Jury to Decide Death Or Life For Manson And Followers
Los Angeles AP reports the jury that convicted Charles Manson and three female followers will review penalties for the Sharon Tate killings. The state seeks death in the gas chamber. the defense urges life imprisonment. Up to 60 witnesses are ready, but may not all be called as the penalty phase begins Thursday.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
California
Asst. Dist. Atty
Vincent Bugliosi
Paul Fitzgerald
Godsey Quits As Regional Director
Gail Godsey has resigned as director of the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission effective February 1. Assistant director Tom Benton named acting director. resignation follows criticism of his management. The commission serves Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau, and Osage counties and aims to coordinate regional development.
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Jefferson City
Gail Godsey
Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission
Frank Jost
Commission
Godsey
Tom Benton
Fulton
Mid-Missouri Commission
Warren Hearnes
Audrain
Boone, Callaway
Cole
Cooper, Howard
Moniteau
Osage
Mystery Men In Action In Cambodia
AP reports from Cambodia that American troops in civilian clothes retrieved unmarked helicopters escaped damage at Pnom Penh airport after last Friday's attack. They tied down the aircraft and took them away with larger choppers under orders not to talk. The group was led by a civilian-clothed colonel named McKinley. Secretary Laird said no U.S. ground combat troops or advisers are in Cambodia.
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NW York
Pnom Penh
CBS Radio News
Cambodia
CBS
Don Webster
Webster
McKinley
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Tonya Michelle Curry Born At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs James Curry welcomed Tonya Michelle born January 21 at Audrain Medical Center at 10 58 am weighing six pounds one ounce Grandparents are Morris Williamson and Murrell Curry of Mexico and James Curry of 420 Eastholm Street Kansas City AP—The police department plans to burn confiscated weapons in an electric furnace at a steel plant on Thursday replacing the river dump tradition after environmental concerns.
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James Curry
Eastholm St
Audrain Medical Center
Tonya Michelle
Morris Williamson
Murrell Curry
Mexico
Kansas City
Missouri
Instant News jury weighs death penalty for Manson four
The Tate murder trial jury will decide Thursday whether to impose death or life imprisonment on Charles Manson and his three female followers. They were found guilty on 27 counts of murder and conspiracy in a verdict announced Monday.
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Los Angeles
Tate
Charles Manson
Tate murder trial verdict looms for Manson followers
After 42 hours of deliberation over eight days, Susan Atkins Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel faced verdicts on 27 counts of murder conspiracy in the Tate-LaBianca killings. Prosecutors said Manson ordered the slayings to spark a race war. witnesses described brutal stabbings and taunting, while defenses argued pretrial publicity and venue affected the case.
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Susan Atkins
Leslie van Houten
Patricia Krenwinkel
Miss van Houten
Manson
Miss Atkins
Miss Tate
Miss Krenwinkel
Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
Maxwell Keith
Leslie
Fitzgerald
Tate
Irving Kanarek
Spahn
Linda Kasabian
Manson Family
Linda Kasabian Grieves For Manson Family Verdict
Linda Kasabian, 22, key witness in the California murder trial of Charles Manson and three followers, said she was not surprised by guilty verdicts and mourns for the group she called family. She testified she was with the group during the Tate killings and had immunity for her testimony.
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Milford
N.H
Linda Kasabian
California
Charles Manson
State Women Win Pants Rule
Carson City Nevada Assembly speaker Lawrence Jacobsen apologized for his earlier rule barring women from wearing pants and midis. After a public uproar and phone calls, he announced the change on Monday permitting ladies to wear pantsuits and other pants.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada Assembly
Assembly
Lawrence Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Gardnerville
Here
Lacy Farris Elected President of St. Louis Live Stock Exchange
I W Lacy Farris was chosen president by members at the 85th annual meeting of the St. Louis Live Stock Exchange. He previously served as vice president for three years.
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Heads Market National Stockyards
W. Lacy Farris
St. Louis
Bond Asks Budget Of 1,356,000 For Auditor's Office
Republican State Auditor Christopher Bond urged the Democratic House Appropriations Committee to adopt his $1,356,044 budget for the auditor's department, arguing it remains lower than predecessor Holman's request. He described reorganizing the office since Jan 11, trimming staff and creating three divisions while defending access to W-2 forms against the governor's proposed shift to the comptroller. Bond said reform advice came from business management experts and cited Missouri law authorizing pay setting within appropriation limits. the treasurer did not testify.
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Jefferson City
Christopher
Kit) Bond
House Appropriations Committee
Haskell Holman
Bond
Holman
Comptroller’s Office
Appropriations
E. J
Lucky) Cantrell
D-Overland
Missouri
William E. Robinson
Air Pollution Topic at GOP Women’s Club Meeting
The Republican Women’s Club will discuss Air Pollution at its Thursday 9 30 a m meeting at Garfield Community Center open to the public. Speakers Mrs Ernest Lehto and Mrs David Wyatt of the Mexico Audrain County League of Women Voters will discuss local effects and present air samples collected in Mexico.
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Republican Women’s Club
Garfield Community Center
Ernest Lehto
David Wyatt
Mexico- Audrain County
Vinegar Bend To Be Lincoln Day Speaker
Former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Wilmer Mizell now U S Representative from North Carolina will headline the 71st Lincoln Day activity in Missouri Feb 12 13 The Lincoln Day banquet is set for Feb 13 at the Sheraton Jefferson Hotel About 800 people are expected to attend the event which alternates each year between St Louis and Kansas City Mizell played for the Cardinals from 1952 to 1960.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinal
Wilmer
Vinegar Bend
Mizell
U. S
North Carolina
Missouri Association of Republicans
Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel
Ed Pung
GOP
Kansas City
Cardinals
Five on Honor Roll at Bolivar
Five students from Bolivar Mexico and Thompson appear on the Southwest Baptist College fall semester honor roll. Sidney Staples, a senior, Brenda Lee Monk, a sophomore, Patricia Dollens, a Thompson freshman, Sherry Mackey a Thompson senior, and Gary O. Mackey a Thompson junior are named among honorees.
