Open House For Mail Handlers By Mexico Postoffice
Mexico Postoffice will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to celebrate Postal People Day during Postal People Week April 29 through May 5. Visitors can tour the facility watch workers in action and receive a free souvenir envelope while supplies last. The office will issue 10 special stamps honoring postal employees as part of the nationwide observance.
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Mexico
Mexico Post Office
E.T. Klassen
Arland D. Peck
Henderson
Flood Crest Threat Pushes Mississippi Waters Downstream
Flood surge risks stretch across Missouri and Illinois as the Mississippi nears a 43.6 foot crest at St. Louis, with a 42.95 foot level already reported at the city. The corps warns of broad farmland damages while residents evacuate on Kaskaskia Island and towns like Ste. Genevieve work to limit losses.
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Kansas City Corps of Engineers District
Missouri River
Hannibal
Cairo
Tih
Kaskaskia Island
St. Louis
Coast Guard
Father of Waters
Ste. Genevieve
Missouri National Guardsmen
Missouri
St. Charles
St. Charles County
Calvin Davis
Winfield
Mississippi
Grafton
Illinois
River District
Cape Girardeau
Cape
New Madrid
Guardsmen Return Home After Week of Floodfighting
National Guard unit from Mexico and Elsbury area begins departing as floodwaters slowly recede. Sgt Bill Dearley notes most leave by 9 am with 25 remaining as emergency force. sandbagging keeps water from town and highway 79 remains affected. Rep. Howard and residents recount rescues, levee patrols, and evacuees. elderly man with boat reportedly disappeared then returned, coast guard later reports him gone to town.
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Elsberry
Mexico
National Guard
Bill Dearley
Lost Creek
W. O
Bob) Howard
Lincoln
Pike
Curvie Township
Audrain
Highway 79
Winfield
Eisberry
Cearly
Robert T. Barton
Fulton
Elsherry
Annada
Howard
John J. McCue
Fenton
Coast Guard
Mr. Howard
Rep. Howard
President Faces Watergate Crisis
Washington AP reports President Nixon alone at Camp David amid Watergate turmoil as Gray resigns as FBI chief and Ehrlichman Haldeman face questions. Ruckelshaus named acting FBI head while Vesco links eyed and Magruder resigns. District cases and schedule changes weave through crisis.
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Washington
Nixon
Camp David
L. Patrick Gray TI
FBI
John Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Watergate
Ellsberg
William D. Ruckelshaus
Gray
PBI
E. Howard Hunt
Ehrlichman
Robert L. Vesco
Vesco Associates
White House
Secretary of Commerce
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Haldeman
No Link-up For Russian Space Lab
The Soviet Union’s Salyut 2 space station ended its 26 day mission crippled and reportedly unable to support a crew. U.S. observers believe a manned Soyuz linkup was planned but canceled as the station partly broke up in orbit. Tass said Salyut 2 was launched to test onboard systems and conduct experiments.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Orbiting Sky Laboratory
Four Of Quints Doing Well In Portland Births
Four of the five quintuplets born to a Brush Prairie, Washington couple were reported as doing well in Portland. The fifth child, girl Diane Katherine, was in serious condition with respiratory problems. Doctors warned the next 36 hours would be critical. The premature births occurred on the mother’s 28th birthday after fertility drug treatment.
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Portland
Ore
Brush Prairie
Wash
Diane Katherine
Eric Anderson
Waves of B52s over Cambodia
AP dispatch from Phnom Penh reports American warplanes and Cambodian gunboats bombing Communist positions near the capital to aid government reinforcements. B52 strikes near Prek Luong and Prek Bang Kang hit two miles from landing troops as casualties mount on both sides and Saigon reports clashes near Hue and Hong Ngu. A Paris meeting between Sullivan and Thach follows tense exchanges over the cease fire, while a Bible auction tale contrasts old books and forged value.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
Prek Luong
Prek Bang Kang
O Chambat
Takeo
Tram Khnai
South Vietnam
Hong Ngu
Saigon
Hong Neu
Mekong
Hue
U.S
William Sullivan
Nguyen Ca Thach
North Vietnam
Paris
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Party
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American Red Cross
Ilinois
Kickapoo Country Club
Beecham
Paul Kerpash
Ellsberry
James H. Henderson Jr
Mr. Henderson
New York Times
John Dean Iit
Dean
the Times
Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Dole
Republican National Committee
Sen
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Weicker
Russian Space Lab
Nhan Dan
United States
Guten-something
Gutenberg
Martin Luther
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