Cynthia McCall Named Phi Beta Kappa At U of I
Cynthia McCall a senior at the University of Owa has been named to the University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Initiation will be held Sunday at 2 pm in the Owa Memorial Union ballroom with Provost Ray Heffner speaking followed by a reception for candidates and their families.
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Cynthia McCall
University of Owa
Phi Beta Kappa
National Scholastic Honorary Society
Owa Memorial Union
Ray Heffner
University College of Liberal Arts
Cynthia
Dave McCall
Washington
Truman in fragile state as heart shows stress signs
In Kansas City Missouri doctors said former president Harry S Truman, age 88, remains critically ill with a stressed heart and poor overall condition. He slept fitfully. oxygen and intravenous feeding were required amid age and lung infection concerns.
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Nsas City
UPI
Harry S Truman
John Dreves
Truman
Life to suspend weekly after December issue
Life magazine will stop weekly publication with the year end double issue dated December 29. The decision, citing ongoing losses, was announced by Hedley Donovan editor-in-chief Time Inc. and Andrew Heiskell chairman of the board.
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New York
UPI
Life
Joneer
United States
Hedley Donovan
Time Inc
Andrew Heiskell
Weather advisory for afternoon freezing drizzle and snow
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with freezing drizzle and light snow this afternoon. Locally hazardous driving conditions are possible. Temperatures will reach the mid 20s with tonight and Saturday bringing colder air and lows around 10 above with highs 10 to 15. Winds shift from light variable to northwest 8 to 18 mph. Probabilities of measurable precipitation are 60 percent this afternoon, 40 percent tonight, and 40 percent Saturday.
Freak car mishap injures Mrs Wagner in Washington
Mrs Margaret Wagner was injured when her car rolled backward after a stuck emergency brake. She was treated at the county hospital for bruises to her left arm shoulder and ribs. Husband Omer Wagner of a local gas station noted the accident occurred after she attempted to free the brake and did not call him. Several women and county ambulance staff assisted at the scene.
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Omer
Margaret Wagner
Washington
Wagner
Ames teen to play Santa after civil rights complaint
Cindy Larson 19 from Ames faced sex based pay disparity when she was hired as Santa's helper at Holiday Photo and Display in Chicago resulting in a complaint to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. After story spread White Modell department stores in Syracuse offered her a Santa role with $3 an hour and travel expenses. The arrangement includes participating in charity events and greeting children at the store while she wears a beard and traditional attire.
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Symacuse
Ames
Iowa
North Pole
Cindy Larson
Santa Claus
Miss Larson
Holiday Photo and Display
Chicago
Snor
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Syracuse
White Models Department Stores
UPI
Cindy
Joseph Bartelli
Governor Ray urges 10 point fuel oil conservation plan
Des Moines Iowa Gov Robert D Ray urged residents and businesses to adopt a 10 point program to cut heating oil use. He pressed federal action to lift crude oil import quotas and reduce winter shortages, warning independents may face 29 million gallons short if 1972 winter worsens.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Dowa
Ray
OEP
United States
Maurice van Nostrand
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iow
Iowa Power and Light Co
van Nostrand
Government mails 2.6 billion in revenue sharing checks
The Treasury begins sending 2.6 billion in revenue sharing checks to about 39,000 state and local governments for the first half of 1972. The process realigns the distribution formula, cutting some localities while boosting others, with payments continuing quarterly for four years until 30.2 billion has been returned. Washington County and nearby towns receive varied amounts, while one town declines the funds citing debt-free status.
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Minuto
The
Treasury
Department
Kissinger Puts Pressure as Paris Talks Near Climax
In Paris Kissinger met Georges Pompidou and a top official for 75 minutes with Hanoi envoy Le Due Tho, while signaling no sign of an imminent peace signing. Porter planned to brief Rogers in Brussels as Thieu in Saigon prepared to address the French peace efforts. Diplomatic sources say talks may be nearing a climax but deadlock persists over troop withdrawals and prisoner releases.
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Paris
UPS
Henry Nissinger
Georges. Pompidou
Vietnam
Elysee Palace
Kissinger
Hanoi
le Due Tho
Pierre Juillet
Pompidou
William J. Porter
Brussels
William P. Rogers
Porter
Rogers
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Thieu
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
L’humanite
U S.hanoi
Humanite
Sara
Nguyen Minh Vy
Nguyen Fhi Binh
North Vietnam
USS
Hayward Isham
William Porter
Tho
Sais
Madame Binh
South Vietnam
Vote present route for highway No. 1
Iowa Highway Commission votes 41 to reconstruct Iowa 1 south of Iowa City at present location despite a citizens group led by D C Nolan urging relocation. Costs cited, with potential donated right of way debated and dissenting vote by Robert Rigler.
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Ames
UPL
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa 1
Iowa City
D. C. Nolan
Nolan
Commission Highway Commission
Commission
Stephen Garst
Coon Rapids
William Gray
Gray
Harry Reed
Winterset
Robert Rigler
Cedar Rapids
Teacher workshops to be held Monday
Students in the Washington Community School District and in St. James parochial school in Washington will be dismissed at 2 pm on Monday December 11. The early closing allows time for teachers to attend workshop sessions in their buildings by grade level or subject area for curriculum revision. Classes resume Tuesday morning, with parents asked to have children home about an hour and a half earlier than usual on Monday only.
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Washington Community
St. James Parochial School
Washington
Hendrickson arraigned in Kalona court on embezzlement case
Naymona L Hendrickson former Kalona bank official and town treasurer was arraigned in Judge Arthur McGiverns court with bond set at 3500. Indicted by a Washington County Grand Jury on four counts for embezzling 100000 from Kalona Savings Bank. He pleaded guilty to federal embezzlement before.
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Naymona L. Hendrickson
Kalona Bank
Washington County
Arthur McGivern
Lawrence Griffiths
Kalona Hendrickson
Colorado
Kalona Savings Bank
Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.2 Percent in November
The Labor Department reports 5.2 percent unemployment, down from 5.5 percent, the lowest in 27 months. With 825 million employed, jobs held steady while unemployed fell by 300,000 to 45 million. Average weekly earnings slipped to 138.01 as the work week shortened to 37.1 hours overall, manufacturing up 12 minutes to 40.9 hours.
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Washingson
UPL
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
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