Veteran recalls Christmas in Vietnam and home joys
Roger E Harris 21 son of O E Harris Washington recounts Christmas 1970 with the 11th Armored Cavalry in Dian Vietnam and Christmas 1971 with family in Washington. He describes meals parties and a contrast between wartime hardship and civilian celebration, plus his views on the war race drugs and future plans. The piece notes his service path from Fort Polk to Fort Knox Friedburg Vietnam and discharge in 1971 and his college plans in Iowa Falls.
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Roger Harris
Washington
U.S. Army
Roger E. Harris
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Sonny) Harris
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Sp-5
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
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Florida
Shawn
G.I
Army
Fort Polk
Louisiana
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Friedburg
Germany
Nam
Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
California
Ellsworth Junior College
Iowa Falls
France
Thailand
Australia
Rain and light snow sweep Washington area
A weather observer reports 0.92 inch of moisture fell in Washington overnight and into this morning. Steady rain dominated the early part of the night, followed by a light snow cover before daylight.
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Washington
Dog In Need of Owner After Hit By Car
Dr A C Peterson of the Flickinger Peterson veterinarian clinic reports a German Shepherd pup hit by a car on South Fourth Avenue remains unclaimed. If unclaimed, the dog may be put to sleep after Monday. The dog has a broken splintered leg requiring further treatment. The dog is described as nice looking with a dark coat.
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A.C. Peterson
Flickinger-Peterson Veterinarian Clinic
Flickinger-Peterson Clinic
4-H Officers Train at Washington Christian Church
About 90 local 4 H club officers attended an Officers Training School at the Christian Church in Washington. Julia Gamon led the report and Bob McConnell welcomed attendees. Mark Hotchkiss Sandi Schroder and Charlotte Hiller spoke on state leadership and conservation camps from last summer. Lee Thomas urged coverage of club meetings by KCII.
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Julia Gamon
Bob McConnell
Mark Hotchkiss
Sandi Schroder
Charlotte Hiller
Lee Thomas
KCII
Lorna McCoy
Jane Shearer
Claire Wehr
Steve Davis
North Vietnam Refuses 900 Gift Packages for POWs
Pentagon spokesmen say North Vietnam rejected about 900 gift packages for American prisoners of war, despite earlier acceptance promises. Spokesman Jerry Friedheim noted the packets were refused before last weekend’s bombing, with no official reason given and some labels reading Refused by Vietnam. The action affects families’ August to October mail and follows Hanoi’s claim of holding 343 Americans.
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UPI
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
U.S
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Friedheim
Hanoi
Vietnam
United States
Bredhem
Iowa to name new Supreme Court justice before reapportionment arguments
Gov. Ray plans to appoint a new Iowa Supreme Court justice by Jan. 7 to avoid delaying the reapportionment case. Chief Justice Moore favored delaying to prevent a potential 4-4 split, while Ray and aides push for timely proceedings and travel to Des Moines for final arguments. Nominees are K. Davis Harris, Richard W. Cooper, and Charles N. Pettit.
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UPI
Robert D. Ray
Supreme Court
High Court
Iowa
C. Edwin Moore
Ray
Richard Gilbert
Spain
Gilbert
State Democratic Party
State Judicial Nominating Commission
Moore
William Stuart
Chariton
K. Davis Harris
Jefferson
Richard W. Cooper
Storm Lake
Charles N. Pettit
Bloomfield
Storm Front Brings Heavy Rain And Snow Across Midwest
A storm moving toward the Great Lakes dumped heavy rain and sleet across the central U S. Peoria Illinois recorded more than 1.5 inches in six hours while Kirksville Missouri saw 1.13 inches. Snow ranged from South Dakota to Wisconsin and Michigan with freezing rain noted in parts. Warnings covered eastern South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin with a snow watch in upper Michigan.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Peoria
Ill
Kirksville
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
Linn tops list of unsafe Iowa counties in 1970
Des Moines report names Linn Polk Black Hawk Dubuque Woodbury Cerro Gordo Clinton Scott Marshall Webster as the 10 highest accident rate counties using weighted per mile metrics. Washington County ranked safe with 422 accidents and 8.12 rate. Muscatine 12th with 12.13.
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Des Moines
SDPA
State Safety Department
Linn
Polk
Black Hawk
Dubuque
Woodbury
Cerro Gordo
Clinton
Scott
Marshall
Webster
Aurora P. Berenguer
National Safety Council
Washington County
Muscatine County
Johnson County
Jefferson County
Keokuk County
Henry County
Mahaska County
Louisa County
Keokuk
Louisa
Iowa Names Gavin Nevins New Liquor Enforcement Director
Gavin Nevins 27, an Iowa educated lawyer, is named to head the reorganized liquor enforcement in Iowa by Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sellers. The change shifts duties to the Department of Public Safety to cut costs and professionalize enforcement. Nevins, a 1969 University of Iowa Law School graduate, will oversee stricter controls on illegal liquor entering Iowa, especially near the Illinois and Nebraska borders, while noting pending debates on Sunday sales and extending liquor rights to 18 year olds. He will begin work Saturday as the three fulltime liquor control commissioners are replaced by a single administrator and part time advisory board.
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Vietnam
G.i.’S
United States
Southeast Asia
Nixon
DES Moines
UPI
Gavin Nevins
Iowa Public Safety
Michael Sellers
Iowa
Department of Public Safety
University of Iowa Law School
Nevins
California
Illinois
Nebraska
Sellers
Liquor Control Commission
Minister Named in Alienation Case in Cedar Falls
Tony Perez sues Rev. E. Loyd Haney pastor of First Presbyterian Cedar Falls alleging counseling sessions since two years ago led to alienation of his wife Phyllis Perez. He says Haney persistently contacted her by phone and in person over six months, depriving him of companionship and breaking up the marriage.
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Perez
Weather: Clear and cold with subzero lows in Iowa
A weather bulletin shows tonight will be clear and colder with temperatures from zero to 10 below in the northern areas and mid teens in the south. Friday brings partly sunny skies with highs from the low 20s in the northeast to the low 30s in the southwest.
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Iowa
The Great Dissenter Harlan Dies at 72
Justice John Marshall Harlan, longtime Supreme Court critic of broad social reform, dies at 72 after spinal cancer. He retires previously, eight days before William Rehnquist's swearing in, as Powell Jr. joins the court. Funeral set in Weston, Connecticut.
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UPI
Supreme Court
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Harlan
George Washington University Hospital
William H Rehnquist
U.S Attorney
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