Young Adult Review Board Meeting at Mexico High Library
The Young Adult Review Board of the Mexico Audrain County Library met Saturday in the Mexico High School Library. They discussed future projects and educational trips while viewing and debating Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death film adaptation. Mexico High hosts served refreshments to attendees including Kenny Fairchild Randy Hoyt Debbie Hooke Jean Becker Pam Weldy Patti Lange Tim Adams Rocky Adkins Susan Perry Susan Friedberg Betsy Bailey Fran Wilson Priscilla Singleton Mrs Mary Connelly the librarian and Mrs Violet Lierheimer sponsor.
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Young Adult Review Board
Mexico-Audrain
Mexico High School
Edgar Allen Poe
Mexico High
Kenny Fairchild
Randy Hoyt
Debbie Hooke
Jean Becker
Pam Weldy
Patti Lange
Tim Adams
Rocky Adkins
Susan Perry
Susan Friedberg
Betsy Bailey
Fran Wilson
Priscilla Singleton
Mary Conelley
Violet Lierheimer
Bluegill Proposal Would Make State Fish
Jefferson City Missouri representatives Clarence Heflin Alvin E Waits and James Gray introduced a 1974 bill to designate the bluegill as the official state fish. The sunfish native to Missouri would join the catfish as prominent local species.
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Jefferson City
Clarence Heflin
Alvin E. Waits
James Gray
Independence
Voters Register Today At Farber
County Clerk Glenn Barnes and deputies registered 1,551 voters in Vandalia last week including 295 rural residents and 1,256 from Vandalia. Barnes and staff are in Farber today and will resume state voter registration in Laddonia Tuesday.
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Vandalia
Glenn Barnes
Barnes
Farber
Laddonia
Pioneer 10 near Jupiter on mission to depart solar system
Space probe Pioneer 10 sweeps by Jupiter en route to leaving the solar system. The 570-pound craft speeds to 73,600 mph, 31,000 miles from Jupiter, transmitting color photos and data while facing radiation belt risks.
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Jupiter
Solar System
Mountain View
Calif
Earth
Pioneer
Howard Matthews
Ames Research Center
Matthews
Taurus
Kissinger to Visit Syria in New Middle East Peace Effort
Kissinger plans a Damascus trip later this month as part of a broader Middle East mission. Arab and Beirut sources note no formal U.S. relations with Syria since 1967, while Damascus signals private delegation talks. Israelis tighten security in the occupied West Bank amid tensions, arrests, and PLO warnings.
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Associated Press
Henry A. Kissinger
Syria
Middle East
London
Kissinger
Damascus
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Beirut
United States
Israel
Geneva
Hafez Assad
Washington
Lebanon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Jerusalem
West Bank
Jordan
Nablus
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Hussein
Cairo
United Nations
Unseasonal Warmth Prompts Yard Work in Mexico
Weather observer reports a record high of 60 for yesterday, with past Dec 2 highs and lows noted. Residents mowed lawns around a green Christmas tree as a four inch snowfall from 1967 is recalled, and a courthouse custodian rode a riding mower to trim grass around the tree and decorations.
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Smoky Woods
National Weather Service
Mercury
Mexico
Woman enters Booska home in Allen residence incident
Mrs. Velma Ravenscraft of 932 S Trinity Street enters the Allen R Booska home at 609 W Monroe Street. Police report states no injuries were noted and the intruder was found inside the residence. The incident prompted a security check and follow up with residents.
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Velma Ravenscraft
S. Trinity St
Allen R. Booska
W. Monroe St
Juvenile Volunteers Will Meet Tuesday
A meeting for all members of the Juvenile Court Volunteer program is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the juvenile division on the fourth floor of the Audrain County Courthouse. The focus is on problems volunteers face with parents and families of the juvenile, and those interested in joining are encouraged to attend or contact the juvenile office.
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Audrain County
Steve van Matre
Secret contributions to Nixon fund reported by Tribune
Chicago Tribune reports that two former White House aides kept dairy industry contributions to the Nixon fund secret in 1971. Documents filed in a Texas court reference a May 18 1971 meeting between H R Haldeman and John W Dean III.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
White House
United States District Court
San Antonio
Tex
H. R. Haldeman
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Tribune
AMPI
Justice Department
the Tribune
Senate Watergate Committee
Dean
Pennsylvania Ave
N.W
Washington
Electric Co-ops to Gather at Missouri Meeting
The 36th annual Missouri Electric Cooperatives Association meeting will be in Jefferson City on December 4 and 5. Nelson Willingham of Consolidated Electric Cooperative of Mexico said 48 rural co-ops will discuss energy crisis solutions, with speakers including Lt. Gov. William Phelps and Sen. Thomas Eagleton.
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Missouri Electric Cooperatives Association
Jefferson City
Nelson Willingham
Consolidated Electric Cooperative of Mexico
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
William Phelps
Missouri
Gerald Diddle
Associated Electric Cooperative
Associated
AEC
Diddle
Willingham
Thomas Eagleton
Dmo
Hardin Cox
Rock Port
REA
George Herzog
Charles Gill
Reces
REC
Missouri Electric Cooperatives Board
Billie W. Myers
Montgomery City
Consolidated
Mr. Willingham
Lindsay to split papers between city archives and Yale
New York Mayor John Y. Lindsay plans to divide his papers. Government records from his eight years in City Hall will go to the Municipal Archives, while nongovernmental and congressional papers from 1958 to 1965 will be donated to Yale's Sterling National Library. He said he will not seek any financial benefit from the papers.
