Weather Outlook Signals Rain and Cooler Turn Chapter
At 7:00 a.m. readings show last 24 hours high 36, low 31 with 0.04 in. precip. Forecast calls for rain this afternoon, heavier tonight with possible thunder. Rain ends Thursday with a turn to colder highs in the 40s, winds northwest 10 to 15. Missouri outlook shows brief snow in extreme north, then cooler. Lake levels and local notices follow, including fire calls, traffic incidents, and court actions.
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Missouri
Hospital admits list of patients and locals from multiple towns
Officials at Audrain Medical Center reported today the admission of numerous patients including Mrs Gladys Nichols Mr William E DeOrnellis Jr Miss Cheryl Lynn Walden and others across Mexico Paris Centralia Wellsville Auxvasse Benton City and nearby towns. The transcript notes names a wide roster of individuals without further medical details.
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Hospital
Audrain Medical Center
Gladys Nichols
William E. DeOrnellis Jr
Cheryl Lynn Walden
Kenneth J. Groves
Lorita Ann Staehle
Elizabeth L. Foreman
Gregory A. Chaney
Stephen G. Chaney
L. W. Branham
Helen M. Catton
Lewis E. Melahn
Geneva A. Larkin
John &. Strobel
Mildred E. Surls
Nancy Long
Ralph Millard
Mexico
Robert D. Bolden
Paris
Martha E. Eddens
Edgar T. Sims
Basil Barney
Centralia
Marion Earl Smith
Wellsville
Thomas W. Lunceford
Hugh A. Davis
Claude Mosley
Louetta J. Mosley
Thompson
Lawrence D. Wybrant
Auxvasse
Carl Dry
Carla Steelman
Benton City
Lindsay Opens Wisconsin Primary Bid with War Critique
Mayor John V. Lindsay announced his entry in Wisconsin's April presidential primary. He condemned the North Vietnam bombing as madness, pledging an immediate cease fire and troop withdrawal if elected. He noted limited party support due to his late switch from Republican to Democrat. He hoped the Wisconsin primary would let many voices be heard while facing antiwar protesters amid questions on the Vietnam War.
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Madison
Wis
John V. Lindsay
Wisconsin
North Vietnam
Bronson C. LaFollette
Lindsay
Florida
New York
John Lindsay
Edmond Gong
Miami
Gong
Assassin Jumps Bail. To China
Hong Kong newspapers report that Peter Huang and Cheng Tzu tsai may have fled to Communist China after court actions linked to the April shooting attempt on Chiang Ching kuo in New York. Huang pleaded guilty to attempted murder and gun possession. Cheng was found guilty of the same charges. Bail was revoked as neither appeared for sentencing.
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Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-shek
New York
China
Peter Huang
Columbia University
Cheng Tzu-tsai
Queens
N.Y
Plaza Hotel
Chiang Ching-kuo
William J Mefford, 77, Dies at Home in High Hill
William James Mefford, 77, a retired electrical lineman, died at his High Hill home after an eight year illness. Funeral services are set for Friday at Harding Funeral Home in Jonesburg with Rev. Thomas Higgins officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. He was born October 7, 1894 in Frankford Kentucky. He is survived by his wife Emma Schwarre, a daughter Darlene Didtman, two grandchildren and six great grandchildren, two sisters and a brother.
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Jonesburg
William James Mefford
High Hill
Harding
Thomas Higgins
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Mefford
Frankford
William
Ida Thompson Mefford
Emma Schwarre
Walnut Grove
Herman
Darlene) Didtman
Linn
Eph Young
Centralia
Fred Redding
State of California
Albert Mefford
Auxvasse
Mrs. Florence Clark Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Emme Clark 95 of Center, former Perry resident, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday December 28, 1971 at Wilkey Funeral Home Perry with Rev. C D Howell officiating and burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. She died December 25 at her daughter Eva Swan’s home in Center where she had lived since Homer Clark’s death in 1966. Born February 7, 1876 in Shelby County she was the last of nine Murray children. Survivors include sister Sadie Goodman of Moberly, 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Perry
Florence Emme Clark
Center
Wilkey Funera
C.D Howell
Pleasant Grove
Clark
Eva Swanin
Homer Clark
Shelby County
John
Hattie Hubbard Murray
Sadie Goodman
Moberly
British Plan to Withdraw From Malta
London reports that Britain rejected Malta’s latest financial demand and ordered preparations to pull British forces from Malta. If carried out, it would end British control of the Mediterranean island for the first time since Napoleon’s era. Malta’s premier Mintoff sought an immediate 11 million dollar payment on Christmas Eve.
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London
Malta
Mediterranean
Napoleon Bonaparte
Foreign Office
Dom Mintoff
Leone Receives Oath as Italy's President in Rome
Giovanni Leone, a Christian Democrat moderate, was sworn in as Italy's president for seven years. His inaugural address praised NATO as a valid instrument of peace as he rode in an open car through drizzle from Parliament to the Quirinal Palace, greeted by guards and saluting troops. Outgoing President Giuseppe Saragat, a Democratic Socialist, welcomed him.
