Bitter Fight Leaves Amman Post Office Scarred
Palestinian guerrillas clash with Jordanian troops around Amman’s central post office leaving shattered glass and bullet holes. Arafat-led forces reportedly withdraw after hours of machine gun fire and rocket strikes amid wider clashes tied to responses to the U.S. peace initiative in the Middle East.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Yasir Arafat
Amman
Palestine National Council
Middle East
Radical
Popular Democratic Front
Council
Boy Dies From Garage Car CO Poisoning
Springfield AP report recounts 10 year old Ronald Ray Alloway found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his grandparents garage after apparently starting and driving their car. Grandfather A C Langley returned home from work to discover the body while scratches on the car suggested prior driving practice. Police say the child had been at the home during the afternoon and had contact with his grandmother by phone earlier.
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Springfield
Ronald Ray Alloway
A. C. Langley
Harvey Rector
Rector
Fall From Moberly Water Tower Fatal
Claude Roper, 29, of Moberly died after falling from the municipal water tower on the city’s south side Friday night. Sheriff Orville Price said the man climbed the tower for unknown reasons as his mother heard a call for help and nearby children reported hearing someone calling.
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Moberly
Claude Roper
Orville Price
Price
Honeymooners Call Cops To Settle It
Fort Myers police reported a family disturbance between a 70 year old bride and a 60 year old groom. Two officers responded and recommended family counseling as they tried to resolve the couple’s adjustments to married life.
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Fort Myers, Fla
Disorder forces Uruguay to close all high schools
In Montevideo the government ordered all high schools shut for the rest of the year amid student unrest linked to Tupamaro guerrilla kidnappings of a Brazilian consul and a U.S. soil expert. About 15,000 students in 31 schools are affected.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
U.S
Acosta Y Lara
Federal Council
Tupamaro
Aloysia Mares Diag Gomide
Dan A. Mitrione
Clarence L. Fly
They
Mi Ang
Fe Ie
Airlines Seek Cut in Major Transcontinental Services
The three largest U S airlines American Trans World and United ask the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to reduce schedules on key routes from Nov 1 1969 to Sept 15 1972 citing 60 percent unsold seats in Q4 1969 They propose trimming service along New York Newark Philadelphia Washington Baltimore to California terminals San Francisco Oakland San Jose and Los Angeles Ontario and other major corridors including San Diego New York Newark Washington Baltimore Chicago Los Angeles Ontario Boston St Louis Memphis Chicago Phoenix Tucson and New York Newark Phoenix.
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Washington
American
Trans World
United
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York-Newark
N.J
Philadelphia
Washington-Baltimore
California
San Francisco-Oakland- San Jose
Los Angeles
Ontario
San Diego
Calif
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Memphis
Stolen Unmarked Patrol Car Shocks Phoenix Police
An unmarked patrol car vanished from a maintenance shop in Phoenix. Officers only realized the vehicle was missing after it was linked to a reported robbery, embarrassing city police.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Simmons Wins Championships At State Fair Horse Show
Arthur Simmons won two majors at the Missouri State Fair Horse Show in five and three gaited divisions. Spirit of ’76, his six-year-old gelding, trotted to the $3,000 five-gaited prize, while Sea Beauty, owned by Mrs. Joseph Pfeffer, captured the three-gaited $1,000 first prize. Stig Utz and Once Upon A Time also placed in other classes as Simmons and his stable dominated the event.
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Arthur Simmons
Connie
Spirit
Duchess Benko
Gallant Guy O’goshen
Sea Beauty
Joseph Pfeffer
St. Louis
Empire
Spotlighter
Diamond Lil
Ron Canopy
Warrenton
Simmons
Spirit of
Misg Benko
Portland
Ohio
Stig Utz
Dolly
Don Hulse
Center
Dark Victory
Jeanie Segelbohm
Court Graves
Eldora
Kan
Rob Shriver
Sugar Lee
Colonel Tucker
Boyle
Darrell E. Wallen
VFW Seeks Signers For War Prisoner Treatment Petitions
Mrs. M. V. Cahall of the Mex ico VFW Auxiliary 3772 announced cooperative efforts with the VFW to gather names on petitions to North Vietnam for humane treatment of American prisoners. Auxiliary members will circulate petitions and a form is at The Ledger front counter with a goal of one million signatures by Oct. 1 to urge proper food medical care and humane conventions. Governor Warren E. Hearnes declared a week of prayer and remembrance for US prisoners of war and MIAs in Southeast Asia, urging Missourians to unite in prayers and actions for decency.
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M. V. Cahall
Mexico
VFW
Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Southeast Asia
Missouri
Mayor Jeans Found Guilty of Common Assault in Boone Court
Mayor Herb Jeans was convicted of common assault in Boone County Circuit Court after a 1 hour 45 minute deliberation. He was fined $1 as jury could not assess punishment, following testimony that he struck Frank Anzalone twice at Parkade Plaza.
