Unmasked youth robs Farber bank with knife
A 14 or 15 year old youth robbed the Farber Lad donia State Bank branch at 10:35 a.m. taking under $5,000 from teller Mildred Wilkinson but refusing funds from another drawer. He fled on foot, was tracked by sheriff Arthur Riley, FBI, and highway patrol, and was in custody within an hour. The money was recovered. the juvenile was brought to the Mexico jail.
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Mildred Wilkinson
Freda Spradling
Farber
Laddonia
Riley
Mexico
Three Plead Guilty To Lightning Rod Con Game
Three men George Lester Fogle James Henry Dodd and Robert Eugene Lucas pleaded guilty in Callaway County Circuit Court to stealing amounts totaling nearly 7000 from Audrain County farmers in a lightning rod con. Sentences suspended until Sept 7 to allow restitution. prosecutors sought two year prison terms without parole.
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Audrain County
George Lester Fogle
James Henry Dodd
Robert Eugene Lucas
John Cave
Callaway County
Fulton
Thomas I. Osborne
Cave
Fogle
Wiliam E. Hoffman
Monroe County
Man Dodd
James Cox
Earl Kelly
Laddon
Lucas
Mr. Kelly
Montreal Faces Threat Report From London
RCMP said they took a London report seriously that Arab terrorist leader Abdel Wahab Said al Kiali slipped into Montreal using an Iraqi passport but found no evidence he is in Canada. Security teams worked overnight to verify the claim as Olympics security remained tight.
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Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
London
Canada
RCMP
Jean-Louis Gagnon
Gagnon
London Daily Telegraph
Middle East
Abdel Wahab
al Kiali
The
Arab Liberation Front
Munich
Prairie Privy Rules May Be Changed by OSHA
OSHA says changes to a proposed rule would require toilets handwashing stations and drinking water within a five minute walk of all field workers. Public comment shows farmers oppose costs and enforcement challenges while OSHA prepares modifications to the standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OSHA
Washington
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Florida
Rhee Cummings
Greensboro
N.C
Bill Simonton
Malta
Mont
Brownfield
Tex
W.M. Glaaler
Glasier
Coconut Grove
Fla
Pressure On For State's Uncommitted Delegates
Missouri's four uncommitted delegates to the Republican National Convention seek constituent guidance on backing Ford or Reagan. Despite calls from Ford and a meeting with Reagan, the four from south St Louis area solicit input via ads and polls. Delegation earlier split 29 Reagan, 16 Ford, 4 uncommitted. early responses favor Reagan on anti amnesty and anti abortion.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
St. Louis
Marlene Zinzel
Chicago
Olenyik
Fred Whaley
Whaley
William Skaggs
Skaggs
John Powell
First In Mexico Is Also First In US
Mexico and the United States inaugurate a joint winterization program with the Wilkerson home in Missouri receiving the first government financed treatment. The project covers insulation, caulking, weather stripping and storm window work under a 75 25 federal state city funding mix. Deepening community development, Central Missouri Counties Human Development Corp. leads the effort with Harold Mechlin Lonza Childs Boynton Ludbrook and Joe Mundy among those on site. Eligibility hinges on incomes below area medians, with thresholds set for one to four family households.
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Missouri
Lake Wilkerson
W. Jackson
Lonza Childs
Marie Williams
Audraln County
Richard Savage
Human Development Corporation
Hazel Wilkerson
Harold Hunter
Central Missouri
Columbia
Charles McCann
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Ann Marshall
Cmchdc
Richard Vance
Wilkerson
Mexico
Central Missouri Counties Human Development Corp
Harold Mechlin
Foreman
Boynton Ludbrook
Joe Mundy
San Francisco Area Men Sought For Kidnaping Cause
Alameda and Madera sheriffs at a news briefing said three San Francisco Bay area men are sought in the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping and imprisonment case. An all-points bulletin named Frederick Woods and James and Richard Schoenfeld as armed and dangerous, with warrants to be sought.
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San Leandro
Calif
California
Chowchilla
Alameda and
Madera
San Francisco Area
Alameda County
Tom Houchins
Madera County
Ed Bates
Livermore Rock
Woods
San Francisco Bay Area
Frederick N. Woods
James L. Schoenfeld
Richard A. Schoenfeld
Bates
Houchins
Younger Woods
San Mateo County
John McDonald
Sonora County
San Jose
Carter-Backer horrified by 21 restaurant menu prices
New York AP dispatch reports Faye West owner of Faye's Bar-B-Q Villa, a Plains friend, paying a $20 lunch at the 21 restaurant and expressing shock at an $8.50 la carte hamburger. West accompanied Jimmy Carter and his entourage during a city visit with business, labor, and media leaders.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Faye West
Faye
Carter
Plains
Secret Service
Americas
Eryone
Gloria
Lillian Carter
Walter IF. Mondale
Mondale
Minnesota
Iowans Propose Mars as Iowa's 100th County
Iowa officials seek to create an independent Mars County to escape state and federal mandates. In a unanimous vote the State Association of Counties approved colonizing Mars, planning a courthouse site and environmental review.
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Dis Moines
Iowa
State Association of Counties
Mars
Don Cleveland
Ralph Juhl
Association
New Colony
Juhl
Cleveland
Juhi
United States
Mars County
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Edward French
Christopher Boswell
Terry D. Boswell
Margretta
Christopher Everett Boswell
Audrain Medical Center
Frank Boswell
Harold VanOutrive
Concord
Olive VanOutrive
Rochester
N.Y
Grace Blackwell
Monroe City
Powell
Joe Swarts
Kansas City
Robert P. Griffin
R-Micn
Liza
Carter-Backer
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