Iowa SHARES aid convoy reaches Cambodian border
A 10 truck convoy funded by Iowa SHARES arrived at the Cambodian border with medical supplies as a first portion handed over on Christmas Day. An additional 10 trucks were to depart for a refugee camp to deliver 15,000 children’s treats and aid including dried food, antibiotics, tents, and supplies. Catholic Relief Services director Joseph Curtin oversees distribution at the border.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Catholic Relief Services
Joseph Curtin
Iowa
Towa
CRS
Curtin
Sa Kaew
Khao I Dang
Iowa Traffic Toll Rises During Holiday Weekend
An 81 year old Estherville woman was killed in a one car crash near Estherville, marking Iowa's tenth road death in the four day holiday period. Other victims include Jean McMahon aged 17 from Manchester in a two vehicle crash. Eight additional fatalities across multiple cities are listed with names and ages. A fatal mobile home fire near Malcom claimed an 11 year old Brooklyn girl Debbie Flanagan. Two Grinnell men are jailed on second degree kidnapping charges in Montezuma, involving a Park Hotel abduction. A timber sale near Coralville is announced by the U S Army Corps of Engineers and Iowans for Tax Relief promotes a tax limitation amendment for 1980.
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Estherville
Emmett
Ellen Swanson
Iowa Highway Patrol
Jean McMahon
Manchester
McMahon
Iowa
Robert Ewing
Duncombe
Mark Champion
Waterloo
Verne Hubbart
Des Moines
Wallace Dugan
Wichita
Kan
Doris Blanchard
Clarice Veenstra
Knoxville
Kent Rick
Cherokee
Fred Landers
Malcom
Brooklyn
Mobile
Debbie Flanagan
Daniel Flanagan
Flanagans
Poweshiek County
Max Allen
Montezuma
Robert L. Wilkinson
Park Hotel
Grinnell
Delno Johnson
George Johnson
Killduff
Wilkinson
Rock Island
Iic
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Coralville
Lake
Iowa Conservation Commission
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Toro
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Tanied
OFF Retail
Iowa News
Coralville Timber
Muscatine
Iowans For Tax Relief Today
H.L. Heying
West Union
Goddard Furniture
Best
Goddard
East Main
Anamosa
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