Union Leader Defends Kaiser Amid Oil Spill Critique
James M. Mosley, local union president, writes to The Ledger defending Kaiser Refractories regarding the South Fork oil spill. He argues the paper emphasizes negative aspects, praises Kaiser's cleanup efforts, and calls for more in-depth local reporting while noting workers labored in freezing water and provided substantial aid to protect the stream and community.
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Buller, Ledger
the Ledger
Ledger
Mexico
Missouri
Bond
Joyce Kilmer
James M. Mosley
South Fork
Kaiser's
Kaiser
Santa Fe
DiKor, Inc
Carmi
DiKor
Hill Harmon
Sally Hightower
Kaiser Refractories
Kaiger
Battle for An Loc and Bastogne Rages Across Vietnam
North Vietnamese tanks overran An Loc as Viet Cong rockets hit Saigon and Da Nang, killing 51 and wounding 48. Attacks damaged 20 U.S. aircraft. Bastogne resupply failed, with near 400 enemy troops in action and American casualties rising to 14 killed, 24 missing, 72 wounded. U.S. airlift and helicopter rescues continued amid heavy antiaircraft fire.
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Saigon
An Lec
da Nang
South Vietnam
Bastogne
An Joc
Cial
Highway 13
Chon Thanh
An Loc
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Central Highlands
An Khe
Far Northern Front
Hue
Charlie
Highlands
Algo
Kontum City
Kontum
An Lodh
Associated Press
Richard Blystone
Marble Mountain
O'Connor
West
Volunteers Against Hunger Honored In Audrain County
Audrain County volunteers received certificates of appreciation at St Matthews Episcopal parish hall. Fifty clerks and drivers were honored with special awards, and the county group pledged to join the statewide Volunteers Against Hunger network.
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Daniel Schlafly
Audrain County
St. Matthews Episcopal Parish Hall
Schlafly
St. Louis
John Harmon
St. Matthew's
Ernest Lehto
County Commodity Volunteers
Richard Strange
Lehto
Audrain County Commodity Volunteers
Volunteers Against
League of Women Voters
Human Development Corp
Welfare Department
Joe Young
Homer Martin
Quinnie Benton
Harold Curry
Joe Marhardt
Ernest Gaan
Erwin Gilmore
Earl Jones
Nixon Era Keeps Vigil As Vietnam Offensive Presses
Washington officials cautiously assess the second week of North Vietnamese spring operations. The State Department cautions the battle remains tentative with no decisive turn yet. Observers note Hanoi may aim for Hue while U S air power could strain supply lines, aiding South Vietnam.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
State Department
An Loc- Tay Ninh
North Vietnam
Hue
Highlands
U.S
Nixon and Trudeau sign Great Lakes clean up pact
President Nixon and Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau sign a joint plan to clean up the Great Lakes by 1975 and curb pollution. The accord envisions about 2.5 billion dollars in outlays with U S and Canadian governments and industry sharing long term costs. By December 21 1975 programs should be underway or completed and pollution controls will reduce mercury and other toxics while limiting phosphorus discharges into Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
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Ottawa
Nixon
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Great Lakes
Parliament Hill
Canadian Liberation Movement
Trudeau
Five Lakes
United States
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Audrain GOP Elects Delegates in County Convention
Audrain County Republicans in a convention last night elected eight delegates for the district and eight for the state conventions. District delegates include Ralph Lierheimer Mrs. Robert Fenlon Mrs. Paul Cherches Miss Elenore Schewe Miss Doris Hamilton Lewis Melalin Miss Eimice Kane and Wes Hauser. State delegates chosen are Mrs Ronald Barnes Dwight Ratmeyer Mrs Mmory Ratmeyer Dr Richard H Lange Andy Runge John Cline Mrs WR Ballew and Joe Fennessey.
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Audrain County
Ralph Lierheimer
Robert Fenlon
Paul Cherches
Elenore Schewe
Doris Hamilton
Lewis Melalin
Eimice Kane
Wes Hauser
Ronald Barnes
Dwight
Mmory Ratmeyer
Richard H. Lange
Andy Runge
John Cline
WR. Ballew
Joe Fennessey
All Set For 11 45 A.M. Moon Launch
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly plan a rest day and final flight plan review before their 11 54 a m Sunday launch from Cape Kennedy. Mission director Chester M Lee says all elements report go as crews prepare Saturn 5 systems fueling and lunar module docking maneuvers for a landing on a mountainous plateau on the moon's front side.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Chester M. Lee
Mexico
Moon
Young
Duke
Mattingly
South
Florida
Yuan
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Hightower
City of
Richard Nixon
Pierre Trudeau
Volunteers Against Hunger
Weldon Keeter
Herbert Shupert
Donald Shoup
John Silagi
Harold Thomas
Dorothy Vance
Robert Workes
J.W. Wilson
Jack Goslin
Glen Hite
Clyde Hook
Paul Powell
Wallace Thurman
Johnson Davis
Roy T. Davidson
Velma McDonald
Larry Trower
Flossie Bryant
Forrest Watts
Sanford Bryant
Donnie Salmon
Harvey Evans
Gilbert Rhodes
Don Archer
Robert Piper
Lynn Cundiff
John Kelly
Larry Puntney
Russell Books
Frank Atkinson
J.N
Fett
Krane
Ashan
Tri-Border
Cambodia
Laos
Audrain Gop
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