Iowa City SUI joins nationwide study on first grade reading
The University of Iowa, one of 27 colleges, receives a $30,900 grant from the U.S. Office of Education to study how to teach first graders to read. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City teachers will try seven methods in 350 to 400 Cedar Rapids pupils, with tests in September February and June and results sent to the University of Minnesota. Albert Hieronymus leads statistics for the project.
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Iowa City
State University of Iowa
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Office of Education
SUI College of Education
Cedar Rapids
Louise Beltramo
SUI
Hale C. Reid
Beltramo
United States
College of Education
University of Minnesota
Albert N. Hieronymus
Henry Yoder returns home after hospital stay
Henry Yoder comes home from the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City after a ten week stay following a May stroke. His wife and family hosted a 45th wedding anniversary cake on April 9 and guests have since visited. He now uses a wheel chair, arm crutch, and leg brace and is expected to regain mobility gradually.
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Noble
Henry
Vets
Iowa City
C.F. Roth
Clarence E
Marguerite Boshart
Ada
Will Leichty
Bill Schantz
Steve Miller
Nancy Schlatter
Wm. R
Vets Hospital
Eicher
Farm Gadget Show Entries Open For Iowa State Fair
Cedar Rapids August 13 was set as the entry deadline for the Farm Gadget Show at the Iowa State Fair. Two divisions exist for farm operators and employees with seven hundred dollars in cash prizes and no entry fee. Gadgets must be original farm task aids or replicas of commercial machines in the farm shop division. prizes range from 100 to 10 dollars plus a 100 dollar safety bonus.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa State Fair Board
WMT
Dutchettes 4-H Club meets at Johnson home
The Dutchettes 4-H Club held its regular meeting at Julie and Maria Johnson’s home with Julia Miksch presiding. Tickets for the season fair were distributed. Vivian Renoux demonstrated arranging flowers and matting pictures. They practiced songs for local achievement day at Grace Hill Community Building on July 23 at 1 30. Committees were named for setting up exhibits program refreshments hostess and clean-up. The club toured architecture studies and Washington area industries including Marshall Furniture Store the Journal office and KCII studios.
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Julie
Maria Johnson
Julia Miksch
Vivian Renoux
Julia Johnson
Vivan Renoux
Washington
Marshall Furniture
Journal Office
KCII
Wellman Guests Recall Local Ties Amid Postwar Echoes
McPhersons visit Wellman with notes of former Wellman High coach Mack now back from Japan. Local church class held a potluck while residents visit family in Oxford and Nevada. A bicycle accident injures a boy. a heart condition takes Lewis Leeper. REA funds aid two county phone service projects including Hot Air Telephone Co. in Champaign Tl. Uplifted by community events, birthdays and hospital returns highlight a quiet week.
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Will
Wellman
Wellman High
Japan
John (Salt
U. S
The
Baptist Church School
Paul Noffsinger
Wilbur Geyer
Donna
Nancy Hess
Frank Rugg
Mr Rugg
Philip Swartzendruber
Wally Swartzendruber
Ardell Miller
Lewis Leeper
Nevada
Bob
Betty
Donna Geyer
Maxine Romine
Paul Finn
Doug Eden
Cedar Rapids
Cedric Win
A. H. Freel
Champaign
UPL
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Hot Air Telephone Co
Daven port Area S News Hails Newborns and Visits
Mrs. Byrne spent three weeks in Davenport aiding in child care at the Laux home where a daughter Joan Marie joined the family on July 8 weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce. Grandparents include B J Byrne of Keota and Howard Laux of Washington. Other noted events include births, deaths, travel, and visits involving the Greiner, Hahn, and Yates families across Keota Cedar Rapids Grand Prairie and Corpus Christi with several relatives mentioned by name.
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Keota
B.J. Byrne
John Laux
Davenport
Howard Laux
Washington
Mike Greiner
Leroy
Georgia
Jack O’brien
Keith Greiner
Corpus Christi
Texas
Glen Yates
Karla Hahn
Petie Hahn
Kenny Hahn
Nebraska
Bernice Hahn
Cathy Walker
Grant Walker
Cathy
Food labels explain consumer protection and duties
A U S Department of Agriculture flyer outlines how labels guard consumers under the Food and Drug Law. It calls for reading labels, listing ingredients by common names in order of predominance, and avoiding misbranding through false claims in books and printed matter. It urges skepticism toward door to door sales pitches and promotes the Plentiful Foods List highlighting beef and plums for July.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa State Department of Health
Food and Drug Administration
Des Moines
FDA
USDA
Carlton Whites Visit And Local News From Fort Madison
Carlton White and Becky visited in Fort Madison with Mrs. White’s sister. Families including the Paisleys and Lantz joined a Columbus Junction gathering with birthdays and a wedding invitation for Sandra Githens and Frederick Olson. Ada Hamill admitted to Memorial Hospital. Hollywood note reports Bette Davis villa in Italy as an 18th century castle renovated for $2 million by Ponti and Loren.
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Vivian Wells
Crawfordsville
Carlton White
Becky
Stanley Lantz
Hillsboro
Orris
Linda
Sandra Githens
Don Githens
Longmont
Colo
Frederick Olson
Sandra
New Mexico
Hollywood
UPI
Bette Davis
Italy
Carlo Ponti
Sophia Loren
Select Pork for Barbecue From Iowa State Expert
Pork for barbecuing should have a gray pink lean with clear hard white fat and light marbling. Choose chops or steaks at least one inch thick, and consider boneless roasts or cured cuts like loin or Boston butt. Fully cooked cured pork can reduce outdoor grill time.
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Robert Rust
Iowa State University
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