Washington County Property Assessment Stations Set
The county will open property assessment stations in West Chester and Crawfordsville on January 6. Stations operate in assigned weeks through February 8 with Kalona and Washington offering two weeks. Taxpayers should check today’s ad for exact times in their area. Main roads cleared after 31 percent inches of snow fell overnight.
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Washington County
West Chester
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Washington
Snow Warnings Across Iowa Targeted East Region
United Press International reports travelers face locally heavy snow in central and east Iowa with 2 to 4 inches more expected in the east. Snow driven by north winds 20 to 30 mph. temperatures fall to near zero in the northwest and 10 to 15 in the southeast. Tonight remains mostly cloudy east, partly cloudy west with a chance of snow in the far east. Sunday brings variable cloudiness, a chance of snow in the west by evening, and a slight warmup.
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United Press International
Iowa
World hails Apollo success on global reactions and cheers
World leaders including Podgorny de Gaulle and Pope Paul VI congratulated Johnson after Apollo’s splashdown. Cuban radio called it a transcendent event. Crowds cheered from Managua to Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro beaches as radio and television carried the historic broadcast.
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Moscow
Nikolai Podgorny
Outer Space
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
Pope Paul VI
Harold Wilson
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Managua
Nicaragua
Montevideo
Uruguay
el Dia
Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana
Ipanema
30 Die as Plane Crashes Into Chicago Hangar
A North Central Airlines Convair 580 with 45 aboard hit a hangar at O Hare Airport in dense fog killing 30 and injuring at least 23. The craft struck the Braniff hangar housing Vanguard drum corps, causing fuel fires and an explosion that left wreckage strewn, with victims brought to Resurrection Hospital.
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Chicago
UPI
Minn
Wisconsin
Wausau
Green Bay
Manitowoc
Federal Aviation Administration
Drum and Bogie Corps
Des Plaines
Robert Irish
Antigo
Wis
Ressurection Hospital
Keith Carlson
Attorney complains of rights violation in Des Moines murder case
Williams, held without bond on murder charges, was moved to Polk County Jail as a protective measure after his attorney, Henry F. McKnight, accused Des Moines detectives of violating a prior agreement by questioning him about Pamela Powers’s whereabouts. McKnight claimed the police used persuasion and demanded Williams reveal the location of the body, while police denied the allegation. Autopsy pending as investigators seek cause of the girl’s death with Williams under guard.
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Des Moines
UPI
Pamela Powers
Polk County
Henry F. McKnight
Robert Anthony Williams
Cletus Leaming
Walter Nelson
McKnight
Williams
Davenport
Pamela
Leaming
Nelson
Mitchellville
Lice
Wendell Nichols
Nichols
Leo Luke
State Mental Hospital
Fulton
Probate of Minnie Blumenstein Will and Executor Appointment
Probate notices report the will of Minnie Blumenstein being admitted to probate and the appointment of an executor. The filing lists the court, estate details, and authority for administration, with timelines or filing requirements as provided by the local probate authority.
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Minnie Blumenstein
Rangers maul 400 Vietnamese battalion near Da Nang
UPI report says B52s dropped bombs on guerrilla routes as South Vietnamese Rangers killed 218 Communists near Da Nang in a two day battle that ended Friday. Allied artillery supported the assault, with 133 Communists killed on Christmas Eve and light Vietnamese losses.
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Saigon
UPI
da Nang
China tests hydrogen bomb and opposes nonproliferation pact
Beijing announced the successful thermonuclear test at Lop Nor near the Soviet border, claiming a yield of about 3 million tons of TNT. Peking reiterated opposition to the UN backed treaty to curb nuclear weapons, saying it aims to preserve a Western monopoly and vows not to be first to use nuclear arms.
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UPI
China
Peking
United States
Soviet Union
Red Chinese
U. S. Atomic Energy Commision
Washington
AEC
Lop Nor
Britain
France
Rested Spacemen Prepare for Houston Debrief on Yorktown
After a six day mission, Apollo 8 crew Borman, Lovell and Anders rest aboard the USS Yorktown before heading to Hawaii and Houston. Officials praise the moon voyage as a giant step for mankind and look toward Apollo 9 as the next phase. The recovery featured a near-perfect splashdown and a potential moon landing in 1969, with a brief shark scare noted in the Pacific.
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Yorktown
UPI
Frank Borman
Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
United States
Lovell
Anders
Pacific
Hawaii
Houston
Ellington Air Force Base
Space Center
Moon
America
Soviet Union
Johnson
Tass
Thomas Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
NASA
Space Agency
Pacific Ocean
Clarence A. Jernigan
Five Indicted in Des Moines Arson Plot
Five suspects face arson charges in a $175,000 Des Moines fire. Charles Knox, 24, is at large. Joenna Cheatom, Marvin Cheatom Jr., Calvin Jones Jr., and Terry McDonald are jailed or in custody. Arraignment set for Monday.
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DES Moines
UPI
Charles Knox
Polk County
Jewett Lumber Co
Joenna Cheatom
Marvin Cheatom, Jr
Calvin Jones
Waterloo
Terry
Black Panther
Cheatom
Des Moines Welfare Rights Association
Ray Fenton
Tragedy in Wisconsin: Bodeman family slain by mother then self
Elwood Bodeman told deputies there were no domestic troubles beyond usual family problems. His wife, 36, strangled four daughters and a son before killing herself, while five children aged 2 to 9 were found strangled in their beds. Adopted son Michael found the bodies. authorities note wrist wounds and possible strangulation. Bodies found outside Marshall, Wisconsin, with deaths likely between 1 and 5 a.m. Friday.
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Marshall
Wis
UPI
Elwood Bodeman
Elwood
Bodeman
Madison
Franz Haas
Elwood W. Bodeman
Lynn
Sara Jo
Gena
Braden
Theresia
Chamberland
Michael
Arnold
Intercepted Memo from WEJI Warns on Snow Shoveling
Washingtonians are snowed in and told it’s lovely until the need to shovel walks or push cars arises. The memo from WEJI expresses mixed sentiment about severe winter conditions.
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Lowestoft
England
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