Community college annual report by MCC president Becker
Muscatine Community College closes a successful year under Dr. James Becker with highlights in athletics drama music and campus improvements. Enrollment is rising and preparations for 1977 78 include new programs like an LPN program and early childhood offerings along with continued outreach to area high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Becker
Muscatine Community College
MCC
Kerry Grady
Trades
Calumet
Muscatine
Kicc
Community College
Homosexuals and Anita Bryant in a public debate
A 1960s op ed argues against Anita Bryant's anti gay campaign, noting rising visibility of homosexuals, questioning the logic of disqualifying teachers, and recounting police entrapment and discrimination. The piece cites Kinsey data, recalls McCarthy era politics, and predicts Bryant's effort will fail on numbers and logic.
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Washington
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Kinsey
Anita Bryant
Strawberries praised by farmer Scoemaker delight town
Yesterday’s years ago notes recall Mr. Bishop thanking for strawberries grown by John Scoemaker, judged nearly big enough for baseballs. Other items mention attorney John W. McKee visiting Nichols on business 75 years ago, Mrs. A F Grensing and daughter’s California trip 50 years ago, John Groters’ golden wedding celebration 25 years ago, and a 90th birthday dinner for Mrs. Mary Sizek 10 years ago hosted by her daughter.
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Bishop
John Scoemaker
John W. McKee
Nichols
John Groters
West Fulham Ave
Mary Sizek
Mathias Schmarje
Gilbert
This Day in History 1977 Highlights Briefly Recap
On June 13 events across history are noted including Britain handing the Suez Canal to Egypt in 1956 after 74 years of control and Columbus discovering Martinique in 1502. Other items profile WWI Paris arrival of Pershing in 1917, Paris open city status in 1940, the 1942 creation of the U S Office of War Information, Vietnam troop withdrawals in 1969, Marshall’s Supreme Court nomination a decade later, Nixon's arms treaty move, and Ethiopia executions a year ago.
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Britain
Suez Canal
Egypt
Christopher Columbus
Martinique
Ottawa
John Pershing
Paris
U.S
Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Thurgood Marshall
Lyndon B. Johnson
Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Soviet Union
Ethiopia
Vacations for Presidents Show Public Life Intervenes
The article recalls how every president’s break from Washington blends with state duties, aides, and security. It notes Hoover’s isolated Florida keys holiday, FDR at Warm Springs with Hassett’s laundry, and later presidents’ jaunts from Gettysburg to Hyannisport. It ends with Carter at St Simon’s and the changing, heavily policed notion of leisure for a busy leader.
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United States
Washington
White House
Moscow
State Department
Congressional
Herbert Hoover
Florida Keys
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Georgia
Bill Hassett
Fdr
Hassett
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
California
John F. Kennedy
Hyannisport
Massachusetts
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Richard Nixon
Key Biscayne
Florida
Bebe Rebozo
Gerald Ford
Vall
Colorado
Palm Springs
Carter
St. Simon's Island
Grove House
Azalea
Smith Bagley
Reynolds Tobacco Corporation
Jekyll Nor
St. Simon’s
Jimmy
Rosalynn
Amy
U.S. Signal Corps
Secret Service
Navy
Jim Bishop
Miss Muscatine County winner Kathy Keely honored
The August 7 1976 coronation made Kathy Keely Miss Muscatine County and a county goodwill ambassador supported by the Muscatine Jaycees. She balanced full time University of Iowa studies with extensive appearances for civic groups and Miss American program efforts, earning wide respect and serving as a local role model.
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Kathy Keely
Jerry Keely
West Liberty
Muscatine County
Kathy
Muscatine
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Becker
Values Institute
Career
Bryant
Tom
Braden
A.F. Grensing
Betty
Sycamore St
Grensing
Frank Bishop
Colorado Springs
Colo
J.T. Carne
Richmond
Calif
The
Associated Press
Brickman
JO Warters
Brunswick
Savannah
St. Simon's
Jekyll Island
Roosevelt
Jekyll
Golden Isles
John
Charles Wesley
Methodist Church
Christ Church
Jim
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