Washington City Council debates auxiliary police reserve
The council approved badges and patches for a new Police Reserve at an estimated 535 dollars, with county sharing half, while wary members feared arming volunteers. The panel discussed implications, duties, and oversight under city, sheriff, and state patrol control as the program aims to curb break ins and vandalism.
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Marty Chebuhar
Washington
Harold Johnson
Harry Levy
Ray Miller Sr
Johnson
Richard Anderson
Clarence Brown
Reserve
Iowa
Washington County Police Reserve
Jefferson County
Highway Patrol
Ed Darrah
Ownsley Park
John Walker
Washington County
Fair Association
Fire damages pickup in Marion Pence garage
Washington firemen answered a 9 35 call at the Marion Pence home 720 West Monroe. Fire confined to a pickup in a garage with the truck removed to save the structure. substantial vehicle damage occurred. Ottumwa ordered to stop dumping snow into the Des Moines River after a weekend storm. new dump site found. Davenport reports a $1 55 average increase in nearby gas bills as the Federal Power Commission approves a $3 875 million gas rate rise for Iowa Illinois. Travelers advisory notes cloudy cold conditions with fog and light snow flurries. improving by Wednesday with milder temps.
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Washington
Marion Pence
West Monroe
Ottumwa, Iowa
UPI
Ottumwa
Des Moines
John Bremhorst
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
City Public Works
Daryl Adams
Adams
Bremhorst
Davenport
Iowa
Towa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Quad Cities
Illinois
Federal Power Commission
The
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Iowa-Illinois
Auto owners form lines Open license sales in Iowa
Iowa switches to a new alpha numeric license plate system aimed at easing crowds on opening day. Washington County reports lighter first day traffic with about 400 auto registrations and 100 truck licenses processed, plus a few mobile homes and motorcycles.
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Iowa
Washington County
Wallace Fagen
Fagen
Fage
Pork queen leaves for promotion in the East
Miss Maureen Carroll of Columbus Junction joins 19 other pork producers traveling to Pittsburgh for a Finetown Meats pork promotion in 120 Fox Foodland stores. The Iowa group, led by Paul Hofer, promotes Iowa pork with recipes and preparation tips to boost sales and consumer recognition of Iowa meats.
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Maureen Carroll
Columbus Junction
Pittsburgh
Finetown
Fox Foodland
Bath Packing Company
Iowa Pork Producers
Iowa Development Commission
Miss Carroll
Iowa
Iowa Pork
Paul Hofer
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Boston
New Orleans
Phoenix
Hospital fire fatal to eight in Osceola Missouri
Eight hospital patients, mostly elderly, died in a smoky blaze that heavily damaged the north wing of St. Clair County Hospital in Osceola. Fire officials traced the start to the extreme northwest room. oxygen to two life support patients was cut off. A dozen other patients were discharged or moved to Clinton, Missouri. Victims include Neva Wheeler 70 Collins Audra Moore 71 Julia McKinnon 77 Eula Lowry 66 Riley Winn 68 Geraldine May 54 Frances Zeiler 82 S. P. Pine 75. Carlton said the fire lasted briefly with flames seen through windows.
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Osceola, Mo
UPI
St. Clair County Hospital
Norman Carlton
Carlton
Clinton
Neva Wheeler
S. P. Pine
Frances Zeiler
Riley Winn
Osceola
Audra Moore
Julia McKinnon
Collins
Eula Lowry
Vista
Geraldine May
Wheatland
Winn
Rockefeller wealth nears one billion as holdings disclosed
Rockefeller family financial adviser J Richardson Dillworth testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 84 Rockefellers hold about 1 033 988 000 in total. The disclosure covers Exxon stock, Rockefeller Center, Standard Oil of California, IBM, bonds and real estate.
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Washington
UPI
Rockefeller
J. Richardson Dillworth
Dillworth
House Judiciary Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Sr
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Exxon
Standard Oil Co
Rockefeller Center
Standard Oil of
California
IBM
Chase Manhattan Bank
Mobil Oil Co
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
Texas Instruments
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
Ford says arms pact caps race amid budget rise
President Ford said the nuclear weapons agreement with the Soviet Union caps the arms race yet the released figures show the U S must deploy more strategic weapons to hit ceilings. He noted spending would rise from 15 to 18 billion dollars due to inflation and outlined expected strategic forces staying near the ceiling.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Soviet Union
United States
Congress
Pentagon
Beef In caravan plans cross country protest in December
Cattlemen and consumer groups announce a nationwide "Beef-In" to protest low cattle prices and high supermarket prices. The rally begins in Bison South Carolina with 50 steers and a caravan, passing Sioux City Chicago and Cleveland, ending in a December 12 Washington press conference with 10 feeder steers for Agriculture Secretary Earl L Butz.
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Washington
UPI
Bison
S.C
Sioux City
Iowa
Chicago
Cleveland
Earl L. Butz
Consumer Federation of America
Butz
Washington, D.C
CFA
South Dakota
Montana
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Levy
Communit Arts Center
W. D. Townsley
Fair Board
Walker
Harlan W. Bainter
Baldrige
Miller
Buescher Construction Co
Burlington
Associated Constructors Inc
Iowa City
West Main Street
B and D Avenues
West Main
Marv Glandon
Harold Haifley
Brian Nash
Ken Marsengill
Ben Turner
Frank Lukavsky
Hubert Lehrer
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Pork Queen
East
Philadelphia
U.S
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