Two Die In Headon Car Crash North of Orange City
Two Sioux Center residents died when their cars collided head on just north of Orange City on a blacktop road. Jerry Huisman aged 17 and Glen Schelling aged 21 were killed. Denise DeGroot 16 of Alton and Helenlleninga 18 of Orange City were hospitalized.
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Orange City
UPI
Sioux Center
Here
Jerry Huisman
Glen Schelling
Denise DeGroot
Alton
Helenlleninga
Postal rates cut as eight cent stamp stays in place
The Cost of Living Council blocks proposed postal increases keeping the first class stamp at eight cents for at least two more months. The agency trimmed requested increases from 18.7 percent to 15.8 percent, delaying higher rates until March 1 after two days of hearings.
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Washington
UPI
Cost of Living Council
U.S. Postal Service
CLC
Iowa bootlegger arrests rise to ten in border crackdown
Two more arrests in the Iowa bootlegging crackdown were reported Friday, bringing total charged to 10 for transporting liquor across the border. William F. Lechner, 54, of Muscatine, and Melvin M. Werlein, 52, of Bettendorf, were charged in Scott County District Court. Roger Stephens noted intensified border enforcement over the holiday period due to higher illegal importation risk.
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Davenport
UPI
Iowa
William F. Lechner
Muscatine
Melvin M. Werlein
Bettendorf
Scott County
Roger Stephens
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Tarzan star Johnny Weismuller listed in serious condition
Las Vegas medical report says Olympic swimmer and film star Johnny Weismuller 68 known for five Olympic golds in 1924 and 1928 is hospitalized with a fractured hip after a fall at a Las Vegas hotel where he works as a host A heart ailment was found during surgery and he remains in traction with a light cast fitted to the leg.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Johnny Weismuller
Tarzan
Weismuller
Hoover Health Council Wins U S Grant To Build Emergency Link
The Iowa Regional Medical Program awarded the Hoover Health Council a 37371 dollar grant to develop a regional emergency service communications system. The plan includes two base stations, training for fifteen dispatchers, and direct ambulance and law enforcement access to trauma centers in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. The council coordinates health services across Benton Cedar Delaware Iowa Johnson Jones Linn and Washington counties.
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Cedar Rapids
UPI
Iowa
Hoover Health Council
Hoover Council
Iowa City
Benton
Cedar
Delaware
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Washington Counties
Weather Forecast Through Christmas From United Press
The extended forecast for Monday to Wednesday predicts partly cloudy, cold conditions through Christmas Day with gradually moderating temperatures by Wednesday. Overnight lows range near zero to 12 degrees, with daytime highs in the teens until midweek then rising into the 20s.
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United Press
Geneva troop disengagement first hurdle in peace talks
Negotiators at the Geneva Middle East peace conference agreed to immediately start discussions on disengagement of Egyptian and Israeli forces along the Suez Canal. A military committee will oversee talks, marking the transition from ministerial to ambassadorial levels as negotiations proceed. The move follows a cordial opening round and signals continued efforts toward a broader settlement.
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Geneva
UPI
Suez Canal
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Waldheim
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Cairo- Suez
al Thawra
Damascus
Syria
Two Injured In Friday Collision Near Washington Iowa
Ronald Duane Feil of route three Washington and Dudley Dean Graber of route 2 Waylana were injured in a car truck crash Friday evening on highways 1 and 92 near the south Pacemaker entrance. Feil remained in serious condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City after being trapped, with facial and skull injuries and internal trauma. Graber, who drove the pickup south, had surgery for a crushed right ankle and facial lacerations. Both were taken to Washington County Hospital then Iowa City. Sheriff investigators are unsure of the crash cause, which occurred about 6 20 p m. The rescue unit freed Feil promptly.
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Ronald Feil
Washington
Wayne's Oil & Tire
Journal
Ronald Duane Feil
Route Three
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Sheriff's
Investigatioa
Casue
Dudley Dean Graber
Route 2
Waylana
Feil
Washington County
Washington County Hospital
Graber
Congress Postpones Energy Bill Action To New Year
Congress delays final action on the energy emergency bill as House rejects a Senate version and senators plan reconvening January 21. Staggers fights to keep tight presidential control over emergency powers and a windfall profits tax is disputed. Also, highway speed limit set at 55 mph and fuel allocation rules extended to January 11.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Staggers
Nixon Signs Social Security Boost Plan for 30 Million
President Nixon prepared to sign a two stage 11 percent increase in Social Security benefits for 30 million retirees and disabled workers widows and dependents. The $23 billion rise is funded by raising payroll taxes on middle and upper income earners to 13 200 in earnings subject to tax. The House approved 301 to 13 and Senate 65 to 0 with checks in April and July 1974 and July 1975 automatic increases.
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Nixon
House
Senate
White House
Congress delays energy crisis bill amid 16 hour session
Congress fails to reach agreement on sweeping energy crisis powers for President Nixon after a marathon 16 hour session. Senate and House refuse adjournment and plan to reconvene January 21, with Mansfield signaling the session is effectively over for the year.
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Wachingsun
Congress
Nixon
Senate
House
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Winter floods follow snow across eastern states
Severe weather battered the East as heavy rain and melting snow caused widespread flooding from North Carolina to New England. Tens of thousands remained without power in Connecticut and Pennsylvania faced evacuations along the Perkiomen and Rahway rivers. Authorities warned further evacuations unlikely as the storm eased.
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United Press International
Seaboard
Appalachians
Connecticut
North Carolina
New England
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ramapo
New Jersey
Rahway River
Cranford
N. J
Pompton Lakes
N.J
Skylab astronauts build space Christmas tree in orbit
Skylab 3 crew Gerald P. Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue say they built a Christmas tree inside the station while scanning for Comet Kohoutek. Ground control jokes about trimming the tree and keeping gypsy moths away as they compare the workshop's size to Apollo 8's ferry ship mission.
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Skylab
Space
Houston
UPI
Kohoutek
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. «Ipson
William R. Pogue
Carr
Mission Control
William Thornton
Gibson
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Mass
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