Ford Calls for Mandatory Prison Time for Repeat Violent Offenders
President Ford proposed federal mandatory prison terms for those convicted of violent crime who reoffend, aiming to apply to crimes under federal law and potentially guide state laws. The plan, announced at Yale Law School during a 150th anniversary dinner, drew opposition from three Yale professors and mixed views among officials.
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Labor March Demands Action On Unemployment In D C
Washington AP The AFL CIO plans the largest labor rally here since the 1930s with about 50000 workers at Robert F Kennedy Stadium and marches from the Capitol to the stadium. I W Abel says unemployment near 10 percent is a disaster and urges immediate government action.
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Wellsville Personal News Highlights and Visits
Death of Sandy Stuart of Downs Kansas at 60, funeral held Friday attended by local relatives. Youth Panel program to be led by Mrs Stanley Williams at Methodist Guild UMW Monday at 7 30. Leo and Mrs Dodd share busy days with family visits including a Kentucky trip for a grandmother and a hospital gall bladder operation. A 14 member choir from Missouri University performed at Wellsville and Montgomery City churches. Mrs Del Stevenson and Mrs Stanley Williams attended the Missouri East Conference United Methodist Women meeting in St Louis with a chartered bus trip.
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Unidentified Youth Run Over Near Columbia
Three Missouri highway fatalities occurred Friday night to Saturday morning. Investigators sought to identify a youth found on a county road south of Columbia after a car could not stop in time. Additional deaths included James E. Pentecost 27 of Richland who died near Dixon, and John W. Sharr 16 of Maryville after a 164 foot air crash near Maryville. Patrick W. Robertson 23 of New Madrid died when his car left I 55 near Scott City and sank in a creek. divers recovered him after about five hours.
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Optimists Change Meeting Place and Plans for Events
The Mexico Optimist Club voted to move its Saturday 8:00 a.m. meeting to The Villager Restaurant effective next week. They outlined activities including an Optimist bowling tournament in Lebanon May 3 and 4 with club representation, a district meeting in Springfield the same weekend, a Bike-A-Trio fundraiser May 10 for the Central Missouri Diabetes Association, and an oratorical contest in Springfield May 3 and 4 with Doug Spehr of Mexico. Upcoming events include a slow pitch softball tournament May 23 to 26 and Khoury League season starting June 3. The board will meet May 12 at 7:30 p.m. at President Dave Kemp’s home.
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Symington Senate approves aid bill for South Vietnam
Senator Symington of Missouri reports Friday vote on a compromise evacuation humanitarian aid package for South Vietnam. Democrats largely opposed the measure as the Senate adopted the bill.
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National Secretaries Week celebration at Wetterau Inc
Wetterau Incorporated marked National Secretaries Week with 30 female employees served ice cream and cake by male colleagues. A themed verse on the cake honored the occasion, with a light note urging men to prepare for next April’s observance.
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CIA Commission Probes JFK Autopsy File Findings
A five expert team under the presidential commission reviewed Kennedy autopsy materials to test a front shot theory. Lt Col McMeekin and Dr Werner Spitz confirmed no front entrance wound was found and no report has been given to the Rockefeller commission.
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Thomas M. Whalen Dies Rites Pending
Thomas M. Whalen 81 of Wellsville died Friday at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico after a Sunday admission. A retired Fisher Body plant employee in St. Louis, he is survived by wife Julia Wenneker, daughter Rosemary DeRousse of Fenton, and four grandchildren. Services at Myers Funeral Home are tentatively set for Monday with burial in Sunrise Memorial Gardens. Born Feb 28, 1694 in Carlinville, Illinois, he was a son of Mr and Mrs Martin Whalen. A brother and two sisters preceded him in death.
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Rosemary) DeRousse
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O Blennis Passes Bar Examination
Robert G. O Blennis son of Mr and Mrs Robert O Blennis 302 W Boulevard has passed the Missouri Bar He is among 197 successful from 219 who took the exam He is a UMKC School of Law graduate now with the St Louis public defender office He plans to move to St Louis and is married to Jene Randolph with two children Ronald Victor Muller also passed the bar from the Ledger area
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Local Weather and Public Notices Collected in Missouri
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show highs 87 and lows 51 with sun and clouds. Forecast: partly cloudy tonight, showers possible Saturday, highs 70s to 80s, lows 60s. Audrain Medical Center reports admissions and recent births in Mexico Middletown Laddonia Vandalia Madison Paris Auxvasse Wellsville. Dismissals listed.
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Deaths and notices from The Daily Record
Obituaries list Thomas Whalen and others with ages. Marriage license applications include Rickie Landers and Jana Wright. Public safety notes report Patsy Randall’s car hit in West Plaza. Magistrate Court updates clarify Arnold Lurtz Jr. charged. others fined for speeding and following too closely. Circuit Court notes deputy sheriff employment termination. Market data includes grain prices and select stock figures.
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Eagleton criticizes U S foreign policy at Kent State
Senator Thomas Eagleton told a Kent State University audience the United States must form a foreign policy not based on negative considerations. He urged reordering priorities and open debate to replace cynicism from power driven policies and threats of coercion.
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