Iowa All-State Chorus to be Televised This Weekend
The Iowa All-State high school chorus will be seen on Channel 2 Cedar Rapids today 2 to 3 p.m. and Channel 6 Davenport Sunday 4 30 to 5 30 p.m. Singers include Jean Soucek Cheryl Pfeifer Cheri Burkum Mike Quinn Jeff Zear John Kessell Butch Zwick. The report also notes a CH47 Chinook crash with 28 soldiers and five crew members aboard, found with no survivors.
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Channel 2
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Washington High School
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Cheryl Pfeifer
Cheri Burkum
Mike Quinn
Jeff Zear
John Kessell
Butch Zwick
Saigon
UPS
U.S
India and Pakistan At War Across East and West Pakistan
Indian forces launch massive raids in East and West Pakistan as both sides claim aggression. K B Lall cites pre dawn orders to strike and contact Mukti Bahini. Yahya Khan declares war while Kaul says India acts in self defense to protect Bangla Desh autonomy. Tito appeals for peace.
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Lall
Mukti Bahini
Kaylor
East
Radio Pakistan
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State Department
Department
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West
Karachi
Kaul
Bangla Desh
Kashmir
All-India Radio
Punjab
Narayanganj
Chandpur
Bay of Bengal
Tito
Yugoslavia
Indira Gandhi
British Broadcasting Corp
Belgrade
Lito
BBC
Merv Griffin to Swap Late Night for Feature Films
New York UPI reports Merv Griffin plans to leave CBS-TV and be replaced in mid February by feature length films on his late night slot. Griffin says he will not renew his contract which ends mid February after several years as host.
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UPI
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Griffin
Farm Bureau Urges Hughes to Lead on Transport Strike Policy
Iowa Farm Bureau president J Merrill Anderson asked Sen Harold Hughes to provide leadership for permanent legislation to settle transportation strikes. Anderson said farmers are fed up as strikes hinder marketing of corn and soybeans and urged Hughes to take the lead in committee and on the Senate floor.
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UPI
Iowa Farm Bureau
Harold I. Hughes
Iowa
J. Merrill Anderson
Hughes
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Nuclear plant at Palo cleared to continue construction
The Atomic Energy Commission allowed continued work on Iowa’s Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo as one of 30 reactors needing justification. Officials testified a monitoring system guards the environment as the $168 million project reaches 40 percent completion with fuel loading planned for June 1973 and commercial operation set for December 1973.
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API
Atomic Energy Commission
Iowa
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Electric Light and Power Co
Iowa Weather Slated Cloudy With Light Snow Possible
Cloudy conditions through Sunday bring periods of light snow. Northwest may see 1 to 3 inches of accumulation while other areas see little. Southeast may mix snow with rain. Temperatures remain steady with highs in the low to mid 30s and lows around 27 to 32.
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Washington Journal carriers honored at annual banquet
Eighty five Journal carriers and parents attended the Washington Evening Journal Christmas Party to receive prizes for outstanding delivery. Gary Connelly won the 65th Journal Watch Carrier of the Year for flawless service. Randy Russell and Danny Bruegge earned second and third prizes. New Carrier Ricki Sinn received a special award. ties and additional honors went to Norman Gegner and Kevin Eddy among out of town carriers.
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Ricki Sinn
Gary Connelly
Journal
Kevin Eddy
Norman Gegner
Brighton
Washington Evening Journal
Mike Shalla
Journal Watch
Dale Connelly
Washington
Gary
Maxine Moore
Connelly
Franklin Russell
Dale Bruegge
Shalla
Dale Gegner
Curtis Eddy
Jim Sinn
YMCA
YWCA
Ainsworth
Chris Stewart
Randy Conry
Wayland
Probation Officers Seek State Funds for Juvenile Plan
Des Moines Iowa probation officers urged state support for a program to supervise and counsel juvenile offenders in the community rather than institutional care. The plan aims to finance local supervision with savings from reduced institutional costs and was one of four resolutions passed at the two day Iowa Crime Commission conference.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Crime Commission
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Berlin traffic pact reaches liveable route through East Germany
East and West German negotiators announce a traffic accord to ease overland routes to Berlin but East Germany blocks unlimited West Berlin passes. Talks led by Egon Bahr and Michal Kohl in 27 sessions in East Berlin and Bonn while Big Four pact lingers. West Berlin mayor Klaus Schuetz says the wall crossing plan must await full agreement on the wall pact.
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West Berlin
Klaus Schuetz
Schuetz
Stormy Southland faces snow and tornado winds across region
A broad storm system swept the South with snow sleet and tornado winds causing power failures in Columbia South Carolina and road closures across Georgia and the Carolinas. Snow blocked highways in Haywood County North Carolina while an ice laden tree toppled power lines. Travelers faced warnings as Disney World golf was rained out and flash floods hit Macomb Mississippi.
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Georgia
Carolinas
Columbia
S.C
Haywood County
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Asheville
N.C
Earl Hayes
Leicester
South Carolina
Sarasota
Fla
Disneyworld
Nation
Dixie Snow Belt
Carolina
Measles outbreak contained in Des Moines and planned vaccination drive
Iowa Health Commissioner Dr. Arnold Reeve said the Des Moines County measles outbreak appears controlled and vaccines will continue as a preventive measure. The state prepares its largest vaccination program since the previous southeast Iowa outbreak, with Scott County requesting immunizations for children. An estimated 20,000 vials are needed for Scott County, totaling 31,700 eastern Iowa children immunized.
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UPI
Iowa
Arnold Reeve
State Health Department
Scott County
Reeve
Eastern
Martian Crater Study Hints At Ancient Volcanic Ties
Three large craters photographed by Mariner 9 show ringed ridges implying Mars shared volcanic activity with early Earth. Masursky notes possible Earthlike atmospheric chemistry in its past, while dust storms continue to limit usable images.
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UPI
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Control Center
America
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Russia
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Schneiderman
Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Survey
Masursky
Red Planet
JPL
Bradford Smith
New Mexico State University
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