White KU senior shot during library steps scuffle
Lawrence Kan AP A white University of Kansas senior 22 year old Harry Kirke Snyder was shot today amid a scuffle with two black youths painting strike on Watson Library steps. Witnesses said a gun fired and the assailants fled. Police offered few details and Snyder was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Authorities withheld his condition.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Watson Library
Harry Kirke Snyder
Topeka
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mary Athey
University Relations Office
Snyder
Kansas Board of Regents
Gary D. Jackson
K.U
Regents
Jackson
Rick Dowdell
Lawence
Dowdell
Negro
Harry Rice
Leawood
Rice
Mrs. Mabel Halberstadt Dies at 78
Mrs Mabel G Halberstadt 78 of 1309 West St died at 1 am today at Audrain Medical Center Mexico where she had been a patient since Thanksgiving Day She was born December 25 1877 in Mulberry Hill Va daughter of George and Melissa Hunter She was married to Lynn Halberstadt who preceded her in death Survived by four sons Reverend Dwight Bingham Slater Eldon and Lloyd Bingham of Joplin Kenneth Bingham of Mexico a brother Lloyd Hunter Vandalia and a sister Mrs Harlan Hines Shelbyville 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral services will be at Agnew funeral home Paris at 2 pm Burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home until time for services
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Mabel G. Halberstadt
West St
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Halberstadt
Paris
Mulberry Hill
George
Melissa Elam Hunter
Lynn Halberstadt
Dwight Bingham
Slater, Eldon
Lloyd Bingham
Joplin
Kenneth Bingham
Lloyd Hunter
Vandalia
Harlan Hines
Shelbyville
Agnew Funeral Home
Walnut Grove
Mrs. Sarah Trimble Dies in Missouri
Mrs. Sarah E. Trimble 70 of Mexico Route 1 died at 5 15 a m Sunday at home. Funeral from Arnold funeral home to Gladden Mo for graveside Chrisco Cemetery Tuesday at 2 p m. Born June 22 1900 Shannon Mo. Married Billy Trimble in West Plains 1940. Survived by husband two sons Willie Douglas Virgil Douglas in Utah and daughter Betty Mason in Montana. Visitation 7 to 8 30 p m tonight.
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Sarah E. Trimble
Mexico
Arnold Funeral Home
Gladden
Chrisco
Rollie Light
Trimble
Shannon
Billy Trimble
West Plains
Willie Douglas
Virgil Douglas
Utah
Betty Mason
Montana
Harold E. Rogers Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Harold E. Rogers 78 of Mexico Route 3 will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Arnold funeral home with Rev Edward Donohue of St. Brendan Church officiating. Burial in Catholic Cemetery. Rogers died at 6 15 a.m. Sunday at Audrain Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born August 22 1892 in Spring Green Wisconsin and married Ednar Shire May 18 1920 in Mexico. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and a World War I veteran. He and Ednar celebrated their 50th anniversary in May. He leaves a son Marlin N. Rogers of Columbia, two brothers Phil Rogers of Guernsey Wyoming and D L Rogers of Alliance Nebraska, a sister Irene Miller of Valdosta Georgia, a half brother Robert Wesley Rodgers of Lakeland Florida, and two grandchildren Michael Joiner and Mary Ellen Rogers. A sister and a brother preceded him in death. Friends may call this evening 7 to 8 30 p.m.
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Harold E. Rogers
Mexico
Arnold Funeral Home
Edward Donohue
St. Brendan Church
Rogers
Audrain Medical Center
David L
Fern Josephine Joiner Rogers
Phil Rogers
Guernsey
Wyo
D. L. Rogers
Alliance
Neb
Irene Miller
Valdosta
Robert Wesley Rodgers
Lakeland
Fla
Michael Joiner
Mary Ellen Rogers
Davises Welcome Son at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Loyd Davis of Mexico Route 5 welcomed a baby boy born at Audrain Medical Center at 5 52 p m Sunday. The infant weighed six pounds three ounces.
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Loyd Davis
Mexico
Route 5
Audrain Medical Center
Battery Vets Recall Events at Mexico Reunion
Col Thomas H Bruce praised Battery B 128th Field Artillery for its World War II record at the unit reunion in the Mexico armory. Bruce, a former commander now based in Lafayette Indiana, noted two Dec 5 milestones including leaving Mexico in 1940 and firing on Germany across the Rhine. About 200 former and current members attended with Billy Vandeventer as senior member.
