Something Snaps In Me Says Massacre Killer
An Army policeman faces a Jan 24 preliminary hearing on federal murder charges after the bodies of Anthony Bates and two others were found buried under a snowdrift at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri. Thornton, 23, of Russellville Arkansas, reportedly told investigators of headaches and a wish to die as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Leonard Wood
Johnny Lee Thornton
Russellville
Ark
U.S
Springfield
Anthony Lee Bates
Plato
Lawrence, Kan
James England
Thornton
Wesley Hawkins
Linda Needham
Texas
Missouri
FBI
Juanita Deckard
Lynchburg
Laclede County
Miss Deckard
Pulaski County Memorial Hospital
Ifi
Waynesville
Hawkins Boy
Bates
Woody Tilley
Linda
Wesley
Tony
Bill Williams
Kansas City
Patti
Failed Robbers At Arizona Bank Kill Themselves In Shootout
FBI described a bank robbery by William Buffington and Johnna Jessee at Valley National Bank in Yarnell Arizona that ended in a murder suicide after hours of telephone dialogue with a reporter. Buffington and Jessee demanded 25000 and a helicopter, released a hostage, then killed themselves as authorities closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike McCloy
Associated Press
Yarnell
Ariz
FBI
William Buffington
Liberty
Tex
Johnna Marie Jessee
Spokane
Wash
Valley National Bank
Phoenix
Norma Dunne
Buffington
Miss Jessee
Iy Mn Ane
Amarillo
Whiskey
Probation For Man Who Killed Drug Addict Son
Forrest Grigg former Cleveland Browns halfback received five years probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of his 20 year old son Mike in Gilmer Texas. The trial followed a mistrial on murder charges and a related TV film stirred public debate over father son drug issues.
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Obe City
Tex
Forrest Grigg
Mike
East
Texas
Gilmer
Grigg
Joe Ferguson
Cleveland Browns
Grigget
Richie
Pye
State District Court
Virgil Mulanax
Tom Bass Book To Be Reviewed By Mrs Richards
Audrain County Historical Society presents a review of Tom Bass Black Horseman on Channel 12 See Tv with Mrs Howard Richards. The first program airs 6:00 p.m. Monday and will rerun at noon Tuesday.
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Tom Bass
Howard Richards
Audrain County Historical Society
Bill Downey
California
Mexico
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Baas
W. Whitley St
Bicentennial Obelisk Memorial Park
Richards
The
Historical Society
Wrong Way Crash Kills 2 In St Louis Area
Two young men died when a car traveling the wrong way on Interstate 44 in St. Louis collided in a weekend period that began Friday at 6 p.m. Dennis Em and Jeff Bentman, both teens, were among the fatalities. A separate fatal crash near St. Joseph claimed truck driver Robert Gardetto after a guard rail collision. In nearby Warrensburg, 14 year old Michal Misner was killed walking along Missouri 13 when struck by a vehicle overtaking another car.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Dennis Em
Jeff Bentman
Robert Gardetto
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Gardetto
Michal Misner
Warrensburg
Missouri 13
Missouri Highway Patrol
Paris couple welcomes son Chad Adrian Bensley
Mr and Mrs Terry Bensley of Paris announce the birth of a son Chad Adrian Bensley Friday at 517 p m at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Bensley works for A B Chance Co in Centralia.
