Unemployment Pushes More Into Military Services
Washington AP reports that all military services exceeded their December recruiting goals, aided by recession and unemployment. 96 percent of December recruits scored average or above on mental categories, the best since statistics began 24 years ago. Blacks accounted for 16 percent of December enlistments, continuing a multi month decline from prior highs.
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Westlake's Shows How Free Seminars On Plumbing And Wiring
Westlake's Ace Hardware will host two free seminars in early February at West Plaza. Feb 5 covers basic plumbing with Roy Cox of Moberly guiding a two hour session from 7 30 to 9 30 PM. Feb 6 covers basic electrical wiring led by Fred Baysinger of Fulton, a National Guard chief warrant officer with 22 years of wiring experience. Attendees must register at the store, and if demand requires, a second session will be scheduled later.
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Ministers back talks with industrial nations on energy
OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met in Algiers and agreed to participate in energy talks with industrial and developing nations. The query asks what OPEC stands for.
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Mrs. Dale Shouse Named to Missouri Honor Roll
Mrs. Dale Shouse of Auxvasse has been named to the honor roll at the University of Missouri in Columbia. To qualify a student must earn at least 12 undergraduate semester hours with a 3.00 GPA or higher. She is a daughter of Mrs. Edwin Davis.
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Auxvasse
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Columbia
Edwin Davis
Primate Research Center Stories Highlight TV Lineup
February 1 television listings feature Fred Wiseman's On American at 6:35 p.m. examining day to day gorilla and monkey experiments at the Yerkes Primate Research Center. Later, 9:45 p.m. Sterambaths and Vache Par air as part of the channel’s prime time.
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Aimerican
Yerkus Primate Research Center
Cadillac recalls 234000 74 model Cadillacs over hood latch defect
AP reports Cadillac Motor Car Division recalls 234000 1974 Cadillacs due to possible secondary latch misalignment that could allow the hood to pop open and obstruct vision. No accidents or injuries linked to the issue noted. primary latch engagement excludes hazard.
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Cadillac Motor Car Division
General Motors
Cadillac
Fleeing man takes two bus hostages near St Joseph
A man seized two women hostages on a bus in St Joseph Missouri on Friday night and was given a car by police after threatening to shoot. He was arrested early Saturday in Kansas City area. The suspect James Beardsley 22 of Lincoln Nebraska and his brother Robert 24 were named in warrants charging robbery and use of a weapon in Lincoln. No charges were filed in the St Joseph hostage case yet.
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James Beardsley
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas City
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