Ashland Oil Contributions Made Public
Washington AP reports Ashland Oil admitted more than 1.1 million in illegal campaign contributions and payments to foreign officials from 1967 to 1972. Recipients including Rep. Wilbur Mills and Sen. Carl Curtis say they did not knowingly accept corporate funds. SEC forced disclosure over Ashland objections. Foreign recipients included Gabon president Albert Bongo. Nixon also received funds. Ashland fined 30,000 and Watergate prosecutor closed case.
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Washington
Ashland Oil Inc
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
Ashland
Orin F. Atkins
Atkins
Millis
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Curtis
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Albert Bongo
Gabon
Libya
Nigeria
Dominican Republic
Richard M. Nixon
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Watergate Special Prosecutor
Personal News of Wellsville continues with local visits and travels
Mrs Joe Jackson returned Thursday from Mexico where her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Lewis Cox reside. Cox's six year old Aaron had surgery at Audrain Medical Center on Tuesday and is home and doing well. Diana Sullivan an Instruction teacher in the Wellsville Middletown district rented Walter Saak property on Locust and First Street. Mrs Vincent Varela of Columbus Ohio was a Friday guest of Mr and Mrs Cadence McHoney. Walter Saak and family trout fishedMontauk MA from Saturday to Tuesday. Wayne Yelton and children and Margaret McCaw and children returned from a vacation to Placentia California where they visited Herbert Oberhaus and family. Alden Fipps of Houston camping at Safari Camp near Danville visiting relatives. Hugh Orr and daughters of O Fallon spent the weekend with her parents Harold Wilson. Linda and Vicki stayed a week with grandparents Mr and Mrs Jim Walker and Traci in Pekin Illinois. Mrs M W Berger Mrs George Lipscomb and Mrs Elizabeth Martin attended a Democrat meeting in Montgomery City Wednesday.
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Joe Jackson
Mexico
Inlaw
Lewis Cox
Cox
Aaron
Audrain Medical Center
Wayne Yelton
Margaret McCaw
Placentia
Calif
Herbert Oberhaus
Hugh Orr
O’fallon
Harold Wilson
Linda
Vicki
Personal News of Laddonia and Club Meetings Continued
Activities outline fall session for 4 and 5 year olds starting September 3 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Library with August enrollment open. Laddonia Lucky Leaf H Club met August 6 with 19 members two guests and three leaders. Members reported on 4-H Camp projects and a guest speaker Miss Sheryl Feutz, a public health nurse, spoke on drugs. W O C Presbyterian Church group met August 7 with 11 members and 2 children. devotion cited Psalms and Matthew passages. project committee report approved and yearlong workbook study continued. Next Laddonia meeting September 3 at 7:30 p.m. with officer elections.
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Laddonia
Lucky Leaf +H Club
Lynn Wright
Rhonda Cameron
Susan
Sam Ehrlich
Troy Pace
Gena Kauble
Susan Ehrlich
Paula Ellis
Jefferson City
Sheryl Feutz
Kevin Teague
Feutz
Eddie Britton
Bill Davis
Teresa Davis
Ben Ehrlich
Kathy Horton
Karen LaRue
Debbie Robertson
Snowell Stanford
Crystal
Presbyterian Church
Emil Erdel
Dan Erdel
Rovers
Grace Gorman
Clay Andrews
Bob Betrey
Elizabeth Hitz
Russell Nichols
Rowena Powell
Cecil Wilburn
Walter Klusman
Beth Erdel
Tammi Teague
James Teague
Air Vacation Costs Cut In CAB Ruling
The Civil Aeronautics Board approves one stop inclusive tour charters lowering prices for air vacations. Charters include air transport, hotels, baggage handling, and ground transfers organized by independent tour operators. Minimum trip lengths apply for international and regional destinations with advance ticketing and passenger lists filed with the CAB.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Airlines
New York
Honolulu
Dallas
Brussels
Mexico
Canada
Caribbean
North America
Tomnitz to Teach at Western Illinois University
Don Tomnitz has earned a master’s in business and economics from Western Illinois University in Macomb and will teach there next year. A Mexico High School and Westminster College alum, he is married to a wife pursuing a master’s in education and counseling.
