Attack on Hoover Deepens as FBI Chief Faces Critics
The fight over J. Edgar Hoover's leadership widens after Democratic Leader Hale Boggs accuses the FBI of tapping congressmen, spying on campuses, and adopting repressive tactics. Mitchell rebuts, while Hoover and Nixon defend his record amid calls for resignation and a broader critique of the bureau's conduct.
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Bike Signup Next Week At Schools
The Mexico PTA and Mexico Police Department sponsor bicycle licensing at elementary schools. Unlicensed bikes can be registered for 50 cents with a police kept permanent record to aid theft recovery. Registration times span Hawthorne on April 14 at 9 a.m and April 16 at Eugene Field, McMillan, and Garfield for various times.
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Mexico Police Department
C. D Austin
Police Department
Hawthorne School
Eugene Field
McMillan
Garfield
Austin
Missouri Public Service Commission Eyes Mexico Bus Cuts
The PSC suspended proposals by North eastern Missouri Lines to slash service between Mexico and St. Louis and to modify routes to Moberly Hannibal Jefferson City and Kingdom City. A hearing is set for May 11 with interested parties invited to present evidence.
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New Florence Junction
St. Louis
Missouri Public Service Commission
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Mexico
Greyhound
Moberly
Hannibal
Jefferson City
Kingdom City
Kinggom City
Fulton
Kindgom City
Kingdom
Last U S troops leave Khe Sanh base amid Vietnam shifts
Across the region, the closing of Khe Sanh marks a second withdrawal of American forces in three years as analysts note North Vietnamese regimental movements into South Vietnam’s central highlands. The chaotic political scene in Sri Lanka meanwhile hints at indecisive primaries benefiting a U S senator. Rail passenger service reforms proceed despite city opposition while Berkeley braces for a radical City Council shift amid a high voter turnout forecast. Humphrey leads a three-neighborhood push turning on police control and city governance.
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Associated Press Saigon
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Stravinsky dies at 88 ends controversial career
New York AP reports Igor Stravinsky, 88, died of an apparent heart attack at his Fifth Avenue apartment. The influential composer, famed for The Firebird and The Rite of Spring, shaped 20th-century music and faced ongoing controversy. He had moved to Paris in 1914, became a US citizen in 1945, and remained a towering, idiosyncratic figure in modern composition.
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Fifth Avenue
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Paris
Serge Diaghilev
Ballets Russes
Diaghilev
Petrouchka
Pierre Boulez
New York Philharmonic
Arnold Schoenberg
Schoenberg
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Calif
Africa
Oranienbaum
Feodor Stravinsky
Opera
Rimsky- Korsakov
Rimsky
France
Vera
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U.S
California
Balanchine
William Walton
Centralia executive honored by National Register listing
David C. Hubbard of A. B. Chance Co. is named in the National Register of Prominent Americans and International Notables and receives an honorary award certificate.
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Centralia
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Americans Evacuated as Dacca Bloodbath Report Surfaces
New Delhi AP reports continued evacuation of foreigners from East Pakistan amid fierce fighting. More than 300 refugees, including 132 Americans, flown to Karachi by Pakistani Airlines, while a British ship carried 35 Americans and 84 others from Chittagong. A 19 year old American boy sustained superficial wounds during travel.
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West Pakistan
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Karachi
Chittagong
Dacca
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James van Blaricum
Donald Jones
Woodbury
Tenn
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Gopalganj
Holy Cross Order
Bangkok
Thailand
Tehran
Tran
Chundanga
Gen Abrams On Vacation In Formosa
Gen Creigh W Abrams commander of U S forces in Vietnam is on a six day vacation in Formosa with his family. He arrived Sunday night from Saigon and is touring central and southern Formosa with military spokesmen reporting Monday. He is to leave Friday for Hong Kong and may pass through Bangkok on the way back to Saigon.
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Taipei
Creighon W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Formosa
Abrams
Saigon
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Set-Aside Grazing Rules Clarified by ASCS Official
Mary Bosler, county ASCS executive director, reminds producers that March 31 is the final date to graze set-aside acres under the 1971 wheat or feed grain programs. Grazing can resume in September, and no crop may be removed from ground set-aside during this period.
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Andrain County
Mary Bosler
ASCS
Missouri faces loss of federal surplus items over merit plan
Gov. Warren Hearnes disclosed a letter from HEW regional director Max Mills warning that without a state merit system for the surplus property agency Missouri could be cut off from future federal surplus items on Sept. 28. The letter cites past allocations totaling 46.6 million dollars from 1960 to 1970 and notes federal property holdings would be frozen.
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Missouri
Warren FE
Hearnes
Max M. Mills
Kansas City
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mills
Washington
Senate
House
Little Change For 9th In Districting
Missouri Senate panel approved a districting bill with a population variance of 0.24 percent to map districts for the 1970 census. The plan shifts northern St. Louis County into the 1st District and keeps many incumbents in their seats, outlining changes affecting Clay, Young, Symington, Sullivan, and Hungate while preserving the Republican hold in the 7th District and the Democratic strength in the 6th.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Senate
Omer H. Avery
Troy
James W. Symington
Clayton
University City
Olivette
Lenor K. Sullivan
St. Louis
City of
William J. Randall
Independence
Richard Bolling
Kansas City
William R. Hull
Weston
Macon County
Macon
William L. Hungate
Florissant
Spanish Lake
Ferguson
St. Louis County
Durward G. Hall
Springfield
Richard H. Ichord
Redrawn districts place Jefferson County in 10th and split Moniteau County
The proposal would move Jefferson County to the 10th with incumbent representative Bill Burlison of Cape Girardeau. It keeps Meramec Township in St. Louis County in the 8th and would split Moniteau County with the 4th district.
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Houston
Jefferson County
Bill Burlison
Cape Girardeau
Meramee Township
St. Louis County
Moniteau County
Students May Stage Strike At Kirksville Mo
Kirksville Missouri Ausoma State College faces a student senate referendum on four proposals to strike in protest of dismissals of sociology professors Heyen and Stone. About 1,200 students attend a three hour meeting after which a committee advised no strike despite tenure questions and legal release of the professors. Brooks Williams leads the referendum plan, with strike dates slated for April 14 to 16 if approved.
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Kirksville
Ausoma State College
Senate
Brooks Williams
North Kansas City
Robert Heyen
Stephan Stone
Henry C. Smith Retires After 24 Years in Army
Henry C. Smith retires from the U S Army as a sergeant after 24 years of service. He recently completed a second year long tour in Vietnam and will live with his wife and four children at 712 Clark St. He enlisted January 12, 1948 as a high school freshman. His discharge took place at Fort Leonard Wood. His two sisters reside in Mexico.
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Henry C. Smith
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