High court upholds police request for drivers to exit vehicles
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that stop drivers may be asked to step out during traffic stops. The decision, overturning a Pennsylvania ruling, holds officer safety outweighs the minor inconvenience to motorists. Justice Stevens dissented.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Harry Mimms
Mimms
Philadelphia
John Paul Stevens
William Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
Journal honors carrier corps at Washington party
Bill Baker, longtime Northwest Washington Journal carrier since 1972, won the grand prize Outstanding Carrier of the Year at the Christmas party attended by 92 people. The event at Captain's Table featured a Magic show by Jay Luther and included prizes for several carriers and gifts from the Journal staff.
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City of
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Brighton
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Bill
Robert Baker
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Kim
Matt
Lloyd Beenblossom
Kelly Baker
Cliff Elmore
Bill Swift
Debbi Tisor
Dave Elder
Street Department to Clear Snow in Business District Tonight
To clean streets the street department will clear the snow from the business district beginning about 10 p.m. tonight. They would appreciate having all cars removed from that area.
Weather note: Partly cloudy with extreme cold tonight
Partly cloudy and very cold tonight and Tuesday with winds diminishing. Low tonight near zero degrees and a high around 10 degrees Tuesday.
Snowstorm snarls Iowa traffic and shuts schools
An unexpected winter storm dumped up to 10 inches across central and eastern Iowa, with gusty winds and ice causing hundreds of stranded motorists, dozens of accidents, and many school and business closures. Flights were canceled or delayed as the storm worsened, then arctic cold to follow tonight.
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Iowa
National Weather Service
Iowa State Patrol
Farley
Dubuque County
Weather Service
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Newton
Grinnell
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
ISU Gas refund and price hike set by utility
Washington natural gas customers will receive a refund credit and face a 3.4 percent rate increase starting with December bills after a FERC action. Iowa Southern Utilities Co. will return more than 251000 dollars, including interest, to customers using Natural Gas Pipeline Co. gas. Credits average about 25 dollars for 2000 cubic feet usage, while overall costs rise about 6.1 percent since last December.
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Washington
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Natural Gas Pipeline Co
Iowa Southern
Leonard DeHoet
DeHoet
NFO to vote on Dec. 14 farm strike support
Omaha based National Farmers Organization leaders consider endorsing a December 14 farm strike. President Oren Lee Staley says support is growing and a strike vote could be taken at the convention if delegates favor it. He warns of conflict with government policymakers over farmer unity.
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UPI
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
Bermuda calm after riots as troops reinforce curfew
In Hamilton Bermuda shopkeepers removed iron shutters and resumed business as usual after three days of racial riots over hangings of two black men. About two hundred British troops, many with Northern Ireland service, were flown in to help enforce an all night curfew while shoppers, including tourists, eyed the disorder with limited concern.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
UPI
Northern Ireland
Ugandan Helicopter Pilots Trained in Texas Contracted for More
A Texas airport operator who has trained nine Ugandan helicopter pilots in Fort Worth will train 40 more Ugandans next year. The State Department protests intensified over atrocities attributed to Idi Amin, per a Scripps League Newspapers report by Lee Roderick.
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UPI
Texas
Fort Worth
Scripps League
State Department
United States
Idi Amin
Scripps
Lee Roderick
Strickers sell at Kalona fifty years in feed business
Lovell J. Strickler closes a five decade run at Strickler Feeds in Kalona effective Jan. 1, selling to John Beachy. The owner known for custom blends and a broad ingredients board notes the shop's throwback charm and 50 year history amid competition.
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Strickler
Kalona
Strickler Feeds
Grace
John Beachy
Lowell
JS. Kauffman Co
Lowell Strickler
Stricklers
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