Seven Die In Weekend Iowa Traffic Tangles
The Associated Press reports seven people died in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend. Names include Mrs. Isabelle Murphy 73 of Knoxville and others from George Jes Dysart Luana Cedar Rapids and Burlington area towns as cars left roads and hit poles or rolled over on icy or curving routes.
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Isabelle Murphy
Knoxville
Des Moines
Donald Lee Rustian
George
Lyon County
Donald Sadler
Jesup
Benton County
Dysart
Robert Frederick Shady
Farmersburg
Postville
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Luana
Dennis Svoboda
Cedar Rapids
Dale John Steichen
Shueyville
Johnson County
Eston Ross Jr
Weaver
U.S. 62
Burlington
Brezhnev Honored as Hero of the Soviet Union on 60th Birthday
In Moscow Leonid I Brezhnev received unprecedented nationwide praise on his 60th birthday. Pravda and all major papers published special editions with his portrait and a decree awarding him Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and a gold star. A TV tribute followed the announcement.
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Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
New Soviet Policy for Control
King Hussein says the Soviet Union adopted a new policy to gain influence in the Middle East. He warns the Soviets may push toward confrontation with the free world and seek control of natural resources like oil and key communication routes such as the Suez Canal. He notes a potential link to Africa if the Arab world is overrun.
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Hussein
Jordan
Soviet Union
Middle East
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U.S. News & World Report
Suez Canal
Arab World
Africa
Christmas weekend traffic death toll forecast
The National Safety Council estimated 650 to 750 traffic deaths during the holiday weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. It compared this to about 525 deaths in a nonholiday period of equal length and noted most drivers will travel, boosting mileages to 7.6 billion.
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National Safety Council
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