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Rome
Giovanni Leone
Italy
North Atlantic Alliance
Leone
Quirinal Palace
Giuseppe Saragat
Advance Men Off To China Advance Men Off To China
A second White House advance team led by the NSC’s No 2 heads to Communist China to prep for President Nixon’s February trip. A 25 member Florida White House delegation including four TV network reps will stay about a week in mainland China with telecom and satellite officials, hinting at live TV coverage.
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Washington
White House
National Security Council
China
Nixon
Florida
Peking
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Comsat
Communications Satellite Corp
Truman Visit: Margaret Truman Daniel Stays With Parents
Margaret Truman Daniel and her husband Clifton with their four sons, aged 5 to 14, are visiting former President Harry S. Truman and his wife in Independence Missouri. The family plans to remain at the Truman home through the weekend.
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Independence, Mo
Margaret Truman Daniel
Harry S. Truman
Daniel
Clifton
Truman
Sadat Says Egypt Readied For War And Peace Talks
President Anwar Sadat told a Cairo political meeting that Egypt is completing preparations to go to war with Israel while not ruling out diplomatic paths for peace. He said the battle of liberation is must and a decision for action has been irrevocably taken, with timing tied to internal and international assessments. Israeli officials in Jerusalem voiced cautious optimism about possible political solutions.
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Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Israel
al Ahram
Sadat
Jerusalem
Middle East
Peoples Assembly—parliament
The
Arab Socialist Union
Audrain Court Declines Living Person Naming Policy
Audrain County judges state the court does not control hospital naming policy and explain why the new Audrain Medical Center facility should not be named after a living person. Trustees had earlier unanimously named the building Stribling House to honor Col. C R Stribling, longtime board chairman.
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Audrain
Audrain Medical Center
Russell Blackburn
Floyd Lewis
Wesley Woods
Honest man found. identity unknown in post office drop
Mrs. Victor Sears of Centralia Route 1 thanks the unknown youth who returned her billfold found at the Mexico post office. The finder did not leave a name, but desk staff believed a youth returned it.
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Diogenes
Mexico
Victor Sears
Centralia
State Church Group Meets Here
The state fellowship service of the Church of God in Christ Pentecostal will be held this evening at 624 E. Holt St. at 8 p.m. Members from throughout the state are expected. Elder B. Rucker and Mrs. Anna B. Jones lead. bishops and elders from Des Moines, Monroe City, Boonville, Columbia, Knob Noster and Mexico congregations will attend.
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Church of God In Christ Pentecostal
E. Holt St
Anna B. Jones
B. Rucker
Mexico
George Jones
Des Moines
Iowa
I.C. Conde
Monroe City
C. Crock
Son-in-Law To Be Sworn as Judge in Los Angeles
Alexander R. Early, son-in-law of Mrs. Worland, will be sworn in as judge of the superior court of Los Angeles County. Gov. Ronald Reagan will officiate on Jan 4 in Los Angeles. Early has served on the county council staff and as an assistant U S Attorney General. educated at Cornell and Harvard Law School. brother-in-law to Mrs. James Welch and Mrs. Gordon D. Elliott of Mexico.
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Fenton Worland
S. Calhoun Sr
Los Angeles
Calif
Alexander R. Early
Superior Court of
Ronald Reagan
Early
Worland
County Council
U.S
Mr. Early
Cornell University
Ithica
N.Y
Harvard Law School
Cambridge
Mass
James Welch
Gordon D. Elliott
Mexico
Fifth son born to Camps at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Robert Camp of Thompson welcomed their fifth child, a son born Tuesday at 9 25 p.m. weighing 10 pounds 7 ounces. He is brother to Jeff Robin 10 Lloyd Wayne 7 and Russell Todd 24 percent. Father works at MFA Feed Mill. Grandparents are Trannie Camp Wellsville Lurine Cloven Mexico and C B Cloven Alton Mo.
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Harold Millard
Holliday
Clarence L. Adams
New "Lorence
Robert Camp
Thompson
Camp
MFA Mill
William C. Mackey
Salmons Village
Jay Freeman
Berry Mitchell
Dana Smith
Ruby Smith
Sherry Worthington
Clifton Cheney
Russell Creasman
George Schutte
Mexico
Kathi Stringer
Audrain Medical Center
Jeff
Robin
Lloyd Wayne
Russell Todd
MFA Feed Mill
Trannie Camp
Wellsville
Lurine Cloven
C.B. Cloven
Alton
Nixon and Brandt conclude talks with NATO focus
President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt capped a two day summit at the Florida White House with a pledge of close partnership. Nixon announced Ambassador David Kennedy was named U.S. ambassador to NATO underscoring the alliance commitment. Kennedy succeeds Robert Lilworth. Brandt thanked Nixon for the chance to discuss European problems and invited him to Munich for the 1972 Olympics with Nixon joking about watching on TV if unable to attend.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Willy Brandt
David Kennedy
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kennedy
Atlantic Alliance
Treasury
Robert
NATO
Brandt
Florida White House
Europe
United States
Washington
Bonn
Munich
Mrs McDaniel Dies After 54 Years in McAllen
Funeral services were held Tuesday in McAllen Texas for Mrs B A McDaniel a longtime resident of 54 years She was born Maybel McCall daughter of Sparrel and Maude Garrett McCall of Callaway Mississippi area notes her maiden name and family roots.
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