Girl Escapes Abductor Held in Sarasota Beachhouse
Charlotte Grosse, 15, escaped after 52 hours with Wilfred Bannister 33 who abducted her from a Girl Scout campsite in a state park. She fled to her parents in Nokomis after freeing herself while Bannister bought gasoline for his sports car. Police said she was bound naked and assaulted during captivity. Bannister faces kidnapping and involuntary sexual battery charges. a bond hearing was scheduled.
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Lorraine Cichowsk
Associated Press
Sarasota
Charlotte Grosse
Sarasota County
Bannister
Charlotte
Richard Grosse
Nokomis
Siesta Key
Bradenton
Julie Rosell
Florida
Miami
Miss Pierce
Scout Camp Security Tightens Nationwide After Abductions and Slayings
Security at Girl Scout camps has been tightened nationwide following reports of a Florida state park abduction and the Olahoma killings of three girls. Measures include more bed checks, added chaperones, and increased police patrols with some camps hiring private guards for night coverage.
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Miami
Florida
Olahoma
Richard Knox
Girl Scouts of America
Cherie Pierce
Girl Scout Council of
Oklahoma
Riley Stops Liquor Agent From Probing Grocery Games
Judge James Riley of the Cole County Circuit Court issued a temporary order Friday halting the Missouri Division of Liquor Control from pursuing actions against promotional games used by grocery stores statewide. The July 15 hearing was set as the case moves through court, following objections from store officials and game marketers who contended the games were legal per guidance from the attorney general.
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Jefferson City, Mo
James Riley
Cole County Circuit Court
State Division of Liquor Control
Liquor Control Division
Albert Letz
Riley
Letz
Slaying Uncovers Narcotics Ring in Wichita Falls
A Missouri man’s death leads to an interstate narcotics probe tracing activity among Wichita Falls, St Louis, Florissant, Pittsfield, Hollister, and Palatka. Airman James Bennie Turner, 21, Hollister, Fla., faces murder charges. bond set at 50000 after surrender. Investigation by Wichita Falls Police with Missouri Florida Illinois and the air base teams continues.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Missouri
Sheppard Air Force Base
James Bennie Turner
Hollister
Fla
Turner
Justice of the Peace
R.L. Stewart
Kim Michael Grant
Florissant
Grant
St. Louis
Pittsfield
Palatka
Gene Davis
Births Son For Scrantons
Mr and Mrs Charles A Scranton of Louisiana are the parents of a son born today at 12 14 am at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds two ounces and not yet named Mr Scranton works for Bob Parrack Co Louisiana A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Morris D Gotsch of Montgomery City today at 1 57 am at Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds four ounces named Sarah Ellen Gotsch Mr Gotsch is self employed.
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Charles A. Scranton
Louisiana
Audrain Medical Center
Scranton
Bob Parrack Co
Morris D. Gotsch
Montgomery City
Sarah Ellen Gotsch
Gotsch
Eagleton Pearson push bill to end gas hookup ban
Senators Eagleton and Pearson introduce legislation to void a Federal Power Commission order stopping new residential gas hookups in Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma. The bill would reserve gas first for homes and small businesses, challenging which users receive supply during shortages. Rep Skubitz supports the move noting industrial users should not outrun residents. The measure aims to clarify priorities and aid community development while aligning supply with conservation intents.
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Washington
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Cities Service Co
Joe Skubitz
Richard Dunham
Commission
Skubitz
Wyoming
Eagleton
Pearson
USDA Buys Beef Roasts For Schools This Fall
The Agriculture Department bought 342000 pounds of frozen boneless beef roasts for school cafeterias at about $1.09 to $1.13 per pound totaling $380000. The first consignment aims to lift spirits in the cattle market and bids will be reviewed weekly.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Carol Tucker Foreman
BLS
USDA
Four Bubonic Plague Cases Reported This Year
ATLANTA AP Four human bubonic plague cases have been reported to the CDC this year with two in New Mexico and one each in Colorado and Arizona. All four victims are well or recovering. transmission has not occurred between humans. One patient, a 23-year-old Arizona woman, contracted the illness from a family cat. Plague is usually spread by fleas from infected rodents.
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Atlanta
National Center’ For’ Disease Control
CDC
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Man
Health Programs At City County Health Unit Next Week
Health unit at 502 B Monroe announces next week sessions on food and nutritional benefits for women infants and children on Tuesday and Wednesday 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m by appointment. Vandalia sessions Thursday noon to 3 p m by appointment. Senior Citizens blood pressure checks Tuesday 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m family planning by appointment Thursday 6 30 p m child health conferences Thursday 9 a m to noon by appointment regular blood pressure checks Friday 9 a m to noon.
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B. Monroe
Alcan Plan Best for Gas Pipeline Environment
A presidential advisory panel named Alcan Pipeline Co. plan the most environmentally acceptable of three routes to deliver Alaska gas to the lower 48. Alcan would run parallel to the existing crude line to Fairbanks then east through Canada to connect with other pipelines.
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Washington
Alcan Pipeline Co
Alcan
North Slope
Fairbanks
Alaska
Canada
Federal Power Commission
Council of Environmental Quality
Carter
Congress
Arctic Gas Consortium
Arctic
Alaskan
Arctic National Wildlife Range
MacKenzie Delta
Midwest
el Paso Natural Gas
California
el Paso
North-west Pipeline Corp
Salt Lake City
FPC
Nahum Litt
Litt
el Pago
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