Tax Crews Out Feb 4 Equalization Start
Audrain County will begin equalizing assessed valuations on February 4 with crews visiting every property. Farm land classification starts Feb 4, residential visits begin March if weather allows. Crews will measure outside only, asking cooperation, with rural buildings over 10 acres not measured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Lewis
Dean Cissna
Missouri State Tax Commission
Mexico
Russell Blackburn
Wesley Wood
Cissna
Montgomery County
Board of Equalization
Icy roads claim University City man in Missouri
Police report Paul H. Tate, 50, died when his auto slid on ice at Hayes Avenue and Olive Boulevard and struck a utility pole in University City. The freezing rain disrupted commutes and caused school cancellations as Missouri faced arctic cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University City
St. Louis
Paul H. Tate
Hayes Avenue
Olive Bowevard
Kansas City
Missouri
Kirksville
St. Joseph
Hijacker Killed In Getaway Car At Duchess Airport
A Brockton, Massachusetts man identified as Heinrich von George hijacked a Mohawk Airlines jet from Westchester County Airport, received a 200000 dollar ransom and water canteens bomb, and was fatally shot by an FBI agent during a failed getaway at Duchess County Airport. The stewardess Eileen McAllister was unhurt after being held aboard during a 10 hour incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
FBI
Westchester County
Brockton
Mass
Mohawk Airlines
New York City
Westchester
Dutchess County
Heinrich von George
Tallakson
von George
Peekskill
Canton
Eileen McAllister
Albany
New York
White Plains
Hudson River
Carl Rieth
William O’hara
Rieth
C-of-C Can Lead And Serve Says Cline
John Cline takes the helm as C of C president before 200 plus members and guests at the Knights of Columbus Hall installation banquet. He outlines goals for the year including membership growth, quarterly meetings, industrial development, support for education and transportation, and continued growth of the community college and hospital facilities. He highlights tourism, a civic center, new subdivisions, and stronger ties among Mexico, the county, and rural citizens while urging image polishing as an All-American city measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
John Cline
C-Of-C
Knights of Columbus
Cline
Robert Ollis
Mexico
Chamber
Stribling House
Audrain County Historical Society Museum
Fairgrounds
Nixon Seeks Unemployment Drop and Price Stability
President Nixon in a lengthy Economic Report to Congress asserts wage price controls will stay until price stability is sustainable. He forecasts real output rising in 1971 and 1972, aims to cut 1972 unemployment from 6 percent, and urges public cooperation to maintain policy. The message highlights a strong 1971 output, a $100 billion 1972 gain, and acknowledgment of 1970 recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
United States
Council of Economic Advisers
Herbert Stein
Stein
Council
United
Jaycee Shooting Education Course Opens in Mexico MO
The Mexico Jaycees and Daisy Hedden Co sponsor a fourth Shooting Education course for 7 to 14 year olds beginning Feb 13 at 2 p.m. at the Mexico Youth Center. Instructors include law enforcement officials as the program builds gun safety, with 13 hours over six weeks and a state level Jaycee Shooting League to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Kent
Missouri
Critics Push For Fixed Date U.S. Withdrawal From Indochina
Washington AP reports war critics press for a definite withdrawal date from Indochina despite President Nixon's speech. Senators differ on whether the plan, tying pullout to a cease-fire and prisoner release, will hold. Key figures include Mansfield, Kennedy, Muskie, Fulbright, Ellender, Hughes, Brooke, Case, and Cranston, with debate over a six month total withdrawal and potential linkage to broader peace steps. A separate note: the Stowers announce the birth of Steven Wayne Stowers in Audrain Medical Center with family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
North Vietnam
Allen Ellender
D-La
Ellender
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Harold E. Hughes
Drowa
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Congress
China
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
South Vietnam
Mike Mansfield
America
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Robert P. Griffin Reich
GOP
Cranston
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Frankfurt
Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam
Paris
Muskie
Also Mentioned on This Page
John R. Cline
Robert W. Ollis
Richard Vanice
Springfield
Monett
Allen J. Carriere
Greater Mexico
Jaycee Course
Steven Wayne Stowers
Wayne Lee Stowers
Thompson
Audrain Medical Center
Angela
Stowers
Hales and Hunter Co
Lee Roy Stowers
Nelson Holzhauser
Portland, Mo
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