Wives Mark Time For POW Husbands Return
Virginia Beach wives of missing Vietnam POWs cope as peace nears reading coping guides and keeping vows. One displayed a 2000 day sign. others paint, clean, or bury POW bracelets. Mothers share prayers and hopes while wives recall long separations and shifts in views on the war.
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Virginia Beach
Vietnam
Navy
North Vietnam
Pat Fellowes
Mdr
John H. Felons
Cmdr
Mike Christian
Huntsville
Ala
Pam
Sturgeon Man Retires After 2214 Years at Kaiser Refractories
Aoy K. Maiden retires from Kaiser Refractories after 2214 years in plant service, ending as a mechanic. He and his wife Erma live in Sturgeon and plan to spend retirement hunting, fishing, and traveling.
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Aoy K. Maiden
Kaiser Refractories
Plant Service Department
Mr. Maiden
Erma
Sturgeon
Missouri election laws called archaic by secretary of state
Jefferson City Missouri Secretary of State James C Kirkpatrick told the House Elections Committee that Missouri election laws are haphazard archaic and often incomplete He supported four statewide registration bills but warned they expand the patchwork system He urged mail registration uniform closing dates immediate registrar notices for movers and better access for disabled voters He cited Kansas Citys mail canvass showing thousands notified of removals and hundreds reinstated with about 350 re registering and about 100 voting after removal
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Jefferson City
Missouri
James C. Kirkpatrick
House Elections Committee
Kirkpatrick
Vic Downing
D-Bragg City
Kansas City
Merrell Opposes Forcing R-3 Out
Senator Norman Merrell criticizes a Missouri Senate Bill to abolish rural districts like Audrain's Hi Way R-3 as too harsh. He notes about 500 people attended a Tuesday Education Committee hearing, the largest opposition to mandatory district reorganization in years, and argues districts can improve schooling without top-down action. The state board already pushed legislation to end direct or common districts, closing one-room schools.
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Audrain
Norman Merrell
Missouri Senate
Education Committee
Merrell
State Board of Education
Audrain Sims
Carter
Mexico
Hi-Way
Centralia
R-3
Senate
Missouri
Council
Agriculture Committee
Sen. Merrell
Two Centralians On Honor Roll
Miss Marcy Adams and Miss Jean Rosser of Centralia have been named to the Honor Roll at Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar for the fall semester. Adams is a sophomore and Rosser a freshman. Spring registration is scheduled for Jan. 29.
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Centralia
Marcy Adams
Jack L. Adams
S. Jefferson St
Jeannine Rosser
John W. Rosser
S. Allen St
Southwest Baptist College
Bolivar
Miss Adams
Miss Rosser
SWBC
Laddonia Rebekah Lodge 842 Installs Officers
Laddonia Rebekah Lodge No. 842 held its 24th annual installation with 50+ attendees. District Deputy Martha Odem oversaw the ceremony with staff including Leta Mae Hildebrand and Mary Sydnor. Several officers were installed, and a social hour followed.
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Laddonia
Rebekah Lodge No. 842
Martha Odem
Wellsville
Leta Mae Hildebrand
Mary Sydnor
Laura Young
Nettie Appling
Lena Grant
Joe Teague
Noble Grand
Francis Ellis
Ruby Thomson
William Woolfolk
Herald McCluggage
Avera Renner
Roy Stewart
Raymond Fischer
Norma Ellis
Earl Gibson
Guardian
Russell Nichols
Jack Garnett
Kenneth Gore
Theodore Allen
Gordon Campbell
Welders Share Centralia Award For Simple Switch Steps
A.B. Chance Co. welders Lindell Berry and Lannie Patton of Centralia shared a $50 suggestion award for proposing a way to simplify steps in switch manufacture. The committee also awarded $12.50 to James Schade of Centralia and five awards to William F. Bishop Centralia Robert Powell Mexico and Donald Herron Paris.
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Chance
Centralia
A.B. Chance Co
Lindell Berry
Lannie Patton
James Schade
William F. Bishop
Robert Powell
Mexico
Donald Herron
Paris
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