Teens Bought For 200 Dollars In Torture Murders Case
AP reports detective testimony in Houston that teenager Elmer Henley and accomplice bought boys for 200 dollars, forced sex acts, torture, and murders linked to arsonist mastermind Karol Corll. Henley faces multiple murder charges. Brooks faces four. Pretrial delays considered to allow public attention to fade.
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Houston
Tex
Elmer Oe Henley
David Mullican
Pasadena
Wehbe Boys
Fednemlay
Henley
Bean Arnold Corll
Charles R. Cobble
David Owen Brooks
Will Gray
Gray
Cortl
Mullican
Corll
Villager Restaurants plans discussed with Mexico Chamber
James Marshall of Villager Restaurants International met with the Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce board to present a feasibility study in Mexico for a new Villager restaurant. He plans interviews with prospective franchise buyers next Wednesday.
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James Marshall
Spencer
Iowa
Villager Restaurants International Inc
Mexico
Mexico Area
Hagan
Jack Viar
Charles Peck
Don Manning
Jim Heim
Joe Fenneszey
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce Executives of
Missouri
Royal Cafe
Norman Merrell
James Lemon
Woodrow Lee
Christopher Bond
Mexico, Mo
Lone Bookseller Charged Over The Joy Of Sex
In Macon Georgia Ken Moffett faces a single obscenity charge for selling The Joy of Sex. Publisher Simon and Schuster says he is the only person in the country charged for distributing obscene literature after a Supreme Court ruling broadened local control.
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Macon
Ken Moffett
Simon and Schuster
Moffett
United States Supreme Court
Americans Using Less Electricity This Year
The nation consumes less power than last year with 36.6 billion kilowatt hours used the week ending January 12, the first full week of Daylight Saving Time. Utility firms cite warmer weather or conservation, unsure of primary cause. residential users may save about 29 kilowatt hours annually, around 0.4 percent.
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Associated Press
Edison Electric Institute
Rock Slide Buries Nine Men in Oregon Collapse
Nine men are missing after a rock and earth slide buried a telephone building near Canyonville in western Oregon as heavy rains and rapid snowmelt flood the region. Two children died in Northern California when a dam created by floodwaters swept away their yard. Authorities scrambled to reach survivors while widespread flooding forced hundreds from homes across Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and California.
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Associated Press
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California
Spec Northwest Bell Co
Canyonville
Pacific
Montana
Idaho
Washington
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Kathy
Robert Williams
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Ore
Ukiahi
Fred Seaton Dies Former Interior Secretary and Publisher
Fred A. Seaton 64 former Secretary of the Interior and Midwest publisher died after a lengthy illness in a Minneapolis hospital. A Hastings Nebraska native, he served in the Nebraska legislature, in the U.S. Senate appointment, and held key roles in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations. He led the Interior Department, backed Hawaii and Alaska statehood, and chaired Nixon era committees while publishing newspapers in multiple states. Survivors include his widow two sons two daughters and three brothers.
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Defense
Eisenhower
White House
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Interior Department
Seaton
Hawaii
Alaska
Defense Department
Kansas
Alf Landon
Nixon
Hastings
Nebraska
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Coffeyville
Washington D.C
Fay Seaton
U.S
Joseph Bristow
Donald
Alfred
Sacramento
Calif
Maynard Epp
Henderson
Neb
Jerry Hansen
Norfolk
Nebo
Richard M
Lawyers For Nixon Cost 300000 in Watergate Defense
Washington AP reports the White House has spent about 300000 on Nixon’s Watergate defense while noting a much larger investigative bureaucracy. It cites 290418 spent from July 1 to Jan 9 and an expected 600000 for fiscal year 1974-75, contrasted with a 28 million prosecutor budget and large congressional staffs.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Watergate
Congressional
Boston
James D. St. Clair
J. Fred Buzhardt
Leonard Garment
Cecil Emerson
Jaworski
Richard Ben-Veniste
Jill Vollner
Water Safety Lectures at Mexico High
Two Missouri Water Safety Patrol representatives lectured Mexico High School physical education classes on boating safety. Charles Scrogin of Vandalia and Gerald Fox of the Alton area presented slides and demonstrated safety equipment for students, illustrating that the patrol protects waterways as the Highway Patrol guards highways.
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Missouri Water Safety Patrol
Mexico
Charles Scrogin
Vandalia
Gerald Fox
Alton Area
Missouri Highway Patrol
Father's Duty To Son Leads Him To Sentencing
In Philadelphia a judge sentenced Andrew Carney to three years probation for voluntary manslaughter in his son Thomas's death. McGlynn Jr. found Carney, a 70 year old former policeman, guilty after a nonjury trial. The court noted Carney's long struggle with his son’s drug and alcohol problems and that a trigger event led to the fatal shooting.
