Five Educators Describe Mixed Reception in Cedar Rapids
Five black educators in the Cedar Rapids Community school district described varied receptions during a Sunday NAACP Cedar Rapids meeting. Assistant principal Charles Dillard of Harding junior high said he was treated royally with neighbors aiding his move, while teacher Noreda Dobbin of Tyler School spoke on responses from colleagues and the community.
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Cedar Rapids
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Charles Dillard
Harding Junior High
Norris Dobbin
Tom Kenner
Washington High School
Nelson Evans
Monroe School
Evans
Luther College radio features new local shows this fall
Luther college radio introduces three locally produced programs Report from Luther Footnotes and The King of Instruments along with a new The Green Hornet radio drama. The shows air Sundays at 1 30 and 5 30 p m and Thursdays at 10 15 p m respectively.
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Decorah
Luther College Radio
Luther
King of Instruments
Green Hornet
Corinne Nelson
William Kuhlman
Music Department
Kuhlman
New Luther College
Hendrickson Organ Co
St. Peter, Minn
Crusader Against Crime
Underworld
Cato
Rickover Says Soviet Sub Fleet Ahead of U S
Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover told a House committee that the Soviet Union has surged ahead of the United States in nuclear submarines. He said since 1968 Moscow has commissioned several new nuclear classes and will outproduce the U S by 1975, calling for five SSN-688 class subs and long lead items for more.
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Rickover
Washington (Ap
Hyman Rickover
Congress
House Appropriations
Middle East
Mediterranean
U.S
Farwell Named Chair of Iowa Private Colleges Unit
Luther College President E. D. Farwell was elected chairman of the Iowa Association of Private Colleges and Universities at its Des Moines annual meeting. The IAPCU links 29 private colleges and universities and shares members with the Iowa Coordinating Council for Higher Education to improve state higher education coordination.
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Decorah — Luther College
E. D. Farwell
Iowa Assn. of Private Colleges and Universities
IAPCU
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Coordinating Council For Higher Education
Coordination Council
Reduced Costs Cut Color Telecast Fees Across Atlantic
Satellite advances have lowered charges for a one hour color telecast between New York and Europe by over 80 percent since 1967, boosting cross continental broadcasts and press coverage of international events.
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New York
Europe
Neighbors Protest Condominium Plan Near Cottage Grove
Eight letters were filed with the Cedar Rapids city clerk protesting a rezoning request for a 14.77 acre site at Cottage Grove Avenue and Forest Drive SE from single family to multiple family housing. The action, requested by H. J. Bjornsen to allow condominium development, faces traffic and neighborhood-value concerns before planning commission review.
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Cottage Grove Avenue
Forest Drive
Cedar Rapids
H. J. Bjornsen
Bjornsen
City Planning Commission
Price Reduction on CCC Owned Butter
Washington AP report says the Commodity Credit Corp cut the sale price of CCC owned butter by two cents per pound to boost supplies for domestic demand. Sen Miller Iowa announced the price cut remains in effect through the 90 day freeze period.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corp
Sen. Miller
Iowa
Miller
Legion States Annual Meeting At Monticello
The Second district Iowa American Legion and auxiliary hold a one day fall conference in Monticello. Attendees from 47 posts across Clinton Dubuque Jackson Jones Linn and Scott counties will register at 9 a.m. A service school for post officers and an instruction school follow led by district and department officials. A joint noon banquet features speakers Department Commander Dale L. Renaud and Department President Mrs. Harry Gibbons with mayor C L Norlin delivering the welcome.
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Monticello
Iowa American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa
Clinton
Dubuque
Jackson
Jones, Linn
Scott
Legion Hall
Val Likens
Robert R. White
Marion P. Johnson
James Furne
Oxford Junction
Leo Maynard
DeWitt
Furne
C. L. Norlin
Department
Dale L. Renaud
Bondurant
Harry Gibbons
Sioux City
Square Dance Leader Discusses History on Radio
Miles Martin president of Rapid Squares and a member of the East-Central Iowa Federation of Square Dancers talks about the history of square dancing. The discussion airs at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday on KCRG RADIO 1600's Talk of the Town.
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Miles Martin
Rapid Squares
Iowa
Insurance at Subsidy Rate Now Available
Independence residents along the Wapsipinicon river may buy flood insurance at subsidized HUD rates. City officials urged contacting local agents to cover single family homes up to 17 500 dollars and multi family dwellings up to 30 000 dollars, with small business coverage up to 30 000 dollars. The city qualified for emergency flood insurance after adopting land use controls and restoring the 50 year old hydro plant near the main dam.
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Independence
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Wapsipinicon River
Fied
Rep Celler Vows to Run Again at 83
New York AP reports Representative Emmanuel Celler the oldest House member at eighty three says he will seek re election next year to mark his fiftieth year in the chamber He quips about dying with his boots on and keeps a sharp line on his political career during a Sunday television interview
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New York
Emmanuel Celler
House of Representatives
Dental Award to Dubuque Doctor in 1971
The William F. Gies Foundation award in oral surgery was given posthumously to Dr. Leslie M. Fitzgerald of Dubuque at the 53rd annual meeting of the American Society of Oral Surgeons. He led the oral surgery staff at St. Joseph's Finley and Xavier hospitals until retirement and died last August.
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Washington
William F. Gies Foundation
Leslie M. Fitzgerald
Dubuque
American Society of Oral Surgeons
Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s, Finley
Xavier
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England
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