Ice and Snow Slow Iowa Travel After Drizzle
Anxious Eastern Iowans faced mixed weather as a light drizzle and falling temperatures created slick roads. Icy conditions caused two fatal crashes in northwest and north central Iowa while Cedar Rapids reported only one weather related accident. Injuries in Johnson County included Michael Shaw 8 and Timothy Shaw 5 and others treated after a car collision on Old Highway 218 near Iowa City.
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Iowa City
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Michael Shaw
Timothy Shaw
Dianna
Edgar Folk
George E. Folk Jr
Highway 6
Tiffin
Shaw
Old 218
Ching J. Chen
Ruer Chen
Gedman Realtors Sold In Local Deal
A local real estate firm Gedman Realtors changes hands as the sale closes. Page 6B reports the transaction details and the parties involved.
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Financial Gedman Realtors
Index Today's Chuckle on Santa and chimneys
A light joke ponders where Santa would stand between smoking and non smoking chimneys on Christmas Eve, delivered as a playful caption.
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Santa Claus
NATO forces deemed inadequate for European defense, study says
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the U S must spend 5.9 billion to 80.3 billion over eight years to bolster NATO defense against a Soviet attack. It foresees a need to mass allied troops within three months and suggests options including elastic and steadfast defense plans with U S divisions and stockpiled equipment, possibly avoiding early nuclear reliance.
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Congressional Budget Office
United States
NATO
Europe
Senate Budget Committee
U.S
Congress
Pentagon
Persian Gulf
Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Christmas Blues Felt By Some This Holiday Season
Vanessa Shelton Larr reports on holiday depression as crisis counselor John Vick notes that Christmas blues affect many. Factors include divorce loss of loved ones job changes and economic strain. Loneliness and high expectations can intensify feelings with rising concerns about mood during the season.
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John Vick
Foundation II Crisis Intervention Center
Vick
Foundation II
Ogy
University of Louisville
Haig Fires Reagan Transition Team in Washington
Secretary of State designate Alexander Haig discharged the 20 member foreign policy transition group amid leaks and policy tensions with Moscow talks. Muskie pressed questions at a meeting, while aides say the team was terminated to prune deadwood and align with Haig's approach ahead of confirmation hearings.
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Reagan
James Brady
Percy
Christmas Eve bombings injure shoppers in Sydney store
A Woolworths main store in Sydney was bombed injuring two people as shoppers evacuated after a caller warned police. A separate crude homemade bomb in Rome near the British Tourist Authority office lightly injured a local official, Giuseppe Porpora. A firebomb targeted merchant Francesco Porretti’s apartment. Police link the Sydney strikes to the so called Mistletoe Bomber.
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Australia
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Giuseppe Porpora
Lazio
Francesco Porretti
Merchants Union
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