Paul Simon Favored In St Louis Vote
Democrat Paul Simon appeared set to win the St Louis Board of Aldermen race amid many area contests. Voter turnout was expected to be light as elections covered aldermen, school boards, mayors, and county races across St Louis and surrounding communities.
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Albert Holst
Barbara Bowman
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Pops Bagley: 44 Years In Missouri Prison Aims For Release
Ernest Bagley known as Pops, the longest serving inmate in Missouri, says prison life has improved since his 1927 sentence for first degree robbery. He criticizes overmedication, defends guards, recalls past violence, and notes his family hopes for his release as he remains a patient and worker in Huntsville prison.
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Jefferson City
Pops
Missouri
Ernest Bagley
Huntsville
Bagley
Fulton
Nevada Chambers
Kansas City
Donald Wyrick
Cancer Center Buildings Named for Green and Alston
The Columbia Cancer Research Center trustees name the administration building after the late A P Green of Mexico. The 20,000 square foot laboratory sciences building honors J M Alston of Columbia. Ceremonies are planned later this year.
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A.P. Green
Canceresearch Center
Columbia
Mexico
Cancer Research Center
Allen P
Josephine B. Green
J.M. Alston
Center
Cancer Hospital
No Shortage Now On Pennies
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says pennies are no longer in short supply and no longer need to be allocated to district banks. Allocation began last spring due to a coin shortage affecting Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, most of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and 43 western Missouri counties.
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Federal Reserve Bank of
10Th Federal Reserve District
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Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Missouri
SLA Pair View Own Trial On Court's To
In Sacramento two Symbionese Liberation Army members Remiro and Little request not to attend their murder trial as jury selection begins. They sit in separate holding cells watching via closed circuit TV while a prison spokesperson denies abuse claims. Also note Teresa Harrison admitted to Columbia Regional Hospital for knee surgery with expected weeklong stay.
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Superior Court
Elvin Sheehy
Remiro
Little
San Quentin Prison
San Quentin
Clemency Ends With Eighteen Thousand Signups
Washington AP Ford's clemency program closed at midnight with about 18,000 applicants. Military desertion cases processed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison rose to 5,284 from 5,263, while 33 remained. Justice Department reported 603 signups from 4,400 unconvicted draft evaders. Critics called the effort a failure.
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Ford
Presidential Clemency Board
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
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Post
Justice Department
Steve Grossman
Chicago
Amex Canada
Toronto
American Civil Liberties Union
American Businessmen Still In Saigon
In Saigon American businesses stay on a day to day footing as the Viet Nam crisis deepens. Most staff are Vietnamese locals with few American managers remaining while dependents are evacuated. Firms insist branches remain open where feasible and await broader developments.
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New York
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
George Calfo
American Trading Co
Exxon Corp
Caltex Petroleum Corp
Exxon
Mobil Oil Corp
South China Sea
U.S. Commerce Department
Bank of America
San Francisco
Lincoln Brownell
Brownell-Lane Corp
Brownell
St Louis Drug War Kills 4 Young Men
Four men in their 20s were shot dead early today in St Louis. Police Capt. John Andrews said three were major narcotics dealers, indicating a war over the trade. Two men were arrested about four hours later and police recovered three revolvers.
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Woman Starves To Death With $800000 Cash
Bertha Adams a 71 year old widow in West Palm Beach died of malnutrition after hoarding 800000 in cash and stock certificates in safe deposit boxes. Neighbors and officials described her as a recluse who refused to spend money on food and care despite state social workers’ alerts. Authorities found 600000 in cash in one bank box and 199581.50 in cash plus hundreds of stock certificates in another. The probate judge appointed Leite as guardian noting her senility.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Bertha Adams
Russell Blair
Salvation Army
Blair
International Telephone and Telegraph
International Paper Co
American Hoist and Derrick
Pancoastal Petroleum Co
Farm Prices Down For Fifth Month
Washington AP reports farm prices fell for the fifth straight month due mainly to lower prices for wheat, corn, cotton, soybeans, tomatoes and milk. Retail food costs rise on higher middleman costs, with meat prices up slightly but overall levels well below a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Public polls show Ford poor but Congress worse
New York AP reports a Harris poll of 1,536 households finds 60 percent view President Ford as doing a poor job while 67 percent rate Congress as worse. The poll notes the last time Congress fared lower was January 1974 before impeachment hearings as Americans sour on Congress amid recession and tax issues. In Ohio, police probe into the Ruppert family massacre cites 11 dead at a Hamilton home with James Ruppert charged with aggravated murder and a $200,000 bond.
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Ford
Congress
Harris
Hamilton
Ohio
Gerald Rost
Ruppert
James Ruppert
Charity Ruppert
Alma
Vth
John Holcomb
Butler County
Garret Boone
George McNally
Missouri Military Academy Fusileers Defend Title
Cadet Kevin Hamlett of Laddonia profiles the Missouri Military Academy Fusileers as they defend the Missouri state drill team championship in Columbia on April 5. supervised by Major Kenneth Mortenson. The team seeks a 11th state title in 12 years and will also enter the National Invitational Drill Meet at the University of Illinois in Champaign, competing against top high school and university units.
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Kevin Hamlett
Ray Hamlett
Laddonia
Missouri Military Academy
Fusileers
Missouri
Columbia
Kenneth Mortenson
Rotc Department
University of Missouri
University of Illinois
Champaign
Illinois
Hannibal Man Drowns In River
Hannibal police report a 45 year old man named William Floyd Coleman drowned after falling from a riverfront embankment into the Mississippi River. Mark Twain Emergency Squad conducted over 20 hours of dragging before recovering the body. Coleman had left a car with two friends near downtown, climbed a fence, and fell ten feet into the river.
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Hannibal
Mississippi River
William Floyd Coleman
Mark Twain
Coleman
90 000 Cases Checked For Oil Gauging
The Federal Energy Administration reports nearly 90,000 cases reviewed in its year long probe of petroleum overcharging, with refunds surpassing $74.7 million and penalties totaling $930,052 across 130 firms. Investigations span refiners and propane pricing, with cases ongoing and potential overcharges estimated higher. Gulf Oil Corp. faces $101 million in suspected overcharges amid disputed potential future price-hike cancellations.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Associated Press
Union Oil
Petrofina
Mid Continent L. P. Service
Ferrelgas, Inc
Farmers Plan Action Rally at United Farmers meeting
Rep Paul Sinton and Illinois official Williams headline a five state United Farmers rally in Sikeston Missouri seeking voluntary 20 percent production cuts, 100 percent parity, an end to exports and imports, duties to lift farm prices to parity, with James Spain and other speakers. The event occurs at Sikeston High School field house.
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James Spain
Missouri
Sikeston High School
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