Firefighter Clears Hydrant After Washington Ave Crash
Firefighter Jim Byrne readies a hydrant to flush gasoline from the pavement after a traffic crash at Washington Avenue and Nineteenth Street SE. Police charged 17 year old Jeffery Leighton of 339 Thirtieth Street SE with improper entry into a stop or yield and striking an overturned Jeep. No injuries reported from the 1 48 PM collision.
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Jim Byrne
Washington Avenue
Nineteenth Street SE
Jeffery Leighton
Thirtieth Street
Weather notes and local incidents from Cedar Rapids area
High Wednesday 45 with rain at 10 p.m. extended forecast very cold late week. Births include a daughter for Jacobson family in Iowa City and several other births listed. Police log entries report investigations and incidents across multiple Cedar Rapids locations including 1018 D avenue NW and 2206 Kenrich drive SW.
Iowa Obituaries Reach Across Towns in Quiet Weekend Notices
Eastern Iowa lists deaths for Dorothy Koch 54 with calling hours Friday 3 to 9 p.m. at Chapmans Wheatland. Sarah Mae Moffit 57 with service Saturday 1 30 p.m. at Champion Hill UMC. Hazel Stewart 82 with services pending at Van Becks Blairs town. June Helene Grant 85 with services pending at Hoover Valentine. Ann Louise Kerndt missionary killed in plane crash in Guatemala with 11 a.m. Saturday mass at Immaculate Conception and family visitation after 3 p.m. Friday. Henry Biere 84 with service 1 30 p.m. Saturday at St Pauls UMC and calls at Goettsch funeral home Anamosa after 9 a.m. Friday.
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London
Dorothy Koch
Chapman’s
Wheatland
Sarah Mae Moffit
Champion Hill United Methodist Church
Lansing
Ann Louise Kerndt
Guatemala
Immaculate Conception Church
Visitation
Olin
Henry Biere
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Goettsch Funeral Home
Anamosa
C R Woman Arrested on Narcotics Count
Police arrested Kathy Jean Davies 25 of 1417 Third Street NW on heroin possession after Metro Narcotics unit recovered what appeared to be several foils of the drug. She was held on a $1000 bond Wednesday night.
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Kathy Jean Davies
Third Street NW
Drunk Driving Charge Against Dorothy Lindsey
Dorothy K Lindsey 59 of 1611 First Avenue SE charged with drunk driving after a 6 p.m. Wednesday incident in the 1600 block of First Avenue East involving her vehicle.
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Dorothy K. Lindsey
First Avenue SE
First Avenue East
Edgewood-Colesburg approves 6.4 percent teacher raise
The Edgewood Colesburg school board on Wednesday approved a 6.4 percent salary increase for teachers for the next school year boosting base pay from 8900 to 9250 dollars.
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Edgewood
Edgewood-Colesburg
Bolles murder trial postponed to venue decision
The Don Bolles murder case in Phoenix is delayed indefinitely as the Arizona Supreme Court will hear a motion to move the trial out of Phoenix. Justice Jack D. Hays ordered the stay after a private hearing, with a Dec. 7 venue-hearing set to determine next steps amid publicity concerns.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Don Bolles
Arizona Supreme Court
Phoenix
Supreme Court
Jack D. H. Hays
John Harvey Adamson
Maricopa County Superior Court
Hays
Superior Court
Frederic Heineman
Heineman
U S and Mexico to sign prisoner exchange pact
The United States and Mexico plan a treaty on prisoner exchanges to be signed at the Mexican foreign ministry with U S Ambassador John Jova. Ratification by both senates and enabling legislation are required before any exchanges, possibly as early as next April. About 600 Americans are in Mexican jails and 1,200 Mexicans are in U S custody.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
U.S
Minis
John Jova
Senate
Two Hurt in Head-on Crash on One-Way
Two people were treated and released from St. Luke's hospital after a 3:15 p.m. collision on a curve near Cee road and A avenue NE. Cassin Igram, 20, of 430 Twenty-eighth avenue SW, faces a charge of driving the wrong way on a one-way street after his vehicle struck a van driven by Bruce A. Miner, 34, of 716 Sixth street SW. Miner and a passenger, Randy Osterkamp, 19, of 454 Eighth avenue SW, were hospitalized for treatment.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Cee Road
Cassin Igram
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Bruce A. Miner
Sixth Street
Miner
Randy Osterkamp
Eighth Avenue
American firm buys British paper to preserve Observer
Atlantic Richfield announces a 90 percent stake purchase of The Observer in London. Trustees say the sale aims to preserve editorial independence and the paper’s distinctive character. ARCO commits to maintaining Observer’s editorial traditions and standards.
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London
Atlantic Richfield
Observer
Britain
Expected Appointee Bank Loans to Carter Family
The National Bank of Georgia led by Bert Lance has loaned over 1 million to Jimmy Carter and his family for a peanut shelter and warehouse project. This year the bank provided up to 3.9 million in loans to buy peanuts, repayable after processing and sale. Lance is expected to travel to Washington with Carter, possibly as treasury secretary or OMB director.
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Lance
Washington
Carter
Treasury
Office of Management and Budget
Bank
Memorial services and burials listed for local obituaries
Natal A Potter and Carl C Hoover are scheduled for funeral services this Friday at local churches with burial at Evergreen, Oak Shade, and Linwood cemeteries. Angela and Philip Salsberg will have a Friday service at Janeba-Kuba and visitation Thursday evening and Friday morning.
