Frigid Washington Morning Plunges Toward 25 Below
Washington residents woke to subzero cold with many reports of 20 to 25 below. Northrup King plant thermometer near the city logged 24 degrees below zero as the sun rose and temperatures softened only slightly. Meanwhile in Iowa, APCO offered potential extra gasoline loads to stations in Iowa and South Dakota, citing redistribution of unused allocations. In Camanche, 10 school buses were damaged by knife punctures, halting classes and causing about 3500 in damages with two teens arrested for injury to property. In Des Moines, Beatrice M. Lee, 63, pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the ax slaying of Harold James Pogue, plea entered as medical examiner cited fatal neck wounds.
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Washington
Northrup King
Des Moines
UPI
APCO
Iowa
South Dakota
Robert Bevan
Bevan
Camanche
Clinton County Law Center
DES Moines (UN
Beatrice M. Lee
Harold James Pogue
Polk County
R.C. Wooter
Sextuplets Born At Mowbray Hospital In South Africa
In Cape Town at Mowbray Maternity Hospital a sextuplet birth left the six infants and their mother Mrs. Susan Rosenkowitz in satisfactory condition. The three boys and three girls weighed under 25 pounds combined and were delivered by Caesarian section within 10 minutes. The babies were placed in incubators and fed intravenously, while father Colin Rosenkowitz expressed awe at what he called a miracle. The couple also has two older children, Samantha, seven, and Anthony, five.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Mowbray Maternity Hospital
Susan Rosenkowitz
Colin Rosenkowitz
Bond Set at 50000 for Booneville Bank Robbery Suspects
Des Moines man Richard Duane Daugherty age 36 and his nephew Ronald Ray Rogers age 18 were each ordered held on a 50000 bond in federal court after the Booneville Farmers and Merchants State Bank robbery of 9600. The FBI arrested both Friday in Des Moines and a third suspect remains unnamed. US Attorney Allen Danielson noted recoveries of 2356 from Rogers residence and 2279 from Daughertys truck. An informant warned authorities of planned three man bank raid.
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Des Moines
Isona
Booneville
Ronald Longstaff
Richard Duane Daugherty
Ronald Ray Rogers
Daugherty
Polk County
Rogers
Story County
Nevada
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
Winterset
FBI
Allen Danielson
Daylight savings time discussed by Iowa scientist
University of Iowa physiology expert G Edgar Folk explains that each body cell has its own clock and adjusting to daylight savings is not instant. Local time vs body time matters, with productivity dips and varied effects on larks and owls, kidneys, and even pets as daylight shifts influence activity and light exposure.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
G. Edgar Folk
U of I
Congress
Folk
Ford
Iowa town jobless fund nonpayers under review
DES MOINES UPI The Town Employment Commission chair Abe Clayman questions state survey estimates that about 2000 Iowa employers do not contribute to the unemployment compensation fund. He will check the figures though the Employment Security Commission says there is no serious concern. The survey notes possible losses up to 4 million dollars for the year ending June 30, 1972, but many cited employers may not be liable.
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Des Moines
UPI
Town Employment Commission
Towa
Abe Clayman
Commission
Lloyd Smith
Iowa
Clayman
Employment Security Commission
Smith
Bitter cold grips Iowa with record lows across the state
Extreme cold and subzero readings linger across Iowa with unofficial lows from minus 37 at Atlantic and Villisca to 25 below in several cities. National Weather Service notes this as the state's coldest spell in nearly four years, while neighboring states report harsher conditions. Winds stay light, but wind chills plunge.
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United Press Internationa
Towa
Atlantic
Villisca
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Spencer
Sioux City
Des Moines
Iowa City
National Weather Service
Lincoln
Neb
Bismarck
N.D
Plan new windbreaks to aid wildlife in 1974 spring plantings
Local soil conservation officials urge landowners to plan windbreaks now. The Washington Soil Conservation District offers affordable trees and shrubs for farmstead windbreaks, with experts detailing ideal layouts of evergreen rows, protection from livestock, weed control, and early spring planting guidance for diverse wildlife habitat.
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Dwane Shalla
Washington
Soil Conservation District
Shalla
Journal
Washington Soil Conservation District
Dale Faulkner
Faulkner
Larry Shalla
Maurice Pacha
Howard Bohr
Cletus Reed
Jim McCreedy
Soil Conservation
Hackbury
Baker sees benefit from long hearings during Watergate probes
Senator Howard Baker Jr. said the Watergate hearings will spur strong election campaign reform legislation, likely banning corporate campaign contributions. He noted a possible extension beyond February 28, 1974, depending on a staff report due January 21, and stressed the hearings’ deterrent effect.
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Delaware
Ohio
UPI
Howard Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Baker
Ohio Wesleyan University
Columbus
Senate Watergate Committee
Oil ministers warn of disaster if oil clash erupts
Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Yamani warned that a bloc of consuming nations confronting producers could trigger a world disaster. He spoke in Rome after talks with Italy and Algeria’s energy minister Belaid Abdessala on Middle East oil, timing his Geneva stop amid calls for Israel’s full withdrawal from 1967 territories.
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United Press International
Ahmed Yamani
Holland
Greece
Yamani
Rome
Nixon
Washington
United States
Europe
Canada
Japan
Belaid Abdessala
Algeria
Middle East
Geneva
Italy
Israel
Mediators try to avert Detroit supermarket trucker strike
Federal mediators plan a 2pm meeting to avert a midnight Tuesday walkout by about 2,500 Teamsters Local 337 drivers and warehouse workers at Chatham Farmer Jack Great Scott Kroger and Wrigley supermarkets in Detroit. James Burke said they will give it a good try.
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Detroit
UPI
Teamsters
Teamsters Local 337
Chatham
Farmer Jack
Great Scott
Kroger
Wrigley
James Burke
Eligible residents urged to apply for homestead and military tax relief
Washington County assessor David Siefkas urged new applicants to seek homestead and military exemptions in person at the Assessor's Office. Contracts require deed recording and proof of at least 10 percent paid. DD214 discharge papers must be on file at the Recorder's Office. State forms for elderly credits not yet available, expected by Jan 15, to be mailed to state officials from the county offices. Separate note reports livestock personal property tax exemptions will reduce the county's assessed value by about a million dollars. livestock value in 1973 was $3,222,651 with an assessed value of $870,132.
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Washington
David K. Siefkas
Washington County
Siefkas
Recorder's Office
State Department of Revenue
Des Moines
Four Iowa districts show pupil costs near state average in 1972-73
State Department of Public Instruction report lists per pupil costs based on general fund expenditures divided by average daily membership. Washington, Columbus and Highland are below the average of $953.33, Mid-Prairie just above, while Waco and Keota are well above. Instruction salaries dominate expenses, averaging 63 percent of the general fund statewide, with local figures varying by district.
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Iowa
Washington
Columbus
Highland
Mid-Prairie
Waco
Keota
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Columbus Comm
Oskaloosa
Davis County
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