JC Celebrates tenth anniversary at Clinton Junior College
Clinton Junior College marks its tenth anniversary this year as it gains attention as a cost effective alternative to expanding four year institutions. Dean Paul B. Sharar leads efforts for increased state support to junior colleges, arguing expansion here is cheaper than enlarging Iowa’s main campuses. JC offers 92 courses across liberal arts fine arts science homemaking commerce and more, providing base courses and specialized technical training while serving as a local agency for correspondence and community needs.
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Clinton Junior College offers home study with low cost and wide reach
The Clinton Junior College at Clinton High School serves 3134 students across the district, providing access to CHS facilities, intercollegiate basketball and baseball, music and drama, and a low $85 per semester tuition. Dean Sharar urges curriculum expansions toward two-year college teaching content and a nurse training program, while plans include Air Force management for reserve officers and a self supporting class. In nearby Hampton the Hick and Hoegh campaign visited seven schools, meeting students from kindergarten through high school, with bands performing and campaign pins distributed.
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Clinton High School
Clinton Independent School District
Sharar
Clinton
Jane Lamb Hospital
Iowa
U. S
Rourke Hickenlooper
Leo Hoegh
Hick"Hoegh
Republican Organization
Farm workers gain Social Security credits under new law
A new Social Security provision allows farm workers to earn credits toward future benefits by cash pay of $150 or more for farm work or by 20 or more days of cash pay based on time units. Workers must have paid tax and earned quarters, with eligibility and benefit amounts varying by birth date and earnings, ranging from $24 to $108.50 monthly for retirement, and family benefits from $30 to $200 monthly.
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Congress
Ray Henry
Cancer Society to Report Link Smoking and Death
The New York World Telegram and Sun quote the American Cancer Society as saying a forthcoming survey will state a link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. AP reports the four year study will not be issued for months. Officials say the report will echo earlier conclusions and serve as a survey ending step.
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Sun
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Cancer Society
Uncles Kay Letter On Coal From J Henry Brown
A letter from J Henry Brown discusses his 75 years in Kentucky and southwestern Virginia coal fields. He explains alternating layers of rock and coal and asks how ancient plants grew on coal beds and where vegetation formed coal.
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J. Henry Brown
Kentucky
Virginia
Smoking and cancer risks among heavy cigarette users
The text notes that habitual smokers about a pack daily have tenfold higher lung cancer death rates than never smokers. Very heavy smokers two or more packs daily show about 27 times higher death rates. It also cites higher all cause mortality and a casual link between heavy smoking and other cancers and diseases like gastric ulcers.
Evidence of coal deposits and prehistoric plant traces in Kentucky
In Harlan County Kentucky coal beds range from three and a half to 11 feet thick on Big Black Mountain. Deep drilling shows larger coal beds beneath river levels. Studies find hardened remains of prehistoric plants with fern marks present in coal. Plant growth occurs above rock layers, with soil forming from decayed rock, and some prehistoric plants contributing to coal formation.
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Harlan County
Jeas
Plant growth and land loss in Arizona flood zones
Describes vegetation in flood-affected areas with plant material sinking in water and on dry land. Notes a flood event, stand formation, and pending study of rock formation. States that over two thirds of Arizona is owned by the federal government including national parks forests reservations and military sites.
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Arizona
National
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