Fifth graders reenact first Thanksgiving at St Pius X
Fifth grade students at St Pius X elementary staged a colonial day with modern touches to demonstrate dress and lifestyle of early settlers. Students ate mush using paper plates and plastic spoons while both boys and girls contributed to preparing mush for the class.
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St. Pius X Elementary
Jeff Strabala
Toddville
Brian Waterbury
Pine Grove Drive
Kevin Winker
Forty-second Street
Ann Mudd
Weing Road
Barb Burns
Knollshire Road
Bridgett Ball
Kingswood Lane
Turkey quake death toll rises to thousands with rescue hampered
An eastern Turkey quake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale devastated Muradiye and Delhay near Lake Van. Officials reported at least 3,000 dead, with 95 percent of Muradiye buildings destroyed and hundreds injured. Snow and cold hinder rescue efforts as relief supplies are dispatched.
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Diyabakir
Turkey
Suleyman Demirel
Ankara
Rodolfo Console
Monteporzio
Italy
China
Hopeh
Plains
Muradiye
Ercis
Diyadin
THA
The
Red Crescent
Ford Orders Probe of Steel Price Hike
President Ford ordered an immediate investigation into a 6 percent steel price increase by National Steel Corp of Pittsburgh effective Dec 1. AJL followed with identical hikes on flat rolled products. White House officials criticized the move and asked for cost and sales data.
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Washington
Ford
National Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
National Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
National
J&l
White House
William Lilley III
The
Council On
Lilley
U.S. Steel
Chuckle about women dressing for other women at the supermarket
A humorous remark notes how women dressing for other women can make their supermarket appearance hard to explain. The line plays on social fashion norms with a light, witty tone.
Lake Macbride expansion opponents pack Solon meeting
More than 250 Johnson County residents gathered at Solon High School to oppose state takeover plans for Lake Macbride. The group, led by the Lake Macbride Association, warned the expansion could seize about 446 acres of private land and affect tax rolls and county roads. County officials voiced concerns over road strain and loss of farmland production.
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Solon
Johnson County
Solon High School
Lake Macbride
the Gazette
Lake Macbride Assn
Lorada Cilek
Cilek
O.J. “Bud” Gode
Gode
U N calls for Palestine state plan in West Bank and Gaza
The General Assembly backed a plan to create a Palestinian state in Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, with Israel withdrawing by next June and the territories later under U N administration before transfer to the PLO. It drew Israeli rebuke as dangerous and nonbinding while the U S and several allies criticized it as unbalanced.
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United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
West Bank
Gaza Strip
U.N. Palestine Rights Committee
Israel
U.N
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Israeli Foreign Ministry
Jerusalem
Carter friend tipped as next CIA director for Carter
President elect Jimmy Carter is expected to appoint a longtime associate to replace George Bush as CIA director. Bush announced his resignation effective January 20 after six hours of briefings with Carter, as turnover nears four directors in four years, a sign of CIA volatility.
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Washington
Jimmy
Carter
CIA
George Bush
Texas
Bush
William Colby
United States
Ford
Plains
Lawsuit Claims Three Cedar Rapids Officers Beaten Man
Russell Collins of Cedar Rapids filed a $200000 federal suit against officers Tim Huston Christian Cornish and Timothy Dolan and the city. He alleges the June incident after a sobriety test led to a savage attack with fists and possibly flashlights, discrimination, injuries and mental anguish. He seeks $100000 in actual damages and $100000 in punitive damages.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell Collins
Kesler Drive
Tim Huston
Christian Cornish
Timothy Dolan
Collins
Center Point Road
Red Lion Lounge
Dolan and
Cornish
Huston
St. Luke's
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Gazette
Defense
Ferit Melen
Marion
Lake
By Ford Clark
Cary
N.C
Steven Watson
Watson
Palestine
Chaim Herzog
Palestine Rights Panel
Security Council
U.S
New York Times Service
Richard Helms
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Colby
Walter Bedell Smith
Allen Dulles
John A. McGone
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