Nebraska Youth 18 Dies After Train Strikes Auto
An 18 year old, Gilbert Arnold Folsom of Ashland Nebraska, visiting Muscatine, was killed when his 1960 model car was struck by the Rock Island Imperial train at Sampson Street crossing. The incident was reported to Culver tower at 3:17 a.m. The Imperial train passed Culver tower at 2:41 a.m. Folsom lived with relatives on Route 5 and was visiting Navyman James Alley on leave. He came to Muscatine Saturday night with Alley and stayed with the Stambaughs, Lloyd Tobog home.
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Sampson Street Cross- 18
Ashland
Neb
Columbus Junction
Gilbert A. Folsom
Rock, Islandlings
Impérial
Gilbert Arnold Folsom
Culver Tower
Oregon Street
Walter Glasson
Eldon
Muscatine
Imperial
Folsom
Ivan Alley
James Alley
Keith Stambaugh
Lloyd Toboig
Route 5
Pauline Wellington
Stambaugh
Nebraska
Sampson
Wapello Woman 83 Found Frozen to Death
Lola Borne Frazier 83 is found frozen outside her Wapello home after a cerebral hemorrhage while carrying a bucket of corn. She likely died Saturday evening after hours in subzero temperatures. Survived by son Claude William Frazier of Reno and seven grandchildren. Burial at Wapello cemetery with Dudgeon McQuelley funeral home in charge. service details to be announced.
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Wapello
Lola Borne Franzier
Leslie Weber
Frazier
Claude William Frazier
Reno
Nevada
William
Clara Wade Horne
Morning Sun
Ife
Frank Frazier
Dudgeon - McQulley Funeral Home
Mooty to Seek Third Term as Iowa Lt Governor
Des Moines report states Lt. Gov. William Mooty, a Grundy Center Republican, announced plans to seek reelection to a third term. The move ends speculation about a gubernatorial bid and confirms Me is House Speaker Robert Nader of Webster City as the only other declared GOP lieutenant governor candidate.
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Des Moines
William Mooty
Grundy Center
Mooty
Robert Nader
Webster City
Baltimore Blaze Kills 4 Children
Four children died when fire swept a Green Spring Valley Estate house in Baltimore. Parents Sid Poland and his wife fled with a Leyearole daughter and a house guest. Police identified the dead as Star Poland seven and 3-year-old Norman and the 5-year-old twins Joel and Donald. The fire began in a new frame wing where the children slept. the twins reportedly tried to escape, their bodies found behind a closed bedroom door.
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Baltimore
Green Spring Valley
Sid Poland
Star’ Poland
Joel
Donald
Norman
Blame Monoxide For Two Deaths
Two Denison area youths died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a car stalled on a country road. Robert Franey, 22, of Arthur, and Sandra Blackman, 16, of Denison perished when snow packed the exhaust, fumes entered the car as Franey tried to turn around during bitter weekend weather.
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Robert Franey
Arthur
Sandra Blackman
Denison
Franey
Motor Mishaps In Iowa Weekend Kill 9
The Associated Press reports nine weekend traffic deaths in Iowa raising the year toll to 70. Among the victims were two youths from Ashland and a Folsom youth born December 16, 1945. Funeral arrangements and local details follow as authorities note Muscatine County reports nine traffic fatalities in 1983.
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Iowa
Ashland
Folsom
Hacley Gilbert Folsom
George M. Wiltich
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Pressure on For Passage Of Aid Bill
Washington report on House Democrats racing to summon absent members by chartered planes to push the two billion foreign aid bill toward passage by Tuesday. President Johnson seeks swift action as Senate delays persist and questions recredit guarantees for sales to Soviet bloc nations loom. House rules delay final passage until Christmas Eve, with no adjournment scheduled until the bill is approved.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
White House
Louisiana
Georgia
House
Senate
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Bali Floods Displace 1,600 People, Antara Reports
Destructive floods hit Bali after heavy rains, with about 1,600 people evacuated from their homes. Antara News Agency cites the weather-triggered disaster and cleanup efforts beginning.
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Isle of Bali
Takarta
Indonesia
Bali
Antara
Smiles and firings mark Berlin Wall activity during holiday rush
Berlin guards fired on a man attempting to flee East Berlin while others let West Berliners pass to visit relatives in the Communist sector. Gunfire rang out as barbed wire trials mounted, with fog obscuring victims. The wall area saw a sharp drop in West Berliners after a weekend rush amid holiday passes.
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Wall
Brothers Try Robbery Four Fatally Shot in Ottawa Church
In Ottawa four people were killed and a fifth wounded during an attempted theft of collection boxes from a Roman Catholic rectory on a Sunday Mass. Police said two armed brothers, Roger Bichette and Reginald Bichette, were involved. Roger shot and killed himself after being cornered. Reginald, 17, faces capital murder charges. minors cannot be hanged. Parishioners and clergy described chaotic scenes as shots rang out and the brothers used masks. Local bystanders and a scoutmaster identified accomplices and witnesses recalled gunfire and alarms during the incident.