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Mexico
128Th Field Artillery
Thomas H. Bruce
Bruce
Col. Bruce
Europe
128Th F. A
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
T. R. Bruce
Kenneth Bradford
Battery B
Fort Jackson
S. C
Germany
Rhine
Robinson Indicted on Charge of Government Money Profit
Jefferson City AP State Treasurer William E Robinson was indicted for willfully unlawfully and feloniously making a profit from state funds. He posted a $2000 bond and was released to face trial in Cole County Circuit Court at 9 a.m. December 21. The indictment alleges on September 8 1969 while treasurer he received 2500 from James Crismon for depositing state funds in First State Bank of Bonne Terre Missouri. Crismon was bank president. the bank has since reorganized and Crismon faces nine counts of bank fraud. An attorney general Danforth will prosecute the case. The grand jury heard 54 witnesses across 26 sessions with 16 indictments returned. Robinson is a former Missouri Democratic Party treasurer and has denied wrongdoing.
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William E. Robinson
Robinson
Cole County
State Bank of
Bonne Terre
Missouri
Crismon
Criimon
Capitol
Crismon- Robinson
John C. Danforth
Danforth
Dale Rollins
John Craft
Byron Kinder
State Treasury
Democratic State Committee
Grand Jury
Terrorists Kidnap Swiss Ambassador in Rio De Janeiro
Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher, 56, was abducted by armed terrorists in Rio near his Santa Teresa residence as he rode to the embassy. A Brazilian guard was shot three times. The operation lasted about two minutes and followed a pattern of earlier political kidnappings in Brazil.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Giovanni Enrico Bucher
National Liberation Alliance
U.S
C. Burke Elbrick
Elbrick
Nobuo Okuchi
Sao Paulo
Ehrenfried von Hollenden
West Germany
Okuchi
Bucher
Santa Teresa
US Considers Month Truce for Vietnam War
Washington eyes a month long holiday cease fire to push for a permanent standstill. Secretary Rogers says the plan, backed by Sen. Jackson, would extend Christmas talks through Tet and seek guarantees against violations.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
United States
State Department
Rogers
Henry M. Jackson
Washington Democrat
Jackson
Paris
NBC
Meet the Press
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Saigon
Vietnam
Airmail Ballot Arrives 125 Days Late in County
A Mexico youth casting his first vote mailed an absentee primary ballot from Washington on July 28. The regulation envelope bore a complete address with ZIP Code. It arrived today at County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes’s office after more than four months in transit.
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Mexico
Washington, D.C
Glenn M. Barnes
Hog Wins Dual Live and Carcass Show at Audrain Banquet
John Rudasill's hog topped both live market hog and carcass classes at the Audrain County Pork Producers Association awards banquet. The champion boasted 63.42 percent lean cuts, .74 inch back fat, seven inch loin eye, and 31 inches carcass length. Carcass placings listed include Strowald Farms Bowling Green in second and third, Wright Hunt Norfleet Mexico in fourth, Tim Henry Centralia fifth, C H Cauthorn Mexico sixth, K W Clithero Mid dletown seventh, David Middleton Laddonia eighth, Truman Coolley Centralia ninth, and Don and Virgil Carver Bowling Green tenth.
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John Rudasill
Audrama County Pork Producers Assa
Dale Schnarre
Hughes Says It's Just A Vacation
Dist Atty George Franklin says Howard Hughes told him by phone he is on a long vacation with a Bahamas business trip. He adds Hughes is the boss, not subject to an internal power struggle, and is merely firing a couple of people. Deputies searched Hughes penthouse for foul play clues amid illness reports and a missing billionaire.
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Ney
George Franklin
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Franklin
Paul Laxalt
KLAC
Los Angeles
Hughes
Nevada
Las Vegas Strip
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State Division of Commerce’and Industrial Development
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Paul Nadler
Richard Vance
Mabel Halberstadt
Sarah Trimble
Davises
Qui Nhon
Phnom Penh
Penm Chikang
Rudasill
Carol Meine
Lester Meine
Kent Rd
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James Baker
Kentucky Rd
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Robert M. White I
Park Circle
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Sheriff's Department
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