Youth Corps employs 38 Audrain residents in program
A report by Audrain County project director Jack McBride states 38 residents are now working under the Neighborhood Youth Corps in Mexico. Salaries are $1.60 per hour funded by the federal government. City Manager Neil Nielsen praises the program as beneficial, noting enrollees gain discipline, employment experience, and some move to fulltime city roles or further education.
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Neighborhood Youth Corps
Jack McBride
Columbia
William E. Johnson
Central Missouri Counties Human Development Corporation
Neil Nielsen
City of
Mexico
Nielsen
University of Missouri
McBride
Audrain County
Bandit Holds Hostages Then Surrenders In St Paul Bank Robbery
A gunman fleeing police held a woman and her 18 month old granddaughter hostage in a St Paul home after a Western State bank robbery that netted about 40000 dollars. After five hours of negotiations the bandit surrendered. Police recovered nearly all the loot. The child was released during the standoff and the hostage mother was unharmed. The suspect Warren Owens 19 of Kansas City was taken into custody. Local authorities, FBI and state patrols monitored the scene as helicopters hovered overhead and residents watched from doorways. Mayor McCarty directed operations from the scene.
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St, Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Algeria
Western State Bank
Arthur Schwartz
Anne Marie Looney
Minnesota
West
Minnehaha Avenue
Warren Owens
Kansas City
Wlol
Charles McCarty
Owens
McCarty
James Mann
St. Pan Police Department
Dayan warns of renewed fighting as Egyptian pressure harms aid
Tel Aviv Moshe Dayan defense minister said Egypt pressures the United States hindering military aid to Israel and undermining prospects for a Middle East settlement. He warned NATO leaders of Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean and said Egypt may push for renewed fighting later in the year while Israel remains strengthened post cease-fire.
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Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
United States
Israel
Middle East
Dayan
Mediterranean
Egypt
America
Cairo
Soviet Union
U.S
Washington
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Agnew Begins Africa Trip Amid Rain in Addis Ababa
Vice President Spiro Agnew landed in Addis Ababa after a monsoon rain greeted his Ethiopian stop, meeting Emperor Haile Selassie, Prime Minister and Crown Prince, and planning a stag dinner at the U.S. ambassador’s residence. He praised Ethiopia’s UN leadership and pledged to report Arab views to President Nixon. He also reaffirmed U.S. pursuit of a lasting peace between Arabs and Israelis.
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Addis. Ababa
Ethiopia
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Africa
Haile Se
Lassie
Agnew
Jubilee Palace
Alfa Wossen
U.S
E. Ross Adair
Indiana
Haile Selassie
United Nations
Jidda
Middle East
Village Koreans and Whites In Clashes With Black GIs
In Pyongytaek, Korea, up to 2,000 South Koreans raided a village near Camp Humphreys after clashes between white GIs and Koreans and blacks. A black American was beaten. one soldier was hurt, and police rescued him. Maj. Gen. Perditts vowed arrests and compensation.
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Pyongytaek
Korea
U.S. Army
Anchong-ni
Camp Humphreys
Seoul
South Korea
U.S. 8Th Army
U.S
Joseph W. Perditts
Korea Support Command
Wrong Spray Ends Garden in Oklahoma City
Federal judge Luther Eubanks, an avid gardener, described his yard as falling to weed killer sprayed by a helper who mixed up the valve and sprayed the garden with insecticide by mistake. He lamented the loss of flowers and joked about replacing the trees. A separate classroom anecdote references a second grade teacher posting Abraham Lincoln's picture and a student answering with a humorous misstatement about the man who awakens pennies.
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Oklahoma
Gity (Ap
Luther Eubanks
Niere
Abraham Lincoln
SAMs Fire on Recon Plane Miss Target Over North Vietnam
Three surface-to-air missiles fired at a U S Air Force RF4 reconnaissance plane 45 miles north of the DMZ failed to hit. U S fighters did not return fire. It marked the first SAM attack on U S aircraft in about two months.
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North Vietnam
Laos
Dong Hoi
Hanoi
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Pipeline Spill Kills Fish Near Sedalia Missouri
A Phillips Petroleum gasoline line ruptured six miles south of Sedalia on July 2, killing over 36,000 fish in Flat Creek. State biologists say pollution threatens downstream water supply as Petrolean workers trench, seal off the stream, and build two dams to contain the spill.
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Sedalia
Phillips Petroleum
Flat Creek
Missouri
State Department of Conservation
Petrolean Company
Judge Refuses To Block Rail Union Strike On N W
A federal judge denied an injunction against selective rail strikes and work rule changes. The United Transportation Union, representing 265 000 workers, seeks a national contract covering wages and conditions. Strikes target Union Pacific Chicago and North Western System and Norfolk and Western, with a July 24 action planned against Southern Pacific and Norfolk and Western.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
Union Pacific
Chicago,& Northwesern
Northwand
Southern Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Howard Corcoran
U.S. District Court
National Railway Labor Conference
Steam Washer Attracts Visitors At Audrain County Museum
The Eagle Steam Washer, invented by G. D. Ferrin, is on display at the Audrain County Historical Society Museum this weekend. Once washing 500 to 800 pieces daily for the Central Ringo Hotel in Mexico, it sanitized through repeated passes. Donated by Mrs Mary Blythe, the device sat on a metal frame suitable for any family cook stove. Hostesses are Mrs Carl Burchfield and Mrs Miler Morris, with floral designs by Mrs Thelma Edwards. Sunday hours are 2 to 5 p.m.
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Eagle
Audrain County Historical Society
G. D. Ferrin
Ross Ferris
Mexico
Central Ringo
Glenn Maxwell
Maxwell
Mras Mary Blythe
Carl Burchfield
Miler Morris
Thelma Edwards
Dole sees war winding down and economy rising
Sen. Robert Dole, chairman of the Republican National Committee, told a South Carolina GOP fundraiser that Nixon will wind down the Vietnam War and boost the economy. He predicted a six month shift away from the war as a major issue, with a possible settlement or troop withdrawals, and he backed Nixon and Agnew for the GOP ticket.
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Dole
Columbia
5.C
Robert Dole
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Southeast Asia
South Carolina
Indochina
Peain
Vig & Dent Spiro T. Agnew
Danigcrat
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al Addis Ababa
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St. Joseph
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Springfield
Cape Girardeau
Kirksville
Sams
Demilitarized Zone
Fuller
Saigon
U Minh Forest
Parrot's Beak
Lawrence L. Healy
Cecil Healy
Rte. 4
Vietnam
Meu Lie
Mexico High School
Healy
Hagorngy
Tarde
Thea Ueting
Wan Liyiee
Wey
Varng Lou
Ull
DA Nang
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Ula
Ay Bong
Aman
Nee Tain
Aerhu
Gia Vue
Khi
G Nhon
Tui Non
Buon Krieng
Dan Hon
Sah
Rita A
Cathy Ni
Cheo Eo
Yvan Ho
Gat Jong
Lon Hoge
Faa
Dalat
Phankang
Smamlam
Dong
Cam Karh Bay
Cleti Thiaa Sea
N&w
Union
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