Frankton 4-H Fair Queen crowned for 1977
Lisa Wittkamper of the Frankton Homemakers 4-H Club was chosen from 18 candidates as the 1977 Madison County 4-H Fair Queen. She received a banner, roses, a Kiwanis Club trophy, and a week with a car from Doug Bowmar Ford. Runners up were Stephanie Hardacre and Angel Blaylock.
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Lisa Wittkamper
Frankton Homemakers
Madison County
Pam Krieg
Alexandria Kiwanis Club
Doug Bowmar Ford
Alexandria
Stephanie Hardacre
Happy Homemakers
Angel Blaylock
Frankton Triple C
Julie Harper
Nancye Marsh
Sharon Richardson
Gail Barnhart
Beth Burkhardt
Patti
Harvey Riedel
Maurice Wittkamper
Frankton
Three Chowchilla Suspects Plead Guilty To Kidnapping
Three Chowchilla suspects Frederick Woods James Schoenfeld and Richard Schoenfeld pleaded guilty to 27 counts of kidnap for ransom and waived a jury trial. They face life in prison on the charges while denying five counts of kidnap with bodily harm. The men reportedly admitted to the ransom demand tied to the 1976 mass kidnapping of a bus with 26 children and their driver.
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Oakland
Calif
Chowchilla
Frederick N. Woods
James Schoenfeld
Richard
Alameda County
Leo Deegan
Livermore
David Milner
Madera
Woods
Schoenfelds
Madera County
Merrill
Deegan
Post Office Move Delayed By Board
The Anderson Redevelopment Commission delayed a plan to relocate the downtown post office at 10th and Main after labeling federal officials offer of 15 000 for the site as too low. The appraised land value is 59 000, with the post office to lease a privately built facility for 30 years once constructed.
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10Th and Main Streets
Anderson Redevelopment Commission
Federal
C. Alan Hornley
Commission
Post Office Department
Hornley
Post Office
J. Michael LeGrand
LeGrand
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Clair Call
Pre-Stress Services, Inc
Decatur
Llth
Meridian Streets
UAW Mulls Restart of Essex Talks After Strike Vote
The United Auto Workers consider resuming negotiations with Essex International after 220 workers rejected the company's offer and extended the strike begun April 6. Essex says it will study restructuring the monetary package if the union agrees, while about 20 non union workers crossed lines and state police remain at the plant, costing the state about 2000 dollars daily.
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United Auto Workers Union
Essex International Corporation
Paul Couch
Couch
Essex
James Kress
Indiana
John T. Shettle
Indictments Sought in Korea Influence Probe
Justice Department plans indictments against five present or former congressmen tied to the South Korean influence buying case. Speaker ONeill and aides say two will be named next month and three in September. White House and House leaders anticipate limited indictments amid ongoing investigations.
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Washington
Justice Department
Thomas P. O'Neill
O'Neill
House
House Ethics Committee
Congress
Atty
Griffin Bell
White House
Bell
Newsweek Magazine
Jim Wright
Wright
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Benjamin R. Civiletti
Tongsun Park
Ex-Nixon Aide Colson Headlines Evangelical Convocation
Charles Colson and wife Patty spoke at a Good News Convocation of United Methodists for Evangelical Christianity. The former prisoner and adviser to Richard Nixon discussed his prison ministry and one-to-one outreach, citing a Europe tour, large youth revivals, and calls to Christian service.
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Viola B. Phillips
Herald
Jesus Christ
Charles Colson
United Methodists
Colson
Patty
Nixon
Germany
Zurich
Berne
Berlin
U.S
Gallup
Harold Hughes
Christ
Great Britain
America
William Wilberforce
Oregon
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H Fair Queen
Monica West
Karla Harris
Manet Kellum
Myra Jo Mann
Taffy Ann Moore
Lisa Patterson
Debbie Smith
Cindy Stires
Becky Watkins
Debbie Webb
John O. Hutchins
Pat Dillon
Paul Thurston
Max Branch
Anderson
Robert Rock
Elwood
Lynn Chase
Richard Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
Lester Gendron
Portola Valley
Frederick Nickerson Woods III
UAW
Shettle
Michael A. Brown
Mike Brown
Oscar Brown
Rt. 2
Beulah Park
Korea
South Korea
Richard P. Hanna
California
Cornelius E. Gallagher
New Jersey
Park
Gallagher
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Foreign Operations Appropriations
Passman
John Brademas
John J. McFall
D-Calif
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Nixon Ride
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