Carter weighs Doar for attorney general and Bergland for agriculture
President-elect Jimmy Carter is considering John Doar for attorney general and Rep. Robert Bergland for secretary of agriculture, with Hamilton Jordan confirming Doar and Bergland on the cabinet short list. Carter plans early Plains polls voting for his brother Billy’s mayoral bid as he refines his transition team and drafts his inaugural address.
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Drug theft in Kalona drug store roof entry
Kalona police and Washington County sheriff officers investigate theft of about $300 worth of controlled substances from Medicine Cabinet in downtown Kalona. Thieves entered through the roof Sunday night around 8 p.m. and fled with the drugs.
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Winter storm hits Midwest with snow
A Midwest winter storm dumped up to four inches in parts of eastern Iowa while ice and packed snow made highways hazardous. Two deaths occurred in a three-car crash near DeWitt, and a second fatality followed east of Durant in a separate two-car collision. Cars and crews worked to clear roads as a travelers advisory remained in effect through the morning amid continuing cold conditions and a forecast of sub-zero temperatures tonight and into midweek.
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Supreme Court halts two planned executions
The Supreme Court blocked the Texas execution of Robert Excell White and delayed his date with the electric chair while White’s lawyers seek a formal appeal. Justice Rehnquist dissented, urging that White stay scheduled, as Gary Gilmore’s Utah execution also faced a halt amid the high court action.
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High Court
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Washington Board to discuss school floor plan and release time
The Washington Board of Education will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to review a proposed new floor plan for high school facilities and a staff plan to grant sophomores limited release time from study halls. A health credit revision and bus-bid authorization for 1977-78 are also on the agenda.
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Don Zwicki
Slaying Poker-Robbery Link Probed Near Indianola Iowa
Investigators pursue a possible tie between the Minnesota slaying of David Anacker and a high-stakes poker game robbery near Indianola. Anacker, 29, St. Paul, died from gunshot wounds after three gunmen robbed Jack Taylor’s game four miles north of Indianola. Taylor survived with a skull fracture. An autopsy was pending as BCI considered Anacker a suspect in the heist. The attackers fled with cash and valuables after the 10 p.m. robbery.
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Des Moines
Weather Town Zone 13 Forecast
Zone 13 forecast shows clear cold tonight with partly cloudy skies Tuesday. Low temperatures drop to five below zero to five degrees below. Tuesday high around 10 to 15 degrees above. Winds northwest at 5 to 10 mph tonight.
Tax revolt fears loom over Iowa tax plan debate
Iowa legislators fear public opposition as Ways and Means panels gear up for 67th General Assembly. A plan tying local option sales taxes to city and county spending faces scrutiny amid potential state sales tax hikes to fund school financing and property tax relief.
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Ainsworth youth wins state wool contest with solo male entry
Richard Kueneman 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kueneman of Ainsworth, captured the state senior division title at the Make It Yourself With Wool Contest at Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny. He advances to January national competition in Monterey Calif for a chance at an expenses paid trip to Mexico. Shari Stout 16 of Ainsworth was junior division alternate, modeling blue plaid slacks with a blue coat trimmed with lambs wool.
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Ainsworth
Des Moines Area Community College
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Mexico
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Minneapolis
Miss Stout
American Wool Council
National Wool Growers Association
Iowa Sheep Auxiliary
Wayland youths win top carrier awards
Kevin and Tracy Brooks of Wayland win grand prize wrist watches as outstanding Journal carriers of 1976 at a carriers party. Other prizes go to Ron Kuntz Kristi Allison Mike Beenblossom Cindy Lines Brian Sines Mike Leyden Tim Elmore Bryan Cuffel and several carriers with awards for outside Washington and new carrier excellence. More than a hundred attendees enjoyed a banquet and a Christmas calendar photo session.
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Bill Baker
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Paul Hahn
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Tom
Jim McKeone
Matt Hennigan
Tom Schiebel
Kristi
Jacki Allison
Toni Chalu
Husband wins court to turn off wife life support in Florida
In Jacksonville Gerald Cain obtained a court order to switch off life support for his wife Celia Cain who died after a hysterectomy led to coma. Doctors feared liability under Florida law until brain death was established and the heart could keep beating. Dr. Jacob Green hopes guidelines emerge to prevent future court involvement.
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UPI
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Gerald Cain
Florida
Cain
Jacob Green
St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Who killed Karen Pomroy in Long Island case as grand jury weighs death
HAUPPAUGE N Y A grand jury must decide if 17 year old Karen Pomroy was killed by ex convict Walter Carey or by doctors who removed her life support after declaring her neurologically dead The case tests legal definitions of death and raises fights over organ transplants vs homicide charges with DA Henry F O Brien and medical examiner Sidney Weinberg predicting defense challenges to the death cause seeking indictment on murder charges
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Karen
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