Fire Bites Deep as Singapore Robinsons Store Burns
A rooftop Christmas decor fire destroyed Robinsons Department Store in Singapore trapping shoppers and staff in two elevators. Initial reports put deaths at twelve with scores feared. a pregnant employee among the dead. Firefighters battled heat as mortars fell and the building collapsed to a brick shell, with losses estimated well over 1.8 million dollars.
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Singapore
UPS
Robinson's Department Store
Raffles Place
Robinson's Department
M.H. Major
Michael Marshall
UPI
Major
Marshall
Radio Singapore
G. Dayaram
Robinson's
Washington 4-H girl to help governor on Thanksgiving Day
Jane Shearer of Washington a state 4-H Council member is chosen with three other 4-H girls to assist Governor and Mrs Robert Ray entertaining elderly residents at the governor's mansion in Des Moines on Thanksgiving Day. The event marks the second year of hosting seniors without family on the holiday. Washington city council approves final payment to Manett Carter Paving Co. for sewer work and renews the Rainbow Inn liquor license. No parking signs to be posted on North Fourth Avenue and yield signs at Adams Monroe and Van Buren intersections with South Avenue B.
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Jane Shearer
Washington
Robert Ray
Des Moines
Jane
Paul V. Shearer
Washington High School
Manett - Carter Paving Co
Rainbow Inn
North Fourth Avenue
East Fifth Street
Adams
Monroe
van Buren
South Avenue B
Area students to dismiss early for Thanksgiving holiday
Students in Washington Community Schools and St. James parochial school will leave at 2 30 p m Wednesday for the annual Thanksgiving holiday. Other area schools will be out Thursday and Friday with classes resuming Monday November 29 at the usual time.
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Washington
St. James Parochial School
Treasury refunds ten dollar meal for boy's rats
The Treasury issued a refund of ten dollars after two pet rats chewed half of a ten dollar bill left near their cage. An eleven year old boy, Donny Firsching, had reported the incident and sent the wreckage to the Treasury. He also received a government check for money earned from a summer job.
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Houston
UPI
U. S. Treasury Department
Donny Firsching
Treasury Department
Donny
October income rise beats 1971 gains led by Social Security
UPI reports the Commerce Department shows Americans' personal income rose by 15.2 billion dollars in October, the largest increase since spring 1971, with more than half due to higher Social Security benefits. Excluding the Social Security rise, income grew 7.2 billion to a 962 billion annual rate.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Mostly cloudy and cool with light snow flurries
A weather summary notes mostly cloudy skies and continued cool conditions through this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Occasional very light snow or flurries possible with northerly winds 5 to 10 mph this afternoon and light and variable tonight. Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the mid to upper 20s with a 5 percent chance of measurable precipitation on each period.
Fire destroys corn crib and equipment near Ainsworth
An early morning fire about two miles north of Ainsworth on the old military road destroyed a large double corn crib with about 1700 bushels of corn, a wagon and a tractor on the Kenneth McConnell farm. Fire crews controlled the blaze after arriving. cause undetermined and no damage estimate yet.
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Ainsworth
Kenneth McConnell
Inmate Stabbed at Fort Madison Penitentiary
Herman Haygood a 35 year old Des Moines man serving a 20 year Polk County burglary with aggravation sentence was stabbed several times in the stomach during a dining room attack at the State Penitentiary in Fort Madison He remains in serious condition A suspect is being held as Lee County attorney continues the investigation
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Fort Madison
UPI
State Penitentiary
Herman Haygood
Des Moines
Polk County
Lee County
Muscatine County treasurer resigns amid audit irregularities
State Auditor Lloyd Smith said Muscatine County Treasurer Loren J. Goddard resigned effective immediately after a routine 1971 audit found irregularities. A special audit by three staffers is planned, with a full report expected soon. Mervin Shafer was named to fill the remaining two years of Goddard's term.
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Muscatine
UPI
Lloyd Smith
Loren J. Goddard
Smith
Goddard
Mervin Shafer
Ditor and Employe
Muscatine County
David Newell
Richard Turner
Duane Goodkin
Paris talks resume as Kissinger meets Tho and Thuy
White House aide Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiators Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy held a second round of talks near Paris to seal a ceasefire. Saudi Saigon opposition and Saigon officials press for terms while Canada Hungary Indonesia and Poland coordinate ceasefire policing.
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Gif-Sur-Yvette
France
UPI
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Paris
Hanoi
Kissinger
Communist Party
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
Fernand Leger
Foreign Ministry
Pham Dang Sum
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Sum
Republic of Vietnam
Indochina
Dmz
Council of Reconciliation and Concord
Sam
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Patrick Forest
CBS
Tho
Washington
State Department
William P. Rogers
Mitchell Sharp
Canada
Hungary
Indonesia
Poland
Charles W. Bray III
U.S
Cambodia
Iowa lawmakers outline no fault car insurance plan
A legislative interim committee drafted a no fault system for Iowa that would pay up to 15000 directly to motorists for injury and income loss. The plan aims to speed settlements and broaden benefits though premiums would likely rise.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harold Fischer
R-Wellsburg
Fischer
Iowa Insurance Institute
Association
Iowa Casualty Insurance Companies
U.S. Transportation Department
Five new members join Washington County Extension Council
Extension Director Jim Frier reports eight townships hold elections this year and five new members Richard Eagle Lime Creek Larry Whtestine Brighton Mrs Lathol Guy Washington Township Mrs Gary Murphy Oregon Township join two year terms beginning January 1 1973 Re-elected are Peter Bell Allen Griggs Ben Leeper One half the townships vote each year Major duties include developing educational programs in agriculture home economics 4 H and public affairs and employing staff with Iowa State University to carry out programs and budgets
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Washington County Extension Council
Jim Frier
Richard Eagle
Iowa
Larry Whtestine
Lime Creek Township
Lathol Guy
Brighton Township
Gary Murphy
Washington Township
Bob Gerot
Oregon Township
Peter Bell
Franklin Township
Allen Griggs
Dutch Creek Township
Ben Leeper
Clay Township
Washington County
Iowa State University
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Quincy
Charlene Drost
NBTA
Illinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
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Trudy Griffeth
Trudy
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Naomi Fetterman
Debbie Bruegge
Dave Norman
Cedar Township
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Crawford
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English River
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Highland
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Jackson
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