Nixon Defends Cambodia Action and Names New Peace Negotiator
President Nixon defends the Cambodia operation and announces David K E Bruce as the new Paris peace negotiator. Bruce, 72, will take over from Henry Cabot Lodge Jr and go to Paris by August first. Nixon argues the action damaged the enemy and vows to defend American lives, while criticizing Senate moves to bar further U S forces.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Cambodia
U.S
Paris
David K.E. Bruce
America
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Bruce
Maryland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Indochina
Mideast
Cooper Church
Congress
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
McGovern
Mark ©. Hatfield
R Ove
Vietnam
Laos
Bettev
Audrain County assessments rise nearly half a million dollars
Audrain County Assessor Holloway Neill and County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes reported real estate and personal property values totaling 47,887,654 a 496,094 increase from June 1969. The total, including upcoming state and local additions, may exceed 63 million after boards of equalization and appeals adjust values.
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Audrain County
Holloway Neill
Glenn M. Barnes
Board of Equalization
Board of Appeals
Lally
Neill
Bulldozer sinks in 30 foot lake at Refractories plant
Divers hunted a 19 ton DC-7 bulldozer dropped into a 30 foot lake at A P Green Refractories Co. after a landslide at the landfill edge. Billy Rapp, the driver, escaped. engineers and divers weighed retrieval options as cold water and mud hindered the search.
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A. P. Green Refractories Co
Howard Graf
Charles Mollett
Gordon Harrison
The
Green Co
Richard Vance
Billy Rapp
Calwood
Rapp
Green Company
Charles Moller
Orb Womack
Boyds Welcome Daughter at Audrain Hospital
Mr and Mrs Randy Boyd of Mexico welcomed a seven pound daughter born at 12 35 pm yesterday at Audrain Hospital The baby comes as Mr Boyd serves in the US Army stationed at Fort Lewis Washington The birth adds to the family and marks a joyful local arrival
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Randy Boyd
Mexico
Audrain Hospital
Boyd
Fort Lewis, Wash
Harriman Urges Direct US Talks On Vietnam Settlement
Former U.S. Vietnam negotiator Harriman proposed that the new chief American negotiator be instructed to talk directly with the North Vietnamese if Saigon fails to cooperate. He praised David Bruce as best qualified, but emphasized the need for Saigon to participate and warned against a veto by Thieu in Saigon.
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United States
Cambodia
Ccu
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Paris
South Vietnam
Harriman
Nixon
David K. E. Bruce
David Bruce
Commerce
Saigon
Hope
Thieu
Bruce
Pearl Ballew Rites To Be Here Saturday
Pearl Ballew 70 former resident of Mexico and Benton City died at St Edwards Hospital Fort Smith Arkansas after a stroke. Funeral services Saturday 2 p.m. at Arnold funeral home with burial in Benton City Cemetery. Survived by Nora Williams wife two children William Robert Ballew Iona and Helen Jernigan Fort Smith and many grandchildren. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Friday.
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Pearl Ballew
Mexico
Benton City
St. Edwards Hospital
Fort Smith
Ark
Arnold Funeral Home
Wabash Railroad
Ballew
Presbyterian Church
William R
Rhoda Stauffer Ballew
Nora Williams
William Robert Ballew
Council Bluffs
Iona
Charles
Helen) Jernigan
Calendar Of Draft Numbers For 1971
The page lists draft numbers for 1971 with dates and ranges for different groups. It outlines eligibility windows and the order of call based on assigned numbers, detailing how many will be called by specific dates and the process for those classified 1-A or deferred status.
John N Hartegan Dies At 68 In Mexico
John Norris Hartegan aged 68 of 110 S Alabama St died at 10 55 am at Audrain Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Montgomery County son of James and Ann Hartegan. He married Daisy E Isging on July 19 1924 in Mexico. Survived by wife, a daughter Mary Kay Barclay of Mesa Ariz, two sons Jack L and John William, a sister Mrs Roy Stowers, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Arnold funeral home.
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John Norris Hartegan
S. Alabama St
Audrain Hospital
Montgomery County
James
Ann Mitchell Hartegan
Daisy E. Isging
Mexico
Florsheim
Roy Stowers
Jack L
John William
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary Kay Barclay
Mesa, Ariz
Arnold Funeral Home
Mexico postoffice closes early for Fourth of July
The Mexico postoffice will close at 2 p.m. Friday and operate on a reduced schedule. Saturday shows no mail deliveries and 6 p.m. dispatch. Many city county and federal offices close Friday. The Ledger will not publish Saturday. A. P. Green Refractories closes all day Friday while Kaiser Refractories stays open.
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Mexico
Eee
Ledger
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Kaiser Refractories
Flags and fireworks mark Honor America Day events nationwide
Honor America Day activities will feature flags and a flag carrying parade in Waikiki led by Robert E. Cole Jr, with soul food picnics and dances in Milwaukee honoring Black war dead. Nearly 400 Boy Scouts will transport an American flag baton from Williamsburg to Washington for a capital observance led by Billy Graham and Bob Hope.
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Robert E. Cole Jr
Waikiki
Milwaukee
Crispus Attucks
Boston
Virginia
Williamsburg
Washington
America
Continental Congress
Billy Graham
Bob Hope
Washington, D.C
Lincoln Memorial
Perry
Iowa
America Kixpress
Indiana
Massachusetts
Boxcar Shortage Sparks Senate Action and Defense Plan
Senator James B. Pearson calls the boxcar shortage a mute warning of an impending disaster and promotes a Defense Department boxcar fleet to reduce costly demurrage. He cites shortages across Midwest, coal regions, Great Lakes industry, Northwest lumber, and Southern food sectors with current tallies for major rail lines and hopper cars.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Senate
Midwest
Great Lakes
Pearson
Department of Defense
Kansas City Board of Trade
Rock Island Railroad
McCormack Denies Knowledge of Lobbyist Use of Office
In a New York trial McCormack, 78, testifies he did not know lobbyist Volosh en used his district and speaker offices extensively for client meetings. Prosecutors allege Volosh en and aide Sweig used the speaker’s office to defraud the government.
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New York
I — House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Martin Sweig
Nathan Voloshen
Voloshen
U.S. Distret
D-Mass
Sweig
U.S
Whitney North Seymour Jr
Seymour
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John Sherman Cooper
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Boyds
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Motleys
Thomas R. Motley
Thompson
Route 2
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Tara
Todd
Troy
Motley
Associated Press
Howard Keel
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Richard Carinal Cushing
Rose Bowl
Pasadena
Calif
Atlanta
Boy’s Club
Rhode Island Statehouse
Southern
New England
Maine
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Burington Norther
Robert Eldridge
Hardin
Eugene Field School
William V. Williams
Williams
Toledo
Eldridge
Annie Bledsoe
Eugene
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