Young Cedar Rapids driver killed in Highway 22 crash near Kalona
Jimmie Dale Lyle, 21, listed with a Cedar Rapids address but recent resident of Tiffin, died at the scene when his car left Highway 22 three and a half miles east of Kalona around 12:15 AM. Investigators said speed caused the one car wreck as the car tore apart after leaving the road, skidded 225 feet, then 330 feet in a ditch, struck a driveway embankment, flipped, and wrapped around a tree near the Beachy farm home.
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Jimmie Dale Lyle
Cedar Rapids
Tiffin
Kalona
Sheritt
Lyle
James J. Beachy Farm
Washington Theater board adds Mrs Keith Horn for three year term
Mrs Keith Horn is named to a three year term on the Washington Theater group board replacing an omission from the published Journal. The group has five directors per three year cycle and the change affects the current roster.
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Keith Horn
Washington Theater Group
Good and bad news on nation's economy
The economy shows mixed signs with improving health and rising stock prices while unemployment grows and a severe recession persists. The Dow tops 700 for first time in months as GM warns of plant closures and weekly jobless claims fall slightly.
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United Press
General Motors
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Iowa aims to double drunken driving arrests this year
Des Moines, UPI reports Howard Miller, new director of Iowa safety programs, says a statewide counter alcohol drive will target doubling drunken driving arrests in 12 months. He notes current estimates of 5,000 to 6,000 yearly arrests and urges tougher OMAVI enforcement and legislative tweaks.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Howard Miller
Iowa Public Safety Department
Miller
Iowa Highway Patrol
OMAVI
Public Safety
Iowa weighs nuclear policy as NRC orders reactor shutdowns
Iowa lawmakers and environmentalists debate renewed nuclear energy plans after NRC orders the shutdown of 23 U S reactors including Duane Arnold near Palo Cedar Rapids to inspect safety pipes. Some Cedar Rapids leaders back ongoing development with safeguards while others push a moratorium.
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Quad Cities
Illinois
Cedar Rapids Area
Fenelle
Cloyd Robinson
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Envionmental Robinson
Palo
Robinson
Cedar Raids
Ern
Texas A&m
United States
Security Tightened After State Dept Bombing
Washington and Oakland incidents prompt federal building fortifications nationwide. GSA chief Arthur Sampson says inspections of packages, stricter building entrances, and increased patrols aim to protect employees and the public. FBI leads an intensive probe into the blasts and threats.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Oakland
Calif
Arthur F. Sampson
General Services Administration
Weather Underground
Sampson
Gsa
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Kent Keating Selected Music Winner for Camp Dorian
Kent Keating son of Mr and Mrs Clair Keating of Washington and a ninth grader at Washington Junior High was named winner of a music campship co sponsored by the Fortnightly Club Music Department and Everetts Music Co. He will attend Camp Dorian at Luther College Decorah for one week in June. He has extensive piano study and activities at church school and community groups and has played trumpet with a superior solo rating.
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Kent Keating
Clair Keating
Washington
Washington Junior High School
Music Department of Fortnightly Club
Everetts Music Co
Kent
Dorian
Luther College
Decorah
Dwain Tschant
United Methodist Church
Dean Stanley
Gary McCurdy
Weather advisory for snow and ice hazardous travel
A travelers advisory warns of snow this afternoon and evening possibly mixed with freezing rain creating hazardous driving conditions. Snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches are likely with continued cloudy skies tonight and Friday and periods of snow or freezing rain. Highs near 30 this afternoon, tonight's lows in the mid 20s, Friday highs in the upper 20s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Precipitation chances 100 percent this afternoon, 60 percent tonight, 50 percent Friday.
Ford to extend Vietnam clemency board life by month
White House officials and Charles Goodell said President Ford will likely extend the Vietnam War Clemency Board for another month due to rising applications. Goodell noted Ford favored a one month extension with finality, while urging six months. he cited clemency participants and a wider sense of closure. Three exiles in Toronto discussed the program on NBC Today, with critics labeling the effort punitive and demanding unconditional amnesty and Paris peace provisions.
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Ford
White House
Charles E. Goodell
Goodell
New York
NBC Today Show
Toronto American Exile Association
NBC
Toronto
Canada
Jack Calhoun
University of Wisconsin
Steve Grossman
Chicago
Peace Corps
Charles Stimac
Detroit
Calhoun
Senate
Clemency Board
Grossman
Stima
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Historical Society
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Kathy Fisher
Mike Kramme
Blair House
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IHP
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Minc
Gregory Cusack
D-Davenport
Skip Laitner
Iowa Student Public Interest Research Group
Ispirg
Snowlake
Cusack
Iowa Energy Policy Council
EPC
Lattner
NMIL
Iowa Commerce Commission
Laitner
Joe Redlinger
Tom
Tim Wells
Jim Wells
Journal
Music
Fortnightly Club
Everetts Music Store
Richard Ballard
Dwain Tschantz
Fortnightly
Name Music
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
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