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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1974

Page

8

Rio de Janeiro Siege in 21-Convict Prison Break

Police sealed off Rio de Janeiro as helicopters patrolled for 21 convicts still at large after a daylight escape from Milton Dias Moreira prison. Nineteen inmates were recaptured. at least three officers and several bystanders were wounded. Escapees hid in a cemetery and a church, with one disguised as a woman in Bonsucesso.

Rio de Janeiro Brazil Milton Dias Moreira Bonsucesso Paulo Autran

Texas Lawyer May Testify $10,000 Paid To Connally

Washington AP reports that the Justice Department is weighing leniency for Texas lawyer Jake Jacobsen if he testifies against John B. Connally. Jacobsen would switch to say Connally took $10,000 to aid a dairy-farmer cooperative, in exchange for reduced felony counts to misdemeanors. Connally denies receipt of the money and was not available for comment.

Texas Connally Washington Watergate Jake Jacobsen Treasury John B. Connally Jacobsen Charles McNelis McNelis Austin Tex Connaily Texas Savings-And-Loan NEW York (Ap Mario Biaggi Bonnie Hearne Jessica New York Democrat Biaggi Miss Hearne Mario

Hearing Set On Effort To Halt Manhunt

Five black civic leaders sue San Francisco officials claiming unlawful black stopping and searching in a Zebra killer manhunt. Judge Zirpoli denied a temporary restraining order. hearing scheduled Wednesday on a class action with two ministers a publisher an attorney and an NAACP official. The Zebra case follows recent killings with a black suspect slaying and white victims. An April 30 concert in Columbia features Mozart Grand Mass in C Minor by University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra in Jesse Auditorium.

San Francisco U.S Alfonso Zirpoli National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Nelson Shields IV Wilmington Del Joseph L. Alioto Shields Columbia University Chorus University Symphony Orchestra Jesse Auditorium

Heart Attack Kills Mohammad Ayub Khan

Former Pakistan president Mohammad Ayub Khan died at his Islamabad home of a heart attack at 67. He led Pakistan from 1958 to 1969, resigning amid nationwide opposition and later facing corruption concerns and civil unrest tied to Bhutto.

Islamabad Pakistan Mohammad Ayub Khan Ayub Khan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Bhutto China Lal Bahadur Shastri India Ayub Khan Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan

Best of America pageant to feature Miss Louisiana and Miss Oklahoma

Debbie Ward of Louisiana State University and Andrea Jean Hanson of Northeastern State College lead a Best of America performance at Presser Hall in Mexico on May 4. The show includes eight state winners from the 1973 Miss America Pageant and benefits the Miss Missouri Pageant via scholarship awards.

Debbie Ward Andrea Jean Hanson Presser Hall Mexico Miss Ward Louisiana State University Oklahoma Tahlequah Okla Northeastern State College

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