Talks Recess But Battling Continues in Middle East
Guerrillas and Jordanian security men fought in downtown Amman with reports of one guerrilla killed and several civilians wounded as Lebanese protests ripple from Sidon and Beirut. UN peace talks in New York were suspended after a stalled opening round with no clear progress toward a compromise.
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Egypt
Israel
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Saad
Guerril
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Chebaa
Palestine’ Liberation Organization
Peace Falk
Gunnar V. Jarring
Yosef Tekogh
Jerusalem
Tekoah
Abdul Hamid Sharaf
Washington
Janning
Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat
Jarring
Sharaf
Zayyat
United Nations, N.Y
Keep Stout From Penitentiary in Murder Appeal
Two motions were filed in Cass County Circuit Court on behalf of Jenny Lymm Stout by defense attorney Everett Van Matre of Mexico. One seeks to keep Stout in Cass County jail during appeal rather than transfer to the Missouri State Penitentiary. The other gives notice an appeal will be made to the Missouri Supreme Court after Judge William Kimberlin overruled a new trial bid and sentenced Stout to 35 years for second degree murder of Mrs. Judy Frieders two years ago.
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Jenny Lymm Stout
Cass County
Everett van
Mexico
Stout
Judy Frieders
Missouri State Penitentiary
Sinevit
William Kimberlin
Missouri Supreme Court
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Edgar Shook Dies In Kansas City At 75
Edgar Shook, a Kansas City lawyer and 1944 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, died Tuesday at age 75. He was a longtime political figure and solicitor who sought the state’s highest office.
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Kansas City
Edgar Shook
Strike for Equality marks 50th anniversary of suffrage
In San Clemente and across the country demonstrators push for equal rights timed to the 50th anniversary of the 19th amendment. President Nixon remarks on women's roles but omits calls for new rights while U.S. forces face Vietnam and Cambodia tensions. North Vietnam and Viet Cong attacks around Phnom Penh continue to be challenged by Cambodian defenses. Agnew pledges withdrawal of U.S. forces from Korea after modernization. Middle East peace talks pause with no progress. Senate views suggest draft extension may occur as Vietnam withdrawal pressure grows. Lettuce strikes in Salinas deepen field and market price climbs.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Sea Beauty Tops Field For Simmons at Missouri State Fair
Sea Beauty trained by Art Simmons won the over 15.2 class at the Missouri State Fair Horse Show, beating Missouri Rebel owned by Thiel Tool and Engineering. Mrs. Pfeffer rode Miss Caprice to victory in the five gaited amateur class over My Sugar Lee. Dark Victory, owned by Jeanie Segelbohm, placed third in the under 15.2 three gaited amateur. Desdemona Stonewall won the event on Kathleen Supreme, with Diamond Lil winning the fine harness mares class. Colonel Windsor led the five gaited gelding stake, followed by Stiguit’s Cantas and Boomerang.
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St. Louis
Art Simmons
Mr. Simmons
Missouri Rebel
Thiel Tool and Engineering
Don Hulser
Center
Kathleen Supreme
Ann Bacon
Diamond Lil
Ron Canopy
Warrenton
Marjie
Colonel Boyle
Colonel Windsor
Charles Judd
Stiguit
Don Hulse
Boomerang
Timberland
Seanuts Stables
Ith
Wag Ask-Me-Not
Kenny Bungdorfer
Shawnee
Kan
Mexico
Audrain County Fair
Hissing In UCLA Basement Uncovers Two Large Snakes
UCLA custodian hears hissing in a social sciences building basement and finds an eight foot python around steam pipes. Animal shelter captures the python while a four foot boa remains at large in a cage from a UCLA student friend. Campus police suspect the snakes may have moved through steam tunnels.
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Social Sciences
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Animal Shelter
UCLA
Pair Nabbed As Heroin Smugglers
Washington AP Two Americans Jack Grosby and Louis Stepenberg were indicted in Brooklyn on 36 counts for plotting to import and distribute heroin. They were arrested abroad Grosby in Geneva Switzerland and Stepenberg in Nice France. The ring allegedly shipped more than 60 pounds of heroin between June 1969 and February 1970 with a street value around 17 million dollars. If convicted they face up to 615 years in prison and fines up to 615000.
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Switzerland
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Nice
France
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Grosley
Madrid
Spain
Nixon Marks Women Vote Anniversary
President Nixon marked the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage with a proclamation urging continued participation in public life. He noted the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment, praised those who fought for the vote, and refrained from commenting on the equal rights amendment while affirming support for equal rights in general. He also announced a Labor Day White House event for union leaders and workers.
Attendance Up At Missouri State Fair
SEDALIA Mo AP attendance at the Missouri State Fair rose to 92,686 on yesterday’s total, up 2,080 from last year. First four days tally 174,623, up 15,1 percent from 1969. Bryan David Craig is a newborn to Mr and Mrs David Craig of Houston. Rev CA Harper of Auxvasse and grandparents listed.
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Houston
Tex
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Torborn
CA. Craig
Kirksville
Exday
Nest Harper
Auxvasse
Harper
Post-Grads Must Pay Tuition Too
A new policy at Mexico Area Vocational-Technical School requires tuition for Parsons over 20 and all high school dropouts or graduates attending daytime classes, expanding fee requirements to post-graduate students and school attendees.
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Mexico Area
Young Are More Honest Says Justice Blackmun's Wife
Rochester AP reports Dorothy Blackmun widow of new Supreme Court justice says young people today are more honest than when she was young. She supports protests and social change with ideas, criticizes drug use at gatherings, urges capable youth to work and contribute, and notes her family plans move to Washington in September.
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Rochester, Minn
Dorothy Blackmun
Supreme Court
Harry Blackmun
Jamel Ficht
Washington, D.C
Dottie
Wheat Tests Tax-Free Grain Alcohol as Fuel Additive
The Kansas Wheat Commission begins experiments to mix tax free grain alcohol with gasoline to seek pollutant free fuel markets. A federal permit from the U.S. Treasury Department was issued for the tax free grain alcohol use. The fuel mixture will be tested in state owned cars assigned to the Wheat Commission.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas Wheat Commission
U.S. Treasury Department
Wheat Commission
Commissions On Babler Park Land Prompt Scrutiny
St Louis officials and a Missouri Real Estate Commission member faced questions over more than eighty thousand dollars in commissions paid for Babler State Park land. William Dolan led the selling firm and earned over eighty thousand, with Eugene Walsh receiving more than fifteen thousand for legal work in the Babler trust deals. The transactions involved over a million dollars for land near Babler State Park in south St Louis County, with party comments downplaying controversy.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Missouri State Park Board
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Joseph Jaeger
State Park Board
Special Trust
Norman Anderson
Anderson
Turing
Attorney General's Office
Evening Hours Begin Monday at Mexico Library
Mexico Audrain County Library resumes evening hours starting Monday with hours 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Monday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday hours are 9:00 am to 5:30 pm.
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Mexico-Audrain County
Bishop Walsh Sees Partial Reforms In Red China
Bishop James Walsh, freed after 12 years in Chinese prisons, praised some reforms as constructive. He cited women and race equality and a ban on immorality in theaters and publications, while disavowing sympathy for the regime’s liberty restrictions. He spoke at Salvator Mundi Hospital before meeting Pope Paul VI.
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Peking
Europe
Walsh
Salvator Mundi Hospital
Hong Kong
Paul VI
The Mexico Ledger Publication Terms and Rates
The Mexico Ledger lists publication details and rates for subscriptions and delivery. It shows pricing for Mexico and area towns, Audrain and adjoining counties, other Missouri counties, and out of state, plus military rates and office hours.
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