China Today Fishhook From 4000 B.C.
Robert M White recounts a China visit with an ASNE delegation and details the 6,000 year old Neolithic Panpo village finds near the Chan River. He describes bone fishhooks, pottery with circular openings, kilns at 1100 C, grain remnants, and the museum display. He notes ancient toolmaking, nets, fabric imprints, and signs of early farming, while contrasting Communist housing shortages with preservation of relics and palaces.
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Robert M. White
Ledger
China
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Panpo
Chan River
Sian
Chengchow
Forbidden City
Peking
Russia
Leningrad
Bond Sworn Missouri's Youngest Governor in Snow
Mexico native Christopher Bond was sworn in as Missouri's 48th governor, the nation's youngest at 33, in a snowbound ceremony at the Capitol. He urged bipartisan work, pledged efficiency, and outlined education, jobs, and environment goals, delivering a 11 minute address amid a 12 block parade.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Christopher&. Bond
Bond
Mexico
James A. Finch Jr
Missouri Supreme Court
Warren B. Hearnes
National Guard
New Governor Kit Bond Inaugurated Amid Snow Parade
In Jefferson City a packed crowd braved snowfall as Kit Bond took the oath as Missouri’s youngest governor. The Mexico High School Dixie Greys led a parade honoring Bond, whose Cadillac procession followed Governor Warren Hearne. Band members and townspeople celebrated amid bells and snow, with Bond noting a tradition of rain at milestones.
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Gary Duffy
Jefferson City
Mexico
Dixie Greys
Missouri
William J. Cason
South Portico
Christopher S
Kit) Bond
Bond
Warren Hearney
the Ledger
Carolyn
Watergate jurors begin trial for seven defendants
In Washington the Watergate break in case opens with jury selection for seven men charged in the Democratic National Committee offices. A list of 60 government witnesses includes Jeb Magruder Fred Fielding Bruce Kehrli Hugh Sloan and Robert Odle Jr. Sequestration to shield jurors from publicity planned as 1,000 prospective jurors are called. Also reported a six pound nine ounce daughter named Donni Jo was born to Glen D. Paul and his wife in Mexico Route 4 Audrain Medical Center.
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Washington
U.S. District Court
Democratic Party
Asst
U.S. Atty
Earl J. Silbert
Silbert
Jeb Magruder
White House
Nixon
Fred Fielding
Bruce Kehrli
Hugh W. Sloan
Finance Committee
Robert C. Odle Jr
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
Glen D. Paul
Mexico
Kit Bond Week Proclaimed by Mexico City Council
The city of Mexico declares January 8 to 14 as Kit Bond Week to honor Christopher S. Bond, Governor Elect of Missouri, in a resolution praising his hometown achievements and service. The Mexico Chamber of Commerce joins with congratulations to Kit and Carolyn Bond on Inauguration Day.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Kit Bond
City of
Christopher S. Bond
Missouri
Kit
Carolyn
Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Christopher
Bond
The
Mexico Ares Chamber of Commerce
Inaugural Stories Highlight Bond Era
Carolyn Bond looks forward to four years as First Lady as legislators and the Grand March headline the inaugural events. Text of Governor Bond's inaugural address appears on Page 3, with Page 2 featuring coverage of the Legislators and Grand March and related stories.
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Carolyn Bond
Governor Bond
Romney freezes public housing and redevelopment starts
Former Housing Secretary George Romney announced a federal freeze on new housing subsidy starts and redevelopment grants while keeping prior commitments. HUD will pause applications not yet at feasibility, while those already approved move forward. The move ties to Nixon’s push to fold community development programs into revenue sharing. A second note cites a Wisconsin joke about a teenager deterrent scent.
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Houston
George Romney
Nixon Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Romney
HUD
Plumney
Nixon
Commerce
James T. Lynn
Senate
National Association of Home Builders
Supreme Court blocks state tax on rural coops distribution lines
AP report: Missouri Supreme Court rules the state Tax Commission cannot assess distribution lines and facilities of rural electric cooperatives. The ruling reverses a Cole County decision and sets writ of prohibition against the commission. The Cooperatives, serving 27,000 customers, were taxed locally since 1936 and only assessed by the state in 1962.
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Jefferson City
State Tax Commission
Missouri Supreme Court
Cole County
James T. Riley
Howard Electric Cooperative
Fayette
Rallis County Electric Cooperative of
New London
Callaway Electric Cooperative
Fulton
Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association
Licking
Central Missouri Electric
Sedalia
The
Tax Commission
Robert R. Wellhorn
Six Die In New Orleans Sniper Rampage
In New Orleans police surrounded the Howard Johnson hotel as two surviving snipers fired again, killing six and injuring seventeen. A Marine helicopter dropped tear gas while officers in surrounding buildings fired on bunkered snipers, with shots later heard from a nearby building. Police revised the death toll and described bunker enclosures on the roof used for cover as they waited for the standoff to end.
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New Orleans
Howard Johnson
Marine Corps
Atony Place
City Shootout Paralyzes Business District and Hotel
City activity halted as a hotel top sniper scene drew police action and gunfire. Officials consider federal help as Louisiana Attorney General William Guste contemplates a federal probe. Marines in a Sikorsky helicopter engaged snipers, with one shooter killed and others fleeing or hiding in the structure.
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Louisiana
Newsmen Under Fire In New Orleans Sniper Incident
An Associated Press reporter recounts the perilous hours at the Howard Johnson hotel during a sniper siege in New Orleans. He describes hugging walls, crossing open streets under cover fire, and multiple risky trips to reach a pay phone for updates as police routed gunfire from surrounding officers.
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Associated Press
Guy Coates
New Orleans
Howard Johnson
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