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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1976

Page

5

National Merit Scholarship Tests Key to Major Aid Funds

New York city and nationwide juniors will take the PSAT NMSQT next month for a share of about 3850 Merit Scholarships totaling over 10 million dollars. Winners include 1,000 one time 1000 awards and 2856 four year awards up to 6000 dollars annually.

New York Neal College Board Merit Scholarship Corp NMSC College Century of Leaders National Asan. of National Honorary Society District of Columbia Simon & Schuster American Legion Indianapolis Ind Elks, Lions DAR Agpira Educational Opportunity Center W. Fourteenth Street N.Y Bureau of Indian Affairs Albuquerque N.M National Urban League E. Pifty-second Street Paradens Community Services Commission North Lake Avenue Pasadena Calif Japanese American Citizens League Daughters of Penelopé Business and Professional Women's Foundation Washington, D.C American Assn. of Helena Rubenstein Foundation Madison Avenue Clairel Colorado Michi

Friday theater listings for various venues

Friday listings show multiple venues and showtimes with titles such as Private Lives Deum Mustang Country and Alice in Wonderland. Saturday matinees and evening performances fill the schedule across PLAZA EASTOWN COLLINS TWIN WEST and CINEMA XK with a mix of comedies dramas and classics and some odd time entries likely OCR errors.

Mayor Jackson fronts City Hall to raise funds for NAACP

Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson and black officials gathered outside city hall to collect money for the NAACP facing a $1.6 million damage judgment in Port Gibson Mississippi. If the funds aren’t raised, the NAACP could face financial collapse while the group appeals.

Atlanta Maynard Jackson NAACP Port Gibson Miss Tagkson

SEC Probing U S Steel Vacations

The SEC investigates U S Steel Corp over alleged free vacations and air travel for lawmakers including President Ford when a congressman. Sources say probes cover trips Ford took and similar favors for other legislators. U S Steel lobbyist confirms corporate funds entertained Ford on five occasions from 1964 to 1973.

Washington UPI Securities and Exchange Commission U.S. Steel Corp Vongrass Ford SEC White House Ron Newen U.s.stael William Whyte U.S. Steel Whyte Fins

Japan tests long range electric car and heavy trucks

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said four new cars and three trucks will begin extensive road tests in Higashi Murayama next month. Officials reported initial tests show the vehicles can travel about 250 miles on a single battery charge, about twice the distance of earlier Japanese and other models.

Sai Higashi Murayama Japan Iehere

Feeding Birds In Street Irks Police Patrolman

Charleston report says Patrolman Gene Collier urged a man to stop feeding birds in the middle of Capitol Street. When the man persisted, Collier chased and arrested Wilton Jackson for assaulting an officer and littering after a brief scuffle. The rest of the items discuss other news briefs about author James Warner Bellah’s death at 77 and a hybrid battery powered vehicle development with high speeds and cost details.

Charleston W.va UBL Gene Collisr Capitol Street Collier Wilton Jackson

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