Bicentennial Night Begins With Pageant Of 1976 Celebrations
Americans welcome 1976 with red white and blue as New Year events spotlight the nation 200th birthday. In Philadelphia the Liberty Bell moves from Independence Hall to a new exhibition hall with security costs cited. In New York the Times Square ball drops at midnight and a large Bicentennial banner unfurls. Fireworks atop Pike's Peak in Colorado spark 100 mile visibility. Weather could alter plans with snow rain and warmth on the way. Fort Lauderdale braces for potential riots while Boston gears up for the Symphony Hall kickoff under Arthur Fiedler.
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Associated Press
Guy Lombardo
New York
Waldorf Astoria
Philadelphia
National Park Service
Liberty Bell ‘Suider Heavy Guard
Inde‘pendence Hall
Pennsylvania
Park Service
Douglas Warnock
The
U.S. Mint
Times Square
Rockies
Adaman Club
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Mississippi Valley
New England
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Boston
Symphony Hall
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Missouri health survey notes lower infant deaths and rising divorces
The 1975 Missouri health survey reports infant deaths at a record low, tuberculosis deaths down 25 percent, heart and stroke fatalities down 5 percent, and births yielding longer life expectancy. divorces hit a record high of 23 800 with only 2.1 marriages per divorce, while measles and rubella outbreaks challenge disease education and vaccination efforts.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Herbert Domke
Direcor
Domke
Garland “Land
Missouri Center For Health Statistics
Misaddressed Letter Confuses Cedar Rapids Official
An Iowa notice describes Linn County Attorney Eugene Kopecky known as Mr Island to Missouri patrols, after a letter requesting a driving record was misaddressed to Mays Island Cedar Rapids. The mix up occurred with the office address and name.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Elugene Kopecky
Mr. Island
Missouri Highway Patrol
Kopecky
Issouri Highway Patrol
Mays Island
Cedar River
Atty
Mr. Igland
Trucker Jumps to His Death on I-70 in Colo
A St Louis trucker, Robert Louis Adams, 40, died after leaping from his semi onto interstate 70 in Clear Creek County Colorado and was struck by two cars. His truck rolled off the road, down an embankment, sustaining head and internal injuries.
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Idaho Springs
Colo
St. Louis
Colorado State Patrol
Robert Louis Adams
Clear Creek County
Adams
Payton Retires As GreenCo Supervisor
Dewey L. Payton retires from A P Green Refractories Co Mexico plant after a 30 year career. For 17 years he led the grinding department supplying dry press and specialties, overseeing three shifts and handling wet clay challenges. He joined in 1945 and helped rebuild after a 1973 fire. He and wife Frances have three daughters. Their grandson birth announced at Audrain Medical Center.
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Dewey L. Payton
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Mexico
Payton
Green Company
O’brien Transfer and International Shoe Co
First Christian Church
Frances
Route 4
Robert Marty
Delores Selsor
Kenneth Smith
Battle of the Bands reenacts Civil War clash at Stones River
In Murfreesboro Tennessee a Civil War anniversary marks the December 31 1862 battle at Stones River with a reenacted engagement by a Milwaukee based civilian band. Cannons and rifles, moonlight and candles set the scene as Confederate withdrawal left the Union to press toward Nashville.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Stones River National
Wisconsin
15Th U.S. Army Corps
Milwaukee
Wis
James Sanders
Nashville
No Hope Now Any Indian Miners Alive
New Delhi India AP government says no survivors likely in flooded Chaswala coal mine where 372 miners are trapped after a Saturday collapse. National coal secretary Srinivasa Chari rules out air pockets as a survival possibility and notes an international pumping effort will take about 15 days to remove about 110 million gallons of water.
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New Delhi
India
Chaswala
Srinivasa Chari
National Coal Secretary
Chari
United States
Poland
Soviet Union
France
Rotary Meeting at St Luke's to Feature Bicentennial Speaker
Mexico Rotary Club luncheon speaker William S. Lowe, chairman of the Mexico Bicentennial committee, will discuss the bicentennial observance. Meetings this week and next at St Luke's United Methodist Church due to the Country Club closing for vacation.
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William S. Lowe
Mexico
Wellsville FBI ends probe on Morris beating case
The FBI closed its file on the alleged beating of Alton Morris and the shooting death of his brother Lloyd Morris, finding no federal statute violation could be proven. The Fulton NAACP had requested the inquiry, and the letter to Jack McBride noted the investigation was closed July 24, 1975 with no further details provided.
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Wellsville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alton Morris
FBI
Fulton
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Jack McBride
Lloyd Morris
McBride
Nashville leads critics with Best Picture and honors
New York critics circle names Nashville best picture 1975. Awards go to Altman for direction, Nicholson best actor, Adjani best actress, Arkin best supporting actor, Lily Tomlin supporting, Adele H screenplay. Birth notice of Stephanie Scarborough reports Christmas Day birth at Audrain Medical Center with weights and family ties.
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New York
New York Film Critics Circle
Nashville
Robert Altman
Jack Nicholson
Isabelle Adjani
Adele H
Alan Arkin
Roy Guile Seeks Third County Judge Term
Roy A. Guile of Thompson has filed for the Democratic nomination for county judge of the western district. He has served since his 1972 election without opposition and will seek a third term in the August 3, 1976 primary. Guile is a longtime Democratic committeeman and former carpenter.
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Roy A. Guile
Thompson
Guile
Menninger to undergo intensive treatment for brain tumor
Dr Karl Menninger 82 year old noted psychiatrist and chair man of the Menninger Foundation board will receive intensive treatment for a brain tumor. He has been hospitalized most of the last month and is described as neurologically and medically seriously ill by an attending physician.
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Topeka
Kan
Karl Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Menninger
Strassner Family Welcomes Daughter Jennifer Ann
Mr and Mrs David W Strassner of Vandalia announce the birth of their daughter Jennifer Ann Strassner born Tuesday at 1207 PM at Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces Grandparents are Ken Jensen Mexico and Oliver Strassner Hermann Great grandparents Maggie Seel Ontario Cal and Johanna Jensen Hampton Iowa Father is Vandalia city police chief
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William R. Sheridan
Perry
Audrain Medical Center
Sheridan
Wilkey Funeral Home
Stephanie Scarborough
Stephanie Ann Scarborough
Earl Scarborough
Ww. Breckenridge
Stephanie Ann
Linwell Amos
Mexico
Kansas City
Scarborough
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Montgomery Ward
David W. Strassner
Vandalia
Jennifer Ann Strassner
John David
Ken Jensen
Oliver Strassner
Hermann
Maggie Seel
Ontario
Cal
Johanna Jensen
Hampton
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Hardees
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GreenCo
Sheridans
Dewey Payton
Mii
Paul Riecers
Charles Newland
Ausvasse, Mo
Curt McDonald
Renegades
Rotary
St. Luke’s
South Trails
Reuben
West Plaza
Film
Liberty
Lele
Charlie Brown
Alpe Memoelson
Bill Melewnez
Bill Melendez
Charles
Scmuldewe
Lee Merdelson
Vince Guaralds
JO Ecott
Trotter Technicolor
Crecnet
Stooge
Roy Guile
Dr. Menninger
Jill Kinmont
Wty
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