Would-be witness shot to death near Meramec River
Donald F. Hedrick 25, set to testify in a Dent County calf theft case, was found shot four times along the Meramec River near Eureka. Hedrick, from Creve Coeur, lived in St Louis County and belonged to the Omega Motorcycle Club, whose members were jailed after a Labor Day calf theft and alleged butchering. He had pleaded guilty Oct 10 and was on probation with restitution. No arrests yet in his killing. investigation continues.
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Donald F. Hedrick
Creve Coeur
St. Louis
Robert Lowery
Hedrick
Dorman Gibbs
Omega Motorcycle Club of
Cedar Grove Federal Park
Missouri
Gibbs
Lowery
Protesting truckers block four Kansas City area stops
AP report says four truck stops in the Kansas City metro were blocked by parked trucks and cars to protest speed limits and fuel costs. Stops included Metro Truck Stop Kansas City Kansas, Heart of America Truck Stop I 35, Kansas City Truck Terminal I 76, and 707 Truck Stop Blue Springs. Additional blockades were reported at nearby Oak Grove stops while Missouri stations saw no confirmed closures. Local attendants noted rumors of I 70 action across Missouri.
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Metro
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America
707
Blue Springs
Texaco
Oak Grove
Union 76
St. Louis
Boonville
Columbia
Gasper
Kingdom City
Missouri
Court blocks class actions in environment damages case
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, barred class action suits for environmental damages unless each claimant meets at least 10,000 dollars in damage as a prerequisite for federal court filing. The Vermont case against International Paper involved 200 landowners and lakefront property claims.
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Supreme Court
Vermont
International Paper Co
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
William O
Vets get GI bill deadlines for college and training
Veterans discharged between January 31, 1955 and June 1, 1966 have until May 31, 1974 to use college benefits and eight years from discharge to complete training. Post Korean veterans have eight years from discharge or from 1966, whichever is later, with an August 31, 1967 amendment enabling flight, farm, and on the job training. Contact the nearest VA office or call toll free for eligibility dates.
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Veterans Administration
Steve Savis
St. Louis VA
Four Die In Missouri Weekend Crashes
Four people were killed in Missouri traffic crashes over the weekend. Ora Lee Miles 48 and his granddaughter Gawann Miles 5 of Steelville died when his car left the road to avoid another vehicle, struck a pickup in Crawford County on Mo 8. Ruby M. Kilmer 27 of Barnett died in a head on collision on Route C0 near Route CC in Miller County. Thomas Woodrow Brammer 57 of Marceline died from injuries after a Friday night head on crash on Mo 5 near Marceline Chariton County. Betty Joann Fisher 38 of Eldon sustained minor injuries when her car ran off Route CC near U.S. 54 in Miller County.
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Missouri
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Gawann Miles
Steelville
Miles
Highway Patrol
Crawford County
Ruby M. Kilmer
Barnett
Chester L. Wasmer
Miller County
Wasmer
Charles E. Still Hospital
Thomas Woodrow Brammer
Marceline
Charles Eugene Craig
Brookfield
Mo. 5
Chariton County
Betty Joann Fisher
Eldon
Goldwater urges House to end Nixon impeachment delay
Senator Barry Goldwater tells the Christian Science Monitor that House leadership must shut up or put up on impeachment proceedings. He faults Nixon for slow, vague replies and says rapid conclusion of the process is essential. Goldwater says Nixon ignores good advice and treats himself as supreme politician.
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Barry Goldwater
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Christian Science Mentor
Arizon
House Judiciary Committee
Goldwater
East Battles Winter Storm Across the Mid-Atlantic
A winter storm churned the East with heavy snow, freezing rain, and gusty winds. Six inches blanketed Washington DC as Virginia to eastern New York saw two to five inches, with up to 12 inches expected in parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Getty heir kept blindfolded during five month Rome captivity
J Paul Getty II's mother Gail Harris visited him in a Rome clinic where he was admitted after appearing in southern Italy following a five month kidnapping. Police say the 17 year old was sedated and unable to recount the ordeal though a Rome daily quoted him saying he remembered being struck and hearing his right ear cut during the abduction in Piazza Farnese. Family reportedly paid 2.7 million dollars in ransom and he was found at a Lagonegro gas station 125 miles south of Naples.
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Gail Harris
Italy
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J. Paul Getty
Getty
Piazza Farnese
Heart of
Ars
Lagonegro
Naples
Khmer Rouge advances near Phnom Penh raise regional tension
Khmer Rouge insurgents drive government forces from a position 10 miles southeast of Phnom Penh and attack along Highway 1. Cambodian troops suffer many casualties, with missing soldiers and rescued survivors ferried by navy gunboats as fighting extends to highways 4 and 5 and to Kampot. In Saigon, the U S requests I C C S oversight into a helicopter attack deaths.
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Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Kien Soay
Mekong River
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Kampot
Saigon
United States
International Commission of Control and Supervison
U.S
Richard Morgan Rees
Wheat
Ohio
Rees
Thailand
International Commission
Ben
Woman's midnight cross country ride sobers Cincinnati
Cincinnati report details Jan McConner 23 riding a horse named Jack 50 miles from Ross to New Richmond after the horse balked at a trailer. Police probe a Sunday auto store break in and theft of firearms at Midwest Auto Store. Neighbors and officers recall the unusual journey through high crime areas with a halted horse crossing a viaduct.
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Jan McConner
Earl
Midwest Auto Store
W. McCarty St
Jim Lewis
Jock
Ross
New Richmond
Jan
Miami University
Oxford
Jack
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