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Potter
Natal
Chapel of Memories
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Vinton
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Hoover
Carl C
Church of the Brethren
Robins
Gene Barry
Oak Shade
Marion
Murdoch Chapel
Salsberg
Angela
Phillip
Jane
Cornell Chapel Named National Historic Place
Cornell College's William Fletcher King Memorial chapel in Mt Vernon has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The 126 foot hilltop chapel, visible across the area, marked its centennial this year and was designed by Cass Chapman and dedicated in 1882.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
William Fletcher King
Division of Historic Preservation
Iowa State Historical Department
U.S
Dick Clark
Chicago
Cass Chapman
Bids Opened for Waukon Veterans Hospital Addition Project
Bids opened and tentatively accepted for a hospital addition in Waukon following an $800,000 bond vote last June. Apparent low bidders include Nelson Construction Co of Caledonia Minn for general work at 300,491 dollars Kinseth Plumbing and Heating of Belmond for mechanical 111,490 dollars and Allen and Appleby of Manchester for electrical 74,800 dollars. Equipment architectural fees and other costs will be added.
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Waukon
Veterans Hospital
Nelson Construction Co
Caledonia
Minn
Kinseth Plumbing and Heating
Belmond
Allen and Appleby
Manchester
Radio Post-David Wilson Named Linn County Amateur Radio Lead
Radio Post-David Wilson of 1516 Forty-eighth Street NE has been named coordinator of the Linn County amateur radio emergency corps. Barbara Hall of 1401 Center Point Road NE reported a 23-inch color television set and jewelry boxes valued at $740 were taken from her home Tuesday or Wednesday. Dr Bruce E Spivey native of Cedar Rapids elected president of University of the Pacific medical center in San Francisco. He is a graduate and former faculty member at the University of Iowa.
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David Wilson
Forty-eighth Street
Linn County Amateur Radio Emergency Corps
Bruce E. Spivey
Cedar Rapids
University of the Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco
University of Iowa
Barbara Hall
Center Point Road
Red Crescent mobilizes aid after Turkish quake disaster
Turkish quake relief by Red Cross and Red Crescent deploys 8000 tents and a mobile hospital to mud brick villages. Epicenter near Yerevan is reported by Swedish seismologists, while Tass notes only echoes in the Soviet Union. Experts compare to Erzincan 1939 quake with 30,000 deaths and the 1975 Lice tremor with 3,000 deaths.
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Red Coss
Unal Somuncu
The
Red Crescent
Tass
Soviet Union
Turkey
Erzincan
M. Nafi Toksoz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Geophysical Observatory
Lice
Toksoz
Lake Macbride expansion sparks tax burden fears
Johnson county residents argue lake traffic and dust control will raise local road taxes. A Nov 19 letter from Iowa conservation director Fred A. Priewert to a resident cites public benefit and potential land reversion if food production becomes critical, amid supervisor objections to the Macbride plan.
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Johnson County
Iowa Conservation Commission
Commission
Fred A. Priewert
Ray
Priewert
Palestinian refugees and PLO embrace West Bank Gaza state
The article explains the division of displaced Palestinians from the 1967 war and earlier refugees under Israeli and Arab rule. It notes about 300,000 remaining in what is now Israel, 300,000 in Gaza, and over 700,000 in the West Bank. The PLO signaled readiness for a West Bank Gaza state, a move U N sources called a first public embrace of a longstanding position.
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Palestine
Israel
Gaza Strip
Egypt
West Bank
PLO
Gaza
U.N
Bush era CIA chief becomes praised reformer in 1960s transition
The passage describes George H. W. Bush as the first purely political CIA director, noting his background as a House member, Republican National Committee chair, and UN ambassador candidate. It covers the agency’s prior criticism, major reorganizations by Schlesinger and Colby, and Bush's internal restructurings restoring intelligence directorate functions and the science and tech directorate. It cites praise from officials like Ray Cline and highlights deputy E. Henry Knoche's strong performance.
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Helms
Bush
Ford
House of Representatives
Republican National Committee
United States
United Nations
American Liaison
Peking
CIA
Senate
House Intelligence
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Chile
Ray Cline
Agency
E. Henry Knoche
Drug Counts Filed Against Oelwein Man LeRoy Smith
LeRoy Smith of Oelwein was charged Friday with two narcotics violations Possession of a controlled substance and obtaining a controlled substance through misrepresentation. Bond set at 4000 dollars.
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Oelwein LeRoy Smith
Oelwein
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John Mcivor
C.R. Weather
Daily Record
RMA
Pearance Ino
St. Luke's
William Jacobson
Iowa City
Jay C. Lowry
Dennis Weers
James Ternes
Center Street
Mercy
John Barrack
Tipton
Rug
D Avenue NW
Kenrich Drive
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Worthington Drive
First Street
Coe Road
Brush
Iowa
C.R
John E. Lapes
Bolles
Town and Country
New York Times Service
Cornell Chapel
Waukon Hospital
Black Sea
Cyprus
Lee
Syria
U.s.sr
Iraq
Iran
Uppsala
Sweden
Seismological Institute
Yerevan
Soviet
Armenia
Macbride
Palestine State
Middle East
Schlesinger
Colby
Directorate of Intelligence
Cedar Memorial Park
Kuba Funeral Homes
Kuba
St. SE
Brady-Kuba
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