Monoxide deaths shock Washington and Ossian families
Carbon monoxide likely caused the Washington woman Hazel Floy Collins 71 to die after an unlined chimney blocked by brick and mortar trapped gas in the home. Her son Richard, a local teacher, was ill, and police and utilities officials warned of chimney dangers amid winter. In Ossian, Ed Monroe 43 his pregnant wife Virginia 37 and all six children were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning, with autopsy planned for one child to determine exact cause.
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Hazel Floy Collins
South Second Avenue
Washington
G. E. Montgomery
Washington County
Collins
Mrs. Collins
Richard
Iowa Southern
Lewis McFadden
Utilities Company
Methodist Church
Eastern Star Lodge
Gerald
Joyce) Massey
Geneseo, Ill
Carl Collings
Des Moines
Donald Collings
Drayton Plains
Mich
James Collins
Rock Island
Richard Collins
Gladys Davis
Pontiac
Lois Ball
Mabel Carter
Evelyn Sames
Garden City
Ossian, Iowa
UPI
Ossian
Iowa
Winneshiek County
Eugene Simenson
Ed Monroe
Virginia
Simenson
Larry
Bobby
Pattie
Wayne
Jeannie
Janice
Doomsday Clock Advances Seven Minutes to Midnight
A silent Doomsday Clock in Chicago, maintained by scientists, shows seven minutes to midnight signaling global peril. The clock previously stood at twelve minutes to midnight before the adjustment, reflecting heightened concerns for mankind's fate.
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Chicago
UPI
Weather sketch Iowa to night and Wednesday
United Press International reports variable cloudiness across Iowa with warmer conditions on Wednesday. Tonight’s low 10 to 15, Wednesday highs in the 30s, and Thursday outlook mostly cloudy with minor temperature changes and chances of snow. The piece also notes the Doomsday Clock movement toward midnight, with Dr. Eugene Rabinowitch discussing cautious views on nuclear danger.
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Iowa
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Eugene Rabinowitch
Bulletin
Scientific
Rabinowitch
Big weekly Viet Cong toll marked in Vietnam war action
UPI reports 2868 Communist deaths in South Vietnam last week amid a failed New Year offensive. U.S. and allied forces battled near Saigon and along the Cambodian border, with Viet Cong 600 to 700 strong forces in Tan Uyen and Khiem Cuong attacked. American losses were 17 dead and 27 wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
U.S
Que ‘Son
North Vietnam
Gls
Tan Uyen
Khiem Cuong
Hau Nghia
Liver ailment endangers first adult heart transplant patient
In Palo Alto California surgeon Dr Norman E Shumway reports Mike Kasperak remains critically ill with severe liver deterioration after receiving the heart of Virginia Mae White 43, who died of a brain hemorrhage He faced respiratory trouble and internal bleeding but transfusions stabilized him as doctors noted liver disease and hepatorenal condition amid hope his heart function stays good.
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Palo Alto
Calif
UPI
Mike Kasperak
America
Stanford University
Norman E. Shumway
Kasperak
Virginia Mae White
Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital
Ferne
Shumway
Brighton Youth Admits Burglaries Caught by Camera Trap
Washington County deputies arrest a 17 year old Brighton resident in a spree of at least 18 burglaries. The suspect was identified after a camera at Chamberlin Feed Store captured his image when the drawer was opened. Authorities say the youth admitted the crimes after questioning and is being held pending charges.
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Washington County Sheriff's Department
Brighton
Washington County
Chamberlin Feed Store
Wilson
Sheriff's Department
Charles Snyder
David Wilson
Chamberlin
Fire leaves eleven homeless in Bloomfield Iowa
A two story Bloomfield apartment building housing seven units was destroyed by a Monday fire caused by faulty wiring. Eleven residents were left homeless, with five of seven apartments occupied. Fire crews from Bloomfield Drakesville and Pulaski fought the blaze as winds pushed flames toward a neighboring house. One firefighter, Charles Scott, suffered a shock from a 220 volt intake but was treated and released. The owner Roy Hunt said he discovered the fire and alerted occupants.
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Clinton High School
UPI Telephoto
Bloomfield
Iowa
UPI
Roy Hunt
Jim Lofgren
Charles Scott
Schwengel rejects tax hike without reform and cuts
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa told Mount Pleasant Kiwanis there will be no tax increase without substantial government spending cuts and tax reform by the Johnson Administration. He criticized fiscal policy and said deficits rose from 8.7 to 11 to possibly 29 billion, warning Congress cannot rely on administration integrity.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
UPI
Fred Schwengel
Johnson
Iowa Republican
Mount Pleasant Kiwanis Club
Schwengel
Congress
Record lows hit as Northeast endures brutal cold
The Northeast suffered record lows of 34 degrees below zero in Water town and Massena New York, with Bridgeport Connecticut at 1 degree, Albany New York minus 14 and Scranton Pennsylvania minus 4. Eight died in a Brooklyn tenement blaze, while a family of eight perished near Ossian Iowa from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Houston reported three deaths in an apartment fire and a Beacon New York blaze killed two children with six hurt. The cold was blamed for at least 35 deaths as warming air brought mixed precipitation and hazardous driving nationwide.
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Massena
N.Y
Bridgeport
New York City
Ossian
Iowa
Houston
Tex
Atenement
Beacon
Gulf of Mexico
mid-Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Upper Midwest
Pennsylvania
Plains States
Midwest
Texas
Pacific Northwest
New York
Automobile Club of
Goldman named to Iowa Development Commission term
Gov. Harold E. Hughes appointed 56 year old Des Moines Republican Harold A. Goldman to fill an unexpired term on the Iowa Development Commission. Goldman, president of Iowa Paint Manufacturing Co. and Southern Hills Development Co., will serve until June 30, 1970, succeeding Marvin M. Schmidt who resigned Oct. 12, 1967 for heavier travel and workload.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa Development Commission
Harold A. Goldman
Marvin M. Schmidt
Schmidt
Development Commission
Goldman
Iowa Paint Manufacturing Co., Inc
Southern Hills Development Co
Iowa
Europe
Far East
Probate notices for Fenn and Karns estates
Public notices today announce probate of wills and appointment of executors for the estates of Terry Logan Fenn and Merle Ella Karns. The notices appear in the probate section, directing interested parties to take required actions within specified deadlines and governing jurisdictions.
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Terry Logan Fenn
Merle Ella Karns
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