Area plans push high school completion in seven county district
State education officials back a region wide high school completion program via Area 10 and CAP networks. Langerman says area schools offer better cooperation and uniformity than local efforts, with funding possible through the federal Office of Economic Opportunity and support from UCS, CAP directors, and OEO representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Instruction
Phil Langerman
Langerman
Area Cap
Les Nummela
Linn County
United Community Service
UCS
William Watson
Cedar Rapids
Nummela
UCS Evaluation and Coordination Committee
Area 10
Frank Malone
New Area District
CAP
Malone
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Art Douglas
Johnson County
James A. Glass
Cedar
Muscatine
Louisa
William Foy
Buchanan
Clayton
Delaware
Jones
George K. Pettengill
Benton
Poweshiek
Iowa
Tama
Watson
Ralph Creger
Kansas City
Schrunk To Speak At Mount Mercy Student Institute
Tom Schrunk who has just completed two years in the Peace Corps will deliver the keynote at 10 30 a m Saturday to Mount Mercy college students at their first annual Student Institute A buffet luncheon follows at 11 30 a m with speakers from state and local agencies and community groups plus one political party representative The event aims to raise student awareness of Cedar Rapids service opportunities and community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Schrunk
Prairie Drive
Peace Corps
Mount Mercy College
Schrunk
University of Town
William Turner
State Service For
Gene Bradland
Children’s Home of
Cedar Rapids
Edward Hanlon
Linn County Assn
Russell Collins
Jane Boyd Community House
Joyce Neilson
Linn Economic Action Project
Stephen Marie
Father Rhomberg
Catholic Charities
Dubuque
Peggy Pfath
Bernard
Waterloo Man Sentenced for Driving Charge
William R. Wanatee, 28, of Waterloo, received a 30 day jail term for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. The sentence runs concurrently with a 40 day term he is already serving for leaving the scene of an accident and intoxication. He was fined 100 dollars for leaving the scene and 35 dollars for intoxication, but could not pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Wanatee
Waterloo
Wanatee
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Harshman Receives Suspended Sentence for DWI
Jerome D. Harshman, 23, of 839 Fifth Avenue SE, was sentenced to six months in jail suspended on a charge of driving while his license was suspended. He was arrested in Cedar Rapids on September 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome D. Harshman
Fifth Avenue SE
Harshman
Cedar Rapids
City Briefs Hurt in Fall and Local Notices
A 9 year old, Ronald Heaverlo, son of Francis and Mrs Heaverlo, suffered nose and neck injuries after a fall from a tree near St. Ludmila's school and was treated and released from Mercy hospital. Other items note hospital stays, sales ads, a charge dismissed, a radio theft, and various police reports including vandalism and vehicle parts stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Heaverlo
Francis M Heaverlo
Twenty-second Avenue
St. Ludmila’s
Mercy Hospital
Thieves Strip $700 In Parts from Cars at Fordtown Lot
Employees at Grant Williams Fordtown report three 1967 cars parked behind the lot had $700 in parts stolen. Carbs distributors and other parts were taken from two vehicles while a carburetor and air cleaner were taken from the third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Williams Fordtown
First Avenue
Raymond Wiley 81 Springville Hardware Owner Dies
Raymond F Wiley 81 lifelong Linn County resident and Springville hardware store owner died at his home. Born December 1 1884 in Marion he married Nellie Blinks October 12 1911. Survived by wife daughter Winifred Davison three grandchildren brother Carl Wiley sister Caroline Bromwell. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday at Springville Methodist Church burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Springville
Raymond F. Wiley
Hiram J
Minerva Boyer Wiley
Marion
Nellie Blinks
Wiley
Linn County
Clothes valued at 460 stolen from car on Fourth Street
Patrolman report says thieves took clothes valued at 460 from a car in the 100 block of Fourth street NW Thursday night. The owner, Patrick J. Shanahan of 1532 Eighth street NW, reported two suits two sport coats four pairs of trousers and ten sport shirts were missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald D. Hepker
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
Fourth Street NW
Patrick J. Shanahan
Eighth Street
What Marriage Means to a Man
A husband analyzes four core reasons men marry and argues sex is not the key to lasting happiness. The piece, pitched in October Reader's Digest style, contrasts masculine and feminine views on marriage and fulfillment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader’s Digest
Man 31 shoots self in chest in despondent moment
