Spain Hopes and fears as Franco nears retirement
Journalist Robert M. White II chronicles Spain’s mood as Franco ages and a future leadership uncertain. He links Portugal’s leftward drift and Italy’s election to a wider shift, notes Basque tensions, and reflects on Juan Carlos versus Don Juan as potential successors. He recalls Ford’s Spain visit, bases, Israel ties, and a Madrid Prado gallery tour, ending with admiration for Velazquez and Goya.
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Robert M. White
the Ledger
Ford
Franco
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Communist Party
Europe
Stalin
Hitler
Juan Carlos
Don Juan de Borbon
Lisbon
Don Juan
Royal
Madrid
Israel
America
Mediterranean
Russia
May Call On Troops May Call On Troops
Washington AP optimism grows nationwide postal strike can be avoided with troops ready to move the mails if needed. Negotiators reach tentative railroad contract ending the risk of a crippling strike. Federal mediator says serious issues remain but a broad agreement is possible. 1970 reserves and National Guard precedent noted.
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Washington
Francis Filbey
Filbey
American Postal Workers Union
W.J. Usery Jr
Usery
Ford
National Guard
James Byrne
Postal Service
Social Security Administration
Straw Vote on Mexico Area Prison Location
The ledger shows 30 votes for and 84 against locating a minimum security state prison in the Mexico area. Readers express strong opinions for employment and growth versus safety concerns and county equity, with multiple comments urging either Mexico or nearby counties as the site and warning of crime, escapes, and taxpayer costs.
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Mexico
Moberly
A. P. Green
Kaisers
Callaway
Boone
Missouri
Miss Missouri Crown Focus On Becky Rives Triumph
Governor Bond to crown Miss Missouri as 34 contestants compete at Missouri Military Academy fieldhouse. Becky Rives 22, Kirksville student, won swimsuit and evening gown prelims with a zebra striped suit, while Lynda Gosney 19 won talent with This Is My Life on electric guitar. Rives hails from a farming family near Paris and has long been a pageant name in the region.
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Christopher S
Kit) Bond
Mexico
Kirksville
Northeast Missouri State University
Missouri
Miss Rives
James Rives
Paris
Monroe City
Becky Rives
Becky
Seven-Time Queen Becky Rives Counts Pageants and Scholarships
Becky Rives, crowned Miss Paris in 1969 at 15 and Miss Kirksville 1973, has built a pageant career across Missouri and beyond. She earned the State Fair Queen 1973 74 and was a top 10 Miss Missouri finalist while collecting scholarships totaling around a thousand dollars from the State Fair alone. Rives, a Paris High School and New Mexico State University student, promotes agriculture through public relations, majors in Home Economics Communications, and hopes to host a TV show someday. She is active in National Honor Society, Panhellenic Council, and as a university student ambassador, enjoying farm life and outdoor sports.
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Becky
Paris
Paris High School
Sedalia
Northeast Missouri State University
Houston
Tex
Missouri
Memphis
Tenn
Miss Rives
Rives
Farmer
NMSU
National Honor Society
American Legion
Panhellenic Council
Apollo Soyuz undock ends joint flight in space cooperation
In Space Center Houston AP report details the final undocking of Apollo and Soyuz after two days of shuttle links, experiments, and meals. The mission tested a common docking mechanism for future rescue flights while astronauts and cosmonauts exchanged gifts and spoke of a new era of international space cooperation and peace.
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Apollo
Soyuz
Thomas P. Sifford
Europe
Earth
Stafford
Leonov
Houston
Moscow
Leoney
Slayton
Guard to Go Next Friday to Do
Ripley area members of Battery B of the 128th Field Artillery will depart the Mexico Armory Friday before dawn for a two week summer encampment at Camp Ripley Minnesota. The unit commanded by Capt. Thomas FE will join with Battery B in Kirksville and other members leave from Columbia.
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Mexico Area
128Th Field Artillery
Mexico Armory
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Minnesota
Ft. Sill
Oklo
Thomas FE
Pearl
Jefferson City
Mexico
Kirksville
Columbia
Bloodmobile visits aim to raise Audrain quota
The Red Cross and Jaycees plan two bloodmobile visits next week in Mexico and at A P Green Refractories to cover a year deficit. Wednesday at the Methodist Church from noon to 445 PM features snacks by Jaycee wives and donor cards from local organizers.
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Red Cross
Mexico
Jaycees
Methodist Church
Dwight Schindler
Schindler
David Buie
Lewis Brooks Jr
Larry Webber
Mike Cherches
A.P. Green
Ralph Johnson
Audrain County
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Royal Palace
Prado
Museo del Prado
Goyas
Velazquez
Murillos
Rubins and Rafaels
The
Goya
Miss
Miss Missouri
K&m
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