Holiday road toll climbs near 300 in holiday period
National Safety Council pre holiday estimate projects 580 to 680 deaths on highways during the 102 hour period. United Press International tally at 8 am EST shows 281 fatalities with 33 in California and 21 in Texas among the states reporting counts. Two major crashes on Thanksgiving Day kill five in Ohio and four in Virginia.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Texas
Virginia
Ohio
New York
McConnellsville
Washington, D.C
Charlottesville
Fireworks flare as wires short at Washington high area
Firefighters battled blazing tension wires in an alley east of Washington high school last night around 8 15 pm. Sparks shot everywhere and several nearby homes lost power until an Iowa Southern Utilities crew restored service after hours.
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Washington High School
Iowa Southern Utilities Service
Farm Bureau Sets Area Meetings on Swine Diseases
Twelve area meetings on swine disease control will be held November 30 and December 1 to renew eradication efforts for brucellosis hog cholera and tuberculosis and to discuss swine dysentery. The sessions are a cooperative effort of the Iowa Farm Bureau Iowa Park Producers Iowa Department of Agriculture USDA and Iowa State University.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Park Producers
Iowa Department of Agriculture
USDA
Iowa State University
Nixon cabinet shakeup looms as Romney faces resignation
Washington expects Housing Secretary George Romney to announce Monday the first change in President Nixon’s second term cabinet. Romney likely leaves HUD and may form a conservative citizens lobby as several other secretaries face possible moves or exits.
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UPI
George Romney
Nixon
Romney
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
HUD
Pentagon
Laird
William P. Rogers
Transportation
John A. Volpe
George P. Shultz
John B. Connally
Treasury Department
Bhut
Common Cause
Health, Education and Welfare
John Gardner
Johnson
White House
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Transportation Department
Volpe
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Peace conference stalls push back talks to December four
Secret Vietnam peace talks in Paris recessed until December 4 as Kissinger flies back to the United States after two hours with Le Duc Tho. Officials cite unresolved issues on troop withdrawal and international police for a cease-fire, with resumed negotiations planned in early December.
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Paris
White House
Kissinger
United States
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
New York
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Xuan Thuy
Waldorf Astoria
New
York
Tho
Hanoi
Thuy
Storm Lake girl displays Reserve Junior Grand Champion steer
In Chicago at the 1972 International Livestock Exposition an 18 year old from Storm Lake Iowa showed the Reserve Junior Grand Champion steer. Snow this morning will diminish this afternoon with 1 to 3 inches accumulation. Highs near 35. Winds southerly 10 to 15 mph tonight NW winds 15 to 30 mph. Lows in mid to upper 20s. Sunday highs 35 to 40. Snow dances at 20 tonight and near zero Sunday.
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Chicago, Ill
UPI
Storm Lake, Iowa
Iowa Officials Consider Banning Studded Tires After Snow
After a heavy snowstorm Iowa Highway Commission officials report studded tires wear grooves in pavement causing plows to ride over depressions and leave ice in the grooves. They note chemical melts help but risk polluting streams. a proposed ban aims to curb safety hazards from tire troughs.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
William Gray
Commission
Robert Henely
Central
Iowa
Henely
London Daily Express claims Bormann alive in Latin America
The London Daily Express reports Martin Bormann, Nazi deputy to Hitler, is alive in Latin America. It cites a nine month probe by Ladislas Farago and Stewart Steven alleging Vatican protection and purchases of governments to avoid capture, with files smuggled to the U.S. and Europe for a forthcoming book.
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UPI
London Daily Express
Martin Bormann
Adolf Hitler
South America
Bormann
Nuernberg
Latin America
Daily Express
Germany
United States
Europe
Farago
Red Oak Boy Receives Nixon Hero Award
Twelve year old Joey Clark of Red Oak is honored by President Nixon for saving his grandmother from drowning in the East Nishnabotna River. He and his grandmother, bicycling during a flood, were stranded. Joey kept her afloat until Harold Jones rescued them and pulled them to safety.
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Germany
UPI
Air Canada
Margit Sommer
West Germany
Prague
Jan Micica
Lubomir Adamica
Dieter Gramtzki
Montreal
Gramatzki
Albert Kalk
RED Oak
Nixon
East Nishnabotna
Joey Clark
Virgil Clark
United States
Curtis
Marie Clark
Clark
Joey
Harold Jones
Jones
White House
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