US and China plan official liaison offices in capitals
Washington and Peking will establish official liaison offices to speed normalization of relations and broaden contact on trade and other matters. The move, announced after Kissinger’s talks with Chinese leaders, carries diplomatic privileges but no formal state relations.
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Washington
United States
China
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Navy
Robert J. Flynn
John Thomas Downey
Central Intelligence Agency
Downey
Taiwan
William P. Rogers
Chi Peng-fei
Paris
Forbidden City
Philadelphia Symphony
Congress
Merritt Files For Mexico City Council Seat
Tom Merritt 928 Michigan Ave filed for a Mexico City Council seat to be filled April 3, becoming the fourth candidate. Merritt, a former Mexico Fire Chief until 1971, later led Civil Defense duties and had a long firefighting career starting in Paducah, Kentucky in 1927. Others filing include Herman Tolson H E Gene Zeigler and James W Griffin. If more than four run a primary on March 20 will be held. deadline is March 0.
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Tom Merritt
Michigan Ave
Mexico City
Merritt
Mexico
Fire Department
Civil Defense Department
Paducah
U.S. Cartridge Co
St. Louis
Herman O.tolson
H.E
Gene) Zeigler
James W. Griffin
Tolson
Duane Rankin
Rankin
Bond Set At $50,000 In Armed Robbery Case
Tommy Wolfe, 26, of New Bloomfield, already free on $30,500 in bonds from three counties, faces a new $50,000 bond after arri g nment in Audrain Magistrate Court. He is charged with armed robbery at Sad Sam's Eastside Store, where about $300 was taken at gunpoint by a ski masked robber.
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Tommy Wolfe
Audrain County
Audrain
Oscar A. Kamp
Clarence Thomas Wolfe
New Bloomfield
Pat's
Highway 54
Eastside
Jim Littrell
Thomas I. Osborne
Wolfe
Callaway County
Cooper County
Cole County
Velma Spitener
Raymond Lees
Harvey Maassen
Robert Jenkins
Nixon to seek tax reform and relief for older Americans
President Nixon said he will recommend a tax reform bill to Congress and proposals to ease property tax burdens on older Americans. He noted reforms since 1969 and 1971, with no details released, and urged a spending ceiling of 269 billion for fiscal 1974. He outlined broader bills on unemployment, minimum wage, pensions, and transportation.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
State of the Union
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ollie Wright Dies Rites Pending In Mexico
Ollie Wright 76 of 503 FE Park St died at 6 am at Audrain Medical Center after a period of failing health. Funeral services pending at Arnold funeral home. Born Dec 22 1896 in Armstrong he was a retired Norfolk and Western Railroad employee and WWI veteran. Survived by daughter Ollie May Richardson of Mexico brother Simon Wright Armstrong and grandson Charles Burgett with the U S Navy in Norfolk VA. This item also notes a newborn Shannon Michael Straube son of Michael and Linda Straube born at Audrain Medical Center.
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Ollie Wright
Park St
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
Armstrong
Mr. Wright
Oliver
Susan Wright
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Wright
Second Baptist Church
Ollie May Richardson
Mexico
Simon Wright
Charles Burgett
U.S. Navy
Norfolk, Va
Mrs. Clemmer Wainscott Rites Friday
Mrs. Clemmer Wainscott 95 of 714 N Western Ave died at Audrain Medical Center. Funeral services 2 p.m. Friday at Precht Pickering funeral home with Rev George Wraith officiating. Burial Elmwood Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Jesse Bonney, son Clyde, brother Will Adams, sister Mrs. Nina Evans, three grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Family to receive friends after 7 p.m. tonight.
