Youth Killed In Car Smash
Robert Wayne Wright, 19, of 716 West Love Street, died at the scene after a high speed crash on Route FF near West Liberty and Elmwood in Audrain County. Coroner Connie Pickering said there would be no inquest. Wright was ejected from the vehicle after it left the road, struck an abutment, and overturned multiple times before resting on its wheels.
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Robert Wayne Wright
W. Love St
West Liberty
Elmwood
Missouri Highway Patrol
Audrain County
Connie Pickering
Wright
Mexico
Precht-Pickering
Marvin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Carolyn Spires Wright
Elmer Wright
Mexico High School
Crow Corp
Columbia
John Wright
Carolyn Thompson
Linda Kidd
Helen Burkhead
Rush Hill
Ruth Ann Montague
John Spires
Curryville
COE
Boone County
Bucket Mouth
Clow Corporation
United Brick and Clay Workers of Columbia
Montague
Israel Refuses PLO Talks and Palestinian State
Prime Minister Rabin reiterated Israel’s refusal to negotiate with any Palestinian guerrilla group or allow a Palestinian state on the West Bank. He warned that a third state would fuel tension, urging regional settlement while signaling openness to talking with Palestinians within a future Jordanian negotiating team. Rabin noted Palestinians were present in Jordan’s delegation at Geneva.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
West Bank
Jordan
Labor Party
Rabin
Middle East
Jerusalem
Geneva
Yigal Allon
Shimon Peres
East Germans Die In Escape Frontierside Shootout
Two East Germans attempting to flee to West Germany were shot by automatic weapons mounted on frontier barbed wire near a Hesse village on Christmas Eve. Officials said both were wounded and carried away by East German border guards.
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Geisa
West Germany
East Germany
Hesse
Psych study questions pretrial news influence in Hearst case
Marquette University psychology professor Harry E. Rollings studied 438 students, testing opinions the day after Patricia Hearst's arrest and a month later after extensive coverage. Nine percent believed brainwashing existed the day after the capture, questioning pretrial news impact on juror judgments.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Patricia Hearst
Marquette University
Harry E. Rollings
Miss Hearst
Mom Who Lost Tots Charged
NEW YORK AP A 20 year old mother Debra Mackall and her 30 year old boyfriend Alfred Forte were charged with two counts of murder after the naked burnt bodies of 2 year old Rodell Mackall and 4 year old Candy Cunningham were found in a garbage strewn lot in East Harlem. Police suspect the killings occurred at Forte's Queens apartment before the children were moved and burned.
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New York
Alfred Forte
Rodell Mackall
Candy Cunningham
East
Harlem
Forte
Borough of
Queens
Debra Mackall
San Francisco Divorcee Reveals Affair With JFK
Joan Lundberg Hitchcock, 42, tells AP and the San Francisco Examiner that she had a three year affair with John F. Kennedy while he was a senator and in Santa Monica. She says the relationship ended before he became president, notes Kennedy’s politicking, his marriage to Jackie, and that she was briefly accepted by Peter Lawford's family before being barred from the house.
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San Francisco
Joan Lundberg
Hitchcock
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
San Francisco Examiner
Associated Press
Barry Goldwater
Board of Supervisors
Judith Campbell Exner
White House
Jackie
Johnny
Joan
Knotty Pine Tavern Destroyed By Early Morning Fire
An area landmark, the Knotty Pine Tavern near Rush Hill Road and Scott's Corner on Highway 54, burned to the ground in the early hours. The Hutchinsons report a 2:30 a.m. blaze with arson suspected as a cause. Firefighters from Martinsburg saved the adjacent home but the building is a total loss. insurance covers part of the estimated damage. Investigators from Audrain County continue the probe.
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Knotty Pine
Bill Hutchinson
Bill
Hutchinson
Fritz Woodroof
Audrain County
Holiday Death Toll Reaches 224 in Four Day Weekend
The national highway death toll rose to 224 by 9 a.m. as the Christmas travel period extended. The National Safety Council estimates 440 to 500 deaths will occur during the four day weekend ending at midnight Sunday, with 520 fatalities in the 1973 four day Christmas period and 204 during last year's one day holiday.
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National Safety Council
Corn Exports Rise Sharply for 1975-76 Year
U S corn export commitments jumped to about 19.2 million tons for the 1975-76 marketing year as sales to European buyers surged. The Agriculture Department notes roughly 10 million tons have shipped and 9.2 million are outstanding for delivery, with total forecast between 35.6 and 38.1 million tons. A notable deferral to 1976-77 remains as the next harvest approaches.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Ford Holds 28 Bills in Endgame at Vail Ski Vacation
President Ford, amid a Colorado stopover, moves toward finalizing 28 bills awaiting his approval or veto as he skis and conducts light administrative tasks. He signed one $9.8 billion water and power projects bill and named John Carlson deputy press secretary while planning campaign trips and urging renewed drug control efforts.
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Vail
Colo
Washington
Ford
Air Force Courier
Colorado
U.S
Richard Bass
Jim Brown
Fords
Bass
John Carlson
White House
Carlson
Infantry
Congress
Lawyer shields hurt witness in Christmas Eve killings
In Winter Garden Florida an attorney for W T Zeigler Jr says he is temporarily blocking police interviews to protect his client who is hospitalized with a gunshot wound. Zeigler and his family were at the center of a furniture store shooting during a robbery claimed by police. detectives await his readiness to be questioned as the sheriff notes he may or may not be a suspect.
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Winter Garden
Fila
Ralph V. Hadley III
Hadley
W.T. Zeigler Jr
Zeigler
Orange County
Don Frye
Melvin Coleman
Assassination Shocks CIA Athens Link to Greece Ties
In Athens, the murder of Richard Welch, the U.S. Embassy Athens station chief, shocks Americans working to improve 18 months of U.S.-Greek relations. Greek officials call it an isolated incident but bolster guard protection for top diplomats as thawed ties face a stark test. Welch was killed by three masked gunmen after a Christmas party, with motives tied to his high profile.
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Athens
Richard Welch
Central Intelligence Agency
Greece
Welch
U.S
Washington
CIA
Peru
Latin America
United States
Turkey
Cyprus
Congress
Jack Kubisch
President Ford enjoys night out with Betty in Vail club
In Vail Colorado President Ford and Betty Ford spent a six hour evening out with cocktails, dining and dancing to Ink Spots music. Secret Service briefly detained a man who shouted comments, then the Fords joined a crowded nightclub after a private party. They met photographers and left without incident.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Betty
Fords
Secret Service
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Illinois
Howard H. Callaway
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