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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1976

Page

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Hearst Case Arguments Begin In Bank Robbery Trial

Patricia Hearst faces jury selection as defense and prosecution prepare to argue whether she participated in the Hibernia Bank robbery as a kidnapped victim or a terrorist convert. Opening statements Loom, judge to rule on motions. possible head scan ordered to check abduction injuries.

San Francisco Patricia Hearst Miss Hearst Berkeley U.S. District Court Oliver J. Carter Hibernia Bank Los Angeles Atty James Browning Jr F. Lee Bailey Bailey San Francisco Examiner Randolph Hearst SLA

Six Gunmen One Hostage Die In Djibouti Bus Attack

Six gunmen and a French schoolgirl died when French sharpshooters killed the hijackers on a bus near the Somali border in Djibouti. Four children were wounded and a French lieutenant was hurt as the siege ended with all 30 children and two adults freed. The Front for the Liberation of the Somalia Coast claimed ties to Somalia and demanded independence and the release of prisoners.

Djibouti Afars and Issaq Somalia Red Sea Ali Aref Radio Luxembourg Their Liberation Front Alf Front For the Liberation of Front Radio Monte Carlo Mogadishu France

Gun Thefts End Freedom For Parolee Frazer

Parolee Robert J. Frazer, 38, is to be returned to the Jefferson City state penitentiary to complete a 27 year term, after a 1975 parole. He faced Audrain County charges for stealing two guns from a pickup at A P Green Refractories. Frazer pleaded guilty and received five years to be served concurrently with prior sentences for robbery, felonious assault, and escape, all to run in the state pen. He had been working as an X ray technician in Mexico after parole.

Robert J. Frazer Jefferson City Frazer Independence Audrain County James Walker A. P. Green Refrac State Peniten Akien Cole County Mexico Audrain Medical

Mrs. Duffy Named To State Advisory Council

Maurine Duffy, Mexico Public Schools media director, was notified by Missouri education chief Arthur Mallory of her appointment to the Missouri Title III EDBA State Advisory Council. Selection cited service to others and commitment to education. extendable to Title V restrictions for fiscal year 1976.

Maurine Duffy Mexico Arthur Mallory State Board of Education State Advisory Council

Rules Filed Under New Missouri Publication Law

Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick inspects 108 agency rules filed as Missouri enacts a law requiring publication of all agency rules in the Missouri Register before becoming effective. Gary Duffy of Mexico is named administrative rules division director, a MU Law School graduate admitted to the Missouri bar.

Secretary of James C. Kirkpatrick Gary Duffy Mexico Administrative Rules Division Missouri Register Duffy Vernon Duffy University of Missouri Law School Missouri Bar

Bergman Admitted After Nervous Breakdown in Sweden

World famed director Ingmar Bergman was admitted to Caroline Hospital after a nervous breakdown amid pending tax fraud charges. Prosecutors plan to press charges over 500 000 kronor in 1971 taxes via a Swiss company, with an acquittal in 1969 noted.

Stockholm Sweden Ingmar Bergman Caroline Hospital Royal Dramatic Theater Friends Curt Dreifaldt Bergman Strindberg Expressen

Maxfield Seeks Litton's Congress Seat in 6th District

Kansas City AP Maxfield 34 wealthy businessman and former Great Midwest Corp president files in Jefferson City to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress from Missouri's 6th District. He criticizes professional politicians over inflation and rising taxes and cites his orbit of fund raising and public affairs.

Kansas Morgan Maxfield Congress Maxfield Jefferson City Jerry Litton D-Mo Litton Senate America Kansas City Washington, D.C Great Midwest Corp Dallas Clay County Pat Danner Vernon King Excelsior Springs Charles Broomfield Hardin Cox Rock Port Lee Hull Platte County Sandra Finley H.N. Sutherland Bethany U. S. Jaycees Kansas City Philharmonic Florida The Philharmonic

Union Electric Earnings Rise 50 Percent in 1975

Union Electric Co reported 1975 earnings of 56.4 million dollars, up 50.6 percent from 1974, with earnings of 1.78 dollars per share versus 1.37 the prior year. President Dougherty cited 1974 as weak and highlighted higher electricity sales, a mid 1974 rate increase, and power sales to neighboring utilities. Residential and small commercial sales rose, large commercial/industrial use fell, overall sales up four percent. Construction spending reached 170 million dollars, and dividends of 1.28 dollars per share were paid in 1975.

ST. Louis Union Electric Co Charles J. Dougherty

Bicentennial Card Aims for 1000 Feet Of Signatures

Traveler DeVon Smith of Wampum Pennsylvania pursues a 1000 foot U S Bicentennial card signed by people worldwide. The project already spans 412 feet with 12 718 signatures after journeys across the U S and into Mexico. Smith, Guinness record hitchhiking 291 000 miles, began the idea July 4 1974 and has visited 40 countries. Also noted is Warren Clayton Payne returning home from Audrain Medical Center intensive care.

Mexico City Wampum U.S DeVon Smith United States Mexico Smith Warren Clayton Payne Audrain Medical Center N. Olive St

Legislators Here Next Tuesday Breakfast Set in Mexico

The Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the first breakfast of the year at 8 a.m. Tuesday Feb. 10 at the Royal Cafe with Senator Norman Merrell and Representative Ray Hamlett expected to attend. Lou Leonatti and Charles Dickey co chair the event inviting reservations by 5 p.m. Monday. In Jefferson City the Division of Family Services opened Kansas City’s first state funded food stamp issuance site as part of a system overhaul.

Tne Mexico Jefferson City Division of Family Services Kansas City

Potato Chip War Reignites Real Versus Stacked Chips

The ongoing fight between Pringle's and the potato chip industry heats up as the Potato Chip Institute plans action against FDA labeling rules allowing Pringle's to use Real potato chip with dried potato qualifiers. Pringle's considers new ridged shapes and flavors while naturals emphasize real ingredients.

Louise Cook Associated Press Crunch Pringle's Pringle’s Procter & Gamble Food and Drug Administration Potato Chip Institute International of Cleveland Atlanta FDA Pringle Potato Chip Institute Institute

Son for Thurstons Born at Audrain Medical Center

Mr and Mrs Ronald Thurston of Centralia announce the birth of a son weighing seven pounds nine ounces born today at 12 01 a m at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Thurston is employed at A B Chance Co.

Ronald Thurston Centralia Audrain Medical Center Thurston A.B. Chance Co

Pentagon Seeks U.S. Access via Angolan War Rift

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Ellsworth told a Senate panel that the Pentagon seeks overflight and landing rights in Angola for U S aircraft and naval visits if a pro Western coalition wins the civil war. He warned Moscow’s aid to the MPLA gives it overwhelming strength and warned against U S deployment while stressing access would aid operations against oil shipping lanes off the Angolan coast.

Washington Pentagon Angola U.S Defense Robert Ellsworth Ellsworth Senate Foreign Relations Africa United States Defense Department Department of Defense Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola MPLA Persian Gulf Europe

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Hearst Adela Rogers St. Johns Federal Building William Randolph Hearst Hardees Dale Sumpter Sumpter John Knopp Richard Vance Union Electric Food Stamp Office Julie Harris Bileeh Heckart Arthur O'Connell Jeannette Cla Liberty Theatre S., Jefferson St Thurstons Victor Inn Steak House Catfish Turkey Victor, Mo Glenwood Blachaby Harold Adams Maxico Optimist K.C. Hall Lam Picador Lounge Henry Block East Liberty Gamble Paint & Glass Mexico Area W. Promenade
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