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Clemmer Wainscott
Western Ave
Audrain Medical Center
Precht Pickering Funeral Home
George 3. Wraith
First Christian Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Audrain County
Wainscott
James
Elizabeth Donaldson Adams
Hallsville
Will R. Wainscott
Midway Christian Church
Santa Fe Order of Astern Star
General Hospital
Jesse Bonney
Mexico
Clyde Wainscott
Will Adams
Centralia
Nina Evans
Columbia
Othal Wainscott
Carter Voters Are Eligible for April 3 School Election
The Mexico School Board prepared for the April 3 election inviting Carter School District residents to vote and establishing a courthouse community room as a special polling place for rural residents. The district will elect two board members. the operating tax levy remains $3.69 per $100 and the debt service levy rises to 80 cents, totaling $4.49. Randall Weber seeks re election for a three year term while James Worstell has not decided on re run. Filing deadline is March 23.
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The
Mexico School Board
Carter
Randall Weber
James V. Worstell
Mexico
State Department of Education
Arthur Mallory
State Department
Joseph E. Hodgin
William EF. Lowry
Robert
Mrs Myrtle Crockett Dies At 78 In Mexico
Mrs Myrtle Crockett aged 78 of 421 Robinson St died at 12 15 am at Audrain Medical Center after a long illness. Funeral services at Arnold funeral home conducted by Rev Frank Park and Rev Marvin Jones. Burial in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. She was born Aug 19 1894 in Audrain County and married Ray Crockett on Oct 19 1913. Survived by husband son Ray E Crockett of Wabash Indiana daughter Hazel Rudd of Auxvasse four grandchildren six great grandchildren and several siblings. She lived in the Mexico area most of her life and belonged to the First Baptist Church.
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Myrtle Crockett
Robinson St
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
Frank Park
First Baptist Church
Marvin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
East Lawn Memorial Park
John T
Mary Toalson Dungan
Crockett
Hazel) Rudd
Auxvasse
Wyatt Candidate For School Board
Kenneth E. Wyatt, assistant cashier of the First National Bank and treasurer of Vandiver Village, became the second candidate to file for the Mexico School Board. Randall W. Weber of A. P. Green Refractories Co. filed for a full three-year term. Wyatt moved to Mexico in 1961, joined Valley Finance Corp., later Key Loan Co., and was appointed to his current bank post in August 1969. He resides on Valley View Road in Vandiver Village with his family. He is a Christian Church member, a Navy veteran, and has been a Jaycee.
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Kenneth E. Wyatt
First National Bank
Vandiver Village
Mexico
Randall W. Weber
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Wyatt
Valley Finance Corp
Key Loan Co
The
Bank
Valley View Road
Christian Church
Navy
Jaycees
Missouri House considers Saturday election day proposal
A bill to move voting from Tuesday to Saturday and shift the general election from November to October was introduced in the Missouri House. Rep. Hardin C. Cox argued the plan would shorten campaigns and aid less wealthy candidates while improving weather conditions for October elections.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Hardin C. Cox
D-Rock
Food prices surge in January while overall CPI rises 0.3%
Labor Department data show food prices up 2.1 percent in January, the largest monthly gain since 1951, with grocery foods up 2.5 percent. Overall CPI up 0.3 percent as nonfood items fall 0.5 percent, services climb 0.2 percent, and annual rate for food remains high while clothing and used cars ease the monthly rise. The CPI stands at 127.7, meaning $12.77 in 1998 dollars buys what $10 did then.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
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Shannon Michael Straube
Michael D. Straube
W. Boulevard Ave
Shannon Michael
Straube
Linda Marie Hodgson
Lyle Hodgson
Shirley Straube
Vandalia
Mexico Public Library
Truman
Independence
Frank Steinman
Kansas City
L. Eldridge
Hardin
Marjorie Hagan
Eugene Field
Louise Culwell
Hawthorne
Frances Cawthorn
McMillan
Edward M. Morris
Garfield
David M. Wilkinson
Herman O. Tolson
Davis H. Hart
Lola Miller
Fairgrounds
L. Buford Thomas
Frank Sutton
Thomas
Kermit Head
Wade, Stables
Williams
Keepers
Oliver, Payne and Rackers
Worstell
Hannibal
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