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Philadelphia
Joseph McGlynn Jr
Common Pleas Court
Andrew Carney
Thomas
McGlynn
Carney
Woman Becomes First Woman Brakeman On ICG Trains
Martha Hawthorse reports Pat Grant of Roadhouse Illinois becomes the first woman hired by Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in train service. Grant works Kansas City to Roadhouse since December 2 performing switching signaling and car handling duties, proving capable with limited experience. She was approved under the companys equal opportunity policy after main office review and supervision notes praise from fellow workers.
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Martha Hawthorse
Pat Grant
Roadhouse
Ilinois Central Gulf Railroad Company
Ms. Grant
Kansas City
Knuckles
Ma Grant
Hancock
Chicago
10G
Mr. Hancock
Half Million Apportioned To Schools Across Districts
More than $569,160.59 in railroad and utility taxes for 1973 is apportioned to area schools, announced County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes. The county treasurer will mail checks to districts based on enumeration and $63.83 per pupil, with building and debt service shares set from district tax levies. Mexico leads with $325,067.87, followed by Van-Far R-1 and Community R4. Sturgeon R-5, Hi-Way R-3, North Callaway R-1, Wellsville R-1, Paris R-2, and Middle Grove C-1 receive smaller sums.
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Glenn M. Barnes
Hattie Wood
Mexico
Van-Far
Community
Centralia
Sturgeon
Hi-Way
North Callaway
Wellsville
Paris
Middle Grove
Saling Township
Skylab 3 Climbs Through Four-Day Sunlight Heat Wave
Skylab 3 astronauts have shut lights and adjusted work schedules to cope with a four day period of continuous sunlight. Inside temperatures rose from 71 to 81 degrees and are expected to reach 85 to 87 degrees Friday before cooling over the weekend as the station orbits Houston Space Center.
Ehrlichman Explains Why Love Failed as Energy Aide
Seattle AP report notes John D. Ehrlichman says John A. Love failed as energy adviser because he was a White House outsider unable to access power. Love left December 3. Ehrlichman, Nixon adviser, resigned last April, says the role required uniting competing executive branch efforts, a task he deemed too tough for an outsider.
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Seattle
John D. Ehrlichman
John A. Love
White House
Washington
Love
Ehrlichman
Nixon
Executive Branch
Chance Creates Dallas Subsidiary for Transmission Switching
Centralia based A B Chance Company forms a wholly owned Dallas subsidiary named PSE Inc to manufacture and sell transmission switching equipment. Donald G DeBolt named president and assistant treasurer. operation expected to hire 18-20 in Dallas while Centralia shifts focus to castings and machined parts. John Cook to join as sales service supervisor. some Centralia staff reassigned. Order backlog for distribution switching equipment remains high.
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Centralia
Power Switching Equipment, Inc
A.B. Chance Company
Dallas
L.C. Hansen
Hansen
Donald G. DeBolt
Chance Utility Systems
DeBolt
Chance
John Cook
PSE, Inc
Spainhower to Speak at Ninth District Ratio Meeting
State Treasurer James I. Spainhower will be the principal speaker at the ninth district ratio committee meeting at 1 30 p.m. Friday in the Monterey. Hannibal’s H. E. Davis, district chairman, is in charge of the event.
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James I. Spainhower
Ninth District
Monterey
H. E. Davis
Hannibal
FCA to Sponsor After Game Dance at Mexico Hickman
FCA will sponsor an after game dance in the school cafeteria Saturday night after the Mexico Hickman basketball game. The Spectrum Blue band, with six MHS members, will play. Admission is $1.25 a couple or 75 cents for singles. Pep Squad voted to hold a traditional dance in late April. Pep Squad bus to Fulton game departs 5:30. In GAA action Tuesday Red beats Blue 14 10 with India Melson scoring 8 for Blues and Vickie Wells 10 for Red.
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FCA
Spectrum Blue
Don Green
India Melson
Blues
Vickie Wells
Gettys Stay Away From Italy Amid Kidnap Fallout
INNSBRUCK Austria AP Gail Harris mother of J Paul Getty III says she and her son will not return to Italy soon. The Getty family vacationing at Igls near Innsbruck in a private house after last year’s kidnap and release. Harris cites the Rome arrests and fear of retaliation as reasons for staying away.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Gail Harris
J. Paul Getty III
Italy
Paul Getty
Igls
Harris
Rome
Paul
Getty
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