No Indictments In Auxvasse Arson Case Reported
Callaway County grand jury reported no indictments after a two month probe into the Halloween 1973 fire bombing of a black family’s home in Auxvasse. The panel cited insufficient evidence to indict any individual, noted widespread town vandalism, and urged policing and jail reforms, plus county courthouse and assessor improvements. John Eisenhower begins weekly AP column on national and world events from Phoenixville, Pa.
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Fulton
Callaway County
John Cave
Cave
William Ross
Jack McBride
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Grand Jury
Auxvasse
Jewell Gannaway
Missouri Highway Patrol
U.S. Treasury
Callaway
Board of
Phoenixville, Pa
John Eisenhower
Jail Fire Second Incident In Gerald Davenport Cell
Firemen answered a mattress blaze in the Audrain County Jail cell of 19 year old Gerald Davenport. It was the second such incident involving Davenport after a June 3 fire in another cell. Davenport and Daniel Blaine Young were treated for smoke inhalation at Audrain Medical Center. Sheriff Riley said it was unclear which inmate started the earlier fire.
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Mexico
Audrain County
Gerald Davenport
Davenport
Daniel Blaine Young
Audrain Medical Center
Arthur
Bud) Riley
Riley
Vernell Weston
Les Newbrough
Newbrough
Mexico OOF Oyster Supper Is Thursday
Mexico's Odd Fellows Lodge 99 hosts its annual oyster stew supper Thursday at 6 30 p m in the IOOF Hall. The event honors past noble grands and members with 25+ years of service as Ben Langenbach presides over the meeting to follow. Grand Lodge officers are invited to present service awards.
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Mexico
Odd Fellows’ Lodge 99
IOOF
Ben Langenbach
Grand Lodge
Two Ministers Threaten to Sue Over Home Economics
In New Milford Connecticut two Baptist ministers threaten legal action against school officials over sixth grade home economics courses they say encourage homosexuality in boys. Superintendent Daniel Center defends the program as a 18 week mandatory general education course in home economics and industrial arts for all sixth graders.
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New Milford
U.S. Supreme Court
James Clemmons
Faith Baptist Temple
Clemmons
James
Bond Becomes Chairman of Republican Governors
Gov. Christopher S. Bond of Missouri was named chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He urged GOP leaders to focus on election reform financial disclosure and privacy while stressing government should solve problems rather than expand. The conference discussed party rebuilding with Ford absent and debated the need to balance the federal budget with a proposed nationwide drive.
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Christopher S. Bond
Missouri
Bond
Republican Governors Association
GOP
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Winfield Dunn
Tennessee
Tom McCall
Oregon
Thomson
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
House
Christopher 8. Bond
RGA
James Holfhouser
North Carolina
Washington
Michigan
William McLaughlin
Mary Louise Smith
McLaughlin
Social Security Hours Change at Columbia Office
The Columbia Social Security Office at 2102 Whitegate Drive shifts hours from 4 30 am to 4 30 pm weekdays to a 9 00 am opening. The change stems from increased workload and processing time requirements.
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Columbia
Columbia Social Security
Whitegate Drive
CP Children Pose With Fords at White House
United Cerebral Palsy poster children Gregg Donaldson and Tracey Royal met President Ford and Mrs. Ford in the Oval Office. Gregg, 12, shows interest in Boy Scouts while Tracey, 7, enjoys dancing. Both youths hail from Washington DC.
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Washington
United Cerebral Palsy
Gregg Donaldson
Tracey Royal
Walkout Threat at Rush Island Union Electric Plant
Tradesmen from 14 unions planned a work stoppage at Rush Island to protest site conditions. Leaders cited inadequate guard rails, exposed wiring, poor lighting, and poor sanitary facilities, urging resolution with Bechtel Corp. and Union Electric to address safety concerns.
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ST. Louis
Rush Island
Mississippi River
Here
Richard Mantia
The
St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council
Mantia
Jaworski Resumes Texas Directorate
Leon Jaworski, former Watergate special prosecutor, was reelected to the board of Anderson, Clayton & Co. He had earlier resigned from the board when named to head the Watergate prosecution in Washington. He returned to Houston as senior partner at Fulbright, Crocker & Jaworski.
