Year’s top local news centers on council fights and crimes
Contested ordinances over a merit system and a grandfather clause tripped council action, while a police chief’s fate spurred transfers. Lincoln U students protested at the News and Tribune, smashing windows and thefts aboard. Voters rebalanced the Jefferson City School Board and a murder at Ft. Leonard Wood remains unsolved. A hot August U S Senate primary reshaped politics, and Lincoln University named Dr. Walter C. Daniel as president. The Giesing family tragedy drew heavy central Missouri support and a large relief drive totaling over 12,800 by October.
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News and Tribune
Martin Luther King
Jefferson City
Walter C. Daniel
Daniel
North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro
N.C
Earl E. Dawson
Lincoln
Vatican silence slammed as Middle East unrest flares
In a charged scene at a Jerusalem rally Warhaftig blamed the Vatican for turning a blind eye to Jewish persecution and Arab terror. Ben-Gurion urged the death penalty for captured guerrillas as Israel defended last week’s Beirut raid as retaliation for an Athens airliner attack. Diplomats warned Lebanon amid UN talks, while calls grew for sanctions and broader actions against Israel if reprisal raids continue.
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Lebanon
Charles Helou
Jerusalem
Warhaftig
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Beirut
Yosef Tekoah
Popular Front For Liberation of Palestine
Fouad Boutros
New York
U.N
United Nations
GAO Flags Large Scale Fuel Theft by US Units in 1967
The GAO report details widespread theft of gasoline and other fuels from service stations used by U S military vehicles in 1967. It states at least 378 truckloads totaling about 1.2 million gallons were stolen, with some deliveries misrepresented and receipts not consistently verified. The investigation found weak internal controls and gaps in monitoring by the Navy and 9th Logistics Command, raising questions about delivery verification and accountability during operations in Thailand and nearby areas.
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Army
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Navy
Rex M. Whitton
Dix
Thailand
Missouri
Mally
Perry Coy
Oakview Drive
Coe St. Mary's’ Hospital
Acci
Larry
Adit
Bacon
High St.s
Vance
Coy
William Y. Niermeyer
Ity
Diai
Blood shortage forces uneven blood drives across nation
The Mid America Red Cross faced a critical blood supply as many centers reported low stocks and hospitals begged for pints. Alabama sources supplied blood after widespread shortfalls while flu outbreaks kept donors away. A Kansas City tavern owner was killed and a bartender wounded in a separate incident, amid a broader crisis impacting donor turnout and emergency readiness.
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Pentagon
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Red Cross
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
City
Betha Kelly
Joe Baker
Vietnam Seen Citing Viet Cong Camps
U.S. officials acknowledge limited knowledge of how many Americans may be held in jungle Viet Cong camps as reports reference Viet Cong bases and captivity. The uncertainty underscores ongoing concerns over prisoner status and potential negotiations.
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U.S
Court decision cuts city man's sentence
The Supreme Court reduced a Missouri cattle rustling and dynamiting case sentence for Mel ler Meller of Jefferson, altering an 18 year term to 10 years while upholding the dynamiting conviction. The ruling noted the prior sentence factored in the cattle rustling charge and that concurrent terms apply.
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Jefferson
Supreme Court
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E. High St
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Ashland
Missouri
U.S
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Kansas City
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Meller
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Hanna Fm
Sedaumant
South
Tinta
Elsie A. Davenport
Bruce E. Davenport
Boone County Circuit Court
Wabash Railroad
Davenport
Columbia
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Autopsy confirms woman strangled in Kansas City home
Police report a 65 year old woman, Arzeila Gohear, found dead in her bed at her Kansas City home after an apparent strangling. A roomer James Moorehead, 79, said the assault occurred Sunday night or Monday morning before he arose. Evidence included a missing sum from his trousers and a forced window indicating entry. Local authorities are investigating as a homicide.
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Kansas City
Kan
James Moorehead
Moorehead
Arzeila
Burglary In Camdenton Stolen Saddlery Worth 8000
Monday night burglaries in Camdenton yielded a large stock of saddlery and western wear from the Western Store with a value of about 8000 dollars. Entry was gained by forcing a back door as Missouri Highway Patrol reported.
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Missouri Highway Patrol
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Brumley
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