Fire and bond votes across several cities in brief
Washington firemen responded to a blaze at the Ward Heaton home on East Washington Street due to a motor overheating in the heating blower. Columbus Junction held a special school election approving 100000 in bonds by 235 to 118 for a high school addition. In Rome, three men were jailed after police found a 400 pound bull in the back seat of their car. Nine Santa Clauses were detained in Waellingby for disturbing the peace. A Polk County judge dismissed two challenges to Iowa's 3 percent services tax. A Milwaukee man jokes about changing his name due to Charlie Brown references. Libby Bennett’s cameo set repeats, and a trio of sisters Denese Diane and Debby Lieberman celebrate their 13th birthday. A youth Santa Claus toy drive suffers losses after a warehouse theft sparked police inquiries.
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Ward Heaton
East Washington Street
Rome, Ga
UPI
Heat failure hits Fairfield Iowa area without heat
A gas line failure affecting Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co. and Iowa Electric Light & Power Co. left most of Fairfield without heat. About 3,200 meters paused. 50 workers from Muscatine Marengo and Marshalltown restored service gradually. Some industries had oil standby, schools planned classes with oil heat, lunch service halted, hospital used auxiliary oil heat, and local press suspended publication.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Upi
Michigan - Wisconsin Pipeline Co
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co
Iowa Electric
Muscatine
Marengo
Marshalltown
Robert Ferguson
Ferguson
Leroy Harris
Michigan - Wisconsin
Birmingham
Harris
Parsons College
Fairfield Daily Ledger
Jefferson County
Jetliner crash off Caracas leaves 51 dead
In the Caribbean Sea near Maiquetia airport a Pan Am jet carrying 51 from New York exploded on approach. Bodies and two inflatable liferafts were found as searchers scoured the area. no survivors reported. The crash occurred about 8:59 p.m. EST near La Guaira with Pan American officials noting no distress signal.
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Caracas
UPI
Caribbean Sea
New York
Pan American
Antonetti
Luis Beltran Gonzalez
de Toscano
Fairlawn
Marquetia
Maiquetia
Venezuela
la Guaira
Iowa Board places 26 public districts on one year probation
DES MOINES Iowa State Board of Public Instruction placed 26 additional public school districts on one year probation, warning they may lose state aid if deficiencies persist. Eighteen private and parochial schools were also put on probation for lacking guidance counseling librarians and required courses.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Board of Public Instruction
Iowa
Blizzard Sweeps Five Plains States With Whiteout Gusts
A mile a minute blizzard and severe warnings covered Iowa central Nebraska the Dakotas and Minnesota. Winds 40 to 60 mph whipped snow reducing visibility to near zero. Sioux Falls saw five inches of snow and 11 below zero at Cut Bank Montana.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Sioux Falls
S.C
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Montana
Cut Bank
Mont
Rockies
Judge defied predictions in Catalina Island life saga
Ernest Windle, Catalina Island magistrate for 51 years, died at 90 after surviving grave injuries from a 1904 shipyard accident. He heard 14,000 cases, married 1,100 couples, edited a local paper, authored Windle's History of Catalina, aided archaeologists, and once fined Errol Flynn $5 for his dog's leash. Funeral planned in Avalon.
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Avalon
Calif
UPI
Ernest Windle
Catalina Island
Catalina
Windle
Justice Court
California
Errol Flynn
Catalina Pier
Flynn
Severe blizzard forecast across Iowa with varying intensity
Weather bulletin reports a severe blizzard in the northern part of Iowa with occasional blizzard conditions extending south. Snow and blowing snow are more pronounced north, with partly cloudy skies tonight and eastward snow or blowing snow. Winds will diminish slowly and temperatures will fall to lows from zero to five above in the northwest and five to ten above in the southeast. Saturday looks generally fair and not as cold, with highs in the 20s. Outlook for Sunday is partly cloudy and warmer.
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Iowa
Moynihan to Lead Nixon Urban Affairs Council
President-elect Richard Nixon unveils Daniel P Moynihan as head of a new council on urban affairs Moynihan previously led harvard MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies UPI telephoto confirms the appointment during the transition period
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Richard Nixon
Daniel P. MoynIhan
Moynihan
Joint
Center For Urban Studies
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UPI
Regents urge delay on four year college in western Iowa
The Iowa Board of Regents on a 7-2 vote opposed creating a new four year college in western Iowa now. Chairman Stanley Redeker and Mrs. Joseph Rosenfield dissented, urging a full review and indicating the board will present a legislative briefing next month. The 1967 law authorized $500,000 for preliminary work and site studies near Atlantic.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Board of Regents
Iowa
Stanley Redeker
Boone
Joseph Rosenfield
Redeker
Rosenfield
Atlantic
Flu Epidemic Threat Grows As 700 Deaths Reported
US officials warn of an approaching influenza epidemic as about 700 deaths from flu and pneumonia are reported across 122 cities in 33 states. Hong Kong flu strains show epidemic proportions in at least one area, with peak expected mid January. Schools, workplaces, and shops report attack rates up to 40 percent. Chicago and Cleveland regions note high teacher and worker absenteeism. Georgia and Atlanta see flood of flu calls with few confirmed cases amid holiday travel.
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Chicago
O’hare International
Louisiana
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Tennessee
East Texas
California
Washington
Atlantic
Central Plains
Atlanta
UPI
United States
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Hong Kong
Colorado
West North Central
East North Central
Middle Atlantic
John R. Bagby
Ursuline College
Ohio
General Motors
Cleveland
Ford Motor Co
Los Angeles
Three towns shelled as Viet Cong attack fears rise
Saigon area towns Sa Dec Loc Ninh and Khanh Hung were shelled by the Reds as U S B52 bombs total 3.5 million pounds on guerrilla positions. At least 10 people were killed and 24 wounded, including civilians, as government troops and police maintained alert for a potential assault on Saigon.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Sa Dec
Loc Ninh
Khanh Hung
United States
North Vietnam
U S
South Vietnam
Fairfield Iowa Coldest Day Of The Winter Report
The message notes Fairfield Iowa earned a claim of the season’s coldest day with a terse weather bulletin from WEJ. It captures a brisk, local weather snapshot and a closing sign off.
Kalona woman dies after highway 1 accident
Esther Borntrager 46 of Kalona died on arrival at University Hospitals Iowa City after a one car crash on highway 1 five miles south of Iowa City. She is survived by six children, four daughters and two sons, and multiple relatives. Her husband died in 1953 in a bridge collision. Funeral services set for Kalona Methodist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Kalona
Esther Borntrager
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Highway 1
Borntrager
A. D. Borntrager
Central City
Iowa
Kalona Methodist Church
James Bross
Fairview Cemetery
Peterseim
Henry
Mary Ann Stutzman Kauffman
Veterans Hospital
Carolyn
Carrie
Sturgis
Michigan
Charlotte
Virginia
Andrew
Cecil
Phoenix
Arizona
Joe H. Kauffman
Jacob M
Harvey H
Bristol
Indiana
John Stutzman
Lester Miller
Wellman
George N. Gingerich
Levi
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Milwaukee, Wis
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Alim Abd Al-Karim
Hersham
England
Brian Bennett
Libby
Bennett
Golden
Cole
Denise
Diane
Debby Lieberman
Bryan, Tex
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Prexy
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S. I. Hayakawa
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UPI Telephoto
United Press International
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