Would-Be Machinist Is Blind Faces Job Hunt
Joe Fleming, 21, born blind and visually impaired since birth, completed a 48 week evening machinist program at Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids and returned to sharpen skills while jobless. He adapts tools in braille to measure parts and seeks first employment, arguing capability over risk.
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Joe Fleming
Joe
Hilda Fleming
Garrison
Iowa Braille and
Vinton
Iowa, ‘Commission For the Blind
Des Moines
Kirkwood
Jack Neuzil
Trade and Industries
Wood
Neuzil
Dick Tyler
Ault
Dave Popelka
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa River pollution shown by 613000 tons topsoil loss
University of Iowa researchers warn Iowa River runoff from 3200 square miles caused massive soil erosion and organic pollution. The study cites 613000 tons of topsoil in the Iowa City area from Oct 1969 to Sept 1970 and 1.2 million tons trapped upstream in Coralville Reservoir, linking sediment with nutrient loads, pesticides, and widespread ecological changes along the river system.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Towa River
Coralville
U.S. Geological Survey
University of Iowa
Donald McDonald
Iowa River
Richard Bovbjerg
U of I
U.S
McDonald
Agricul
Nebraska
California
Clear Creek
Town City
Coralville Reservoir
Nishnabotna
Hamburg
Shenandoah
U.S Food and Drug Administration
Crawfordsville Social News Roundup and Family Visits
Local residents share weekend visits and family news. Ronald Schmitz and sons from West Union visit his sister’s family in Crawfordsville. Cedar Rapids visitors Addison family stop en route from Dallas. Kirksville students return after Easter. Pennington family welcomes Susan Marline. baby sister Margot Elaine born to Prom family in Rochester. Includes wedding, church and community updates with extended relatives and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lee
Crawfordsville
Ronald Schmitz T
Scott
Todd
Brian
West Union
Jerry Kellers
Columbus
Junction
Addison
Vicki
Pamela
Steven
Laura
Cedar Rapids
Don Blankenhorn
Paul Penningon
West Burlington
Susan Marline
Susan
William Paul
George C. Pennington
Ainsworth
Paul Pennington
United Methodist Church of
Ronald Schmitz
Charles Wells
Mike
Obert Wells
Robie
Washington
Jerry Keller
Shari
Gary
Columbus’ Junction
Mirs
Wayne Hartzell
Robert Wells
Fred Kolkman
Burlington
Merle Twinam
Refugees Under Fire at Gaza Camp in Jordan
In Gaza refugee camp near Amman, government shells killed four and wounded eighteen as guerrillas nearby raided tanks two hills away. Refugees crowded bunkers as armed fighters accused the government of a massacre while denying guerrillas were stationed at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nate Gibson
Gaza
Jordan
UPI
Hussein
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Amman
Kosher Marketing a Growing Field
UPI reports the Jewish population in the United States holds around six million for about a dozen years while the market for kosher foods expands massively despite only a portion of American Jews strictly observing dietary laws.
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Leroy Pope
UPI
New York
United States
Kosher Market Growth Tied to Rabbinical Labels and Brand Partners
Richard Jacobs, a merchandising consultant, explains how his agency expanded kosher sales for makers like Ann Page Maxwell House Del Monte Dr Pepper Hawaiian Punch and Palmolive by tapping nonkosher brands. He notes voltage in Jewish communities and cites Maxwell House coffee leading in New York City, with many products gaining broad sales through simple kosher labeling.
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Ann Page
Maxwell House
del Monte
Jacobs
Maxwell House Coffee
New York City
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John Munson
Ity
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bovbjerg
Northwest Iowa
Lakeside Laboratory
Bohumil Shimek
A_ University
Ives Junction
Mich
Leonard’ Spooner
Michigan
HAHN
Hahn-Eclipse
Ome
Schmitz
Keller
Gatach
Steele Lumber, Inc
Vening
Paul McCloskey
R.-Calif
Nixon
Indochina
da Nang
South Vietnam
McCloskey
UPI Radiophoto
Richard Jacobs
Loveless Supply Co
Washington, Iowa
Professional Directory
Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Meeker &Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South B
M. L. Tweeton
Forthe Marion
J. R. Bissland
Chiroractor
Kalona
Roduction Credit Association
Frid
North
Melvin Schneider
State Farm Insurance
Jack Fall
West Millce
Reent
Maplewood Manor
NURS
St ‘Keota
Optometrist
John W. Lemmon
South
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