Special Problems Residential Program Expands to Women
The Special Problems center moves from 629 Eighth Street SE to 522 Eighth Street SE and will house 24 residents eight women and 16 men. The program, funded by United Community Services and the National Institute of Mental Health, now includes women and emphasizes structured levels with group therapy, sponsorship, and gradual progression from level one to three culminating in independent living. Rent tops at 10 dollars weekly, with nine months of post graduation contact, as the facility opens new spaces for office use and broader outreach.
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Special Problems Center
Eighth Street
Paul Sommerville
SPC
Sommerville
Area Ten
United Community Services
The
National Institute of Mental Health
UCS
Gazette
Duane Crock
Eighth Street SE
OREO Leaf Tour Set For October 9
The Office of Retirement Education at Kirkwood Community College offers a Seminole Valley leaf tour Tue Oct 9. A bus departs 1 PM from Meth Wick Manor Geneva Tower Jane Boyd Community House and Kenwood Presbyterian church, visiting Seminole Valley farm to view fall colors. Cost is 35 cents. reservations by Friday at 398-5535.
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Office of Retirement Education
Kirkwood Community College
Meth- Wick Manor
Geneva Tower
Jane Boyd Community House
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
OREO
Seminole Valley Farm
Slumberland Bedding Co Cancels Night Shift Over Noise
The Slumberland Bedding Co in Gloucester cancels its night shift after neighbors complained the noise kept them awake. The factory cited disturbance as the reason for the decision and noted ongoing operations during the day.
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Gloucester
England
UPI
Slumberland Bedding Co
Eastside Kiwanis Club names officers
Installed at 638 Fortieth Street SE Ed Jarvis is president of the Eastside Kiwanis club. New officers include Dr Steve Elliott as first vice president Dr Carl Kitchen as second vice president and Randy Hacker as secretary treasurer.
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Ed Jarvis
Fortieth Street
Eastside Kiwanis Club
Steve Elliott
Carl Kitchen
Randy Hacker
World’s oldest stained glass window found in Augsburg church
The glass dating to 1050 is housed in a church in Augsburg Bavaria making it the world’s oldest known stained glass window discovered to date. Researchers confirm its origin and age through stylistic and archival analysis.
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Augsburg
Bavaria
Midwest Black Writer's Conference at Coe College Oct 10 13
The first Midwest Black Writer's Conference will be held on the Coe College campus October 10 through 13. Workshops lectures poetry readings and other entertainments will fill the four days with the theme Developing Black Criteria for Excellence in Literature. Notable speakers include Hoyt Fuller Darwin Turner and Etheridge Knight. Katharine Dunham Dance Theater performs October 13 at Sinclair Auditorium, and two showings of Georgia, Georgia will be shown that weekend.
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Coe College
Mark Johnson
Mwendo
Coe Black Literary Magazine
Jackson
Hoyt Fuller
Black World
Negro Digest
Chicago
Darwin Turner
University of Iowa
Etheridge Knight
Katharine Dunham
Beard Backlash Hits University President
University of Arizona president John Schaefer, 38, aimed to bridge generations by growing a beard but a bearded student on campus told him that men like him were giving beards a bad name. The remark underscores a campus culture clash over appearance.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona
John Schaefer
Schaefer
Iowa Masonic Leader Named Senior Grand Steward
Howard M. Packingham of route three Cedar Rapids has been named senior grand steward for the Grand Lodge of Iowa A F and A M. He is a past master of Bruce Lodge No. 665 in Cedar Rapids and belongs to several other Masonic groups.
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Howard M. Packingham
Route Three
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge of Iowa
A.F
A.M
Bruce Lodge
Memorial notices and tributes for family and friends
A collection of in memory and birthday acknowledgments listing relatives and friends such as Linda Jo Diane Marie and Teresa Ann with funds to Camp Good Health and various memorials for Joseph Papacek Grace Ferguson Martha Heald Margaret Brammer Daisy Zalesky Farrell Dyson Edna Abbey Gerald Strang William Dohnalek Maurice Pitlick family Harry Haller Orenda Kelsey and Lottie Fauchier with dates and affiliations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Papacek
Linda Jo
Diane Marie
Teresa Ann
Martha Heald
Margaret Brammer
Daisy Zalesky
Farrell Dyson
Edna Abbey
Iota Epsilon Chapter
Premicron National Sorority
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Pat Peterson
B. W. Joseph
R. P. Scholl
Optometrists
1St Ave
Holley
Damon
Leonardo Strassi
Revere
DAKI
Lindale Plaza
Midwest
Beard
Grace
Marguerite Peterson
Gerald Strang
Strang
William Dohnalek
Maurice Pitlick
Oxford
Harry Haller
Orenda Kelsey
Eugene and
Edna Kelsey
Lottie Fauchier
Long Branch
Magdalen Pavelka
Bonnie
Kathi and
Kerrie Kruse
Bohemian Savings & Loan
Bohemian Savings & Loan Loan
Bohemian Savings and Loan Association
Third Street S.E
Iowa
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