Upward Bound Budget Criticized Over Flying Students
State Sen. Tom Riley blasted Cedar Rapids Project Upward Bound for spending 2000 to fly 40 students to Minneapolis for a 35 minute Aretha Franklin concert. He urged closer budget oversight and suggested using local advisory help to curb waste while supporting the program’s college prep goals.
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Cedar Rapids
Cape
Upward Bound
Tom Riley
Riley
Minneapolis
Aretha Franklin
Coe College
Joseph McCabe
Realistic Training For Army Reserve Riot Control
Two platoons drill in 0 degree heat as tear gas and projectiles test soldiers. Instructors stress restraint, show of force, and discipline, with riots framed by agitators and city slums driving civil disturbance prep across June and July.
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Raleigh, N.C
Innation
Army Reserve
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
Oakville Seeks Yield Winners in Soybean Corn Contest
Oakville area hosts the Iowa Masters Soybean and Corn growers contest. deadline is July 31 1888 announced by Jim Gerst Oakville Feed Grain Inc corn and soybean entries open to area growers first yield of 200 bushels or more earns 100 dollars from Oakville Feed Grain and co sponsor Farmers and Merchants Bank Trust Burlington entrants may contact Gerst president John McCulley hopes entrants break 200 bushels. state district and local awards for largest yields.
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Oakville
Jim Gerst
Oakville Feed & Grain, Inc
Farmers and Merchants Bank & Trust
Burlington
Gerst
John McCulley
Dennis Workman Home on Leave From Fort Bliss to Fort Lewis
Pvt. Dennis Workman is on a 15 day leave at his parents home in Stockton. He trained at Fort Bliss and received a plaque July 5 for outstanding trainee of his platoon. He will report July 27 to Fort Lewis for transfer to Alaska to serve in radio communications. A relatives picnic at Dutton's park honored him with attendees from local communities.
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Stockton
Dennis Workman
LaVerne Workman
Dennis
Fort Bliss
Tex
Glen McClure
Fort Lewis
Wash
Alaska
Dutton’s Park
Durant
Willard Garred
Bill Westoff Durant
Harold Guyer
Bennett
William Rhoads
Bill
Stanwood
Leon Havel
Mechanicsville
Myron Workman
Dewitt
Bob Cook
Davenport
Derek
Miniskirts Stir Passions Across Africa Says Kenneth
Johannesburg reports that miniskirts provoke mixed reactions across Africa with officials in Swaziland Malawi Zambia and Kenya condemning the fashion while some see it as a symbol of revolt. Government leaders condemn and ban in several countries amid rioting and moral concerns.
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Kenneth
Whiting
Associated Press
Johannesburg
South Africa
Africa
Swaziland
Malawi
Kenya
Njoroge Mungai
Zambia
United National Independence Party
Ethiopia
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