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Terry Bensley
Paris
Chad Adrian Bensley
Audrain Medical Center
Bensley
A.B. Chance Co
Centralia
Two More Charged In Bulles Death
Phoenix AP report says land developer Max Dunlap and Chandler plumber Jimmy Robison were arrested and charged with first degree murder in the bombing death of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bulles. Jury selection continued in Tucson in the trial of John Harvey Adamson, who is also charged in the murder. Dunlap says he paid Adamson five thousand dollars.</s>
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Phoenix
Ariz
Max Dunlap
Arizona
Jimmy Robison
Chandler
Arizona Republic
Don Bulles
Tucson
John Harvey Adamson
Dunlap
Adamson
Neal Roberts
Roberts
Bolles
Robison
Carter Aide Cleared in Jobless Pay Case
Washington AP report says Greg Schneiders, a top Carter campaign aide, was cleared of unemployment compensation fraud charges. U.S. Attorney Earl Silbert notified Schneiders’ attorney that no prosecution is warranted and the matter is closed. Schneiders had drawn 6000 in 1974 and 1975 while alleging restaurant consulting work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Greg Schneiders
Carter
U.S
Earl J. Silbert
Schneiders
White House
FBI
Birth of Ceere Patrice Brogden in Mobile Alabama
Mr and Mrs James Brogden of Mobile Alabama announce the birth of a daughter on January 3 weighing nine pounds one ounce. She is named Ceere Patrice Brogden. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Harrigan of Mexico and Mrs W H Brogden of Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brogden
Mobile
Ala
Ceere
Patrice Brogden
Jim Jty
Janea
William Harrigan
Mexico
W.H. Brogden
Snow cleared at First Presbyterian Church grounds
God and Country Boy Scout group cleaned all church sidewalks this week and Rev. Robert Collins reported the parking lot plowed. He said everything is ship shape for church tomorrow unless more snow falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOD and Country Boy Scout Group
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Collins
Jury Finds Sniper Killer Guilty in Wichita Shootings
A jury in Wichita, Kansas found Michael R. Soles guilty on three counts of first degree murder and nine other felonies for a 15 minute August shooting spree from a 26th floor hotel room. He admitted the act but claimed amnesia about aiming. Sentencing faces life in prison with a new trial motion set for January 2B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma
Michael R. Soles
Ang. Ll
Soles
Tom Baum
Sedgwick County District Court
Mini Conference On Citizens Advocacy By Region 3 Council
A mini-conference on citizens advocacy sponsored by Region 3 Developmental Disability Council will be held at the Handi-Shop Monday at 6 20 p m. The event reschedules a conference postponed from last Monday due to weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Region 3
Developmental Disability Council
Peter Finch Dies Of Heart Attack in Beverly Hills
LOS ANGELES AP Peter Finch 60 actor known for Network and Raid on Entebbe died of an apparent heart attack Friday morning at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Director Sidney Lumet described Finch collapsing in the lobby as paramedics worked for about 30 minutes.
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Los Angeles
Peter Finch
Israel
Yitzhak
Rank Television
Entebbe
Sidney Lumet
Beverly Hills
Lumet
Peter
Finch
Mrs. Carter 103 Dies in Kansas City Kansas
Mrs. Mary E. Carter, 103, of Kansas City Kansas, died Thursday at Presbyterian Manor. Born in Pueblo Colorado in 1873, she traveled with her parents to Cimarron Kansas by covered wagon in the 1870s and lived in Mexico from 1927 to 1942. Surviving are two sons Robert Manchester and James Carter, a daughter Mia Jamie Stewart, two grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Graveside services Sunday at 1 p.m. at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Mary E. Carter
Kansas City
Kan
Presbyterian Manor
Pueblo
Colo
Cimarron
Mexico
Marion S. Carter
Order of the Eastern Star
The
Rebekahs
Emmanuel White Shrine
First Christian Church
Robert F. Manchester
James Carter
Mia
Jamie Stewart
Rogers
Ark
Elmwood Cemetery
Weather and public notices from Ledgerland period
Clearing tonight and bitter cold with lows 10 to 15 below zero. Sunday sunny with highs near zero to the teens south. Missouri travelers advisory. snow likely central and north today, 1 to 3 inches in north and central. Admissions list many names and places. deaths include Mrs A R Barnett and Mrs Mary Carter. a minor car accident reported with minimal damage.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
A.R. Barnett
Mary E. Carter
Roy Moss
Harold Mehler
Madge Davis
Melody Lane
Barbara Reeder
Washington
Washington Street
Boulevard
Davia
Reeder
A. W. Parish
Moberly
Norfolk and Western Railroad
S. Defferson
Leonard Brown
Daily Record reports multiple local incidents in Mexico area
Friday brief covers a son’s missing watch valued at 45 950, a van crash on Wade Street injuring none, a Route 1 collision between Covington and Puntney with minor to moderate damage, and Danny Cregar arrested for DWI after a high speed loss of control. Magistrate Court fines listed, plus market reports and stock quotes from MFA Mexico and other exchanges.
