Four Women Refuse Testimony in Harrisburg Conspiracy Case
Four women tied to Boyd Douglas Jr. fire key witnesses for the Harrisburg seven conspiracy trial, invoking the Fifth Amendment to refuse to testify against Philip Berrigan and six others. Attorney Allen Black said immunity will be granted to compel testimony, with risks of contempt if they persist.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Boyd Douglas Jr
FBI
Harrisburg
Philip Berrigan
Allen Black
Jane Hoover
Patricia Rom
Mary Elizabeth Sandell
Zoia Horn Galloway
Henry Kissinger
Washington
Draft Board
William Lynch
Monroe Extension Council elects Rogge as chairman
Paris report: Monroe County Extension Council last night elected officers with John Rogge as chairman and Mrs. Marvin Houston as vice chair. Other officers sworn in by County Clerk Cloyce Menefee include Mrs. Dale Morgan secretary and Mrs. Bob Green treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Kendrick reporter. Honors given to Mrs. Ralph Bridgford and Paul Ward for long service. retiring chairman is Paul Heinecke Jr. Jerry Freeze outlined council duties as 53 attended.
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Paris
Extension Council
Monroe County
John Rogge
Marvin Houston
Dale Morgan
Bob Green
J.W. Kendrick
Cloyce Menefee
Ralph Bridgford
Paul Ward
Bridgford
Homemakers Extension Club
Farm Bureau
Rebekah Lodge
Ward
Methodist Church
Paul Heinecke Jr
Jerry Freeze
China Troops On War Alert During Nixon Visit
Taiwan reports Chinese Communist troops on war alert along the Soviet border during President Nixon's China visit. CNA cites a Hong Kong source saying navy patrols have intensified and ground and air forces on the north and northwest borders are alert to cope with deteriorating Peiping Moscow ties.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nixon
China
Central
CNA
Hong Kong
Peiping
Peking
Moscow
Nixon and Chou En-lai meet in Beijing exhibition tour
President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai spent four hours in private talks in Peking, then escorted Mrs Nixon to Capital Gymnasium for gymnastics, table tennis and badminton. The meeting, the third that day, signaled a widening review of issues as talks extended beyond Tuesday. Chou suggested some U.S. reporters might be allowed to stay after Nixon departs.
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Peking
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Cronce
Chou
U.S
Legislature Wrestles With Missouri District Boundaries
A three judge federal court set new Missouri congressional districts, while the Legislature debates a redistricting bill to protect incumbents. The plan shifts Jefferson County into the 10th District and extends the St Louis 1st District into northern St Louis County. Republicans resist a St Louis area power grab and Democrats defend incumbents in a tense partisan redraw.
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Jefferson City
House
Senate
Robert E. Young
R-Carthage
St. Louis
Jefferson County
Missouri
Richard M. Schord
Houston
Kansas City
Clay, Platte
Buchanan
William L. Clay
James W. Symington
Clayton
Airport Township
Robert A. Young
St. Ann
Durward G. Hall
Springfield
Opposes Controls On Stock Prices
C R Johnston president of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation argues stock price controls would disrupt self correcting cycles. He notes beef prices have returned to 1951 levels but farmers gain little profit. Farmers expanded herds to sustain income while efficiency keeps them in business.
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Jefferson City
C. R. Johnston
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Johnston
Hearnes Picks St Louis Judge for Circuit Seat
Gov Warren Hearnes announced from Washington that Robert W Van Dillen of St Louis will be appointed circuit judge, succeeding Franklin E Reagan who retired Jan 1. Van Dillen, 45, a 1956 SLU Law grad, has served as assistant prosecutor, associate city counselor, and city counselor since 1969, chosen from three nominees under a bipartisan court plan.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Washington
Robert W. van Dillen
St. Louis
Franklin E. Reagan
van Dillen
St. Louis University School of Law
Carl R. Gaertner
Myron D. Mills
Miss Victoria Groves Miss Mexico Pageant contestant profile
Miss Victoria Groves, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Groves of 715 S. Jefferson St., Mexico, graduated from Mexico High School in 1970 and is a Central Methodist College sophomore. She stands 5 feet 2 inches, weighs 115 pounds, with auburn hair and hazel eyes, and in 1970 was third runner-up in Miss Mexico. For talent she will do artwork.
