Journey To News No 14 On To Madrid
Robert M White reports from Lisbon to Madrid a roughly 300 mile flight, noting Madrid's size and traffic crisis. He describes the bullfight experience, crowd mix, laws on under 12 attendance, and mixed impressions seeking best matadors for future visits. His daughter Jane Lee White will provide further account tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Bull Ring
Associated Press
Spain
America
Jane Lee White
Mexico
Kansas City
Madison Square Garden
Zaire
Manila
Oil Executives Deny Gasoline Shortage Plot
Washington AP report says executives from major oil companies testified before two Senate subcommittees that they are not creating gasoline shortages to raise prices. They claimed output is higher than a year ago and that firms are absorbing higher costs as fears of a market squeeze persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Frank Zarb
Federal Energy Administration
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Congress
Jackson
Stevenson
Annon M. Card
Texaco Inc
Shell
Amoco
Mobil
Exxon
Chevron
Gulf
Zarb
Ford
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Bicentennial flag to be presented in Mexico kickoff
Governor Christopher Bond will receive the official Bicentennial flag from Frank Harrington and pass it to Mayor John Boyce during the Miss Missouri Pageant weekend. The flag will fly over City Hall for a Bicentennial year while plans include a memorial, republishing Audrain County history, and citizen costume projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Bond
Lowe
Mexico
Audrain County
John Dibble
J.B. Montgomery
Mexico Public Schools Budget Reaches 4.3 Million For 1975 76
The Mexico Public Schools board approved a final budget of 4.3 million dollars for 1975 76. The increase funds a 12 percent teacher pay raise and expands bus service and a proposed data processing center for the Vocational Technical School. The plan includes a 40 thousand dollar building fund rise and 60 thousand more for administration and instructional materials. A new data processing program aims to introduce students to fundamentals while postponing full teaching use.
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Mexico Public
Donald Palmer
Mexico Area
Palmer
Supt. Palmer
Jr. High
Holsum Bakers of
Boonville
Saturday Big Day features art autos and pageant in Mexico
Mexico hosts a tripleheader with a 9 am arts and crafts show at Hardin Park featuring artists from Moberly Columbia Fulton Boonville Kirksville St. Charles and more. The event includes oil water color and acrylic art tole painting pottery photography leather and crafts with 25 exhibitors and sales. The Kings Daughters Circle will sell ham sandwiches and iced tea. At West Plaza Center 50 antique cars date to the early 1900s will display from 9 am to 5 pm and join the Miss Missouri Pageant Parade with about 21 entries. The Audrain Antique Auto Association and West Plaza sponsor the show and parade with trophies including a People’s Choice award.
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Hardin Park
Missouri
Weat Plaza
Mexicu
Audrain Antique Auto Association
Butler Armstrong
Club
West Plaza
Jim Boswell
the National Guard
Montgomery City Band
Missouri First Continental Volunteers
Mexico Shriners
Thompson and Wrangler Saddle Clubs
Creative School of Dance
Mexico-Audrain Library
Boy Scouts
VFW
Coon Creek Shrine Club
Moberly
School of the Ozarks
Senior Citizen Band
William Woods College
Nemo Shrine Club
Palmyra
Royal Legionette
Hannibal
Early settlers and the first of the month keep Wisconsin going
Dane County Wis News reflects on how settlers founded the country and notes that those who settle on the first of each month sustain the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dane County
Wis
Apollo and Soviet Soyuz link up in space handshake event
The Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft performed the first ever linked operation with Texas Center reporting a faint burning smell in a docking tunnel. Commander Thomas P. Stafford and Alexei Leonov maintained calm, noting the odor diminished and gas masks ready if needed, as plans for the planned handshake proceeded with cautious optimism.
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Space Center
Houston
Thomas P. Stafford
Houston Mission Control
Stafford
Alexei Leonov
Soyuz
Apollo
Leonov
Handshake in space marks peace between nations
Anthropologists note the handshake began as a gesture of no weapons. In space today two rival powers united in a symbolic greeting from 140 miles up, viewing 500 miles in every direction and one quarter of Earth. The Apollo Soyuz moment, a dual emissary gesture, reflects shared knowledge and hopes for global peace without winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
Earth
Space
Apollo
United States
Soviet Union
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Robert M. White
Ledger
Lisbon
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas
Portugal
New York City
Bond
Brooke Leigh Donaldson
John Donaldson
W. Boulevard
Audrain Medical Center
Renee
Derek
Isidor Martinez
Dallas
Texas
Ivan Donaldson
Donaldson
United Church of Christ Trinity
School Board UK
Carter
Missouri Military Academy
Michelle
Marshall
Richard Vance
James DuBus
Tom
Rukopozhatiye
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