Peasants seize land across Durango and Sinaloa in protest
Thousands of peasants occupied 651,300 acres in Durango, denouncing government promises and warning of resistance to forceful evictions. In Sonora and Sinaloa, owners plan court actions to block transfers while hunger strikes and further invasions loom as President-elect Lopez Portillo nears inauguration.
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Durango
Mexico
UPI
Luis Echeverria
Benito Arrendondo Navarrete
Arendondo
Sonora
Sinaloa
Culiacan
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Arizona
Jose Lopez Portillo
Alfonso Calderon
Theft Reported From Trailer Home On South Avenue B
Washington police investigated a theft at 611 South Avenue B where 495 dollars in cash were missing from an unlocked trailer home. Resident Harry Miller reported the money was gone after he left and returned.
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Washington City
South Avenue B
Harry Miller
College counseling meetings for Washington High School seniors
Parents of seniors are reminded of meetings with counselors about vocational technical school and college information. Sessions are Tuesday November 30 at 10 a.m. Wednesday December 1 at 2 p.m. and Thursday December 2 at 7 p.m. in room 12. Parents are urged to attend one session.
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Washington High School
Nixon seeks Supreme Court review of presidential papers ruling
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Richard Nixon's challenge to a 1974 law that Congress used to gain control over his presidential papers and tape recordings. The case involves about 42 million documents and 880 tapes, with arguments to be heard later this term and a written opinion expected.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Bethlehem Steel Joins 6 Percent Price Rise Across Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp, the nation’s No 2 producer, raised prices an average 6 percent effective Wednesday. Six other major firms had already boosted sheet and strip prices used in auto and appliance manufacture, while United States Steel Corp. had not yet commented. If U.S. Steel follows, total price hikes this year could reach 12 percent, pushing up costs for cars, ranges, refrigerators, home and business construction and other steel-using goods.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Bethlehem Steel Corp
United States Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Scheeler sells Washington Livestock Auction firm
Jack Scheeler, longtime owner of the Washington Livestock Auction, has sold the business to four area men effective December 1. New owners are Chester Miller, Simon Mullet, Dean Mullet of Kalona, and John Swartzendruber of Wayland. Keith Murphy remains manager at the sale barn on old highway 92 west of Washington. Scheeler will keep an order buying service while health prompts the sale. Regular sales are expected to continue unchanged for now.
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Jack Scheeler
Washington
Chester Miller
Simon Mullet
Dean Mullet
Kalona
John Swartzendruber
Wayland
Keith Murphy
Old Highway 92
Scheeler
Cold wave hits southern states with ice and snow
Freezing rain and sleet spread ice on roads from Texas to Tennessee while rain fell across New England. The system dominated much of the nation from the Great Lakes to the Gulf and west to the Pacific, with snow reaching the Texas Citrus Belt for the first time in decades. Interstate closures occurred around Nashville, and the Memphis school system closed, affecting about 119,000 students as icy conditions forced flight and travel disruptions across Mississippi and Tennessee.
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United Press International
Texas
Tennessee
New England
Lower
Great Lakes
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Citrus
National Weather Service
Brownsville
Miami
Rio Grande Valley
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Johnnie Watson
Appalachians
Pennsylvania
Weather outlook for Zones 9 and 13 tonight
Zones 9 and 13 mainly clear to partly cloudy and cold tonight. Increasing clouds and a milder Tuesday with low around zero to 5 above and Tuesday high in the mid to upper 20s. Winds west 5 to 10 mph tonight.
Medicaid fraud probe eyed in Iowa by state officials
Des Moines report notes potential widespread fraud in Medicaid, food stamp, and ADC programs. BCI director Craig Beek says indictments likely within 60 days as four agents investigate vendor abuses and fraud across physicians, pharmacists, nursing homes, and recipients. Estimates suggest 10 percent or more of program spending may be fraudulent, with national parallels and an ongoing, multi-agency effort.
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Mark Girogini
Drake University
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Des Moines
Iowa
Craig Beck
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Beek
BCI
Stephen Robinson
State Department of Social Services
Beck
Bob Miller
Department of Social Services
Miller
Iowa Medical Society
Gibbs
Ronald Mahrenholz
Mahrenholz
Beek Nursing Homes
Henry Larson
Larry Breeding
Health Facilities Association of Iowa
U.S. Senate
Compensation Board endorses county official pay raises
The Washington County Compensation Board recommends average 7 percent salary increases for elected officials with a $940 boost for the county attorney and $800 for all supervisors, auditor, clerk of court, treasurer, recorder and sheriff. A Dec 15 public hearing at the courthouse precedes board action by the county supervisors, who may only accept or uniformly reduce the raises.
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the Evening Journal
Washington County
Board of Supervisors
L.W. Robison
Brighton
William S. Norman
Rural
Wellman
R. H. Johnston
Crawfordsville
Helen L. Doak
Washington
Donald K. Orr
West Chester
Carter pledges to help Black leaders after election
President-elect Jimmy Carter told the National Black Caucus he will not forget or disappoint black leaders who helped him win. He praised their role, vowed accessibility, and outlined plans including a blanket pardon for Vietnam draft evaders and Amy Carter attending a public, predominantly Black school near the White House.
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Carter
Averell Harriman
Robert Lipschutz
Amy
Thaddeus Stevens School
White House
Record-Low Freeze Grips Iowa Cities
An arctic air mass hit Iowa this weekend driving temperatures below zero and shattering past records. Burlington fell to 2 below zero, beating the 1929 zero mark, Ottumwa dropped to 3 below, overtaking the 1929 1-degree low, while Des Moines and Ames recorded zero for the coldest readings overnight.
Walking to health cuts cars from daily routine
Iowa City experts say you can stay fit by walking weekly and avoid costly workouts. University of Iowa instructors Casady and Miller offer 50 plus activities from rock climbing to ballet to foster lifetime exercise habits in college students and in communities. They stress medical checks before starting and warn against abrupt vigorous activity, noting safe aerobic practice builds endurance while calisthenics improve strength.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
U of I
Don Casady
Kathleen Miller
Liberal Arts
van Allens
Bourjailys
Casady and
Miller
U of
Ywcas
Ymcas
Sohol
Turners
Kenneth Cooper
Cooper
Casady and Miller
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Washington Community Center
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Iowa Art Council
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Nixon
Mary Rouse
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