William James Stone, 31, of 523 Seventh Avenue SE, was hospitalized early Friday after a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police say the despondent man used a .22 caliber rifle to shoot himself in the left chest shortly after 1 a.m. He was listed in fairly good condition in the ICU at St. Luke's hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William James Stone
Seventh Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Stone
Grand Forks Boy Wins $500,000 Drug Damage Judgment
Shane Stromsodt, seven, son of Robert and Mrs. Stromsodt, won a $500,000 U S district court judgment against Parke Davis over brain damage allegedly caused by the quadrigen quadruple antigen drug. Quadrigen purportedly protected against diphtheria pertussis tetanus and poliomyelitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks, N.D
Shane Stromsodt
Robert Stromsodt
Grand Forks
U.S. District Court
Parke Davis
Man Arrested For Contributing To Delinquency
Gerald A. Rasmussen, 36, of 914 Avenue NW, arrested on a warrant charging contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police say he made improper suggestions to a 10 year old girl during a car ride on Sept 19. Rasmussen posted a $110 bond and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald A. Rasmussen
Avenue NW
Rasmussen
Papal pledge to Vietnam disclosed by Vatican
The Vatican released that Pope Paul pledged to cooperate without limits to help bring peace to Vietnam. The disclosure came Friday and details the Pope's mission to the war torn region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Vatican City
Vatican
Paul
Burglary at Dairy Maid Store No 1 Nets About $100
Detectives say burglars gained entry through an unlocked door at Dairy Maid Store No 1 on Edgewood Road NW. They opened a filing cabinet with a found key and then access the unlocked safe inside, taking an undetermined amount around $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Maid
Edgewood Road
Parties reject John Birch Society contributor
John Birch member J Edward Martin and wife donated 6000 to the President's Club tied to a government contract for his architectural engineering firm. Rep Cameron demanded repayment, Ford announced refunds and Martin offered 1000 to the Republican National Committee. He criticized liberal Republicans and defended conservative rallying points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Birch Society
J. Edward Martin
House Republicans
Martin
Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee
President’s Club
Ronald Brooks Cameron
Dem
Calif
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Democratic National Committee
Republican National Committee
Nelson Rockefeller
George Romney
Illinois Man Fined For Disturbing Peace
George A. Askins, 26, of Sycamore Illinois, was fined ten dollars and costs on a disturbing the peace charge. He appeared before Municipal Judge Loren Hullinger Jr after a disturbance at Little Joe's tavern on Sixteenth Avenue SW during Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerald A. Wright
Fifteenth Avenue
George A. Askins
Sycamore
Ill
Martin
Askins
Ford
G.O.P
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Two Fines for Booth After Traffic Incident
Donald L. Booth aged 41 of 1542 Seventeenth Avenue SE was fined 100 dollars on each of two charges after a Monday traffic accident at First Avenue and First Street W. He left the scene and had no license. Unable to pay the fines, he faced a 60 day jail term. Municipal Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. imposed the penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Booth
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Booth
First Avenue
First Street
Loren Hullinger, Jr
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By Dale Kueter
Portance
Sargent ‘Shriver
Harold Hughes
J. D. Harshman
By Joe Fischer
Terri
City Briefs
K. C. Family Breakfast—Council
Avenue NE
Leona Hawley
Ninth Avenue SE
Albert’s Cleaners
Lindale Plaza
William Faltis
Eighteenth Avenue
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Hladley’s Grocery
4Th Ave
James Lacy
F Avenue NW
Bill Racer
Thirty-second Street
Collins Radio Co
Thirty-Fifth Street
Dempsey’s Shoe Repair
2Nd Ave
E Avenue
Pack 33
Dewayne Ackman
Steve Malloy
Kenneth Samek
Peter Barron
Steve Hess
Scott Dunn
Tom Farland
Robbie Robertson
Erick Keen
Tom Palmer
Tim Palmer
David Zimmerman
35Th Street Dr
Universal Climate Control i Co
Coralville
Coe College Science
Robert Smoker
Briarwood Street
Frank van Buskirk
Sixth Street Road
Raymond Wiley
Hiltbrunner
Second Street
Man
John Birch
Washington
Rockefeller
New
York
Illinois
T Pteen
Chevrolet
Elt
Dudley Henderson Linn
Ralph Koons Linn
Wendil Kulish
Linn
Arthur L. Williams
Linn County Recorder
Linn County Central Committee
Chevelle Concours
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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