Bermuda Rioters Protest Hanging
In Hamilton Bermuda two black convicted murderers Erskine Burrows and Larry Tacklyn were hanged at dawn after a night of rioting by black youths. The incident followed the governors slaying and a 1973 holdup that killed two supermarket executives. Police enforced a two mile no mans land around Casemates Prison as authorities awaited coroner certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
Erskine Burrows
Larry Tacklyn
New York
Burrows
Tacklyn
Black Beret Cadres
Richard Sharples
de Camp
Hugh Sayers
George Duckett
No Man’s Land
Casemates Prison
Southampton Princess Hotel
Court of Appeals
Slavin to Take Part in Union Electric Rate Case
Alberta Slavin, Missouri Public Service Commission member, plans to participate in UK rate hike decision despite Union Electric Co allegations of partiality. She will rely on commission chief attorney’s guidance and may seek other lawyers if disqualification is suggested.
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Jeffferson City
Alberta Slavin
Union Electric Co
State Public Service Commission
St. Louis
Commission
Thomas Hughes
Hughes
Slavin
Full Commission
Utility
Consumers Council of Missouri
Joseph Teasdale
Grocery Bills Up 10% Unless You Cut Coffee
A March 1973 Associated Press market basket survey shows grocery bills at December start nearly 10 percent higher than January. Shoppers cutting coffee purchases reduced much of the rise. The AP used 15 common items across 13 cities with monthly price checks. chocolate chip cookies were dropped due to discontinued packaging.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Births and Prices Highlight Local News Roundup
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Stan Carr of Montgomery City arrived at 11 29 p m at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds three ounces and unnamed. Lisa Marie Walker is the chosen name for the daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Walker Jr of Columbia born Thursday at 9 14 a m at Audrain Medical Center weighing six pounds 14 ounces. Market basket costs rose in the first 11 months of 1977 with a 9 percent average increase across cities, coffee exclusion lowers it to 3 percent. Meat prices drove much of November gains, with pork chops, chuck and frankfurters rising in several cities. Breakfast staples and orange juice concentrate also climbed. Nabisco replaced the 14 ounce chocolate chip cookies with a 13 ounce bag for the same price due to higher cocoa costs. Cities surveyed included Albuquerque Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Detroit Los Angeles Miami New York Philadelphia Providence Salt Lake City Seattle.
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Stan &. Carr
Montgomery City
Audrain Medical Center
Carr
David Johnson
Lisa Marie Walker
Kenneth W. Walker Jr
Columbia
Walker
Moreau Homes
Nabisco
Albuquerque
N.M
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
R.I
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Court Clears Officials In Biko's Death
Pretoria magistrate M. J. Prins ruled after a two week inquest that there is no evidence anyone is criminally responsible for Steve Biko's death in police detention. The 30 year old founder of the Black Consciousness Movement died in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
South Africa
Steve Biko
M. J. Prins
Nixon Letter Sells for Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty
New York AP A Richard Nixon letter dated December 14 1971 to Brig Gen Thomas A Aldrich and his wife sold for 6250 at a Waldorf Astoria auction. Charles Hamilton Galleries said it set a record for a living person. The buyer was Mary Benjamin autograph dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Nixon
Waldorf-Astoria
Charles Hamilton
Nixon
Thomas A. Aldrich
U.S. Air Force
Azores
Mary
Benjamin
Walter R. Benjamin
Hunter
Jacqueline Kennedy
Firefighters Save Mobile Home. Cat Dies In Blaze
Volunteer rural firefighters rushed four miles to a Sunrise Road mobile home blaze near Mexico, saving the structure from a furnace fire while the resident reentered the home to rescue a bag with $1000. The family cat perished from heat and smoke.
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Little Dixie
Ed Kreyling
Sunrise Rd
Eddie Kreyling
Mexico
Sunrise Road
Kenneth Hoover
Jefferson
Hendricks
Sunrise
Lt. Hoover
Kreylings
Panhandle
Leutenant
Spainhower Seeks Expanded Role for Lieutenant Governor
Missouri State Treasurer James Spainhower urged the Senate committee to transfer duties from the secretary of state or state treasurer to the lieutenant governor. He argued the lieutenant governor has too few responsibilities and warned of potential conflicts of interest if duties remain unclear. He also backed appointing the state auditor and proposed governor lieutenant governor ticket reforms and election rules for acting governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
James Spainhower
Spainhower
State Senate
Committee On
Joseph Teasdale
Alaska
Hawaii
Missouri
Whittaker Boy Undergoes Leg Amputation for Cancer
Darren Whittaker eleven eldest child of Ron and ??? Whittaker of 2 Southmor underwent above the knee amputation after bone cancer was diagnosed this week. He lies in Rochester Methodist Hospital Rochester Minnesota with family present. He attends Mexico Junior High School and is expected to receive chemotherapy at Mayo Clinic after recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darren Whittaker
Ron Whittaker
Southmor
Rochester Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Darren
Mexico Junior High School
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Mexico High School
Whittaker
Soldier's Field Apartments
4Th Ave
Mayo Clinic
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Carrs
Biko
Khaya
Solomon
Johannesburg
Soweto
Perserk
Knights of Columbus Hall
Ron Ray
the Music Makers
Richard Sewell
Richard Bertells
Monterey Motel
Gemini
BIG Screen TV
BO Corp March
Dairy Queen
Liberty
G&d
Whittaker Boy
Hardees West Plan Charbroil Burgers
Iberty Theatre
Aidan Broccoli
Ceca
Gy Moore
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