Washington stores plan Thanksgiving hours and Santa visit
Washington stores will stay open next Wednesday night November 27 for the holiday shopping rush while closing Thursday for Thanksgiving. Santa Claus visits Central Park on Friday November 29 at 10 a.m. for candy distribution to youngsters. A community Thanksgiving service is set for November 28 at 9 a.m. The weather remains springlike with a cooling trend forecast tomorrow. Five local men attended an ISU area economic development workshop in Chariton. 1969 license plates go on sale December 2. bring vehicle registration for faster processing. Illinois Supreme Court upholds Richard Speck death sentence with execution date January 1, 1969. State Sen. David Stanley concedes loss in U.S. Senate race to Gov. Harold Hughes by 7,240 votes.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Company
ISU
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Lee Holland
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Fagen
Muscatine
Iowa
UPI
David Stanley
U.S. Senate
Harold E. Hughes
Stanley
Unclear legal cloud over Iowa constitution amendments
Des Moines reports unofficial returns show all five amendments passing but a legal ambiguity looms. The unclear law could trigger a court challenge and potential judicial review of the amendments.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Court may settle ballot method cloud over five amendments
A question of whether five constitutional amendments may be placed on voting machines or must use separate ballots could be decided by the courts. The Shaff reapportionment plan voted on December 3, 1963 and amendments on home rule, sessions, item veto, salary mechanics, and legislature size are under scrutiny due to ambiguous wording in state law and prior attorney general opinions.
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Ion
Oscar Strauss
Wayne Faupel
World lenders pledge key loan to France to save franc
BON UP I reported a $2 billion loan from major economies to France to avert a franc devaluation amid a global monetary crisis. West Germany refused to revalue the mark, while Britain unveiled austerity plans as Paris braced for further restraint. The move aimed to stabilize currencies, with Swiss bankers calling for a new world monetary conference.
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Britain
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Mine blast traps 78 at Llewellyn Portal mine
Explosions and smoke from the Llewellyn Portal Consolidated Coal mine trap 78 miners. Thirteen miners escape after the first blast on Wednesday. Eight are rescued hours later by a crane lowering a bucket 700 feet to an undamaged area. Hope dims as more explosions rock the mine.
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Llewellyn Portal
Plane Down In Bay Near Frisco In Fog
A Japan Air Lines DC8 with 107 aboard crashed into San Francisco Bay in dense fog near Coyote Point during approach to San Francisco International Airport. Coast Guard rescued all on life rafts as officials review radio and radar recordings.
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UPI
Japan Air Lines
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Tokyo
Honolulu
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San Francisco International Airport
Federal Aviation Agency
Nurse Betty Hamil Named Supervisor for New Long Term Care Unit
Betty Hamil R N appointed Supervisor of the planned long term care unit at the old Washington County Hospital. She trained at Burlington Hospital School of Nursing and has nursed at Washington County Hospital and led Winfield Nursing Home staff for six years. She will begin December 1 to train personnel and set up the unit, with patient admissions expected around January 15, 1969. prospective patients are being accepted.
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Washington County Hospital
Hamil
Burlington Hospital School of Nursing
Burlington
Iowa
Winfield Nursing Home
Winfield
Route 1
Columbus Junction
Probate of Will and Executor Appointment
Public notice announces the probate of the will of Lloyd S. Humston and the appointment of the estate’s executor. The notice provides filing details and deadlines for interested parties to respond or contest, as required by law.
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Lloyd S. Humston
Intercepted Memo Weather Man Iowa Laughs Over Spring Tonic
An intercepted memo from a Weather Man in Iowa playfully warns that continued pattern may require spring tonic. The note, signed WEJ, uses light humor to describe seasonal mood and forecast vibes.
Bomb Kills 11 in Jerusalem Shopping District
A car bomb in a crowded Nahme Yehuda market area killed at least 11 people and wounded 55 in Jerusalem. Police detained five Arabs and later rounded up about 500 for questioning as officials sought to prevent Arab-Israeli retaliation after the fourth blast in Israel in months.
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Jordan
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Cairo
North Viet Nam calls for immediate Paris talks with seat for Saigon
North Viet Nam urged Washington to open direct peace talks in Paris and keep a seat for Saigon while proposing tripartite talks including Hanoi, Washington and the Viet Cong. Nguyen Thanh Le, spokesman for the Hanoi delegation, accused the United States of DMZ violations and escalation into Cambodia and Laos. The appeal followed U.S. refusals to hold three cornered talks in Paris without Saigon.
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Xuan Thuy
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Cambodia
Laos
Indochina
First US guns fire north of Ben Hai in DMZ clash
U S artillery shelled North Vietnam for the first time since the bombing halt after two Communist antiaircraft guns opened fire on U S spotter planes over the DMZ. Hanoi Radio disputed the report claiming raids on three villages earlier. US commanders said six helicopters were shot down in South Vietnam and Da Nang lost two choppers as 7,000 allied troops hunted guerrillas amid rocket attacks hurting civilians.
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Aps
U.S
North Vietnam
Johnson
Vietnam
da Nang
U. S
Ben Hai River
Dmz
Ben Hai
SeventH explosion adds to Mannington mine crisis
Two new methane gas blasts hit Mannington No. 9 coal mine worsening the fate of 78 men entombed 700 feet underground. Company officials and UMW safety experts warned rescue attempts were delayed by fire and toxic gases, with sealing off the mine still being considered as authorities seek any chance to contact the trapped workers.
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W.va
UPI
Mannington No. 9
Consolidation Coal Co
William Poundstone
Poundstone
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lou Evans
Washington
Stewart L. Udall
Labor
Iowa Weather Outlook Tonight Through Saturday
United Press International reports Iowa will have clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday. Temperatures turn cooler with lower temps tonight from near 30 in the northwest to 40 in the southeast, and Saturday highs ranging from the upper 40s in the northwest to the lower 50s in the southeast.
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United Press International
Iowa
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