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Houston, Tex
Leon Jaworski
Anderson, Clayton & Co
Jaworski
Washington
Fulbright, Crocker & Jaworski
Guerrilla Chief Lucio Cabanas Dies in Mexican Mountains
In a five month operation by 20,000 troops, guerrilla leader Lucio Cabanas was killed in a battle at Otatal Ranch near Atoyac, 88 miles north of Acapulco. Reports said 10 fellow guerrillas died with him, 17 were killed in a Saturday clash, and two soldiers died with five wounded. Cabanas, once a sixth grade teacher, led a movement linked to Genaro Vazquez Rojas and Emiliano Zapata’s 1910 uprising, seeking a socialist Mexico before his death at about 36.
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Mexico City
Lucio Cabanas
Mexico
Cabanas
Latin America
Che Guevara
Acapulco
Genaro Vazquez Rojas
Vazquez
Sierra Madre del Sur
Emiliano Zapata
Sen
Ruben Figueroa
Figueroa
Dee
Otatal Ranch
Atoyac
Selassie Regime Blamed as Addis Bombs Kill and Injure
In Addis Ababa, the mining military council blamed supporters of ex Emperor Haile Selassie for bombs at city hall and a downtown hotel. Reported casualties varied from 13 injured to at least six dead, with ELF claims of guerrilla action. The council vows drastic action while trials of about 150 detained regime members proceed. arrests include Count Alula Bekele after a gun battle. Anti American sentiment grows as U S dependents are moved.
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Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Eritrean Liberation Front
ELF
Eritrea
Grand Palace
Selassie
National Guard
Alula Bekele
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Energy Game drama on Channel 8 explores Missouri energy
A two part film series titled The Energy Game shows Missouri energy shortage issues. Part one reviews coal reliance powering 80 percent of state electricity and part two focuses on nuclear reactors as a future energy source. Produced by Missouri Division of Community Development and University of Missouri Extension Division. It airs at 6 40 p m Wednesday and Thursday on Komu TV Channel 9.
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Missouri
Komu-Tv
Channel 9
Missouri Division of Community Development
University of Missouri Extension Division
Flight Data May Tell Crash Cause
Authorities end search for 92 crash victims and recover the Boeing 727 flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. Investigators seek the cause as the jetliner hit fog on approach to Dulles International Airport, with 85 passengers and seven crew members dead. The runway lacked a full instrument landing system and the craft should have been at 3,400 feet. officials note a warning device might have helped avoid the accident.
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Upperville
Trans World Airlines
Dulles International
O.R. Dube
Loudoun County
National Transportation Safety Board
John F. Leyden
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
Ford
Kennedy to Attend Democratic Charter Conference in Kansas City
Senator Edward M. Kennedy will attend the Democratic Charter Conference in Kansas City as delegates fill Municipal Auditorium for a week end and plan to adopt a party charter. Henry Jackson George Wallace Richard Daley and leaders Carl Albert Tip ONeill and Robert Byrd are slated to speak and debate on minority and women participation.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Henry Jackson
Washington
George Wallace
Alabama
Richard Daley
Chicago
Municipal Auditorium
Democrats
United States of America
Robert Strauss
House
Carl Albert
Thomas P
Tip” O'Neill
Senate
Robert Byrd
Strauss
Terry Sanford
Charter Commission
MMA Units Win Again At Capital Christmas Parade
Missouri Military Academy marching band and Fusileers claim the best unit award for the fourth straight year at Jefferson City Christmas parade. They defended the first place trophy entered since 1971 as Lt Col Paul Cherches directs the band and Maj Kenneth Mortenson leads the Fusileers, who have dominated state drill competitions for a decade. The duo also joined the fifth annual Christmas walk in St. Louis the prior day.
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Missouri Military Academy
Fusileers
Jefferson City
Academy
Jefferson City Jaycees
Paul Cherches
Kenneth Mortenson
St. Louis
Shootout in Columbia Leaves Man Dead and Officer Wounded
Police shot and killed 45 year-old Jack Janssen of Columbia after he fired a shotgun at two officers responding to a disturbance call. Officer Dan Gillespie was wounded and treated at Boone County Hospital. another officer Larry Wright was uninjured. The confrontation began when Janssen allegedly fired three blasts inside his residence, then fired at officers on the front porch before they returned fire.
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Columbia
Jack Janssen
Dan Gillespie
Boone County Hospital
Gillespie
Larry Wright
Janssen
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