iGulf Chairman Quits Under Fire
Pittsburg AP report says Bob R. Dorsey resigned as gulf oil chairman amid investigation into a $12.3 million political slush fund. The 16 hour board meeting approved the McCloy Report and ousted three other top officers. Jerry McAfee named to succeed Dorsey. Offshore donations included to Hugh Scott and political parties in South Korea and Italy.
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Pittsburgh
Bob R. Dorsey
Gulf Oil Corp. A
Dorsey
New York
John J. McCloy
Gulf
Securities and Exchange Commission
Richard Nixon
McCloy
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
South Korea
Rene Barientos
Herbert C. Manning
William L. Henry
Gulf of Real Estate Development Co
Fred Deering
Jerry McAfee
Gulf Oil Canada, Ltd
Labor Secretary Dunlop Resigns Ford Cabinet
John T. Dunlop resigns as secretary of labor and coordinator of the president's labor management committee. He will stay until January 31 before returning to Harvard. W. J. Usery Jr. is tipped as his successor amid fallout from Ford's veto of a contested picketing bill.
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Washington
John T. Dunlop
White House
Ford
Dunlop
Harvard University
W.J. Usery Jr
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Truman
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Central Intelligence
William E. Colby
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Council
Dunlap
Bride's Grandson Performs Ceremony
Anna Hough and Carl Berry wed in a family ceremony in Aurora Missouri. The service Sunday night was conducted by Steve Colwell, the bride’s licensed minister grandson studying at Ouachita Baptist University. Groom’s grandson Mark Lawson sang, Carl Berry’s son served as best man, and Doris Colwell was matron of honor. The officiant occasionally called the bride grandma.
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Aurora
Anna Hough
Carl Berry
Steve Colwell
Ouachita Baptist University
Mark Lawson
Carl G. Berry
Lake of the Ozarks
Doris Colwell
Grandma
Teachers Say Schools Intolerable At St. Charles
The Missouri State Teachers Association reports intolerable educational conditions in the St. Charles district. It cites severe financial problems and poor communication by administrators and the board. Chair Rose Ann Shull urges teachers not to work there until progress is shown. This marks the association's first action against a district.
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Jefferson City
St. Charles
Missouri State Teachers Association
Board of Education
Rose Ann Shull
Teachers Association
Jackie Smith to Speak at Mexico Bosses Night Banquet
St Louis Cardinals all pro tight end Jackie Smith will headline the Mexico Jaycees Bosses Night banquet on January 21 at the Empire Club. The event marks National Jaycee Week activities and includes multiple awards such as the Distinguished Service, Outstanding Jaycee, and Outstanding Citizen.
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Jackie Smith
St. Louis Football Cardinals
Mexico
Empire Club
Smith
Buckner Neate
Ron Holbrook
Fred Hemlin
Bill Hilton
Lewis Brooks Jr
Jim Rigby
Jim Hawthorne
Bob Barnes
Charlie Peck
Buddy Robinson
Leaches Welcome Son In Centralia At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs George Leach of Centralia announce the birth of a son weighing six pounds nine ounces born Tuesday at 1058 p.m. at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Leach is employed at Missouri Power and Light in Mexico.
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George Leach
Centralia
Audrain Medical Center
Leach
Missouri Power and Light Company
Mexico
Simants Tape Told Of Killing Six Victims
North Platte Nebraska AP report details defense witness Mary Olson testifying in the Erwin Simants murder trial. The taped confession was played, in which Simants described killing six Kellie family members of Sutherland. Defense seeks insanity verdict citing alcoholism and psychoses.
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North Platte
Neb
Erwin Charles Simants
Mary Olson
Simants
Lincoln County District Court
Olson
Henry Kellie
Sutherland
Omaha
Sandra Highsmith
Sabring Lyn
Missouri barber union price fixing probe by Danforth
Attorney General John C. Danforth disclosed a probe into alleged price fixing by members of the Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association. He said three local unions have been asked to provide information under Missouri antitrust law as offended consumers suffer when barbers collude on prices services and hours.
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Jefferson City
Atty
John C. Danforth
Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association
Danforth
Prices and operations of 15 barbers and local officials
Danforth cites antitrust laws aimed at stopping alleged price fixing in barber services. Fire marshal Wilfred Ward, from State Hospital No. 1 at Fulton, recovering from major surgery after a Dec 29 discharge, had a heart attack on Dec 2. Mrs. Eugene Lamm receives orthopedic therapy at Columbia Regional Hospital, Room 518.
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Wilfred Ward
E. Carrico
State Hospital No. 1
Fulton
Eugene Lamm
Columbia Regional Hospital
Alabama Faces Court Order to Reform Prisons
In Montgomery, lawyers for Alabama’s Board of Corrections said no appeal decision has been made after a federal judge described the prison system as barbaric and inhumane. Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr threatened prison closure if reforms are not immediate, citing rampant violence and jungle like atmosphere.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Board of Corrections
U.S. District Court
Frank M. Johnson Jr
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