Christmas at Shenk Home Brims With Visitors and Joy
Residents at Shenk Home in Wellman enjoy a festive Christmas season with Santa visits a charity gift drive from the Wellman Community Club, a school sleigh ride, and a pre Christmas party. News notes include visitors from Dubuque Keota Iowa City and Kalona and dinners with families across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Furman
Wellman
Glenn Dill
Keota
Cora Hicks
Lauretta Emde
Fone
Scott Swartzendruber
Carrie
Dubuque
Robert Swartzendruber
Esther Swartzendruber
Shenk
Mary Neis
Etta Swartzendruber
Fairfield
Robert Pattison
Ray Kempf
Ray
Kempfs
Jack Hesser
Iowa City
Santa Claus
Wellman Community Club
Robert Gosling
Lee Farrier
Rick
Ainsworth
Leila Kelley
Washington
Mabel Gosling
Max Yoder
Vaneta
Weldon
Ezra Shenk
Marion Yoder
Lester Fellner
Fort Smith, Ark
Ray I. Marner
Herb Beachy
Don Swartzendruber
Minneapolis
Mid-Prairie
F.K.A
Paul Swank
Herbert Ash
Dean Morris
Santa Calas
Mr. Shenk
Fannie Hershberger
Gaylord Elliot
Scott
Wapello
John Augustine
Rex Levert
Jennie Oldaker
Paul Eimen
Joseph McIvor
Kalona
Ida Fisher
Maude Yoder
Robert Fisher
Lowell
Goshen
Ind
James Donahue
Ed Shebeks
Riverside
James Diemerly
Douglas
Marengo
Pete Diemerly
Salvation Army
Ed Semler
Delbert Hesseltine
Mary
JoElllen
Oxford
Merle Hesseltine
Shenks
Kathryn Rees
Robert Weber
Frytown
Charles Jirsa
Alvin Smith
Robert Diemerly
Harper
Gold rises in Europe as dollar weakens on thin trading
Gold quotes climb toward 200 per ounce across Paris London and Zurich while the dollar slides to record lows. The Paris fixing briefly hits the 200 mark for a 26.4‑pound bar with a $199.19 closing price for the ingot basis. Dealers cite thin trading and held hoards ahead of US gold ownership rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Zurich
Paris Stock Market Brokers Association
London
Speculators target new gold rush in commodity markets
Washington reports America's third gold rush starts this week as private citizens enter gold ownership via futures. Gold demand for 1975 estimated at 5 to 15 million ounces worth about $2.5 billion. Banks, jewelers, coin dealers and brokers will sell gold futures amid warnings of scams and overvaluation. Critics call the market a pyramid scheme while experts urge caution for banks and individuals alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
America
California
Alaska
U.S
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Charles Stahl
Willis W. Alexander
American Bankers Association
ABA
University of Iowa professor touts intrinsic time concept
University of Iowa engineer Kirk C. Valanis proposes intrinsic time as a new way to measure aging and material change. He argues internal clocks govern aging rates in people and structures, potentially improving predictions of when aircraft parts and bridges approach failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Kirk C. Valanis
Valanis
U of I College of Engineering
U of I
Russia
United States
Relatives gather at Kalona for pre-Christmas festivities
Kalona news lists a long chain of Christmas and preholiday gatherings. Velma Spicher and Irma Gingerich hosted relatives including Donald Bong and family of Indianapolis and several Spicher, Gingerich, Woodin, and Knepp families across Iowa. Many traveled for holidays and birthdays, with hospital and travel updates scattered among the social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Euvene
Velma Spicher
Irma Gingerich
Donald ‘Bong
Indianapolis
Ind
W. W. Gingerich
Iowa City
Lee Spicher
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Spicher
Ron Spicher
Bong
South Dakota
Tom Russell
Alice Saforek
Andy Armbruster
Terry Saforek
Jack McGarrett
San Francisco
Calif
C. Jay Miller
Florida
John R. Knepp
Sarasota
Fla
Ralph Klenk
Veterans Hospital
Earl Fry
David
George W. Fry
Chase Millice
Wellman
Alvin Paulsen
West Branch
Bryan Fry
Des Moines
Candy Shalla
Tom Walker
Texas
Frances Kelley
New Hampshire
Myron Jones
Mike Brenneman
Dale Hershberger
Mt. Home
Ark
John E. Hershberger
Dale Hershbergers
John Hershbergers
Clayton
Edward Hershberger
Gaylord Yoder
Jack Guengerich
Galen Guengerich
Souderton
Audrey
Annette Guengerich
Harrisonburg
L. Glen Guengerich
Lowell Guengerich
Ivan L. Yoder
Near Kalona
Mercy Hospital
Lamont Kelley
Bessie Bockhorst
Roger Altenhofen
Charles R. Capper
Delores Lafore
Willis Gingerich
Fred Mishler
Robert Mishler
Lloyd Strickler
Norma Grady
Earl Gardner
Charles Houdesheldt
Fairfield
Velma Way
H. J. Bigelow
Eugene Way
Delores Laforek
Richard Kelley
Joyce
Coralie
Kim Kelley
John
Jason
Steve Kelley
Kathy
Edwin Grout
L. J. Strickler
Carroll Hershberger
Montezuma
Dan Miller
Alice
Simon Hershberger
John E Hershberger
Galen Miller
Kina
Arizona
Brezhnev postpones Middle East visit due to Egyptian stance
United Press International reports that Leonid Brezhnev postponed indefinitely his planned January trip to Egypt Syria and Iraq. Arab sources attributed the move to Egypt's refusal to allow Soviet military advisers to return. Tass and Moscow Radio announced a new date would be set later, with no reason given. The postponement ends a six day Soviet news blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Visi
Tass
Moscow Radio
Brezhnev
Middle East
Moscow
Ismail Fahmi
Mohamed Gamassy
Kremlin
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G. I. Bill
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Washington, Iowa
Steve Reif
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KLEIN
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