Snowflakes booklet highlights Iowa City students' winter writings
Iowa City students from grades two through six contributed poems fiction and nonfiction on winter Christmas and the holidays for a booklet titled Snowflakes produced by the University of Iowa Women in Communication chapter. 52 winning entries appear with illustrations by Maureen Olsen and centerfold story The Long Trip and the Snowflake by Kathy Sutherland.
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Women In Communication
University of Iowa
Paula Johnson
Davenport
Kathy Sutherland
Roosevelt School
Iowa City
Women’s
Theta Sigma Phi
Maureen Olsen
Minden
North Pole
Kathy
Donald Sutherland
Holiday traffic toll nears five hundred deaths in 78 hours
The National Safety Council had projected 550 to 650 traffic deaths during the 78 hour Christmas period from Friday evening to Monday midnight. United Press International counted 539 traffic fatalities by 2 a.m. EST with total deaths at 626 across all causes. California led with 45 traffic deaths followed by Texas 42, Pennsylvania 31, New York 23 and Michigan 22.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Nixon hails Truman as courageous leader in mourning tribute
President Nixon eulogizes Harry S Truman as one of the most courageous presidents and proclaims a national day of mourning. He notes Truman’s foreign policy acts from the Truman Doctrine to the Marshall Plan and Korea, praising his resolve and lasting impact on world peace. Nixon and Mrs. Nixon send condolences to Mrs. Truman.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
UPI
Nixon
Harry S Truman
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Korea
Asia
Truman Nixon
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Independence
White House
Truman dies at 88 after long illness in Missouri
Former President Harry S Truman dies at 7:50 a.m. in Research Hospital Kansas City after a 22 day battle with age and disease. First lady Bess Truman is at the Independence home. body to lie in state at the Truman Library with a private funeral planned. Critics and allies alike pay tribute as nation mourns a wartime leader who shaped the 20th century.
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Kansas City
UPI
Harry S Truman
Missouri
Truman
United States
Bess Truman
Independence
Truman Memorial
Jack Williams
Japan
Berlin
U.S
Korea
Truman Library
Stalin
Churchill
de Gaulle
MacArthur
Bess
Audit Finds $35,000 Shortage in Muscatine County Treasury
State Auditor Lloyd Smith reports a special audit of the Muscatine County treasurer dated Jan 1 1971 to Nov 20 1972 shows 35000.90 missing including 10103.73 in 1971 tax receipts and 14614.22 in 1972 plus unregistered receipts and an overstated investment. Former Treasurer Lauren Goddard resigned Nov 20, 1972.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lloyd Smith
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Smith
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Iowa
Berlin Christmas reunions bridge East and West
West Berliners crossed into East Berlin for the first Christmas since 1965 under a Big Four accord. Up to two million transit the Wall passes have widened, reuniting families amid limited goods like chocolate and citrus while turkey and dairy remain plentiful.
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Berlin
UPI
Friedrich Strasse
East Berlin
West Berlin
East
West
Weather outlook easing into cooler midweek with scattered snow
Partly cloudy and colder this afternoon with highs of 20 to 25. Winds from the northwest 10 to 15 mph then southwesterly 6 to 12 mph this evening. Tonight stays partly cloudy and slightly warmer with teens overnight. Wednesday highs near the upper 20s to 30s. Snow dances near zero through Wednesday.
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Washington County
Washington County Extension Service
Jim Frier
DVM
John Berthelsen
Palmer Holden
Eldon Hans
Frier
YMCA
Washington
Hans
Holden
Berthelsen
Eisenhower
Thomas Ek
Dewey
Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Ronald Jessie
Jessie
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lbj
Johnson
Harry Truman
Truman Family
Harry S Truman Library Institute
Managua
Nicaragua
Fire Department
Miguel Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Central Bank
Pisa
Social Security
Blood Bank
Palace of Justice
Martin McReynolds
Government Communications
Muscatine Co
Germany
Michael Ritter
Ritter
East Germany
Soviet Bloc
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