China Today Sick Worms and Pearls In a Chinese Commune
The Ledger editor describes a morning near Wu Hsi visiting a silk worm station, fish ponds, and a pearl oyster site. He notes silk work by women, mulberry leaves and white silkworms, pearl cultivation with pearls forming in oysters, and an embroidery factory alongside medicine production.
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Wu Hsi
Tai Hu
Yao Wai
Mike Ogden
The
Providence
R.I.) Journal
Mike
Plaze
Sampans
Operation Homecoming Clock On Hanoi Time
AP Special Correspondent Peter Arnett reports from Clark Air Base as a vast joint command center prepares for the release of American POWs. A 24 hour alert posture, dozens of colonels from multiple services, and detailed procedures mark the meticulous three year plan to repatriate prisoners from Hanoi.
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Peter Arnett
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi
Indochina
Joint Command Processing Center
Air Force
H.A. Davis
Syracuse
N.Y
Davis
Cinepac
Clark
U.S. Army
James A. Murphy
San Antonio
Tex
Harvey T. Jacolick
Schenectady
John W. Clayborne
McGraws
W.va
Marines
Harold Grifith
Port Jefferson N.Y
Navy
Tra Gets Airlift To Release Talks Halted By Loss Of Leader
U S helicopters airlift Lt Gen Tran Van Tra and 28 Viet Cong men from Loc Ninh to Tan Son Nhut. Tra, 55, key COSVN deputy commander and chief Viet Cong member of the four party cease-fire commission, is expected to aid prisoner exchanges and security arrangements for the four nation observers. Plans call for a first joint commission meeting Friday.
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Saigon
U.S
Tran van Tra
Tan Son Nhut
Tra
COSVN
South Vietnam
Loc Ninh
Camp Davis
Signal Corps
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Joint Military Commission
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Audrain County elects Extension Council members
Audrain Countians voted in the annual University Extension Council election. Results announced by Gilbert Rhodes show new council members to direct local policies. The meeting is Feb 15 at 6 30 at the Audrain H Center to organize, with terms beginning March 1.
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University Extension Council
Gilbert Rhodes
The
Extension Service
Rhodes
Elmer Martin
John Rudasill
Charles Wilson
Franklin Leadley
John Fitzgerald
William W. Williams
Quinnie Benton
Robert Ollis
Charles Stuart
Alfred Bohlmeyer
Carl Reynolds
Dale Hunt
C. T. Lierheimer
John Sonwalt
Lois Thomas
Norman Gastler
Paul 5. Gallaway
Roy Guile
Audrain
Ray Ardell Jr
NFC
Rex Johnson
City of Mexico
Ronald Flatt
Farm Bureau
4-H Foundation
James Smithey
Prairie Township
Howard Pehle
South Fork
Fred Fennewald
Linn
Don Hale
Loutre
Nevelle Sanders
Saling
James Woolfolk
Salt River
Louis B. Clithero
Cuivie
Lewis Wilson Jr
Wilson
Terrorist killings in Belfast claim Irish Catholic teens
In Belfast gunmen abducted Gabriel Savage 17 and killed him as he embraced his girlfriend. Two other Catholic youths, Peter Watterson 15 and Philip Rafferty 14, were shot dead within days. Rafferty’s body was found near Giants Ring. Authorities condemn the violence fueling fear and sectarian terror.
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Belfast
Gabriel Savage
Savage
Northern Ireland
Gerry Fitt
Peter Watterson
Falls Road
Rafferty
Elizabeth
Mrs Elmer MaGee Dies After Illness
Mrs Elmer MaGee 87 of 610 S Jefferson St died at Audrain Medical Center. Formerly Miss May Conley born May 22 1885 in Ford County Kan. Married 1909 Hannibal. Survived by son Elmer H McGee two daughters Dorothy and Mildred, brother Charles Conley, four grandsons and seven great grandchildren. Visitation at Precht Pickering funeral home after 7 Friday until 2 p.m. Saturday service by Rev Frank I Park First Baptist Church Elmwood Cemetery interment.
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Elmer MaGee
S. Jefferson St
Audrain Medical Center
MaGee
Twain Haven Rest
Perry
Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
Frank I. Park
First Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
John
Margaret Ann Hocker Conley
May Conley
Ford County
Kan
McGee
Hannibal
Elmer H. McGee
Mexico
Dorothy McGee
Mildred Gage
Mason City
Iowa
Charles Conley
Steinman Art Display Set for Mexico Library
Frank Steinman water color artist from Kansas City will install a February exhibit at the Mexico-Audrain County Library sponsored by the Mexico Women's Club. The show features two dozen framed works plus unframed pieces depicting mid western covered bridges and local historic sites. A tea honoring Mr and Mrs Steinman will be held Saturday at 1 40 PM with Mrs G Andy Runge inviting locals to view the art and meet the artist.
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Frank Steinman
Kansas City
Mexico-Audrain County
Mexico Women’s Club
Mid-West
Steinman
Nixon Welcomes Heath at White House for Peace Policy Push
President Nixon welcomed British Prime Minister Edward Heath to the White House and urged a common policy for this era of peace as the Vietnam ceasefire offers hope. He said ending the war allows focus on enormously important tasks ahead.
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Washington
Nixon
Edward Heath
White House
Jury To Decide Autopsy Findings In Mysterious Death
Coroner Connie Pickering plans to reconvene the coroner's jury to decide cause of death of James Gardner 24 after an autopsy indicated heart damage with no foreign substance causing death. Gardner, an ex Marine, had attended a party with co workers, bought marijuana from Steven Sayers 21, and died after hospital medication was found in his bloodstream. Jury members listed include Bill Trout as foreman and Russell Stevens, Arthur Riley, Bob Kalkofen, Fritz Woodruff, and A.W. Meine.
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James Gardner
Connie Pickering
Pickering
Missouri Highway Patrol
Gardner
Wetterau Foods
Steven Douglas Sayers
Audrain Medical Center
Bill Trout
Foreman
Russell Stevens
Arthur Riley
Bob Kalkofen
Fritz Woodruff
A.W. Meine
Suit Halts Vote On Soybeans
Jefferson City Missouri Department of Agriculture soybean referendum halted by Cole County Circuit Court temporary injunction against Commissioner James B Boillot with a show cause order set for February 9. Plaintiff Sonnenmayer alleges defects in petition signatories notice publication and hearing procedure potentially delaying a February 15 referendum on a Missouri soybean checkoff.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Department of Agriculture
James B. Boillot
Cole County
Joseph A. Sonnenmayer
Platte County
Missouri
Turkey and Egg Councils
Sonnenmoser
Burrie Clark Retires as Green's Central Division Manager
Burrie Clark, longtime Green's Refractories central division manager, retires after 34 years with the firm. President Harry M. Stover credits his leadership in operations and the Refractories Institute, noting Clark’s roles from engineer in 1937 to works manager Mexico and, since 1971, central division head. Clark, a Kansas State chemical engineering graduate, has held multiple plant and management posts and is a Missouri-registered engineer. He lives with wife Corinne at 1207 S Western Ave. they have a daughter, Mrs. Richard Lehman, in Denver.
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No. D
Burrie) Clark
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Harry M. Stover
Clark
Refractories Institute
Kansas State University
The
Green Company
Mexico
U.S
Central
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
Robert M. White
Extension Council
Audrain County Court
Floyd
Heath
Jury
Whittakers
Air
Ronald
Whittaker
Route 3
Darren
Kent
Mexico High School
K&m
Burrie Clark
Green
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