Mummified Cowboy Found in Long Beach Fun House
A mummified body believed to be outlaw Bill McCurdy was used as a carnival sideshow prop and as security for a $500 loan. The mummy, once tied to a 1911 train robbery near Okesa Oklahoma, was discovered during a The Six Million Dollar Man filming in a Long Beach fun house. Autopsy revealed a copper jacketed bullet in the stomach and identification traced through carnival sales. The fate of the body traces from 1921 loan collateral to display in wax museums and amusement parks before the discovery.
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Los Angeles
Elfor McCurdy
Long Beach
Calif
McCurdy
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Okesa
Osage County
Okla
Big Caney River
Dave Friedman
Entertainment Ventures, Inc
Louis Sonney
Friedman
Friedman Sonney
Hollywood Wax Museum
Nu-Pike
Missouri fuel use steady in November tax revenue report
Missouri November gasoline consumption matched the prior year as the Department of Revenue released figures. The state collected 17.2 million dollars in motor fuel tax for the month, about 1,800 dollars less than November 19. Proceeds fund state and county road projects and year-to-date taxes exceed last year by roughly 5.5 percent.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Department of Revenue
Court Acts on 2 Columbia Attorneys
Missouri Supreme Court upholds second degree murder conviction of David S. Franco amid discipline actions against two Columbia attorneys. Franco, 28, Kansas City, was convicted July 19, 1974 for deaths of Terry Ott and Linda Barber. Disbarment sought for Robert Head and suspension for Robert Brown following prior misconduct findings.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
David S. Franco
Kansas City
Missouri Court of Appeals
Franco
Jackson County
Terry C. Ott
Linda Kay Barber
Appeals
State High Court
Supreme Court
Columbia, Mo
Robert Head
Head
Clara Perkins
Columbia
Robert Brown
Boone County Court
Missouri Bar Association
Brown
Jaycees Honor Bill Hilton at Christmas Awards Banquet
The Mexico Jaycees held their Christmas Awards banquet at the VFW Hall. A JCI Senatorship honored Bill Hilton for long service to the club and state Jaycees, granting lifetime Inter national Jaycee membership. Other awards went to John Peters Gary Spencer Steve George Dave Hardt Lewis Melahn Jim Dye Dennis Purdy Charlie Purdy and Charlie Purdy as Key Woman. Dave Lankford emceed. Bill Williams and Steve Erdel chaired.
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Mexico Jaycees
VFW
Mexico
Jaycees
Bill Hilton
JCI
Jaycee
Hilton
Coral Gables
Fla
John Peters
Gary Spencer
Steve George
Dave Hardt
Lewis Melahn
Jim Dye
Dennis Purdy
Charlie Purdy
Brenda McCue
Dave Lankford
Bill Willams
Steve Erdel
No Clues On Missing Man Ment
Lebanon AP report on James Kissinger a 34 year old partially retarded man who vanished from his parents home Monday. He rode a bicycle and has been without needed medication since wandering off about 1 pm. Authorities say he disappeared previously for about 17 hours near Jefferson City.
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Lebanon
Laclede
James Kissinger
Sheriff's
Kissinger
Jefferson City
Murder Charge On Marshall Man
Ronald D. Howard 28 of Marshall was charged with capital murder after the shooting death of Russell Childers 28. Childers was found fatally wounded around 5:30 p.m. in a trailer court on Marshall's east side. he had been shot in the groin. Howard is held in Saline County Jail in lieu of $75,000. A December 30 preliminary hearing was set.
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Howard
Saline County
Klan linked Marines to testify in Pendleton probe
Two white Marines alleged KKK ties will be called to testify in pretrial hearings for 14 black Marines charged with conspiracy and assault after a November barracks fight at Camp Pendleton. Officers review if courts martial will be ordered. transfers and a congressional inquiry follow the incident and subsequent KKK lists.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
William Halsey
Herman Fletcher
Huntsville
Ala
Lance Cpl
Gregory Coffee
Wellston
KKK
Marine Corps
Halsey
Pfc
Dennis L. Campbell
Charles V. Smith
American Civil Liberties Union
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
D-Calif
Five Drug Arrests Hit Sedalia Group in Drug Investigation
Pettis County sheriff's officers arrested five Sedalia residents Ray Arnett Dwight Staples Bobby Joe Simms and Andrew Ray Bryant all 25 to 27 along with Brian Hudson 19 of LaMonte in a 10 month drug trafficking probe. Staples extra arrest Christine Sublett 20 at the same address faced marijuana possession and pled guilty receiving a suspended sentence and probation.
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Sedalia
Pettis County
Ray Arnett
Dwight Lee Staples
Bobby Joe Simms
Andrew Ray Bryant
Brian Hudson
LaMonte
Hazel Palmer
Arnett
Staples
Sheriff's Office
Federal
Drug Enforcement Task Force
Emmett Fairfax
Christine Sublett
Palmer
Sus
Carter's Sister To Press For Rights
Gloria Spann, 50, sister of President-elect Carter, plans to press for repeal of motorcycle safety laws using political connections. She aims to lobby legislators, Carter administration members, and her brother, highlighting rider camaraderie and the appeal of motorcycles.
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Clark
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Tle
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London
Marine Klan
Congressional Black Caucus
Pendleton
Maj
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Hoffman
Perot
Bud) Nevin
Country Club
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Bloomington
Bill Nowell
Fashion Shop
N. Jefferson
A.C. Grenadiers
Robert Burns
Scripto
Garcia Vega
New Yorker
Whitehall Pipes
Hauptmann Panatela
Granada
iCigars
House of Windsor
Panetela & Perfectos Presidents
S. South Trails
Carter's
Press For Rights
Betty Fisher
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Hazel Day
Savings Counselor
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Citizens Savings Association
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