Free house check service offered for vacation gaps
Washington County residents planning winter or short vacations can use a free house check service. Visit the public safety center in Washington to get a form and have your home placed on a regular check list by sheriff's officers or city police. Telephone requests are not accepted. determine location by visiting the appropriate center.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington County
Public Safety Center
Washington
Sheriff's Office
Kalona
Yale Jarvis
Washington Police
Kenneth Bauer
Holiday travel surges as trains planes and roads fill
Holiday travelers flood airports stations and highways as National Safety Council warns to drive carefully. Amtrak reports 260 trains in service with two fatal crashes near St Louis and Wood River causing a 42 hour delay. officials scramble to rebook passengers and keep service moving toward Chicago.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Amtrak
Washington
Joseph Vranich
Vranich
St. Louis
Frank Jacobs
Myrtle
Chicago
Walrup Jr. sentenced for fatal beating of infant son
William Walrup Jr., 20, Davenport, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the May death of his 21 month old son from head and internal injuries. He was sentenced to 10 years in the Iowa Penitentiary Fort Madison and ordered transferred to the Men's Reformatory at Anamosa to begin serving.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
William Walrup Jr
Fort Madison
Scott County
L.D. Carstensen
Walrup
Carstensen
Anamosa
Prisoner exchange treaty links U.S. and Mexico
The United States and Mexico sign a prisoner exchange treaty allowing hundreds of Americans held on drug offenses to return home and as many as 1,200 Mexicans in U.S. jails to go to Mexico. Ambassador Jova and Mexican Foreign Minister Robles were to sign in Mexico City with no actual exchange until possibly April 1977.
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Mexico City
U.S
Carters at home for the holiday in Plains Georgia
President-elect Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn hosted four generations for a Southern style Thanksgiving roast turkey dinner at their Plains home. The gathering included Miss Lillian and year-old Jason Carter as Carter anticipates a possible Cabinet role for Bert Lance. Carter plans to balance Plains hospitality with tourism by promoting Southwest Georgia landmarks like Andersonville and Warm Springs.
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Andrew Young
D-Ga
Carter
Washington
Jody Powell
Atlanta
Bert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
National Bank of Georgia
Georgia
Carters
Andersonville
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Little White House
Turkiye quake toll climbs toward 3000 in Van region
Reports from VAN and Muradiye indicate about 1,439 dead confirmed with officials warning the toll may exceed 3,000. The 7.6 quake devastated about 80 villages near Ercis and Caldiran, with mud houses collapsed and lines of field hospitals and tents rushed in as rescue teams faced snow and blocked roads.
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Van
Turkey
UPI
Mt. Ararat
Muradiye
Lake van
Burhan Yavuzyilmaz
Ferent Melen
Ercis
Caldiran
Yavuzyilmaz
Salt Lake
Rhode Island
van State Hospital
Turkish Red Crescent
Red Cross
China
Hopeh
Yerevan
Tass
Soviet Union
The
Red Crescent Society
Unal Somuncu
Red Crescent
Demirel
U.S. Geological Survey
Washington
Caucasus
Holiday murders haunt Waverly residents a year on
In Waverly Iowa residents recall the deaths of Julie Benning and Lisa Peak linked by timing and manner. Neighbors and officials discuss a possible holiday connection while police boost patrols near Wartburg College and vigilant preparations for Thanksgiving return home.
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Waverly
Iowa
UPI
Lowell
JoAnn Benning
Julia
Shell Rock
Benning
Lisa Peak
Wartburg College
Bremer County
Paul Riffel
Julie
Plainfield Farm
FBI
Keosauqua guns case under study for return
Federal officials assess whether the Van Buren County Historical Society museum’s World War I guns seized Nov 9 can be returned. ATF attorney James Wachter reviews the case, noting unregistered firearms and a 1971 Supreme Court ruling, with potential county government involvement as a factor.
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van Buren County
Arsenal to Close Despite Mondale Pledge
Philadelphia UPI reports dismissal or transfer letters will be mailed to Frankford Arsenal employees starting Friday despite Vice President-elect Mondale's pledge that the arsenal would stay open. Mondale had promised Carter administration would halt Ford era closure plans during the campaign.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Frankford Arsenal
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Jimmy Carter
Ford
National Steel Plans 6 Percent Sheet Steel Rise
National Steel Corp. and Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. announced price hikes for sheet steel and certain stainless products, with National setting Dec. 1 and Jones and Laughlin Jan. 1, while Allegheny Ludlum also unveiled a 6 percent stainless rise effective Jan. 1. The move drew surprise from the Council on Wage and Price Stability, which seeks data on costs and sales, and plans to report to President Ford.
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White House
National Steel Corp
National Steel
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Council On
National
Council
William Lilley III
Lilley
Ford
Winter Storm Develops Across Northwest and Plains
A complex winter storm formed in the Northwest today, threatening holiday travel and pushing cold air into the Plains. Rain ahead of the system is expected to turn to snow as temperatures fall, with winter storm warnings issued for North Dakota and watches for South Dakota, southern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan. An advisory covers eastern Montana.
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United Press International
Northwest
Canada
Plains
National Weather Service
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Continental Divide
Montana
Thanksgiving Parades Kick Off National Celebration
Mickey Mouse Snoopy and Howdy Doody lead parades on Broadway as Santa Claus makes his first appearance of the season. Millions join in Thanksgiving celebrations with turkey dinners and televised football across major cities.
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Mickey Mouse
Snoopy
Howdy Doody
Broadway
Santa Claus
Arab ministers split over oil price hike size before OPEC meet
Arab oil ministers ended a two day Kuwait conference with proposed increases from 8 to 36 percent. Iraq pushed for 25 percent as a minimum citing inflation while Saudi Arabia favored eight percent and the UAE pressed for around 10 percent. A middle ground around 15 percent was suggested by economic experts, Iran pushing for 12 percent.
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Kuwait
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Tayeh Abdel Karim
Iraq
Karim
Qatar
Algeria
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Emirates
Sheikh Otaiba
Otaiba
OPFC
Jimmy Carter
Vienna
Sheikh Abdel Aziz Ben Hamad al Thani
Ezz Eddin al Mabrouk
Iran
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