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Mexico
Thompson
Southwest Baptist College
Bolivar
Sidney Staples
Merle Robinson
S. Missouri Ave
Brenda Lee Monk
Roy Lee Monk
N. Olive St
Patricia Dollens
Raymond Dollens
Sherry Mackey
Gary O. Mackey
Orma E. Mackey Jr
Route 1
12 Year Old Wheels Car In New York Caper
A 12 year old boy known as Joey stole a 1970 Olds and drove around Manhattan and nearby airports for a week. He invited four younger boys for rides, ignored a taxi lane at LaGuardia, and was booked as a juvenile delinquent to appear in Family Court.
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New York
Joey
P.S. 6
Central Park
Upper East Side
Kennedy
LaGuardia
Florida
Kennedy Airport
Still Need Kidney Donor
Doctors in Chicago seek a healthy kidney donor from 10-year-old William Fry’s family in Tipton Missouri after William’s transplant from his father Lawrence Fry was canceled due to tissue mismatch. William has lived with an artificial kidney machine since last year and is not in immediate danger. if no relative donor is found, he will be placed on a waiting list for deceased donor transplants.
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Chicago
William Fry
Tipton
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Fry
William
Coup Upsets Uganda as Amin Takes Helm in Kampala
Sporadic gunfire persisted in Kampala less than a day after Brig. Gen. Idi Amin and Police Inspector-General William Oryema led a military coup that toppled President Milton Obote. Obote fled to Nairobi then Dar es Salaam as curfew and troop patrols tightened nationwide.
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Kampala
Uganda
Milton Obote
Radio Uganda
Obote
St. Louis
Edward Heath
South Africa
Nairobi
Kenya
Dar Es Salaam
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
India
Africa
Amin
Oklahoma Raps Uncle Sam As Water Polluter
Oklahoma directs federal authorities to meet federal water standards within 180 days over pollution from Tinker Air Force Base and other installations. The Pollution Control Board authorized action to seek a court injunction if compliance is not achieved, citing toxic effluent entering the North Canadian River.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Washington
State Pollution Control Board
U.S
Tinker Air Force Base
State Corporation Commission
Charles Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Tinker
Corporation Commission
North Canadian
Pinewood Derby Winners Named For Cub Pack 53
Cub Pack 53 held its 1971 Pinewood Derby at St. Brendan's School with Steve Reznicek winning grand champion. Tommy Waechter and Mike Harlow took second and third in the pack race. individual den winners included Reznicek Waechter and Harlow. Webelos leader Bob Deason oversaw the event with aid from several dads. Gold and Silver Arrow awards were given to several scouts, and the next meeting set for February 25 Blue and Gold Banquet.
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Cub Scout
St. Brendan’s School
Steve Reznicek
Tommy Waechter
Mike Harlow
den One
Kevin Weatherspoon
Timmy Deardorff
den Two
Jerry Engle
Paul Reznicek
den Three
Leslie Fenne
Tim Oakes
Webelos den
Pete Gonzalez
Bruce Mueller
Webelos
Mark Chaney
Actor Eugene Raufer Wood buried in Bowling Green
Services were held Monday for Eugene Raufer Wood 67 New York actor who died Friday in West Palm Beach Florida He was born October 27 1903 near Bowling Green to J William and Lena Barbara Raufer Wood Sr He never married He starred in In A Vinegar Tree with Shirley Booth at the Playhouse Theater West Palm Beach He graduated from Bowling Green High School and Kirksville State Teachers College taught English in Bowling Green and Webster Groves He acted in Webster Groves little theater and taught drama at East Orange New Jersey and Ethica College He appeared on Broadway in Our Town and in Municipal Opera at St Louis productions West Side Story and Mr President He did TV commercials including Hallmark Cards He authored books on drama Survivors include brother J William Wood Jr niece Joyce Jean Jamison and great niece Bronwyn Jamison plus other relatives.
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Bowling Green
Eugene Raufer Wood
New York
West Palm Beach
Fla
J. William
Lena Barbara Raufer Wood
Shirley Booth
Playhouse Theater
Kirksville State Teachers College
Webster Grove
Webster Groves
East Orange
N. J
Ethica College
Our Town
Municipal Opera
St. Louis
Hallmark Cards
J. William Wood Jr
John
Joyce Jean) Jamison
Louisiana
Bronwyn Jamison
Pittsburgh Symphony to Perform in Columbia at Jesse Hall
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, one of the world’s six great groups, will give a single concert in Columbia at 8:15 PM on February 18 in Jesse Hall as the fourth event in the University Concert Series.
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Pittsburgh Symphony
Columbia
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Jesse Hall
No Lock On His Jailhouse Door
John L. Mertz sued his landlords after they removed the lock he bought for his cell. The Rahway prison authorities ruled he cannot have a private lock on his door while serving an armed robbery sentence.
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New Brunswick
N.J
John L. Mertz
New Jersey
Rahway
Mertz
Mexico Ledger Subscription Rates and Hours
The Mexico Ledger lists publication as daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Wastinton St Mexico Mo 65265. Rates: $2.00 per month by carrier. by mail Audrain and adjoining counties $12 per year $8 six months $6 three months. All other counties Missouri $18 per year $13 six months $9 three months. Out of state $21 per year $14 six months $11 three months. Armed forces $1 per month. Office hours 8:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Saturday.
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N. Wastinton St
Mexico
Audrain
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