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Herb Jeans
Boone County
Jeans
L. F. Cottey
Cottey
Frank Anzalone
St. Louis
Anzalone
Parkade Plaza
Missouri
Scott Wright
Wright
Parkade
Anz
Charles Franklin
Franklin
Columbia
The
Missourian
James H. Auckley
Range Decker Will Share In GOP Platform
Missouri's platform committee will hold three hearings before drafting the policy platform. The first hearing is Sept. 2 in Kansas City, then St. Louis area input, with a final plan due at the Jefferson City convention on Sept. 8. The committee will also elect a new chairman after Elmer L. Smith resigns.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Elmer L. Smith
St. Louis County
Jean Jones
Harrisonville
Charles Blackmar
R. J. King Jr
A. Clifford Jones
Joe Badaracco
Sey Racire
Mel Harrington
John Arnold
Ollie Langhorst
C.M.Bass+man
Hermann
Vernon Betz
Trenton
Richard M
Carthage
Berkeley
Victor Battle
Don Callis
Sedalia
Anne McElhiney
Brookfield
Jim Curry
Avans Runge
Donald Decker
Mexico
William Douthit
Enemy Forces Close On Phnom Penh Amid Cambodian War
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units neared Phnom Penh within six miles in a key advance near the capital as fighting intensified at Mont Krasas Krao. In Vietnam, six U.S. troops were killed and 26 wounded in a major ambush 265 miles northeast of Saigon, with helicopter gunships delaying the assault.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Vietnam
Mont Krasas Krao
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Thailand
Maj
Am Rong
Saigon
Prek Tameak
Mekong
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
U.S
Baby survives fall after package drops on busy Los Angeles road
Police say a 4 to 5 foot fall of a baby from a bundle dropped from a pedestrian overpass onto a freeway in Los Angeles. Sgt. John Rice stopped and found the month old Jubinal Aguirre with bruises and being observed. Esther Aguirre, 33, mother, is jailed on assault with intent to commit murder after conflicting accounts of the incident.
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Los Angeles
Policié
John ‘Rice
Rice
Jubinal Aguirre
Esther Aguirre
Lemmings Sweep Roads in Norway Across Big Year
In Finnmark, the north of Norway, head sweeping machines cleared roads as thousands of lemmings clogged highways. Landing nets scooped lemmings from reservoirs while residents called it a record year. The creatures migrate in vast columns every few years, marching toward rivers and cliffs.
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Oslo
Norway
Finnmark
Sweden
Finland
Forest Glows In Dark In Missouri Forest
Forest near Stewartsville Missouri glowed at night prompting a police response. Patrolmen used a geiger counter which showed zero radiation. Officials concluded phosphorescent content in decaying wood caused the glow under heavy dew. Samples were collected to verify the finding.
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Stewartsville
David Pickett
Peabody Charged In Rocky Fork Creek Pollution
Peabody Coal Co. faced Boone County Magistrate Court charges for polluting Rocky Fork Creek near Columbia with acid waste from strip mine pits. Missouri Conservation Department reported about 17,000 fish killed this week as a result of the pollution. An attorney for Peabody said the firm is taking measures to prevent further pollution.
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Columbia
Peabody Coal Co
Boone County
Rocky Fork Creek
Missouri Conservation Department
Conservation Department
Phillips Infant Dies at Audrain Hospital
Brian Lynn Phillips infant son of Mr and Mrs Jimmie C Phillips of Thompson died at Audrain Hospital age 13 days. Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at Precht Pickering Funeral Home with visitation 7 to 8 30 pm tomorrow. Reverend Lemn_baugh of Salt River Christian Church to officiate. Survivors include three brothers Kenneth Lee Gregory Dean Kevin Dale. grandparents Mrs James C Phillips of Mexico and Mr Mrs George Carlyle of Thompson. several aunts and uncles. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery.
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Brian Lynn Phillips
Jimmie C. Phillips
Thompson
Audrain Hospital
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
John Lemnbaugh
Salt River Christian Church
Moberly
Kenneth Lee
Gregory Dean
Kevin Dale
James C. Phillips
Mexico
George Carlyle
Dennis Ray
East Lawn Cemetery
Legion Rejects Youth Discussion on Vietnam at Portland Convention
National Legion commander J Milton Patrick said it would be a waste of time to discuss Vietnam with youthful dissenters and rejected a request to include such a discussion on the convention agenda. About 14,000 legionnaires were expected, with 15,000 to 30,000 youths in the area for Sky River and Vortex I festivals. traffic to McIver Park for Vortex was heavy, and a fatal foggy-morning crash near the park occurred.
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Portland
Ore
The
American Legion
Vietnam
J. Milton Patrick
Skiatook
Okla
People’s Army
Washougal
Wash
Lane County
McIver State Park
Vortex
Pape
Washington
National’ Guard
Lair Hill
Duniway
Salinas Farm Strike Talks Recessed Amid Court Action
Negotiations between striking farm workers and Interharvest Co. pause after Pic'n Pac Foods seeks court injunction to block unilateral UFWOC deals with United Farm Workers. Chavez harnesses nationwide boycott pressure as producers fear crop loss and extended labor unrest in Salinas Valley lettuce region.
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Salinas
Calif
Salinas Valley
Pic'n Pace Foods Inc
San Francisco
Interharvest Co
United Fruit Co
United Farm Works Organizing Committee
Afl-Cio
Cesar Chavez
Ate
Chavez
King City
Watsonville
Interharvest
Teamsters Union
UFWOC
Pic’n Pac
Teamsters
Pic'n Pac
Francis McCarthy
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Hussain
Arafat
al Fatah
Guerrilla Council
Israel
Jersualem
Abba Eban
Eban
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Alma Ata
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Jarring
State Fair
Decker
Lemmings
Peabody
Phillips
Legion Rejects Youth Discussion
Benny Newsom
Olive St
Bic
Newsom
Ron Amoid Carpet Co
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