilkins Keegs Title Stripped of Duties
New York AP Wilkins will keep his title as executive director of the NAACP until July 31, 1977 but is relieved from day to day duties. Gloster Current will administer the organization until a successor is chosen as part of the pact to avert a power struggle and focus on events like the Mississippi boycott emergency.
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New York
UPD
Roy Wilkins
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilkins
NAACP
Mississippi
Gloster Current
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Benjamin Franklin
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Raynor
Collins Rose
Doe
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Office of
C. R. Kitchen
Optometrist
Sears
Sun
Mon
Peoples Bank
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T Company
Peoples Bank Plazaifuta Bank
Atcuit
Peoples Bank East
Mays City
Peoples Bank Newhall
Newhall
Speere
Brune
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