Russia agrees to major grain sale to Soviet Union in 1975
The Soviet Union will buy over 600 million dollars in corn and barley from Continental Grain Co in the third U S Soviet grain deal of 1975. Australia sells 790000 tons of wheat to the USSR for 130 million Australian dollars. Shipments begin in fall and occur through May next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Soviet Union
Continental Grain Co
Australia
Wheat Board
Jack Cass
Melbourne
Continental Grain
Congress
Earl L. Butz
Capitol Hill
Butz
Kansas City
Agriculture Department
U.S
U.S. Agriculture Department
U.S.D.A
Miami Beach
International Longshoremen's Association
Mrs. Gayle Ridgeway Undergoes Surgery After Accident
Mrs Gayle (Vivivan) Ridgeway Route 2 Mexico is reported in satisfactory condition after surgery Monday at Boone County Hospital Columbia. Injured July 11 in Iowa as chaperone for 4 H on an Interstate Exchange trip to Wright County Minnesota, she suffered jaw fractures and facial injuries. Her daughter Mrs Jimmy Wheaton Paris says jaws wired, bones pinned, pain high, with a liquid diet for weeks and possible six weeks of wired jaw. Ridgeway also has arm fractures, a broken rib and heel with casts on limbs. Surgery aimed to clear infection from head injuries. She hopes to return home but likely not soon. She teaches at Hi Way R 3 elementary.
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Gayle
Vivivan) Ridgeway
Route 2
Mexico
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Ridgeway
Iowa
Wright County
Minn
Jimmy Wheaton
Paris
Management Club Sees Magic Act at Empire Chair
George Van Dyke, a St. Louis magician, performed his act of magic mystery and mirth for the A. P. Green Refractories Co. Management Club at the Empire Chair. Harry M. Stover awarded 30 to 35 year service pins to Curt Fetterhoff Jim Allardice Jim Minter and Jack Webb. Ron Bellemare and Murray Purcell were welcomed as new members. Guests included Webb Allardice Minter Dance Taylor Highley and others from Belgium England and Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George van Dyke
St. Louis
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Empire
Harry M. Stover
Curt Fetterhoff
Jim Allardice
Central Steel Region
Leetsdale
Jim Minter
Eastern Steel Region
Woodbridge
N.J
Fire Stops Truck With Load Of Bombs Near Southport
A grease fire in a wheel bearing and axle began early today on a large truck carrying military bombs bound for the Stumpy Point munitions terminal near Southport North Carolina. The bombs were unarmed and could not explode as the fire was extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N.C
Stumpy Point
Southport
Chorus Of Chaos In Cairo
Descriptive snapshot of Cairo's streets and transit where buses, taxis, donkeys and bicycles share crowded boulevards. The Nile is brown near the city while farther south it runs blue, highlighting daily life and scarce city aid as residents navigate a hectic urban scene.
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Cairo
Caira
Brazil Frost To Hike Coffee Prices By Half
Frost has damaged about three quarters of Brazil's coffee crop, sparking forecasts of a 50 percent rise in prices as exports halt to assess losses. Brazil, the top producer, may fall to 10 12 million bags next crop from 28 million. Floods worsen the impact with 78 dead and 60 000 homeless in Pernambuco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Camilo Calazans de Magalhaes
Coffee Institute
United States
London
Financial Times of London
Pernambuco
Boy 4 Gets Real Fire Truck as Toy in Batavia
August Gering, age four, received a real 1946 Dodge fire truck costing 511 dollars, 19 feet long with a 500 gallon tank, bought after a bid accepted by St Charles Fire Department. Authorities say sirens and red lights are illegal for private use, but August enjoys rides with his family and plans to drive it to high school.
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Batavia, IH
August Gering
August
Elynor Gering
Gering
Batavia
Ill
Chicago
Mary Sue Bowman
John Peterson
St. Charles
John
Katherine
Meat-Cheat On Servicemen Is Investigated
Sen. Lawton Chiles leads a nationwide inquiry into Defense Department meat buying and inspection. Norfolk Virginia and Jacksonville Florida shipments showed substandard meat with flies hair hide and metal fragments and consistent short weight. The GAO audits and Defense Department cooperate in the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Pentagon
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Federal Spending Subcommittee
Defense Department
Chiles
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval
General Accounting Office
Congress
Coast Guard seeks aid as Florida Keys oil slick grows
The Coast Guard requests cleanup gear and specialists from Elizabeth City to tackle a tarlike oil spill threatening beaches from Boca Chica to Big Pine Key. Up to 120000 gallons of bunker c oil may be involved, with officials urging Atlantic port captains to identify ships that may have passed the area. If suspect vessels are found, oil samples will be matched to theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Coast Guard
Florida Keys
Elizabeth City
N.C
George Davis
Boca Chica
Big Pine Key
Steve Frasier
Atlantic Coast
Keys
Davis
Anti Reds Defy Portugal Troops in Civil Unrest
In northern Portugal anti Communist mobs clash with soldiers as tear gas and warning shots fail to stop protests. Across Angola and the Azores similar unrest prompts leaders to call for order while leftists demand government changes and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Revolutionary Council
Angola
Azores
Mid- Atlantic
Voting Rights Extension Faces Senate Debate and Votes
Opponents concede defeat as voting rights extension moves through Congress. The 1965 act’s 10 year renewal cleared the House 63 13 after a 72 19 vote to limit debate. Senate action hinges on a rules showdown with a 60 vote threshold for debate limits, as supporters push toward a Thursday House sendoff to President Ford. The measure aims to enforce the constitutional guarantee against racial disenfranchisement for five more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Harry F. Byrd
India
Ford
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Jeri Marie Green Born to Mr and Mrs David Green
Jeri Marie Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Green of Columbia, was born at 3 18 p m Monday at Boone County Hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. The Greens' family includes MFA Mill employee father and grandparents Alfred R Durham Route 1 Mexico Tom Green Pueblo Colo and Fred Green of Columbia.
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Jeri Marie
David Green
Columbia
Boone County Hospital
Green
MFA Mill
Alfred R. Durham
Route 1
Mexico
Tom Green
Pueblo
Colo
Fred Green
Rudolph Green
David W. Balmer
Pennsylvania
No Judge There For Wedding Lets Janitor Perform
Indiana couple Miss Kath leen Michaels and James Craig arrived an hour late for a judge in Minneapolis. With no judge available, Rev Tom Burtus a janitor and ordained minister conducted a simple ceremony on the courthouse steps at 8:30 p m after counseling the couple in their car witnessing by two fellow janitors. The couple planned Cedar Lake Indiana by Monday for a honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Bethel College and Seminary
Assemblies of God Church
Marshall
Minn
Burtus
Wheeler seeks Democratic VP nomination in Kansas City
Kansas City mayor Charles B. Wheeler Jr., a Missouri candidate, announces on an educational TV station that mayors are the coming thing and that he is the only Missourian pursuing the vice presidency. He spoke Monday night after the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
Wheeler
Gebhardts Welcome Son At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Larry G Gebhardt of Centralia are the parents of a seven pound eight ounce son born at 6 08 p m Monday at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Gebhardt is a farmer.
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Larry G. Gebhardt
Centralia
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Gebhardt
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Qi In
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Aloha
Bobby
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Peter
Warren Fonda
Gates
Acobaca
Communist Party
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Vilar Fomoso
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Liberation Front of the Zaores
Altino Pinto Magalhaes
Jeri Marie Green
Gebhardts
Kelly
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Missouri
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