Freedom Medal To Gen. Bradley
President Ford announces 21 Medal of Freedom recipients spanning science, literature, sports, labor, and the arts. The honors, to be given January 10 at the White House after his Colorado ski break, include Omar Bradley, John Bardeen, Irving Berlin, Norman Borlaug, Joe DiMaggio, Archibald MacLeish, Georgia O Keeffe, James Michener, Nelson Rockefeller, Norman Rockwell, and James Watson among others.
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White House
Washington
Colorado Rockies
United States
J.W. Abel
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
John Bardeen
Champaign
Irving Berlin
New York City
Norman Ernest Borlaug
Mexico City
Army
Omar Nelson Bradley
Inl
Joint Chiefs
Adm
Arleigh Albert Burke
Bethesda
Naval Operations
Aoe
Alexander Bruce Catton
Joseph Paul “DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Ariel Durant
Los Angeles
William James Durant
Henry Jacob Friendly
U.S
Circuit Cort of Appeals
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon B Johnson
Stonewall
Tex
Archibald MacLeish
Conway
Mass
James Albert Michener
Pipersville
Georgia O'Keeffe
Abiquiu
N.M
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Light Snow Today Adds To Hazards
Light snow fell across central and southern Missouri with a winter storm watch for Tuesday in the north. Four inches lay on the ground in St. Louis, with other areas from a trace to two inches. Roads were slick and snowpacked as the storm system moves from Utah toward Missouri, bringing rain and snow. Highs ranged from the 20s to the 30s, with lows in the teens to near zero across the state.
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Missouri
National Weather Service
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The
Cape Girardeau
Kirkaville
Columbia
St. Joseph
15 Year Term In Silex Killing
Troy Phillip Silvey, a convicted co conspirator in a burglary tied to the 1973 killing of Silex Marshal William Kitson, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He testified for a lighter charge, with the Dec 17 sentence given in Donald Dalton Circuit Court, St. Charles County, after a venue change from Lincoln County.
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Phillip Silvey
Silex
William Kitson
Silvey
Donald Dalton
St. Charles County
Lincoln County
Richard Richards
Volkmer Finds Home and Office in Arlington
MOBERLY The ninth district's new congressman Harold Volkmer of Hannibal is settling into his Arlington office in Longworth Room 1228 and a postwar brick home nearby. He plans to bring Missouri staff he can spare and notes his wife Shirley toured about 40 houses before finding a 26 year old two story Colonial near St. Ann's School Hecht's Tyson's Corner and a hospital. Shirley says housing in Washington differs from Missouri and that many homes lack parking. The staff of retiring Rep. Bill Hungate will stay on while Volkmer builds his Missouri ties.
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Hani
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Across the Potomac
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Volkmer
Bill Hungate
Missouri
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Hannibal
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Volkmner
Chris Condon
Ksd-Tv
Channel
St. Louis
R Volkmer
Volkmers
Moberly Monitor
Jim Glassen
Randolph County
Georgetown University
Jim
Capitol Hill
Maryland
OSHA
John Doe
House
Jefferson City
Indiana
They Lost Their Hearts On Shared Kidney Machine
PORTLAND Oregon AP Mike Leite and Robin Perry announced their engagement after meeting in the kidney dialysis ward at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center where both receive treatments since 1974 They plan to marry in September Both continue dialysis three times weekly at Good Samaritan Hospital The couple say their shared condition strengthens their understanding of each other and they hope for a Hawaii honeymoon with arrangements for ongoing dialysis costs largely covered by Medicare insurance and the Kidney Association of Oregon
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Robin Perry
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Good Samaritan Hospital
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Leite
U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital
Robin
Hawaii
Medicare
Kidney Association of Oregon
Missouri traffic deaths rise 10 percent in 1976
Jefferson City AP reports Missouri road fatalities reached 1,186 in 1976, a 10.3 percent rise from 1975. Public Safety Director Michael Garrett cites longer trips and higher speeds, with drunken driving linked to roughly half the incidents and calls for tougher anti drunk driving measures.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Michael Garrett
Despondent mother causes car tragedy in Ohio
Betty Lee Tracy 32 bundled her three children Teresa 11 Patty 9 Curtis 6 into a car and died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a garage. Police say it was a murder suicide by self violence linked to her divorce and housing stress. The coroner noted the children were wrapped in blankets, apparently asleep.
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Loveland
Ohio
Betty “Lee
Tracy
Clermont County
Frank Capurro
Teresa
Patty
Curtis
Miami Township
Harry Snyder
Patrick
Jean Young
Michael
Snyder
Capurro
Frozen Young Man 4th To Die
In Hazelwood Missouri the body of a Florissant resident Bradley Bastean 21 was identified after being found last Friday at a furniture store rear during subzero temperatures. Autopsy to determine death cause planned as four eastern Missouri residents die in the cold. Exposure listed for Danny C Robinson 30 of De Soto and two St Louis men Horace cactie 65 and Johnny Beard.
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Florissant
Bradley Bastean
Missouri
Lsted
Danny C. Robinson
de Soto
St. Louis
Horace Cactie
Johnny Beard
Child Recovering After Dog Bite in Mexico Yard
Nine year old Tami Miller, daughter of Mrs. John Janssen and Dudley Miller, is reported recovering satisfactorily after a neighbor's dog bit her face in the yard Thursday. She suffered facial lacerations requiring stitches.
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Tami Miller
John Janssen
Dudley Miller
Mexico
Greg Miller Named Agent For Prosecutor
Greg Miller 24 of Mexico Public Safety is appointed law enforcement liaison for Audrain County Prosecuting Attorney Cynthia D. MacPherson for one year. He was chosen from seven candidates by testing and interviews with support from a Law Enforcement Council of Missouri grant. Miller remains with the Mexico department while serving the prosecutor and previously worked eight months with Vandalia Police. He and wife Betricie live at 622 S Olive.
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Greg Miller
Mexico
Miller
Hannibal-LaGrange College
Highway Patrol
Betricie
S. Olive
New County Officials Take Oath
Cynthia O. MacPherson was sworn as Audrain County prosecuting attorney and Kevin Farnen as county coroner, joined by re elected County Judges Floyd Lewis and Roy Guile and Sheriff Arthur Bud Riley. John Jesse administered the oath in the county court room. Helen Broemser Irvin will take hers later and J Holloway Neill will oath Sept 1.
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Cynthia O. MacPherson
Audrain County
Kevin Farnen
New
Floyd Lewis
Roy Guile
Arthur
Bud) Riley
John Jesse
Helen Broemser Irvin
Jesse
J. Holloway Neill
Barbara Jo Flowers Born At Audrain Medical Center
Barbara Jo Flowers is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ronald Flowers of Florence. She was born this morning at 8 16 at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds ten ounces.
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Ronald Flowers
New
Florence
Barbara Jo Flowers
Audrain Medical Center
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Frozen Young Man
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Citizen's Band
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