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Victoria A. Groves
Raymond Cook Groves
S. Jefferson St
Mexico High School
Central Methodist College
Fayette
Miss Groves
Mexico
Sigma Alpha Chi
CMC
Janet Lynn Holtkamp
Route 2
Harold Holtkamp
University of Missouri- Columbia
Holtkamp
MHS Dixie Grey
Consolidated ‘Electric Cooperative
Calvert Studio
Kerry Elizabeth Sanderson
Route 3
Centralia
Eugene A. Niekamp
Miss Sanderson
Centralia High School
University of Missouri-Columbia
Free Graves Fleece Exposed by Senate Report
The Dead Giveaway group of five George Washington University law students testified before the Veterans Affairs Committee that unscrupulous private cemeteries lure veterans with free graves to push costly burial packages. The report cites 116 complaints across 42 private cemeteries in 16 states, noting 145 cemeteries offering free graves while claiming national cemetery space shortages.
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Washington
Senate
George Washington University
Veterans Affairs Committee
National Cemetery
Arlington
Dead Giveaway
New China Hand Wonders Where All The People Are
A New China Hand describes dawn in Peking as citizens exercise on rooftops and streets while President Nixon meets Premier Chou En-lai. The city is stark, with few telephones, pianos, or televisions, and old landmarks sit beside massed Soviet-style blocks and factories as Lin Piao’s fate remains unresolved.
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Peking
China
People’s Republic of China
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Great Hall of the People
U.S
Marco Polo
Mao Tse-tung
Forbidden City
Old City
White House
Chairman Mao
James Reston
New York Times
Capital Hospital
Lin Piao
Mao
Kleindienst Heads For Confirmation By Senate Panel
Richard G. Kleindienst faced opening questions from Judiciary Committee Democrats in his nomination for attorney general. He defended government wiretaps in national security and outlined limits on marijuana legalization and capital punishment, signaling possible confirmation despite reservations from some senators.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Judiciary Committee
Democrats
Justice Department
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Phillip A. Hart
D-Mich
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Phoenix
Bayh
Senate
Hart
Corrections Center Proposed in St Louis By McFadden
A $3.5 million experimental community corrections center would be funded by federal anti crime funds and operated jointly by St Louis city and the state. About 300 inmates convicted of burglary robbery and theft would receive intensive treatment. the project aims to reduce street crime.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Department of Corrections
Howard L. McFadden
Department
McFadden
Billboard Seeks Killer In Carmen Colon Case
A highway billboard shows a 10-year-old girl and asks to identify her killer. Rush hour drivers saw the nude girl on the highway last November 16 and her body was found near the expressway. The four similar signs are part of a community drive to solve the case. A total reward of $6,000 is offered.
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Western Expressway
Carmen Colon
Bystander Nabs Purse Snatcher After Stabbing
Los Angeles report details Clarence M Stewart, 32, plasterer and father of five, who chased down a purse snatcher at a bus stop after his relative recalls his instinct to help. Stewart was stabbed in the chest by a suspect 18, later arrested with a 17 year old girlfriend. Doctors said he would be home soon.
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Los Angeles
Clarence
Clarence M. Stewart
Randi McNally
Stewart
Dr Leonard Davis Named To MU Advisory Health Committee
Dr Leonard Davis of Mexico has been invited to join the University of Missouri advisory committee on health education affairs. President C Brice Ratchford announced that 19 persons from various locations have been invited to serve on the committee to advise on university health programs.
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Leonard Davis
Mexico
University of Missouri
C. Brice Ratchford
MHS Students In District DECA Events
Mexico High School students compete in district DECA contests in Fulton. Participants include Alan Denham Jay's IGA. Sid Conklin Montgomery Ward's. Steve Widamin Jay's. Merle Smith Temple Stephens. Dan Stingley Fredendall's. Carl Schulse TG and Y. Dan Hamilton First National Bank. Coordinator William K Maloney accompanied them. Cal Sims J C Penney manager judged advertising layout. awards banquet closes the day.
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DECA
Fulton
Distributive Education Clubs of America
COE
Mexico High School
Mexico
Alan Denham
Jay
IGA
Sid Conklin
Montgomery Ward
Steve Widam
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