Highway renumbering changes state routes in Iowa
Motorists along what is now Iowa state highway 114 from Wellman to Washington County will notice the designation change from 81 as part of a statewide renumbering effort aligning Iowa routes with neighboring states. Other items include a house fire on East Washington Street, a car fire at the Ted Johnson residence, and brief UPI items from Chicago Bergen op Zoom and Xenia involving Don McNeill, Apollo 8 names, a Christmas liquor-store robbery, and a judge receiving a holiday card from an inmate.
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Wellman
Washington County
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Farmington
Missouri Line
East Washington Street
Washington
East End Grocery
Ray Nolte
Ted Johnson
Johnson
Xenia
Ohio
UPI
Dan Aultman
Greene County Common Pleas Court
Davenport surrender ends hunt for kidnap suspect
Robert Anthony Williams, a self described vagabond preacher, surrendered to Davenport police after a 44 hour search over the kidnapping of Pamela Powers from the Des Moines YMCA on Christmas Eve. Williams, a 24 year old who escaped a Missouri mental hospital, denied talking about the girl as authorities matched a car to the abduction and identified the clothing by the victim's father. The Des Moines police chief said Williams turned himself in at the urging of his attorney and would be brought to Des Moines for questioning.
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Davenport, Iowa
UPI
Robert Anthony Williams
Pamela Powers
Des Moines
Davenport
Iowa
Wendell Nichols
Williams
Nichols
Missouri
John Ackerman
Ackerman
Fulton
Intercepted Memo from SPACE CENTER Houston
A terse intercepted message from SPACE CENTER Houston addressed to gentlemen, signed WEJ, praising the world. The note reads as a formal salute and ends with a courteous closing. No further context or details are provided.
Two Palestinian attackers strike El Al jet in Athens
An El Al Boeing 707 bound for Paris and New York was attacked at Athens airport as 51 people onboard prepared for takeoff. A 50 year old Israeli passenger Leon Shirdan died, two women injured, and two attackers were arrested confessing ties to an Arab terrorist group. The plane carried 10 crew and 41 passengers with 37 boarding at Tel Aviv and four at Athens.
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Athens
UPI
Paris
New York
Leon Shirdan
Haifa
Olympic Airways
Cairo
Naheb H. Suleiman
Tripoli
Libya
Mahmoud M. I. Mohamad
Palestine
Israel
el al
Rome
Tel Aviv
Algiers
Algeria
Apollo 8 crew near end of historic moon voyage
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders race toward a safe Earth return after completing ten lunar orbits in six days. Ground teams monitor a precise reentry path and a Pacific Ocean splashdown as mission control hails flawless guidance and a record setting flight.
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Frank Borman
Moon
Earth
Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Pacific Ocean
UPI
Frank Burma
Ground Control Center
Frank
Jerry Carr
Milton Windler
Lovell
Mission Control
Tijuana Brass
Anders
Sea of Tranquility
GI S Return to Battle Ends Truce in Vietnam
UPI reports renewed fighting 10 miles from a failed U.S. Viet Cong parley for captive GIs. A 53 guerrilla unit was killed as American forces employed artillery and air support after a 24 hour truce violations tally. Casualties: U.S. losses down. Communist losses placed at 2118 with revisions expected. Washington Stores
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Christmas Fire Destroys Riverside Area Farm Home
The Leo Robertson family lost their farm home and all contents to a Christmas Day blaze five miles south of Riverside near the Riverside Washington road. Firemen arrived too late to save the house as other buildings were spared. rebuilding plans remain uncertain. The family had left at 10:30 a.m. to visit Iowa City for Christmas dinner at a son’s home. The furnace is suspected as the fire’s origin. Latta Well Drillers assisted with water haulage.
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Leo Robertsons
Riverside
Kalona
Robertson
Journal Today
Riverside - Washington
Larry Wieland
Iowa City
Latta Well
Talks Hint at Freeing Three POWs in Vietnam Conflict
Viet Cong chief in Paris states only details remain to free three American POWs held in Vietnam. Kiem spoke after a landmark Paris meeting with French FM Debré, signaling possible progress as Hanoi and VC demand a round table with US and a Saigon peace cabinet.
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Paris
UPI
Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Kiem
Michel Debre
National Liberation Front
NLF
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
United States
Saigon
Debre
Washington
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Tiger attack at Alpine outpost ends in hunter’s shot
A nine foot, 400 pound tiger attacked a sleeping Marine near fire support base Alpine in Quang Tri province, six miles from the Laotian border. Marines returned fire, killing the animal after a struggle, while another Marine was wounded and evacuated. Officials hope the same tiger may be linked to a previous kill in the area as searches continue with wildlife hunters and Vietnamese forces.
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Quang Tri
Vietnam
UPI
USS Marine
Leatherneck
Demilitarized Zone
Alpine
South Vietnam
Pfc
Thomas E. Shainline
Gilbertsville
Roy Regan
Nacogdoches
Tex
Regan
Maurice M. Howell
Richmond
Iowa Weather Forecast: Cloudy With Freezing Drizzle Likely
Cloudy conditions prevail across Iowa with freezing drizzle or rain possible in the southeast tonight and a chance of snow in the northwest. Friday brings snow in the northwest and rain or drizzle elsewhere. Highs Friday range from the 30s in the north to near 40 in the south. Lows tonight 15 to 25.
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Iowa
Public Notices Today Dissolution of Hatchery and Estate Admin
Public notices today indicate the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Sylvester A Doyle and the dissolution of Schnoebelen Hatchery Inc. The notices appear on page 6 detailing procedural steps and official actions by the court.
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Hromninee
Sylvester A. Doyle
Schnoebelen Hatchery, Inc
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Chicago
Don McNeill
Bergen OP Zoom
Holland
William James Frank
Noel Hopmans
America
Noel
London
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YMCA
Pamela
Merlin Powers
Urbandale
Apollo
Wej
Jetliner
The
Washington Evening
Space Center
Houston
Mekong
Washington Stores
Uss
Pueblo
South Korea
San Diego
California
Clifford Nolte
Gerald Nolte
Cong
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