Cedar Rapids approves 1.41 million for junior high remodeling
The Cedar Rapids Community School District board authorized a 1.41 million dollar first phase remodel of Mc Kinley and Roosevelt junior highs with 700 thousand per building and 10 thousand for preliminary design on Wilson and Franklin. Projects focus on locker rooms industrial arts art and cafeteria areas with bids planned for December and funding from the 2.5 mill levy.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Summer School Costs Highlighted by District
Cedar Rapids staff outlined summer school expenses and the mini grant and extended assignment programs. Director William Rainbow said 4 410 students enrolled last summer, down from 6 062 in 1972 due to concentrating classes in six elementary schools.
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Cedar Rapids
William Rainbow
Rainbow
Board Approves Fee Bid Process for Insurance Adviser
The board adopted a procedure to hire a single advisory insurance agency for the district for three years. The agent must secure at least five bids from insurers, include local bids, and be paid an annual professional fee. It replaces a previous multi-agency, longer bidding method and aims to lower costs while ensuring quality.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Ronald Moore
Moore
Palo to Lease Former Palo School to Community Group
Cedar Rapids Community School Board approves a 10 year lease with Palo for the former Palo elementary school building. Palo will use the space for Scouting activities city hall library and other functions paying utilities while the district provides exterior maintenance. Voters approved demolition of the original section on Sept 11 leaving the heating plant intact.
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Cedar Rapids
Palo
SALT Resumes Geneva Talks On Nuclear Arms Limits
The United States and the Soviet Union resumed bilateral discussions in Geneva on limiting strategic offensive nuclear arms.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Total Enrollment Down in Cedar Rapids Schools
A Cedar Rapids Community School District minority enrollment report shows total enrollment falling while minority numbers rise to 832 for 1973-74 from 604 in 1972-73. Black enrollment at Tyler School sits at 174 this year, up from 166, with 38 percent of Tyler students now Black.
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Cedar Rapids
Ronald Moore
Tyler
Aldrich Drahos
Drahos
Smolensk Falls to Soviet Troops in World War II
Thirty years ago Moscow announced Smolensk, described as one of Europe’s most fortified cities and a key part of German central Russian defenses, had fallen to Soviet forces.
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Moscow
Smolensk
Europe
Farm labor force fuels nation’s food system
About five million workers assemble process and distribute the country’s farm food products, highlighting the scale of labor behind agriculture. The figure underscores the vast human effort involved in producing and delivering food from farms to tables.
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