Fire calls and bond vote dot regional briefs
Washington firemen fought a blaze at the Ward Heaton home caused by an overheated blower, causing mainly smoke damage. In Columbus Junction a school bond election passed 235 to 118 for a $100,000 addition to the high school. In Rome a 400-pound bull was found in a car and seized. three men jailed. In Stockholm nine Santa Clauses were detained for disturbing the peace. In Des Moines a district judge dismissed two more challenges to Iowa’s 3 percent service tax. In Milwaukee a man seeks to change his name after jokes about Charlie Brown. In Hersham a couple buys back a cameo set from a white elephant sale after it was gifted years earlier. In Golden, Denises and Debbys Lieberman celebrate a Friday the 13th birthday triplets. In Bryan a youth Santa Claus toy drive is marred by theft of warehouse toys.
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Washington
Ward Heaton
East Washington Street
Columbus Junction
Columbus Community
Rome, Ga
UPI
Heat failure cuts Fairfield heat supply in Iowa
A Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co line failure left most of Fairfield Iowa without heat. About 3 200 meters must be shut individually before gas can be restored. Regulators failed briefly near Birmingham, nine miles away causing a house by house check. Schools and Parsons College arranged standby oil heating and meals, hospital units switched to auxiliary oil, and the local newspaper could not publish for the day.
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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
51 Dead In Pan Am Jetliner Crash Near Caracas
Searchers found only bodies and empty rubber liferafts in the shark-infested Caribbean Sea after Pan American Flight 217 from New York exploded and crashed near Maiquetia airport. Venezuelan naval officers said there were no signs of life and rescued bodies included a three year old boy and a woman in her twenties.
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Caracas
UPI
Caribbean Sea
New York
Pan American
Antonetti
Luis Beltran Gonzalez
Toscano
Fairlawn, N.J
Marquetia
Maiquetia
Venezuela
la Guaira
Iowa Board puts 26 public schools on one year probation
DES MOINES UP I P I says the State Board of Public Instruction placed 26 public school districts on one year probation for failing to meet standards with risks to lose state aid if improvements are not shown. An additional 18 private and parochial schools were probed. Lack of guidance counseling qualified librarians and required course offerings cited.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Board of Public Instruction
Iowa
Blizzard Winds Hit Five Northern Plains States
A United Press International report describes a blizzard sweeping five northern plains states with winds near a mile per minute, gusts 40 to 60 mph, and near zero visibility. Five inches of snow in Sioux Falls 11 below zero, power lines iced shutting two TV stations. more snow and subzero cold spread across Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas and Montana.
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Plains
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Sioux Falls
S.C
Wisconsin
The
Wyoming
Montana
Cut Bank, Mont
Judge Defied Predictions on Catalina Island Life
Ernest Windle, a former magistrate of Catalina Island, died at 90 after a life spanning 61 years since a 1907 accident left him in a rest home. He heard 14,000 cases, married 1,100 couples, edited Windle's History of Catalina, aided archaeologists, and once fined Errol Flynn $5 for an unleashed dog on the pier. His funeral will be held 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 conditions sweep northern Iowa
A weather bulletin reports a severe blizzard over the most northern Iowa counties with occasional blizzard and snow blowing conditions. Snow is more pronounced in the north, with partly cloudy skies tonight and diminishing winds. Colder air pushes lows to zero to five above in the northwest and five to ten above in the southeast. Saturday brings generally fair skies and not as cold 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 names Daniel P Moynihan to head the new Council on Urban Affairs. Moynihan, formerly head of the Joint Center for Urban Studies at Harvard and MIT, will oversee the administration’s urban policy.
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Council On Urban Affairs
Richard Nixon
Daniel P. MoynIhan
Moynihan
Joint
Center For Urban Studies
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UPI
Regents oppose Western Iowa four year college plan
On a 7-2 vote the Iowa Board of Regents opposed establishing a four year state college in western Iowa for now, aiming to inform the legislature when it meets next month. Chairman Redeker and Rosenfield dissented, urging fuller review and next steps. The 1967 law funded preliminary work with $500,000 and site studies near Atlantic were reviewed.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Board of Regents
Iowa
Rosenfield
Atlantic
700 Deaths Reported As Hong Kong Flu Threat Grows
In the United States about 700 deaths from flu and pneumonia have been reported as officials warn of a potential national epidemic from the Hong Kong influenza strain. The NCDC cites 33 states with flu activity and notes peak expected mid January.
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Atlanta
UPI
United States
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Hong Kong
Colorado
Three Saigon area towns shelled by Reds
The Commu nists shelled Sa Dec Loc Ninh and Khanh Hung today as U S B52s dropped 3 5 million pounds of bombs on guerrilla positions The shelling killed at least 10 people including 3 civilians and wounded 24 others including 10 civilians The strikes followed a new surge of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese activity north and west of Saigon since November 1 The raids hit bases bunkers and supply dumps between Saigon and the Cambodian border 80 miles away Government troops and police remained alert for a possible Red assault on the capital The Viet Cong Ho Chi Minh trail area saw substantial explosions and a government helicopter was downed but crew escaped injury
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Sa Dec
Loc Ninh
Khanh Hung
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Fairfield Iowa Coldest Day Of The Winter Claim
A brief weather note from Fairfield Iowa notes an exceptionally cold day this winter season. The message from WEJ mentions unusually low temperatures and the sender signs off with a casual aside about the cold.
Kalona Woman Dies After Single Vehicle Crash Near Iowa City
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. Survived by six children, four daughters and two sons, plus parents, brothers and sisters. Funeral Sunday at 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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