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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
2
President Nixon’s Christmas message casts 1972 as a major advance toward world peace. He welcomed Pope Paul VI’s peace efforts as a potential best Christmas gift to mankind. The Pope’s New Year message was unreleased. Nixon’s prepped remarks urged giving, forgiveness, and universal brotherhood.
The Town Commerce Commission suspended Marvin L. Williams doing business as Williams Feed & Grain in Stanley and set January 14 for a hearing on possible license revocation. Inspections found 18,345 bushels of corn shortage and incorrect warehouse records, and ordered no grain removal from the bonded facilities until further notice.
A humorous exchange shows S Claus and Lee Bonorden reconciling over gift requests and a wage price debate. The Better Christmas Bureau notes Bonorden's earlier criticisms of Oelwein council and parking meters, leading to a December note of contrition and a plan to publish laminated Bits Bats Bouquets in Iowa gas stations.
Buchanan County sheriff investigators probe a break in at Cricket Body Shop on Independence’s southern fringe. About $1,500 worth of equipment stolen after intruders broke a back window and pried open a large overhead door. owner Virgil Dilts discovered the loss Friday morning.
Cedar Rapids AP reports 16 year old John Franzenburg of rural Keystone died in a hospital from injuries suffered in a Benton County road accident Wednesday evening.
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