Asian War Looms as Patchwork Peace Talks Falter
The AP reports renewed fighting in Southeast Asia with Laos positions under pressure near Paksong amid global diplomacy. Thant says little hope for quick settlement. Nixon meets Thant at the White House. US and Soviet officials discuss Middle East and Vietnam, while Senate debates repeal of the Tonkin Gulf resolution and the role of foreign policy in the Vietnam War.
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Associated Press
Laos
Vientiane
Paksong
Washington
U.thartt
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Thant
Nixon
White House
U. S
Jacob D. Beam
Adrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
al Ahram
Cairo
Russia
William P. Rogers
London
Heath
Mid East
Alec Douglas-Home
Iran
Persian Gulf
Senate
Gordon Allott
Colorado
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Sen. Jr. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Tonkin Gulf
Lyndon B. Johnson
Miss Missouri 1970 Pageant Opens With 31 Contenders
Crowns and contenders fill downtown Mexico as 31 Miss Missouri hopefuls parade. Branson’s Sandra Asselin wins preliminary swimsuit in Group A while Brenda Parsh of Springfield takes prelim talent honors. Joplin’s Deborah Riggs and Raytown’s Jill Fleetwood also shine.
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Brenda Kay Parsh
Springfield
Ann Boleyn
Henry VII
Sandra Kay Asselin
Branson
Miss Parsh
Missouri
Southeast Missouri
Richard Vance
Mexico
Buchanan High School
Fron
Troy
University of Arkansas
Sandra
Coast Guard
George Bernard Shaw
Anne Boleyn
Maxwell Andersen
Anne
Floyd E. Parsh
Southeast Missouri State College
Mrs. Parsh
Jean of Arc
Miss Branson
Brenda
Miss Joplin
Raytown
Street Program To Council Monday In Mexico City
City seeks to patch non permanent streets in a 23 block area using tax billed funding under state statutes. Permanent streets already repaired with slurry seal require no taxes due to a 20 year city guarantee. City manager Neil Nielsen notes the ordinance frames funding and repairs for non permanent streets.
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Mexico
Neil Nielsen
Mr. Nielsen
City Engineering Department
Simmons Sea Beauty Favored In Lexington Show
Simmons training figures prominently at Lexington Junior League Horse Show with Sea Beauty a strong favorite to win the three gaited stake. Society Selection won the juvenile riders class, while Mogul placed in the junior five gaited. Missouri entries like Empire’s Spotlighter also feature, amid stallions and pedigrees from Stonewall predecessors. A separate city council agenda covers traffic planning, sewer projects, and a housing renewal cooperation with Mexico Housing Authority and HUD credits.
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Art Simmons
Joseph Pfeffer
Lexington
Simmons
Society
Court Graves
Eldorado
Kan
Mr. Simmons
Hayfield
Dale Pugh
Will Shriver
William Weldon
Jefferson City
Missouri
Empire
Stonewall Crescento
Stonewall Supreme
Jane Stonewall King
Nielsen
Black and Veatch
Teal Lake Rd
Huntingfield Rd
Iitem
Mexico Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Saigon Arrests Newsmen Amid Student Protest
In Saigon police crushed a student rally with tear gas and arrested three American newsmen, Dispatch News Service International reporters John Steinbeck IV Jerry Liles and Tom Fox, all in custody near the embassy. CBS Jed DuVall and ABC George Watson claim beatings by plainclothesmen. Seven students were initially arrested but later released as the protest linked to an antiwar group and a national student association rally.
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Saigon
Jed Duvall
CBS
George Watson
ABC
National Assembly
John Steinbeck
Jerry Liles
Tom Fox
Dispatch News Service International
Associated Press
Carl Robinson
Dispatch
Robinson
International Vietnam Fact-Finding Mission
Charles Palmer
National Student Association of the
Auyen van Thie
Nine Die In Headon Crash Near Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO AP Nine persons were crushed to death in a headon collision a mile from the Golden Gate Bridge. A foreign sport car carried three men and an American sedan carried six. there were no survivors. The worst bridge area crash in 33 years and the most deadly in San Francisco memory. Removal of wreckage took about 90 minutes alongside the four lane elevated ramp. One car reportedly crossed the center line on U S 101 and struck the other. All victims were inside the vehicles.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Highway Patrol
Bridg
U.S. 101
Aged Man Charged After Ax Attack At Welfare Office
Coffeyville police report 75-year-old Alexander Johnson entered the Montgomery County welfare office Friday with a wrapped object, complained about Social Security cuts, then slashed counters and chairs with an ax. Clerk Margaret Holman said he was jailed on felony destruction of property charges.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Coffeyville
Montgomery County Welfare
Alexander Johnson
Margaret Holman
Johnson
US Debt Will Run Double
Washington AP reports fiscal 1970 deficit near 3 billion, almost double earlier White House estimate. Officials warn 1971 outlook worse with lower corporate tax receipts and uncertain revenue actions. Audrain County Hist Society trip to Oliver at St Louis Opera set for Tuesday with bus departure 4:30 p.m. from 500 S Washington. tickets 3.50, sack supper, return about 1 a.m.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Congress
Treasury and
Budget
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Audrain County Historical Society
St Lews Municipal Opera
S. Washington St
Mexico
Yacht Blast Kills French Ex Premier
Felix Gaillard former French premier of five months was killed by an explosion or fire on his yacht off Jersey in the English Channel. A male companion and two women were found dead as wreckage litters the sea. Gaillard was 50.
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BINIC
France
Felix Gaillard
English Channel
Jersey
Channel
Gaillard
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