Policeman Mistaken For Would-Be Assassin At Mobutu Visit
In Brussels a plainclothes Zairean security officer armed with a submachine gun was mistaken for an assassin as Mobutu Sese Seko arrived for a state visit. He was disarmed by a Belgian plainclothes officer, detained for questioning, and the embassy was asked to verify his identity. Mobutu, King Baudouin, and aides were leaving the airport for a royal lunch when the incident occurred during talks with Belgian and Common Market officials.
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Brussels
Belgium
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu
Baudouin
Kinshasa
Moynihan Nominated for Doublespeak Award
New York AP report notes Senator Daniel Moynihan faces a Doublespeak Award nomination for protesting his prior nomination and a year earlier statement on resigning as U.N. ambassador. Prof Daniel Dieterich chairs the Doublespeak Committee praising Moynihan's literate protest as worthy of nomination.
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New York
Daniel Moynihan
Moynihan
United Nations
Senate
Daniel Dieterich
National Council of English Teachers
Landon Named Easter Seal Campaign Chair for 1977
Des Moines Iowa Michael Landon star and executive producer of Little House on the Prairie is named national Easter Seal chair man and telethon host for 1977 James Mallory Iowa Easter Seal Society president says Landon will spearhead the annual drive to support about 2000 facilities and programs including Camp Sunnyside and treatment centers in Des Moines Mason City and Sioux City.
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Des Moines
Michael Landon
James Mallory
LaVerne
Easter Seal Society of Iowa
Landon
Easter Seal Society
Army Plans Ammo Plant Blast Probe
Burlington Iowa AP Army officials will probe the Friday explosion at the Iowa army ammunition plant east of Burlington. Six workers were injured and more than 10000 dollars in damage resulted. Lt Col Carl Kolb said the blast struck a remote automated production line for plastic bonded explosives. The roof was designed to blow off to absorb shock while the reinforced concrete remained intact. The plant employs about 1400 people and had a prior explosion in February causing 80000 dollars in damage.
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Burlington
Army
Iowa Army
Carl Kolb
Kolb
Atomic Energy Commision
Amarillo
Texas
Claudine Longet Plans To Return To Teaching
Claudine Longet plans to return to her volunteer job teaching French to second graders in Aspen this week while her lawyers seek to delay sentencing after she was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Vladimir Sabich. Sentencing is set for January 31 with possible probation.
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Aspen
Colo
Andy Williams
Claudine Longet
George Lohr
Miss Longet
Singer Williams
Vladimir
Spider” Sabich
Nancy Wall
Ohio Firms Cut Off Gas Supply to Industrial Users
Ohio utilities announced immediate and near total gas cuts to large industrial customers as cold weather drives residential demand. East Ohio serves about 1100 firms in 18 counties while West Ohio and Columbia also curtail extensive industrial supply, with many plants likely to shut and workers furloughed. Cold records in Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus worsened the disruption.
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Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Columbia Gas of Ohio
West Ohio Gas Co
East Ohio Gas Co
Columbia
East Ohio
West Ohio
Weather Service
Dayton
Cincinnati
Columbus
Building Permit Surge In Postville In 1976
Postville issued 275,050 in building permits in 1976, up from 191,650 in 1975. Officials credit the Coast to Coast facility on the old site after the roof collapse, plus the Hall Robertson building and Dwaine Nordhus apartment project. Local business moves included Postville Pharmacy relocating, Red Lantern supper club acquired by Arnet Sorters, and Ruby's Fashion Shop under new management. Farmers also supported Operation Hay Lift aiding Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Postville Pharmacy
Robertson
Arnet Sorters
Elgin
Ill
Red Lantern
Jack Sorters
Indianapolis
Frank Tekel
Ruby
Minnesota
South Dakota
Hall Robertson
Dwaine Nordhus
Allamakee School Board Approves 1977 78 Calendar
WAUKON The Allamakee county school board adopted a calendar for 1977 78 with classes starting August 24 1977 and ending May 25 1978 Christmas break runs December 23 to January 2 An in service March 28 for faculty was set plus salary adjustments across staff including a 5.6 percent rise for Superintendent E P Reher The board also tabled a request to supply textbooks for St Patrick’s School and planned needs assessment program steps.
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Waukon
Aillamakee County
State Department of Public Instruction
St. Patrick’s School
Curfew in Benin Capital After Unsuccessful Coup
Benin's capital Cotonou imposed a curfew after scattered fighting as President Mathieu Kerekou said he defeated an attempted overthrow by imperialist mercenaries. A DC-8 was forced to depart and a planeload of whites and Africans landed earlier near the military airport. The U.S. embassy reported the 7:30 p.m. curfew remains in place with no casualties, Americans unaffected.
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Niamey
Niger
Benin
Mathieu Kerekou
Kerekou
Cotonou
U.S
Clark schedules three farm hearings in Iowa
Senator Dick Clark announces three U S Senate agriculture committee field hearings in Iowa this month to hear input from farmers and farm groups on pending farm legislation. Hearings are January 28 in Fairfax and Ankeny and January 29 in Sioux City with testifiers invited from major farm groups, as farmers may submit testimony in writing if unable to attend.
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Washington
D.C
Dick Clark
Iowa
U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee
Clark
Fairfax
Ankeny
Sioux City
Agriculture Committee
USDA
Doctors Find Effective Medication for Hemorrhoidal Swelling
Doctors report a highly effective treatment that shrinks infected hemorrhoidal swelling. In many cases an initial application provides prompt relief from pain burning and itching for hours.
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Postville Area
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