Break in at Apco Service Station suspects hidden cash and tires
Police investigate a break in at Apco Service Station where Jerry Smith found the front door unlocked and missing were 620 dollars in cash and change along with four automobile tires. Washington to codify city ordinances under a contract with Municipal Code Corporation, and Thorpe Well Co. contract extended 45 days. Nearby reports include a Cornell College professor’s death, Metroliner service between New York and Washington, Iowa farm declines, a shoe factory theft in Mexico City, purse thefts in Detroit, and a Christmas tree diamond watch burglary in Houston.
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Apco
Jerry Smith
Washington
Municipal Code Corporation of
Tallahassee
Fla
Thorpe Well Co
Plan improvements at Red Rock area
The U S Army Corps of Engineers announced a bid opening on Jan 30 to remove obstructions at Red Rock Reservoir. Plans call for removing two county road bridges, piers and abutments from four former railroad bridges and the Carlisle sewage treatment plant to ground level to improve boating and public use. Other bridges and piers are being removed by county road crews while the Iowa Highway Commission has already removed sections of Iowa 14 north of Knoxville.
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Rock Island, Ill
UPI
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Red Rock
Old Carlisle
Corps of Engineers
Lake Red Rock
Iowa Highway Commission
Des Moines River
Whitebreast Creek
Iowa 14
Knoxville
Talks on Vietnam War to open at unmarked round table
The United States announced an agreement to open expanded Vietnam talks this Saturday at the Hotel Majestic in Paris with a round table unmarked and no flags. South Vietnam’s Tran Thanh proclaimed victory while observers noted concessions to the Communists to begin talks before President Johnson’s departure.
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Paris
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
Tran Thanh
Saigon
Johnson
Hanoi
U.S
Secretariat
William Jorden
Hotel Majestic
White House
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Xuan Phong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Jorden
Cyrus R. Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
New Iowa lawmakers get briefing on lobbying and press
Freshman members of the Iowa Legislature heard about lobbying ethics press relations and constituent outreach at a kickoff session in Des Moines. Speakers urged lawmakers to seek balanced information from lobbyists and consider how statements will read in print while reporters outlined session coverage and cooperation with legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Rudy VanDrie
R-Ames
VanDrie
House
Mike Hicklin
Iowa Railway Committee
Ray Edwards
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Hicklin
General Assembly
Edwards
Iowa General Assembly
Senate
David Stanley
Muscatine
Stanley
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press Association
Charles Lakin
KRNT
Iowa improves aging policy leadership
Iowa is ahead in aging work with a 33 month record of progress. The commission on the aging reports 18 active projects statewide focusing on housing meals on wheels health and education while urging creation of a permanent state commission on aging to coordinate policy and avoid duplication.
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Schwartz
Commission
General Assembly
Gas Storage Tanks Explode Twice In Springville Fire
In Springville Alabama two more explosions from derailed freight cars and butane gas storage tanks lit the sky with 2000 foot smoke clouds. No injuries were reported in this incident though four people were hurt earlier in three blasts. Residents were evacuated from a six square block area as firefighters withdrew after water pressure fell. Two tank cars exploded near 2:30 a.m. EST as the blaze burned out.
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Springville
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
F. E. Kizziah
Alabama Highway Patrol
Kizziah
Kitziah
National Guard
Salt runs out as Washington merchants stock depletes
Washington merchants report all coarse salt sold out by day end on Wednesday as residents rush to treat icy walks. One trader sold 1200 pounds and two major grocers exhausted supplies with a truck shipment gone by 6 p.m. Wholesale distributors face the same demand strain amid winter weather. Weather: cloudiness likely, light rain possible in extreme east tonight, colder with lows near 20 to 40, highs Friday from 30 to low 40s.
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Washington
Iowa
Mail Delivery Continues Amid Ice and Rain
Postal workers faced ice and freezing rain as rural and city carriers delivered mail on schedule when possible. Two rural trucks slid into ditches, one was freed, the other towed. City walks and streets challenged rounds. Chicago and Cedar Rapids mail were late awaiting later arrivals.
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Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Two Soviet ships link in space and cosmonauts transfer
Tass calls the Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 link the world's first experimental space station as two cosmonauts from Soyuz 5 spacewalk into Soyuz 4 then return aboard their craft. The maneuver, watched on Soviet TV, marks an unprecedented crew transfer in orbit and potential for rescue or relief missions.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Soyuz 5
Vladimir Shatalov
Soyuz 4
Yevgeny Khrunov
Alexei Yeliseyev
Shatalov
Soviet Union
Intercepted Memo from COUNTY RESIDENTS
Intercepted memo from county residents notes minimal ice conditions compared to yesterday. Washington remarks, at least we are not as ice plated as before.
Special Washington city council meeting and admin appointment
A public notice announces a special Washington city council meeting and the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Edith Conk. The notice sets the meeting date and outlines the official action to be taken in the probate matter.
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Washington
Edith Conk
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Hutchinson
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Cornell College
Mark Hutchinson
New York
Penn Central Railroad
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Mexico City
Portales
Detroit
Edna Jones
Houston
Dorothy Kennedy Brooks
London
Rhodesia House
England
Britain
Rhodesia
By Harrison Weber
IDPA
Commission On the
Againg
Ray I. Schwartz
Commission On the Aging
OAA
United Press International
Wej
Lin
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