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Don Tomnitz
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Mexico High School
Westminster College
Becky Rives Seeks Miss America Glory In Atlantic City
Becky Rives Miss Missouri prepares for the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. She trains two weeks in voice at Drury College Springfield and designs gowns with Neff's Joplin donation of sportswear and attire. Her chaperone will be Mrs. Manuel B Duff of Kansas City.
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Becky
Rebecca Ann Rives
Atlantic City
N. J
Pittsburg
Tex
Neff's of
Joplin
Neff's
Miss Rives
Texas
Larry Webber
Webber
Warren McIintyre
McIntyres
Mexico
Gillette
Campbell Soup
Kellogg
Drury College
Springfield
Wayne Johnson
Larry Julian
Judy Garland
Drury
Johnson
Julian
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Rives
Davenport
Iowa
Miss Iowa
Houston
Soya
Manuel B. Duff
Kansas City
Deborah Ruth Duff
Missouri
Irish battle turns deadly amid Falls Road violence
In Belfast Irish Republican Army militants threaten to reassess a six month cease fire after a weekend of sectarian clashes. A four year anniversary of internment turned deadly with a 4 year old girl Siobhan McCabe among three youths killed amid sniper fire and rioting as mobs attacked troops. Police say 28 shootings occurred, 60 arrested, 64 injured, and hundreds of rounds fired. The toll raises Belfast's six year death count to 1,267 in the violence between Protestant and Catholic factions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Falls Road
Siobhan McCabe
Patrick Crawford
Royal Victoria Hospital
Martin McMenamy
Becky plans Kansas City meeting before Atlantic City pageant
Becky aims to meet Mrs. Duff in Kansas City to become better acquainted before their trip to Atlantic City. She stays busy with a demanding schedule and keeps in shape for the pageant by running to trim her thighs and renewing her suntan periodically.
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Kansas City
Lake Chase Nabs Bank Robbers at Bayne's Dam Bank
Two men, Rodney Richard Phillips and Larry Lee Leadbetter, were captured after a lake and land pursuit following the Bayne's Dam Motor Bank holdup. They will be arraigned in U S District Court in Kansas City. About $12,000 was recovered.
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Lake Ozark, Mo
Bayne's Dam
Kansas City
U.S. District Court
Sherrill Wilson
Rodney Richard Phillips
Jefferson City
Larry Lee Leadbetter
Pulaski County
Mrs Holbrook Wins Kodak Snapshot Prize
Ron Holbrook of Mexico was among four weekly winners in the Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Contest. Her photo of an old farm house with modern farm machinery near Perry off Highway 19 earned a $10 cash prize in the weekend St Louis Globe magazine section.
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Ron Holbrook
Mexico
Kodak International
St. Louis Globe
Holbrook
Perry
Highway 19
World Tributes Pour In For Shostakovich Composer
World figures hail Dmitri Shostakovich after his death from a heart attack in Moscow. Lennox Berkeley and Leonard Bernstein praise him as a master of polyphony and a great creative artist of the century.
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Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
Lennox Berkeley
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Shostakovich
Kuntsevo
Tass
Voice of America
Kremlin
Woman earns prints and praise in photo contests
Mrs. Holbrook, a member of the Northeast Missouri Camera Club, makes her own prints and has won recognition for an entry in the U. S. Gypsum company magazine photo contest.
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Northeast Missouri Camera Club
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Ashland Oil
Wellsville
Diana Sullivan
Wellsville-Middletown
R-1
Walter Saak
Locust and
First Street
Vincent Varela
Columbus
Ohio
Cdference McHoney
Montauk
Alden Fipps
Danville
Jim Walker
Traci
Pekin, Ill
Harles Wohlbold
Christopher
M. W. Berger
George Lipscomb
Elizabeth Martin
Montgomery City
Dean Smith
Harold A. Smith
N. Wade
Jim Grinstead
CAB
Tomnitz
Western Illinois U
South Trails Shopping Center
South
Mexico, Mo
Kinescoms
Men's & Boys
Perma Press
Boys' School
Bays
Perma
Boys’ Long Siveye
Arid Patterns
PGS
Young Men‘s
Colurt
Emmett Kelly Jr
Southwestern Bell
Composer Shostakovich
Mid-America
Columbia
Fayette-Midway
VG Prat
Hho PM
Walla Biaw
Aan
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