Ice Storm Knocks Out Power and Telephones Across Iowa
Strong winds and freezing rain crippled lines as poles and trees broke in What Cheer Keota and surrounding towns. Crews from Grinnell Nevada and others work to restore power while long distance service is cut to Vinton Tipton and Blairstown. stricken towns expect restoration by Friday amid frigid temperatures and a new weather system.
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What Cheer
Keota
Harper
Grinnell
Nevada
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Vinton
Tipton
Blairstown
Albion
Northwestern Bell
Iowa
Coe Choir and Drama Students Start London Visit
Twenty eight Coe college choir members and eleven drama students depart Chicago for a January term in London. Choir members study at Morley College and rehearse with guest conductors while drama students attend London productions. After two weeks in London the choir tours Austria and Paris with the groups reuniting in Paris for the return flight January 24.
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Chicago
London
Coe
Coe Choir
Allan Kellar
Gael Hammer
Morley College
Morley Choir
Salzburg
Innsbruck
Austria
Paris
Anamosa Bus Skids Off Icy Road No Injuries Reported
A school bus from Anamosa skidded off an icy road 1.3 miles north of Morley and overturned at 2:25 p.m. Twenty-five pupils and driver Boyd Frantz, 58, of Martelle, escaped injury. Bus damage was about 2400 dollars. School had been released early due to the winter storm.
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Anamosa
Morley
Boyd Frantz
Martelle
East Iowa
Blizzard Strikes East Nebraska Halts Traffic
A blizzard blasted eastern Nebraska stopping traffic on major highways into Omaha and Lincoln and causing at least one death. Winds up to 52 mph hurled snow, reducing visibility to zero and creating massive traffic jams. Travel between Omaha and Lincoln normally takes 40 minutes.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Severe winter weather snarls Midwest travel and power
A heavy ice storm disrupted transport across several states. Snow and winds created five hour driving ordeals on Interstate 80 and U S 75 73 near Omaha. Some 30,000 Kansas City area customers lost power as crews worked overnight. In Illinois a fatal crash occurred near Ottawa in freezing rain.
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Kansas City
Power Company
Minnesota
Chicago
O’hare International
Ottawa
Ill
Gun Theft Hits Police Chief Close to Home
Ship Bottom New Jersey AP reports the Ocean County police chief Elmer Huelsenbeck investigates the theft of three hand guns from his office. The burglary occurred Tuesday night while the office was closed and the chief expects the victim to cooperate.
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Ship Bottom
N.J
Ocean County
Elmer Huelsenbeck
Huelsenbeck
Executives Assn Installs Parker as President in Cedar Rapids
Parker Howard of 727 Thirty seventh street NE was installed Thursday as president of the Cedar Rapids Executives Association. He succeeds Earl Moxley as ex-officio director. New officers include Wilmer L. Ross and John Donnelly as first and second vice presidents, Ed C. Rudin as secretary, Ross as treasurer, and Ralph Wasik and Kenneth Klug as directors. Peter Aldershot conducted the installation at a Roosevelt hotel breakfast.
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Howard Parker
Cedar Rapids
700 Cases Dismissed in City Court
About 700 cases were dismissed Wednesday in municipal court in the interest of justice by Judge Anthony Scolaro. Dismissals, some dating to 1964, followed a Linn county attorney request. Newest filing was 1970. Charges included assault and battery, larceny, traffic offenses, desertion and abandonment of children, embezzlement, injury to grave stones, lewdness, defrauding a hotel keeper, bad checks, prescription drug possession, drunk driving, and rape.
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Anthony Scolaro
Linn County Attorney’s Office
Two to Grand Jury On Resistance Count
Two men appeared in municipal court Tuesday and were bound over to the grand jury on charges of resisting execution of process. Doug Lawrence of Toddville and Gary Liebe of Central City are charged with jumping from a patrol car and fleeing after arrest for intoxication on September 17.
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Doug Lawrence
Toddville
Gary Liebe
Central City
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Corning
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Creston
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Lamont
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Maquoketa
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