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Washington
Mexico
Richard Lee Kemp
Wade Street
Curtis
Kemp
Highway Patrol
James F. Covington
Lawrence E. Puntney
Covington
Puntney
Danny K. Cregar
New Florence
Highway 19
Hermann
Mrs. A. R. Barnett Dies In Phoenix at 78
Mrs. A R Barnett, 78, of Phoenix Arizona formerly of Mexico died in her sleep. Funeral services and burial will be in Phoenix. She and her husband lived in Mexico for years while he was tied to A P Green Refractories Co. He retired as vice president in 1964 after 41 years. Two months later they moved to Phoenix. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs Ray Halter of Virginia several grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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A.R. Barnett
Phoenix
Ariz
Mexico
Virginia
Mexico Ledger Subscription Rates and Office Hours
Mexico Ledger lists daily publication schedule with exceptions, and rates for subscriptions by mail and carrier. Rates include $2.50 per month, $27 yearly in Mexico area, with varied MO counties and out-of-state pricing, plus armed forces rate and office hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
APO
Mrs. Harold Mehler 59 of Bowling Green dies
Mrs. Harold Mehler of Bowling Green dies at 12 15 a m Friday at St Marys Hospital in St Louis after a long illness. She is mother of Ruth Ann Crow of Farber and wife of Harold Mehler. Services Sunday at Mudd Funeral Home Bowling Green with burial at Hawks Point Cemetery. She was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Vandalia born June 19 1918 in St Louis county. Surviving include husband six daughters Debbie Crow Ethel Worthington Barbara Cox Vicki Cox Rosemary Hubert and others, two sons Harold and Gerald Mehler, 15 grandchildren. Her mother and two sons preceded her in death.
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Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Vandalia
St. Louis County
John Malloy
Mehler
Bowling Green
John Tumilty
Debbie
Burial On Monday Paris Moss Des Moines 1909 67
Paris Moss 67 of Des Moines died Tuesday. Born June 7 1909 in Paris he was son of William H Moss and Fannie Turner Moss. Funeral services were held in Des Moines with burial Monday at Walnut Grove. Survived by a daughter in Des Moines and brother Joe Moss of Kirkwood.
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Paris
Roy Moss
Des Moines
Town
Sor
William H
Fannie Turner Moss
Agnew Funeral Home
L.B. Troy
Walnut Grove
Joe Moss
Kirkwood
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Richard Vance
Bulles
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Gabrielle P. Brogden
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Okla
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Keith Sanborn
Kansas
Maude A. Lewis
William Howard Forrest
Ralph Gaston
Jerry Heyen
Roland Howard
Alice Houchens
Hardin S. Spires
Wellsville
Mary Cox
Auxvasse
Evalyn F. Kilby
Walter Gordon
Sturgeon
Jens E. Owens
Lena Eble
Montgomery City
Terry Beasley
Hamilton
Tom Long
Vera ‘Eckert
Ronald Worley
George Palmer
Marvin Fisher
Woodson Cockrill
Susan Friedberg
Billy Fountain
John Marshall
Francis Hughes
Carl ‘Roberts
J. C. Berrey
George Carlyle
Thompson
Clyde Linhardt
Mary Duncan
Fulton
Edgar Blevins
James Cafer
Victoria Lamme
Vandalla
Blonnie Mahaney
Emory Cox
Apnett
Willard Sailor
Matthew Turner
de Thomas
Eunice Dixon
Gerald Hunt
Hocky Mountain
the Daily Record
Barbara Jo Cope
Mark Anthony Fennewald
Joseph Edgar Cash
Frank T. Johns Jr
MFA
Grain,Co
Laddonia
Couriier
Commerce Bancshares
Mercantile Bank Corp
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Bobble Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dreaser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
US Gypsum
Wal- Mart
Dow Jones
A. R. Barnett
Herman Wieschhaus
Knights of Columbus
Martinsburg
Joe
Pharston Hest
John Cassay
Venus
Balsam
Beau Langes
Mani
Masseft
Walter Pidge
Cena Rowan
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