Iowa Rainbow plans new non-discriminatory Girls group
Des Moines hosts Friday meeting to form a separate Iowa Order of the Rainbow for Girls after Iowa Rainbow split with the international group over a whites only policy. L Ray Chamberlin says initial session at Acanthus Masonic Lodge will include limited leaders to plan. possible rejoin if discriminatory rule ends.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Order of the Rainbow For Girls
Iowa Rainbow
International Order
L. Ray Chamberlin
New Order
Acanthus Masonic Lodge
McAlester
Okla
Indianola
Iowa Masonic and
Eastern Star
Masonic
Iowa
Chamberlin
International Order of Rainbow For Girls
Fire at Chau Tau Motel Near Washington Contained
Washington firefighters responded to a Sunday alarm at the Chau Tau Motel west of Washington. Fire damaged a wall threat but was extinguished before major damage, with crews limiting further impact to the building.
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Washington
Chau Tau
Ottumwa Man Stabbed to Death in Laundromat Owner Killed
The body of Ottumwa resident John R. Hill, owner of a local laundromat, was found early today with 21 stab wounds. Robbery is suspected as pockets were turned inside out and a .25 caliber pistol was found near his hand. The gun appeared fired four times. five shots were believed fired. Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating.
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Ottumwa, Iowa
UPI
Ottumwa
John R. Hill
Hill
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Blast at gum factory kills worker in New York
An apparent chemical explosion at a Chiclets chewing gum factory Sunday killed one worker and left dozens in critical condition with severe burns. Twenty-eight of 48 injured were reported in serious or critical condition. Samuel Agyekum, 3, of Brooklyn died after suffering burns over 90 percent of his body.
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New York
UPI
Chiclets
Samuel Agyekum
Brooklyn
Fallout in Iowa City prompts continued air sampling
Iowa Hygenic Laboratory officials said air sampling would continue this week after radioactive fallout was detected in the Iowa City area by debris monitoring equipment from China’s nuclear detonation loss last week. Dr. William Hausler said the debris was detected after a light snow fell Saturday night and Sunday. Exact radiation levels were not known but were higher than normal conditions.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
Hygenic Laboratory
China
William Hausler
Hausler
Israel Reinforces Lebanon Border to Foil Syrian Forces
Israeli military command has begun sending reinforcements along the Lebanese frontier to keep Syrian and Palestinian forces from approaching the border. Government radio says steps started Sunday night and aims to prevent hostile forces, with no intention of occupying southern Lebanon.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Lebanon
Carter Briefed By Ford Aide In Blair House Meeting
President elect Carter met with James Lynn, Ford budget director, at Blair House for a one hour briefing on federal finances. The session included Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and NSA director Lewis Allen with Mondale present. Carter then planned discussions with Ford and Burns on January budget and other issues.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
James Lynn
Blair House
White House
Plains
Williamsburg
Rosalynn
Walter Mondale
Mary King
Lynn
Congress
Pentagon
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Lewis Allen
National Security Agency
Richard Shriver
Office of Telecommunications
Carter-Ford
Federal Reserve
Arthur Burns
Burns
Washington council debates sewer needs and street plans
The Washington City Council spent two hours in a special session weighing multi million sewer projects and street programs. A 670 expenditure to buy a BOD testing incubator and a heater for the sewage plant grid chamber was approved. Council aims to finalize three year street improvement plans and revisit funding for sewers, water mains, and budget alignment at the Dec 6 meeting. The debate centers on continuing the Iowa DEQ sewer rehabilitation program estimated at 5.24 million with 1.9 million local funds versus constructing a northeast sector sewer system and lift station. A sewer system evaluation survey may cost up to 158,000. Costs influence bonding for sewers and street paving, with about 1.3 million of GO bonding capacity remaining of 2.4 million.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Green Engineering Co
Cedar Rapids
Don Hanson
Dick Anderson
Smith to quit as head of GOP
Washington UPI reports Mary Louise Smith the first woman to chair the Republican National Committee will resign at the next RNC meeting January 14-15. She took the post in 1974 after George Bush, backed Ford in the 1976 nomination fight, and says the party must avoid a fatal lurch to extremes while seeking broad-based leadership.
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Washington
UPI
Mary Louise Smith
Republican National Committee
Smith
George Bush
National Committee
Iowa
Ford
GOP
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Republican Party
Democrats
Jean Westwood
Robert Strauss
Strauss
Widespread snow crosses the nation on early winter day
The United Press International dispatch notes light to moderate snowfall from the Dakotas to the Appalachians with an inch reported in multiple cities including Lexington and Cleveland. Travelers advisories warn of 1 to 3 inches more in Michigan Indiana Ohio and western Pennsylvania while Lake Erie shores may see up to five inches. Snow also blankets Montana mountains as Maryland Delaware see rain and Florida and the Pacific Northwest report showers. Temperatures ranged from 6 degrees in Williston North Carolina to 73 in Key West Florida.
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United Press International
Dakotas
Appalachians
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Central Appalachians
Lexington
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Houghton Lake
Nich
South Bend
Ind
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
Binghampton
N.Y
Beckley
W.va
Newport
Upper
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
National
Wather Service
Lake Erie
Montana
Maryland
Delaware
Florida
Pacific Northwest
Williston
N.C
Key West, Fla
Weather: Partial Clearing and Cold Tonight
Partial clearing and cold tonight with a low of 10 to 15 degrees. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cold with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Winds westerly to northwesterly about 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Fireman dies after five alarm blaze traps him on roof
Walter Watroba, a Chicago fireman, suffocated and had his right leg amputated in a desperate rooftop operation to free him from debris during a five alarm fire at Commonwealth Edison Fisk Station. The fire intensified with collapsing conveyor belt sections, causing hours of freezing, failed rescue attempts before hospital death.
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Chicago
UPI
Walter Watroba
Watroba
Mercy Hospital
Commonwealth Edison
Joseph Cari
Cari
Bill Harrah
Fisk
Budget hearings to open Tuesday in Des Moines
DES MOINES UPI reports the first budget hearing series will let state department and agency heads present requests to Gov. Robert D. Ray. Hearings begin Tuesday and Wednesday with additional sessions planned for the weeks of December 5 and December 12.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Department
Robert D. Ray
Governor’s Office
Mississippi River clears amid drought warns of ecological impact
The Mississippi shows a brownish tint but is clearer above St. Louis due to a Midwest drought. Aquatic biologist Richard Sparks notes reduced runoff, affecting algae blooms, taste and odor in Quad Cities water supplies, and lowering populations of fingernail clams, mayflies, snails and aquatic worms. Diver ducks face food shortages. Frank Bellrose cites fewer ducks at Keokuk. Once rainfall returns, the river will muddy again.
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Rock Island, Ill
UPI
Mississippi
St. Louis
Richard Sparks
Illinois Natural History Survey
Sparks
Havana
Illinois River
Donald Wulf
Davenport
Iowa
Wulf
Quincy
Quincy Waterworks
Virgil Niewehner
Frank Bellrose
Bellrose
Keokuk
Gulf of Mexico
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