Washington area weather cools as honor band chosen
A slight warming trend goes unnoticed in Washington as early Sunday readings stayed 15 to 20 below zero with unofficial 6 to 10 below. Seven Washington musicians were chosen for the Southeast Iowa Honor Band Festival with junior high students Melody Chalupa Jill Crawford and Beth McCurdy and high school members Bob Boyd Donna Davisson Jim Dayton and Gerard Marek. The bands, 120 players each, will rehearse under Ross Leeper and Don Marcoullier and perform January 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Washington Junior High Gymnasium.
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Drake University
Eden critically ill with progressive liver failure in England
Anthony Eden British prime minister during the Suez crisis was reported critically ill at age 79 with progressive liver failure. Doctors said he spent a quiet night after being flown home from a Florida vacation aboard a Royal Air Force jet dispatched by Prime Minister James Callaghan. He became ill while visiting at the Florida estate of U. S. elder statesman W. Averell Harriman.
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Mid-Prairie FFA to host Jackson as speaker
Mid-Prairie High School in Wellman will host Future Farmers of America Appreciation Night on January 20 at 7 30 p m. Guest speaker Mike Jackson past national FFA secretary will discuss Planting a New Future to begin the 30th year of FFA at Mid-Prairie. The program includes slides awards and the Honorary Chapter Farmer Degree. Jackson 21 lives on a Tipton Indiana farm and plans to travel nationwide with NBC Agriculture USA and pursue agriculture law.
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Tax tensions frame opening Iowa legislature
Des Moines UPI reports the 67th Iowa General Assembly opened with bipartisan talk but sharp partisan issues. Key topics include property taxes, prison overcrowding, local land-use control, and a gasoline tax. The session prioritizes committee work over floor debate as leaders assess budget limits and spending.
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Congress Prepares Ford Farewell Amid Carter Transition
The first week of the 95th Congress features Ford’s farewell address to a joint session and informal Cabinet confirmation hearings for President-elect Carter. Senate committees will advance nominees including Kreps Harris Vance Bell Brown Schultze Bergland Blumenthal Califano Marshall. The Commerce Committee also probes tanker oil spill accidents as the House seeks sustained funding for the JFK and MLK assassination panel.
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HEW
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Labor
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Martin Luther King Jr
Bitter cold lingers as Midwest endures heavy snow
A broad winter storm drenches the Midwest with blizzard conditions and record lows. Iowa faces continued subzero winds through Tuesday, power and water outages appear in Des Moines and other towns, and snow blankets Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and surrounding areas. Schools close statewide. many regions brace for more snowfall and travel disruptions.
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Three West Bend classmates among Iowa weekend road toll
Ten people died on Iowa streets and roads during the weekend including three West Bend High School classmates. The fatalities spanned multiple single and two car crashes across Palo Alto, Dunlap, Camanche, and Maquoketa Counties, with ages from 13 to 52.
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Missouri Valley
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Camanche
David Streigle
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Beatrice Truhlar
Griffiths seeks dismissal of eight tax evasion charges
Kalona attorney Lawrence Griffiths asks District Court to dismiss eight state income tax evasion counts, claiming due process and equal protection rights were violated by the Iowa Department of Revenue. Judge Ira F. Morrison set seven days for the state to resist, noting Griffiths has not entered pleas.
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Bitterly cold night with clearing skies expected
Weather forecast notes clear but bitterly cold night with winds from the northwest at 10 to 15 mph. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with a high near zero to five above and a low around ten to fifteen below.
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Iowa school enrollments decline from last year
Iowa public and nonpublic schools enrolled 662,816 students this year, 2,389 above projections but 8,011 fewer than last year. K-12 public enrollment stood at 603,596, down 7,242 from 1975-76. nonpublic K-12 totaled 59,220, down 769. One hundred thirty districts enrolled 1,000+ students and made up 71 percent of total K-12 public enrollment.
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Sinatra matriarch among four killed in private jet crash
The wreckage of a private jet struck San Gorgonio Mountain in a snowstorm, killing Frank Sinatra's 82 year old mother Natalie Dolly Sinatra and three other passengers instantly. A helicopter crew located bodies amid six to eight foot snow drifts at the 9000 foot peak, within 500 feet of a ridge summit. Ground crews spent two hours accessing the scene and recovered the victims.
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OSU Agronomist Aims to End Green Bug Threat
Stillwater Oklahoma State University agronomist E E Sebasta says after ten years he has found a path to a green bug resistant hard red winter wheat strain. He cautions it will take five to six more years to bring the variety to commercial production after field trials and development.
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Dormitory Fire Forces 300 Evacuations At Storm Lake College
At Storm Lake liberal arts college a White Hall dorm lounge fire sparked by a TV set forced 300 Buena Vista College dorm residents to flee into sub zero air. Ten students treated for smoke inhalation and one hospitalized. Smoke spread through Pierce Hall. $10,000 damage.
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