Can't Cut Down A Tree Can't Cut Down A Tree
The Ledger editor recalls a Chinese visit with reflections on park signs, interest rates on savings, housing in multiroom flats, and quirks like multiple spellings of place names. He notes translation quirks, a one time zone China, and a banquet with toasts to Chinese officials before departing for the Canton Trade Fair.
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Ledger
China
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Peace Hotel
Shanghai
Canton
Associated Press
Wu Hsi
Wu-sih
Whangpoo
Bund
Wang Pu
Kwangtung Guest House
Yenan
Yao Wei
Yeh
Mr. Yu
Man explains reason for divorce joke about vegetarian wife
In a humorous exchange, a man recalls divorcing his first wife because she was a vegetarian and he came home with a ham burger on her wreath, sparking laughter among friends during coffee.
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Legion Magazine
Four Charged After Washington Street Drug Raid
Four men were to be charged after a police raid on a party at 811 N Washington. Nine others, including five juveniles, were arrested and later released as officers seized drug paraphernalia, suspected drugs, and stolen goods from the Rodes cabin. Michael Lee Goslin, 20, faced marijuana possession charges. Randall Allen Monson, Robert Allan Young, and John W Hoffner, all 18–19, faced burglary and theft charges related to the rental house.
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Washington
Faas L
Bud) Redes
Thomas I. Osborne
Michael Lee Goslin
Tripoli St
Randall Allen Monson
Robert Allan Young
John W. Hoffner
Washington St
Public Safety
Don Bolli
Michael MacPherson
Bolli
Arthur
Bud) Riley
Dave Stassner
Kenneth Quick
Baid
Rodes
Washington Street
Dig For Victims Of Fish Fry Blast
Rescuers searched debris for more victims after a gas explosion at the Chatterbox Cafe in Eagle Grove Iowa. Five bodies were recovered and two stores demolished, with 13 people believed in the area. Authorities say the blast likely stemmed from a natural gas leak and noted possible second floor apartments.
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Eagle Grove
Town
Chatterbox Cafe
Kenneth Brauman
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Brauman
Donni Blue
Iowa
Robert Blue
Fort Dodge
Woodrow Loux
Glen McCauley
Glen
Arvid Bauman
Chatterbox
Louck
Bauman
Chuck Johnson
Johnson
Kermit and
Ann Johnson
Five Dollar Beans Near Missed Record Amid Market Surge
Soybeans climbed to about 4.95 a bushel with futures at 5.08 and 5.08. Prices soared as buyers worried about use of released set aside land and the market hit a new psychology level across ports and shipping points.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Earl Kindig Fatally Stricken
Earl Kindig 65, retired farmer, died suddenly en route to Garfield Heights Senior Center. Heart condition. Funeral 10 a.m. Monday at Arnold funeral home with James Randall. Burial Elmwood Cemetery. Survived by two brothers, a sister, a half brother, and several nieces and nephews. Family to receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
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Earl Kindig
Phillips
Kindig
Garfield Heights
Arnold Funeral Home
James Randall
Love Street Christian Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Audrain County
Mr. Kindig
William F
Anna Mae Cuddy Kindig
Nettie Platte
Howard Kindig
Edward Kindig
Mexico
C. Richard Hanson
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Arthur H. Kindig
Los Angeles
Calif
Early Start for Missouri Governor’s Right Hand Man
Alan Woods, 27, serves as the top administrative assistant to Gov. Christopher S. Bond and began political activity as a child. He recalls distributing campaign material for Ike in Mexico, Missouri, while Bond grew up there. Woods worked for two Kansas Republicans and Nixon’s White House staff, later joining Bond’s campaign and now the governor’s office.
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John Hall
Associated Press
Jefferson City, Mo
Alan Woods
Christopher S. Bond
Woods
Ike
Mexico
Bond
Missouri
Kansas
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Park College
Kansas City
Park
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Scranton
Washington
Robert Ellsworth
Ellsworth
American University
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
Missouri Capitol
Jacob H. Wolf
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Mrs. Everett Nichols Dies at 74 in Mexico
Funeral services for Mrs. Everett Nichols 74 of 321 North Wade Street set for 2 p.m. Monday at Precht Pickering funeral home with Rev. Frank L. Park officiating and Elmwood Cemetery interment. She died Friday night at Audrain Medical Center after a week as a patient from a heart condition. Survivors include daughter Anna Margaret Sexton, sisters Nannie Willingham and Tom Talley Sr., brothers Arthur and Elmer Helwig, both of Mexico, and granddaughters Mrs. Herman Hamilton and Anna Lee Sexton. Visitation follows 2 p.m. Sunday. family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Everett
Martha) Nichols
N. Wade St
Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
Frank L. Park
First Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Audrain County
Mrs. Nichols
George John
Anna Hanna Schuchmann Helwig
Nichols
Hamilton
Anna Margaret) Sexton
Nannie Willingham
Tom Talley Sr
Mexico
Arthur Helwig
Elmer Helwig
Herman Hamilton
Anna Lee Sexton
Kissinger To Peking Again
Washington announces Henry A. Kissinger will visit Peking February 15 to 19 for high level talks with Chinese leaders on issues of common interest.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
United States
China
White House
Michael Joseph Niekamp Born At Audrain Medical Center
Michael Joseph Niekamp was born at 1:09 a.m. today to Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Niekamp Jr. of 414 North Clark Street. The infant weighed eight pounds four ounces. The Niekamps also have two other children, David, 11, and Laura, nearly six. the father works for A. P. Green Refractories Co.
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Audrain Medical Center
Charles J. Niekamp Jr
N. Clark St
Michael Joseph
Niekamps
David
Laura
Mr. Niekamp
A. P. Green Refractories Co
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Thomas Alan Dickerson
Michael Jay Hawkins
John Stanley Carter
MacPherson
Michael K. MacPherson
West St
Mexico Public Safety Department
Robert Greene
Public Safety Dept
Maurice
Boots) Griffin
Richard Duffner
Dave Strassner
Richard Vance
Robert Allen Young
Public Safety Department
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PSD
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Moniteau
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Ulysses S. Grant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Michael Niekamp
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