Family history book ties generations across states
Mrs. Harris and her sister Hazel Hicks completed a personal recollections book begun in 1976. After cataract surgery and drafting delays, the manuscript finished in 1978 and published as 25 booklets. Dispatched to relatives in seven states and the DAR Library, it blends memoir with genealogy for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Harris
Hazel Hicks
Cedar Tower
Lois Daugherty
Texas
Colorado
Lucille Carr
Kentucky
Marjory Carroll
Iran crisis tightens as hostages mark Christmas
Clerics urge patience and peace while Ayatollah Khomeini pressures Carter over the Shah. Panama rejects extradition, Panama City officials say. Hostages receive Christmas cards as U.S. seeks U.N. sanctions over the 50 captives in Tehran. An unofficial delegation visits the embassy and vows further outreach. Senator Kennedy vows continued opposition to the Shah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Carter
Ghotbzadeh
Panama
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Panama City
Aristides Royo
Christmas at Nativity Basilica Amid Bethlehem Security
Tens of thousands gathered outside the Basilica of the Nativity as choirs from Australia Belgium Canada France West Germany and the United States performed Christmas carols on a wooden platform along the outer wall. Troops with metal detectors checked arrivals while machine gun armed soldiers kept tight security to protect the site during the 13th Christmas under Israeli rule. A West Bank source warned of potential terrorist threats targeting holy sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Belgium
Canada
France
West Germany
United States
Bethlehem
Mecca
Carter Sees Path to Peace Israel Egypt and SALT II
On this date in 1978 President Carter voiced optimism that Israel and Egypt would reach a peace treaty and that a SALT II agreement would be signed by the United States and Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Israel
Egypt
Russia
America
$3.5 Million Ruling Against Rockwell Collins in Airline Crash Case
A Chicago jury awarded $3.5 million to three flight crew widows from the 1968 North Central Convair 580 crash at O'Hare. Joy Payne, Willetta Bloomer, and Elizabeth Olson received sums totaling $3.375 million. Rockwell Collins denies fault, citing NTSB findings of pilot disorientation. Some settlements were reached with North Central Airlines, later Republic Airlines after a merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rockwell-Collins
North Central Airlines
Jerry Levy
Collins
Levy
Richard Kargel
Marvin Payne
O’hare International
Joy N. Payne
Seattle
Wash
Willetta Bloomer
Minneapolis
Elizabeth Olson
Gerald Lavalley
Rockwell
National Transportation Safety Board
Republic Airlines
Southern Airways
Brown campaign staff keeps open minds on caucus race
Two California Brown staffers visited Cedar Rapids urging Democrats to keep open minds ahead of the January 7 debate and Iowa caucuses. They said undecided voters and Carter Kennedy backers may shift after the Des Moines debate, with Brown pitching solutions over problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Jerry Brown
Cedar Rapids
Dave Charbonneau
Brown
Carter
Sen. Kennedy
Des Moines
Charbonneau
Kennedy
Iowa
Berkeley
Calif
Gregg Buckman
Los Angeles
Gov. Brown
Weather Report For Monday And December Totals
The report notes high Monday and total accumulation with precipitation. Barometer at 7 p.m. rising. Humidity 7 p.m. low. NW wind at 22 mph gusting to 28 mph. Sun rise 7 33, set 4 40. Year ago highs 24 lows 11 trace precipitation. Snow possible tonight through Thursday. Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday. Lows in upper teens to 20s highs in upper 20s to 30s.
Birth notices and local false alarm reports
Dec 23 to Dec 24 births announced at St. Luke's: Marlene Ratcliff 3416 Ardsley Lane SW a son. Carol Vanwoert 1707 12th Ave SW a son. Barbara and David Forde 415 40th St NE a son. Lisa and Jeff Gersh North English a son. Dec 24 Susan and Allen Feickert 460 26th St Marion a son. Margaret and John Ma 3027 Fifth Ave Marion a daughter. False alarms at 13th Street and First Avenue West and East. Overheated light ballast at Photo Quick 3218 Center Point Road NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Ratcliff
Ardsley Lane
Carol Vanwoert
12Th Ave
Barbara
David Forde
40Th St. NE
Lisa
Jeff Gersh
North English
Susan
Allen Feickert
26Th St
Marion
Margaret
John Ma
Fifth Ave
13Th Street
First Avenue
First Avenue East
Center Point Road
City Briefs and Local Ads On Page Four
Hats horns and noise makers advertised with contact numbers J and E 364 5047. Engraving Co offers nametags at Iowa Theatre Building lower level phone 363 3376. Games Thursday Town House Jackpot 58 numbers Daily Double 30 numbers Early Birds 7 00. This week group Five Star Chapter ABWA.
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W.J. Engraving Co
Iowa Theatre Building
Five Star Chapter
A.B.W.A
Adv
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Effie Olson
Hallmark Nursing Home
Mount Vernon
Wyoming
William Olson
Order of the Eastern Star
Madison
S.D
Howard A. Fairchild
Luella Mae Boutwell
Wis
Madison, Wis
Turner Crematory
Mabel P. Wilder
Manly
Mason City
Toddville
Albert A. Wilder
Nashua
Wilder
The
Gazette
Western Union
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Rebekah Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
Order of Eastern Star
Robert
Northwood
Edgar Holmgren
Omaha
Fred Holmgren
Edina
Minn
Esther Anderson
Helen Crogen
Fern Gustafson
Bloomington
Hogan-Bremer-Bride Chapel
Magirl
Marcella
Immaculate Conception Church
Karl Glovik
St. John’s Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Mohr
Nellie
William P. Leonard
Wausau
Alex Pledge
Ninth St. SE
Mr. Pledge
Grand Junction
Tenn
Nannie Sue Pirtle
Tennessee
Redemption Baptist Church
Nannie Sue
Rosie B
Marice
Brenda Pledge
Frances White
Lena Frazier
Mildred Eshen
Isaac
Allen
Alex J
Albert
Joe
John
Obion
Roy
Humboldt
Jim
Treaful
Blanch Brown
Harman Webb
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel East
Our Savior’s Lutheran
Martin
Deep River
Lacy Doty
Calvary Lutheran Church
Golden Rod
McAninch-Fremming
Victor
C Avenue NE
Hazel
Vernon Lyons
Chicago Ashburn Baptist Church
Foreign Ministry
Edward Kennedy
State Department
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
U.N. Security Council
Jerusalem
Jamal Salman
West Bank
Jesus Christ
John E. Lapes
Third Avenue
Cedar Park
Lowa
Bangkok
Thailand
Catholic Relief Service
Buckman
Grand Avenue
Weather Report
C.R. Weather
St. Luke's
Kuba Funeral Homes
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