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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1972

Page

6

Escapee and Kidnapper Surrender Near Smoky Mountains

William Elisha Davidson and his wife Ella were captured in a wooded area near the Great Smoky Mountains after releasing six hostages from a Florida to Tennessee kidnapping spree. They had escaped Bartow jail with deputy Bruce Browning and held a Miami Beach family before fleeing. They were held in Madison County jail and to be arraigned.

Devil's Jump Florida Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains William Elisha Davidson Ella Madison County Richmond FBI Man Hamm Miami Beach Fla Hamlin Davidsons Davidson Bartow Bruce Browning Mel Prine

Labor Day Holiday Traffic Fatality Forecast

Chicago AP reports the National Safety Council projects 580 to 680 traffic deaths and 23 000 to 27 000 injuries across the nation during the Labor Day weekend. The 78 hour window runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday.

Chicago National Safety Council

Everett Enrolls At Central Methodist College

Robert K. Everett son of Mrs. Charlie J. Meyers has been accepted at Central Methodist College Fayette for the 1972 73 school year. He earned a Curator's Scholarship for ranking in the upper 10 percent of his high school class among about 300 new students admitted.

Robert K. Everett Charlie J. Meyers W. Vine St Central Methodist College Fayette Everett

Fewer Can Work Way Thru School

Ralph and Jo Roza, newlyweds, illustrate a shrinking group of students paying college costs with earnings and loans. They juggle two jobs each while attending UNO and Creighton, facing rising tuition, scarce outside help, and a plan to finish with minimal debt. UNO and NU data show most students work, but only a minority escape aid.

Steve Jordan Omaha World-Herald Associated Press OMAHA Neb Ralph Jo Roza Rozas Roza Creighton University University of Nebraska At Omaha Sears Crossroads Army Corps of Engineers UNO

Beltone offers free tiny hearing aid sample

A Chicago advertisement promotes Beltone free portable hearing aid trials. The ultra light device weighs under one third of an ounce and operates without wires. Readers are urged to write to Dept. 5313 Belttone Electronics Corp. for a no cost, no obligation offer.

Icago Beltone Belttone Electronics Corp W. Victoria Chicago Goin

Student aid shapes tuition at nonstate Cr ighton campus

Schnitker notes aid totals, with a forecast near 3 million this year including part time jobs. He says only a small portion of students lack help from parents or a university grant. Cr ighton, not state funded, costs about 3000 a year for out of town students, with room and board and books factored in.

Ritchie Thomas J. Schnitker Creighton Univer Creighton Schnitker

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