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NEW York
John Y. Lindsay
Municipal Archives
Yale University
Lindsay
City Hall
Sterling National Library
Yale
Messiah at Mexico Methodist Church Delights Local Fans
About 500 heard the 13th Mexico performance of Handel’s The Messiah by the Abbie Llewellyn Snoddy Music Club chorus at Mexico United Methodist Church directed by Gerald Valet. Soloists Jim Forbis Beth Smithey Iola Bradley Nell Riechers Peggy Gillam and organist A Lawrence Kimbrough received praise for precise phrasing and strong presence despite minor vocal imbalances. The performance closed without audience applause despite high spirits and fervent singing.
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Abbie Llewellyn Snoddy
Mexico
United Methodist Church
Handel
Gerald Valet
A. Lawrence Kimbrough
Lincoln University
Grace Episcopal Church
Jefferson City
Jim Forbis
Northeast Missouri State University
Bob Ollis
Iola Bradley
Beth Smithey
Walter Leeper
Joice
Nell Riechers
Peggy Gillam
Otepka alleges Kennedy era had own Watergate
Former State Department official Otto Otepka charged in Leawood Kansas that the Kennedy administration orchestrated a Watergate style affair in the early 1960s. He said operatives broke into his office tapped his phone and damaged classified papers to discredit him while testifying against superiors. He contradicted Dean Rusk's denial of wiretapping and burglary in the Kennedy era.
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Kansas City
State Department
Otto Otepka
Department
Kennedy
Leawood
Kan
Heart of America
Otepka
Dean Rusk
Boy Burned Siphoning Gasoline
A 16 year old youth from Temple Hills Maryland was severely burned when a can of gasoline exploded as he siphoned it and held a match above the can to gauge his supply. Flaming fuel blinded his clothing and bystanders with two Vienna police smothered the flames. He remains in critical condition with third degree burns. In Brooklyn another man, 18, suffered burns over 80 percent of his body when gasoline exploded as he carried it into a pizzeria. Bruce Yarnell, 35, actor and singer, died in a plane crash in Los Angeles County after piloting a light plane with two others. Yarnell was known for The Outlaws television series and as an operatic baritone with major opera companies.
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Vienna
Arthur G. Hilley
Temple Hills
Hilley
Fairfax Hospital
New York City
Joseph Bajder
Brooklyn
Outlaws
Star Dies
Los Angeles
Bruce Yarnell
Los Angeles County
Yarnell
Kohoutek Lights Southeast Sky Before Sunrise
Comet Kohoutek becomes visible to the naked eye in the southeast before sunrise, about an hour before dawn. Observers are warned to avoid looking at the sun and to use caution with telescopes. The comet will move lower toward December 10 and 20, then reappear in early evening in January with best views January 10 to 20.
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Cambridge
Mass
Kohoutek
Earth
United States
Gas Rationing Foreseen Amid Middle East Peace Hopes
Conway Ark AP report notes Sen J W Fulbright forecasts gasoline rationing by January as fuel concerns heighten focus on resolving the Middle East crisis. He chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and says recent events give optimism for peace in the region.
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Conway, Ark
J. W. Fulbright
Middle East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Happiness amid energy crisis limits travel in Albany Times Union
AP report notes gasoline shortages restrain travel and boost family life. State Mental Hygiene official Dr. Jack Wright says staying home brings families closer to traditional life, noting a shift in daily routines and emphasis on the home.
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Albany
N.Y
Times-Union
Elle Pankin
Jack Wright
State Mental Hygiene Department
Secretarial Scholarship Offered by National Association
The National Association of Educational Secretaries offers a $500 scholarship to seniors entering the secretarial field, preferably in education. Requires two or more business courses. Applications due Friday, Dec. 7 via counselor or business education teacher.
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Mexico
National Association of Educational Secretaries
Pirates
Hannibal
Vocal Music Room
F.C.A
Prot Would Rename States
WASHINGTON AP Here are the names chosen by G. Etzel Pearcy for the 38 States he proposes to replace the present 50 Kennebec Plymouth Hudson Mohawk Susquehanna Chesapeake Albemarle Carolina Piedmont Biscayne Allegheny Appalachia Erie Mackinac Dearborn Wabash Cumberland Talladega Superior Prairie Osage Ozark Bayou Dakota Platte Shawnee Alamo Bighorn Bitterroot San Luis Bonneville Cochise Cascade El Dorado San Gabriel Seward Kodiak and Kilauea For story on the 39 State plan see Page 8.
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Washington
G. Etzel Pearcy
Kennebec
Plymouth
Hudson
Mohawk
Susquehanna
Chesapeake
Albemarle
Carolina
Piedmont
Biscayne
Allegheny
Appalachia
Erie
Mackinac
Dearborn
Wabash
Cumberland
Talladega
Superior
Prairie
Osage
Ozark
Bayou
Dakota
Platte
Shawnee
Alamo
Bighorn
Bitterroot
Chimney Sweeps' Business Surges in Conn Winters
NEW HAVEN Conn AP chimney sweep firms report booming business as oil shortages push residents to rely on fireplaces. One Milford firm says sales up 300 percent from last year as clean flues improve efficiency and fuel use.
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New Haven
John Allison
Milford, Conn
Connecticut
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