Seven States Added to High Unemployment Metro List
Washington AP reports 51 more metropolitan areas added to the Labor Department list of areas with substantial unemployment bringing total to 105. The designation triggers eligibility for federal contract bidding preferences as unemployment stands around 6 percent or higher.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Okun
Brookings Institution
Okun
Commerce Department
James L. Pate
Pate
Ralls County Electric Co op Gets 313000 loan
Senators Symington Eagleton and Rep Hungate announce a 313000 Rural Electrification Administration loan to Ralls County Electric Cooperative at New London. The loan funds will add customers, extend about 10 miles of line and fund system improvements across Ralls Audrain Marion Monroe and Pike Counties. Emmet Lewton is president of the cooperative. In a separate note, Robert M White II of The Ledger under went exploratory surgery at Barnes Hospital after transfer from Audrain Medical Center. He faces about ten days more hospitalization.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
Thomas F. Eagleton
William Hungate
Ralls
Robert M. White II
the Ledger
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Audrain Medical Center
Florida Veteran Recalls Abduction After Housing Mixed Couple
Lake Wales Florida veteran Leonard Harvard 55 says he was abducted beaten and threatened with death for allowing a racially mixed couple to live at his home Police investigate kidnapping and civil rights violations with FBI involvement Harvard a World War I Army policeman vowed to stay and protect others while the couple left town amid vandalism accusations and Klansman denials from a local group leader.
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Lake Wales
Fla
Leonard J. Harvard
Harvard
Florida
TAS
FBI
John Paul Rogers
United Klans of America
Rogers
James Ingram
Marion
Audrain 4-H Fair Dates Set for August 7 9
Audrain 4-H Fair announced by Bob Breid will run August 7 8 and 9 at the Audrain 4-H Center. The event, grown since the County Fair’s disbanding, features beef swine and sheep shows horse show tractor program exhibits dog show bicycle program a country zoo carnival booths king and queen contest dress review games and entertainment. About 30 event chairmen assist the fair board.
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Bob Breid
Breid
Don Dean
Carl Silver
Peter Ekern
Jim Dye
Frank Robison
Raymond Smiley
Larry Talley
Henry Finck
Diseases Hit Volunteers With Orphans In San Francisco
About 300 volunteers who cared for nearly 1,000 Vietnamese orphans airlifted to the United States contracted diarrhea rashes and bacterial infections. Officials cite poor sanitation at receiving centers and the Presidio care site. Dozens of UCSF volunteers were affected. more than 200 USF students and Presidio volunteers were tested for dangerous bacteria and viruses.
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San Francisco
United States
Fred Stark
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio
Stark
Marilyn Dickson
University of San Francisco Student Health Center
USF
Doug Spehr Wins District Oratory Event
Doug Spehr son of Mr and Mrs Larry Spehr of Mexico won the Zone 14 Optimist International oratorical contest at Mexico High School with the topic Give Me Your Hand He advances to the district Springfield event May 4 5 to compete for a 500 scholarship Second place went to Keith Jones Kirksville and Allen Houchins Paris Judges were Ralph Luckaman Dr Robert Searfoss and Mrs Kenneth Yeager Timekeeper was Gary Rosa The Mexico Optimist Club has sponsored the contest for six years and Optimist International awards nearly 40000 in scholarships annually
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Doug Spehr
Larry Spehr
Mexico
Optimist International
Mexico Optimists
Mexico High School
Doug
Springfield
Keith Jones
Donald Jones
Kirksville
Allen Houchins
Bob Swartz
Paris
Ralph Luckaman
Robert Searfoss
Kenneth Yeager
Gary Rosa
Optimist Club
Bank Loses Bonding Claim In $120,359 Loss Case
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled TranAmerica Insurance Co is not liable for a $120,359 loss by First National Bank of Sikeston Missouri. The court said the bank had adequate knowledge of Bohannon's fraudulent acts before the incident. Bohannon served as bank president from 1966 to January 1971.
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ST. Louis
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
First National Bank of
Transamerica
Bohannon
Onassis Heiress Denies Family Dispute Over Will
Christina Onassis 24 denies reports of a feud with Jacqueline Onassis over Aristotle Onassis fortune. She says her father's planned divorce was untrue and confirms a happy marriage with Mrs Onassis. She also sues Stavros Niarchos over the $300 million inheritance. Aspirin cited as dangerous to children in Atlanta remarks by Dr. Moriarty, warning against misuse and overdosage for fever.
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Paris
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Christina Onassis
Jacqueline Onassis
Miss Onassis
Athens
Stavros Niarchos
New York Times
Onassis
Roy Cohn
Atlanta
Richard W. Moriarty
Pittsburgh
Maurice Stans Sues Son's Florida Firm
Maurice H. Stans files a $25,000 mortgage foreclosure suit in Circuit Court against Stanco Inc. headed by his son Steven H. Stans. The action bases on alleged default on payments for a Winter Park lot where Steven Stans resides.
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Maurice H. Stans
Stans
Commerce
Richard M. Nixon
Stanco Inc
Steven H. Stans
Stanco
Orlando
Winter Park
Steven Stans
Ford May Set Guidelines On Power Rates
Washington AP Ford plans national voluntary guidelines to aid utilities in raising electric rates in some cases. Congress opposes mandatory hikes, pushing the administration toward nonbinding measures. A Utilities Finance Corporation option may stay alive if all else fails.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
State of the Union
Utilities Finance Corporation
Freedom Forum Set For June 29 July 5
Plans for the 14th Missouri Freedom Forum for high school students unfold at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico from June 29 to July 3. Sponsors include the Missouri Chamber of Commerce Missouri Farm Bureau Federation and MMA. Staff features Dr. George Charles Roche III Dr. William S. Lowe W. Cleon Skousen Dr Clifton L Ganus Jr Dr Nicholas Nyaradi and Allan C Brownfield. Students in 10th to 12th grades nominated by their districts participate based on character scholarship and leadership.
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Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
Missouri Chamber of Commerce
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
MMA
Freedom Forum
George Charles Roche III
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, Mich
William S. Lowe
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
AP. Green Refractories Co
Allan C. Brownfeld
George Washington
Freedoms Foundation
W. Cleon Skousen
Farm Bill Heads Back To House For Approval
The Senate approved a conference committee version of the farm bill that raises price supports. It would cost about 210 million dollars in net taxpayer outlay, far less than the rejected Senate version. The bill includes higher target prices for corn wheat and cotton dairy price boosts and a soybean loan program set around 3.94 dollars per bushel.
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Washington
House
House-Senate
Senate
Conference Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
White House
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Ford
Mexico Ledger Publication and mailing rates notice
Mexico Ledger lists publication hours and postage details for subscriptions and delivery. It specifies daily operation except Sundays and holidays, address at 300 N Washington, Mexico MO, and irregular rates for carrier, in-state, out-of-state, and military subscriptions with monthly and yearly terms.
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Mexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
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