Lawsuit filed against Wagon Wheel Tap over drunk driving crash
Dudley Dean Graber sues Callistus J. Kern doing business as the Wagon Wheel Tap in Washington County District Court for 130000 alleging the tavern served liquor to Ronald D. Feil while intoxicated, contributing to a Dec 21 1973 crash near Washington in which Graber was badly injured and hospitalized with lasting injuries. Feil and Graber were both seriously hurt in the collision on highways 1 and 92.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington County
Washington
Dudley Dean Graber
Callistus J. Kern
Wagon Wheel Tap
Graber
Ronald D. Feil
Feil
Kern's Tavern
Iowa Children Die In Holiday Mishaps On Thanksgiving Day
Two Cedar Rapids sisters Roxanne Schowalter age five and Jessica seven perished in an early morning house fire caused by a quilt left on a heat register. Their sister Georgia nine is in Mercy Hospital with severe burns while parents and another child escaped via a porch roof. In Des Moines Marshalltown boy Brett Bonzer four drowned after slipping through ice at a neighbor’s pool during Thanksgiving visit.
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Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Ying
Roxanne Schowalter
Jessica
Georgia
Mercy Hospital
John
Edsel McMickle
Brett Bonzer
Capital City
William Bonzer
Mid-Prairie march raises 2426 for three causes
The 1975 March of Concern by the Mid-Prairie Council of Churches raised 2426 to be shared by Children Inc. 1088 the Washington County Boys Group Home project 612 and the senior citizens fund 726. Treasurer Richard Dyer notes Bruce Spitzer led with 105.85 and eleven others topped 50.
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Mid-Prairie Council of Churches
Richard Dyer
The
Church Council
Children Inc
Washington County
Senior Citizens Fund
Bruce Spitzer
Paul Baumert
Lt. Bergthold
Beth Ann Brenneman
Chris Crawford
Melody Crawford
Patti Dillon
Evelyn Gingerich
Stacy Speas
Cynthia Spicher
Craig Spitzer
Jim Wood
Newborn Heroin Addicted Baby Survives in Virginia Clinic
In Richmond, Jennifer ten hours old faced withdrawal from methadone exposure at birth. Doctors detoxified her with Thorazine and round the clock nursing as part of a state program for about 60 addicted babies born to heroin or methadone-using mothers. The clinic tracks long term outcomes, noting most children today are healthy though futures remain uncertain.
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Richmond
UPI
Jennifé
Jennifer
Medical College of Virginia
Ted Abernathy
Abernathy
Orn
Ford highlights China trip as key to Sino American ties
President Ford in the White House Rose Garden hails his forthcoming ten day journey to China as a pivotal step to broaden normalization between Peking and Washington and sustain ongoing dialogue with Chinese leaders. He greets 19 members of the national women’s basketball team of China.
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UPI
Ford
China
Peking
Peoples Republic of China
White House
Rose Garden
Far East
U.S
Kissinger
America
Landfill Operator Training In City Hall Dec 9 10
The Iowa Department of Environmental Quality offers a two day training for sanitary landfill operators at Washington City Hall on December 9 and 10. Representatives from a 16 county area will attend with classroom work field trips and on the job training tuition is free through a contract with Iowa Western Community College.
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Washington City
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Iowa Western Community College
Bands in concert at WHS on Monday evening
Washington High School Concert Band and Jazz Band under Robert Shepherd present their first concert of the season in the WHS auditorium Monday December 1 at 8 p.m. Theme Warm Music on a Cold Night features Bach Persichetti and a Christmas carol medley. Jazz selections include works planned for Augustana College Jazz Festival. Tickets cost $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for students.
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Washington High School
Robert Shepherd
J. S. Bach
Vincent Persichetti
Augustana College
Court overturns kidnap ruling in Murphy case new trial ordered
A three judge panel of the 5th U S Circuit overturns the 1974 conviction of kidnapper William A H Williams for extorting 700000 and holding Reg Murphy, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, for 49 hours. The panel cites pretrial publicity and prejudicial government arguments as combined grounds affecting fairness and orders a new trial. Murphy, released unharmed, was en route to San Francisco when reached for comment.
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Atlanta
UPL
Atlanta Constitution
Reg Murphy
William A. H. Williams
Murphy
Sth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco
Georgia
Weather outlook for tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy forecast with lows in the upper 20s and highs in the low 40s. Southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph tonight.
U.S. pledges to keep farm production at full capacity
Washington reports that the United States will not guarantee unlimited supplies but will run its agricultural production at full capacity to meet buyer needs under informal understandings with Japan, Romania and Israel. Officials caution price effects and open market policy.
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Washington
UPI
Richard E. Bell
United States
Bell
Poland
Butz
U.S
Israel
Fromme to appeal assassin verdict in Ford attempt case
Lynette Fromme seeks an appeal after an eight woman four man jury convicted her of attempting to assassinate President Ford. If Judge MacBride imposes life, it would be his first such sentence in 14 years. Defense cites suppressed evidence and tone of voice rulings as grounds.
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Sacramento
Calif.lp
Lynette Fromme
Ford
Thomas MacBride
Charles Manson
John Virgo
Miss Fromme
Virgo
MacBride
Survive storm at sea three men endure Pacific peril
Three men and a cat survived a week adrift after their yacht The Nomad capsized off Mexico. They punched a hole, sheltered inside, and drank water from a solar still while subsisting on tomato paste and fish. They reached San Francisco aboard a tanker in good condition.
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Shamus
David Hill
Belmont
Hill
Mexico
Edwin Barrett
Gerald D.millsap
Tustin
Costa Rica
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