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Ottawa
Canada
Roger Bichette
Reginald
Regiinald
Leo Binente
Church of Christ the King
Paul Mercier
Shembrooke
Que
Alberte’ Guindon
Guik Taume ‘Chevrier
Doralise Bechard
Sho
Anid
Agathe
Jensen
Cold Weather Eases Slightly Across Iowa This Week
The weather bureau indicated a easing trend after a frigid weekend with lows from 20 below to 3 below at various cities. By noon the thermometer rose above zero in many places, with highs of 12 above at Spencer and 1 above at some stations, and a warming trend expected to continue through Wednesday.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Spencer
Repairs After Damaged Rail Tracks On Derailment
National Guardsmen helped guard damaged propane and gasoline storage tanks after a train derailment near Chicago and North Western freight lines. Seventeen cars of a cross country passenger train derailed at Coon Rapids injuring eight. Wreckage removal and track repair continued with bypass routes in use and plans to move cars to Omaha.
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Jefferson P— National
Chicago and North Western
National
Greene County
Rowland Riley
The
North Western
Boone
Coon Rapids
Evens
Omaha
Dixie Snow and Ice Closes Roads Across South
Snow and sleet paralyzed much of the region with icy roads and closed airports from Mississippi to Florida. Memphis area highways and bridges were impassable, and U S 61 near Memphis was a nearly solid ice sheet. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama reported hazardous driving with several highways closed and bridges shut as crews salted and sanded.
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Florida
Arkansas
Tennessee
Memphis
Mississippi
Highway Patrol
Jackson
Miss
U.S. 61
Vicksburg
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River Bridge
Atchafalaya River Bridge
Arkansas Line
Alexandria
Weather Bureau
Alabama State Patrol
Aged Iowa Man Dies of Burns in Paris Linn County
Oliver Do Imer, 72, of Paris Iowa, was found dead at his home in northern Linn County after suffering burns believed caused by attempting to light a stove. The residence showed no fire damage.
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Paris
Iowa
Oliver Do Imer
Linn
Damer
Cardinal Heads For South Pole
Auckland dispatch reports Francis Cardinal Spellman archbishop of New York left Christchurch by Navy plane to spend Christmas Day at the South Pole.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Francis Cardinal Spellmen
New York
Christchurch
South Pole
Tragic Christmas Fire Claims Three Brothers In Burlington
In Burlington on Christmas morning a blaze swept the second floor of a rented home, killing Gary Edward Leaverton 12 Dexter Edward Leaverton III and Steven Wee 3 while two other children escaped unharmed Gloria Jean 14 and baby Michael 1 were downstairs. Neighbors attempted rescue as flames and smoke trapped the boys in an upstairs bedroom. Fire officials cited faulty wiring beneath the stairs as the likely cause. the lower floor sustained light damage.
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Burlington
Dexter Edward Leaverton
Leavertons
Gloria Jean
Michael
Gloria
Louis Stoucker
Quake Felt Across North Auckland in New Zealand
An earthquake shook North Auckland early today causing damaged chimneys burst water pipes and broken windows and crockery. The event challenges the belief that the area north of Whangarei is the sole earthquake prone region of New Zealand.
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New Zealand
Auckland
Whangarei
Dr Arthur P Long Named Acting Health Commissioner
Gov Harold Hughes announced the appointment of Dr Arthur P Long 55 native Towan now in San Francisco as acting commissioner of the State Health Department. Long co directs the International Center for Medical Research at UC San Francisco Medicine. He will assume duties in March or April while Dr Ralph Heeren remains acting commissioner until then.
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Des Moines
Arthur P. Long
Towan
San Francisco
State Health Department
Harold Hughes
Long
International Center For Medical Research
University of California School of Medicine
Hughs
Edmund Zimmerer
Ralph Heeren
Health Department
Abandon Burning Ship: Fear Loss of 100 Lives
London reports a major fire forced 7,018 aboard the Christmas cruise ship Lakonia in the Atlantic. A massive air sea rescue plucked hundreds from the water, with 60 percent rescued so far and many still in lifeboats as US and British planes directed operations 180 miles northwest of Casablanca. The ship held 651 passengers and 265 crew, including four Americans. casualties were feared with numerous reports of dead or missing.
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London
Lakonia
Atlantic
Air Force
Casablanca
Ivara
U. S. Sith Air Rescue Squadron
Azores
U. S. Air Force
Greek Liner Lokonia Fire Forces Evacuation at Sea
A fire swept the Greek liner Lokonia early today forcing over six hundred people to abandon ship in the Atlantic off Morocco. The vessel carried more than 300 crew and around six hundred vacationing passengers as flames swept through the liner. Photofax via cable from Amsterdam.
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Lokonia
Atlantic Ocean
Morocco
Photefax
Amsterdam
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Gary Edward
Dexter Edward Jr
Steven Wee
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