Roberts Rites Set for Local Resident Dies at 63
R. Shannon Roberts 63 of 512 Seminary died Friday at Ellis Fischel Hospital in Columbia. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. Brendan Griffey. burial in Stoutsville Cemetery. Survived by wife Etta Mae, two sons Darrel and Gerald, daughter Sue, brother Bernard, sister Genelle, and seven grandchildren. Family visitation tonight 7 to 9 at Arnold Funeral Home.
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R. Shannon Roberts
Ellis Fischel Hospital
Columbia
Arnold Funeral Home
Brendan Griffey
Stoutsville Cemetery
Molino
Homer
Rosa Creed Roberts
Mexico
Etta Mae Clairy
Roberts
St. Brendan's Catholic Church
City of Mexico
Darrel Roberts
Albuquerque
N.M
Gerald Roberts
Paris
Sue Wiecken
Thompson
Bernard Roberts
Bell
Calif
Joseph (Genelle) Young
Mexico High School Bike Rodeo Postponed to Saturday
The Mexico Optimist club sponsored bicycle rodeo was delayed from this afternoon to next Saturday due to cool weather. The event will be on the student parking lot at Mexico High School on Curtis Street at Abat. Riders aged six through 14 may participate. Jim Valentik serves as chairman.
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Mexico
Delirious 9 year old survivor found in Lake Pontchartrain
A delirious 9 year old boy found floating nude in Lake Pontchartrain is the sole known survivor of a family airplane crash. Deputies recovered the bodies of his sister Carmen 12 and mother Roselyn del Real. searchers scoured ten miles for the father Dr Ricardo del Real of Boca Raton and two missing children. The rescued boy, Ricardo Jr, was found near a state park by two teen crabbing. He described a boat rescue after the crash that capsized. He was hospitalized in stable condition with shock and exposure.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
St. Tammany Parish
Carmen
Mandeville
Roselyn del Real
Coast Guard
Ricardo del Real
Boca Raton
Fla
Lisa
Toni
Pompano Beach
Lakefront
Skip
Ricardo Jr
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Oil Firms Overcharged US By $600 Million
Washington AP. A Senate staff study accuses the Pentagon of overpaying for jet fuel by 6.2 cents a gallon during 18 months ending Dec 30 1974. It pins blame on the Defense Fuel Supply Center and the Federal Energy Administration for lack of planning and price justification.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Senate
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Defense Fuel Supply Center
Federal Energy Administration
Minnesotan Gary Eide Named Mexico City Manager
Gary Eide, 30, formerly administrative assistant to Richfield Minnesota’s city manager, was selected to be Mexico’s city manager starting June 1. He succeeds J. Nielsen, who resigned last April. Eide holds a BA from Moorhead State and an MA from Arizona State, and has led grants, budgets, park and refuse improvements, and data processing projects in Richfield. He and his wife plan to search for housing in Mexico this week.
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Gary Eide
Richfield
Minn
Mexico
Mr. Eide
J. Net] Nielsen
Missouri
Eide
John Boyce
Boyce
Hides
Jessica
Ross
Hopkins
Tutheran Church
Minneapolis
International City Management Association
Minnesota Administrative Assistant's Association
The
American Society of Public Administrators
Wadena
Moorhead State College
Minnesota
Arizona State University
Tempe
University of Minnesota Law School
New Hope
Peter Roan
Elmer Cross
Calvin Lakin
W. Robert Semple
Chris Cherches
Mr. Nielsen
Guerrillas Stage Bank Robbery Killing Dozens in Mexico City
In Mexico City a gang of twelve guerrillas eight men and four women robbed the Banco de Comercio branch, killed at least 11 people including eight police, a bank teller and bystanders, and fled in three getaway cars and a commandeered taxi. Two suspects were captured, one wounded. Police say the group identified with the Red Brigade of the 23rd of September Communist League. Witnesses described a rapid attack with heavy gunfire and a female leader described as dark and pretty.
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Mexico City
Daniel Gutierrez Santos
Red Brigade
Communist League
Banco de Comercio
Maria de Los Angeles Perez
Rodolfo Martinez
Viet Assembly Delays Huong Decision on Government
After ten hours of debate the South Vietnamese National Assembly left it to President Tran Van Huong to decide whether to resign to allow a government acceptable to the Communists for peace talks. A two point compromise backed Huong’s peace push while permitting him to replace himself if needed.
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Duong van ‘Big’ Minh
Viet Cong
Minh
Tran van Huong
North Vietnam
White House
Ron Nessen
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Nessen
Henry A. Kissinger
William S. Broomfield
Rmich
Robert F Graue 77 Dies at Audrain Medical Center
Robert F Graue 77 of Route 1 Mexico died unexpectedly at 5 10 am today at Audrain Medical Center. Funeral services follow at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev John Donaldson officiating and burial in East Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include wife a son a daughter six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The Mechlin family announce the birth of twin sons at 12 28 am and 12 36 am weighing 5 8 and 6 4 respectively at Audrain Medical Center.
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Robert F. Graue
Route 1
Mexico
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
John Donaldson
East Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Lincoln County
August J
Ida Schroer Grave
Rosa Hase
Marthasville
Marthasville. Mr. Grave Moved To Audrain County
Trinity United Church of Christ
Clifford Grave
Carl
Dorothy) Nordwald
Walter Grave
Lincoln
Raymond Grave
Alvin Grave
Kansas City
Ted Grave
Eolia
Leslie
Irene) Wright
Fulton
Nathan
Gladys) Trower
Wright
Richard Mechlin
Clare
Mechlin
Glen
West Plaza Shell Station
Peggy Benskin
Vernon Benskin
Rte. 5
Mr.Benskin
Harold K. Mechlin
Rte. 2
Thieu Finds Hideout On Taiwan
Former South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu arrived in Taipei with his wife and 15 others and went into seclusion in a Taipei hideout under tight security. Officials declined to reveal his whereabouts and length of stay as U S and Nationalist Chinese officials coordinated security and reception arrangements.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Saigon
Yang Sikuan
U.S
Tran van Huong
Neuyen van Kieu
South Vietnam
Kieu
Evacuation Bill Nears Final Approval Tuesday
The Congress is poised to approve a bill authorizing U.S. military aid to Vietnam for evacuations of Americans and dependents, and approving 327 million dollars in humanitarian aid. It limits presidential troop use, and Senate action followed House Senate conferees. The bill faces objections over the pace of evacuations and potential military involvement.
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Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
Ford
Senate
Saigon
Dick Clark
Iowa
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Vietnam
Portuguese Moderates Win Landslide Vote
Portugal's moderate parties won a landslide victory in the constitutional assembly election, led by Mario Soares and the Socialist Party with about 38 percent. The centrists Popular Democrats and Center Social Democrats joined to form a 4-1 lead over the Communists, signaling a possible opening for moderation within the ruling military structure and improved Western ties. The Socialists secured roughly 125 of 247 seats with 38.06 percent of the vote, while the Communist front held about 23 seats. Officials hailed the vote as a democratic triumph amid a backdrop of military rule and shifting allegiances.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Western Alliance
Socialist Party
Mario Soares
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Popular Democrat Party
Center
Social Democrat Party
Communist Party
Popular Democratic Movement
Popular Democrats
Social Democrats
Constitutional Assembly
Center Social Democrats
Communist Front
Center Democrats
Popular Democratic Front
Assembly
Alvaro Cunhal
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Jefferson
Hendricks Street
Liberty
Ledger
Richard Vance
City Council
City
Viet Assembly
Huong
Graham Martin
Mechlins
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