Striking Firemen Watch Plant Burn
University City officials said they would seek a court injunction to stop a strike by firemen who permitted a Plastic Bottle Corp factory fire to burn Sunday and blocked nearby departments from fighting it. The city manager called the act terrible and a jungle law, while the owner’s spokesman warned of a possible lawsuit against the city and neighboring fire departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University City, Mo
Iap
University City
Victor Elman
Plastic Bottle Corp
Webster Groves
Fred H. Entrikin
Fliman
Richard Wolff
City of
St. Louis County Fire Fighters Association
Johnstown Toll Reaches 51 As Flood Deaths Mount
Rescue workers struggle to restore order after floods kill at least 51 in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Severe thunderstorms and flood warnings loom while five dams near capacity prompt evacuations and vigilant dam monitoring. The Red Cross says 7,491 families displaced and Bethlehem Steel employs 11,000 idle workers.
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Johnstown
National Weather Service
Pennsylvania
Ernest Kline
State Civil Defense Council
Conemaugh River
Red Cross
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Mrs. Smith Has Two Bridges Now in Skowhegan
In Skowhegan Maine Governor Longley named two new bridges after retired U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith becoming the first person in Maine to have two bridges bearing her name in the same town. A long stemmed red rose was presented to her, a trademark from her Senate years 1949 to 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
U.S
Margaret Chase Smith
Skowhegan
Nude wedding vows staged without minister in Canada
Elaine Willis and Jack Logsdon planned to marry naked in Texas but could not find a minister. They will repeat their vows nude at a motel near St Catharines during the Miss Nude World pageant with a friend acting as minister and the bride veiled with a garter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Elaine Anne Willis
Texas
Jack F. Logsdon
St. Catharines
Sharon Alkerton
Nude shoppers in Mass store request cigarettes
Two nude women calmly entered a Westborough convenience store near the police station at 8:55 p.m. Sunday and asked for two packs of cigarettes. Owner Brett Berglund said the women, in their early 20s, paid with cash, while a back-room employee screamed and dropped a milk jug. Witnesses noted the scene as the women joked that it was their way of keeping cool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westborough
Mass
Brett Berglund
Boston
Borglund
Personal News Of Perry Continued From Page 3
Missouri University graduation exercises noted. Denny teaches general science at Mark Twain High School and a seventh grade science class at Mark Twain Junior High. Judy Wasson on Center Elementary staff. Paul and Judy Wasson back from weeklong Colorado trip via Kansas and Nebraska visiting Denver sights and Pioneer Village in Minden Nebraska.
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Missouri University
Denny
Mark Twain High School
Mark Twain Junior High
Judy
Center Elementary
Wasson of
Perry
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Denver
Carey Ragland
Melissa
Wax Museum
Mr. Evans
Denver Mint
Pioneer Village
Minden
Neb
Governor Helps Arrest Mental-Health Grounds Stolen Car Case
Governor James B Longley assisted in apprehending a man who stole an unmarked state police cruiser from Augusta Mental Health Institute. Trooper Bruce Dow detained the suspect at a rural Washington market after Dow sought the governor’s help and reinforcements arrived.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
Ralph Lowe
Bruce Dow
Dow
Lowe
Knox County
Washington
Archbishop Lefebvre Attacks Vatican Over Liturgy Reform
In Buenos Aires Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre denounces Pope Paul VI and Vatican II changes at a banned Latin Mass, claiming the church has shifted from tradition under Protestant influence. He has been suspended and threatened with ex communication yet continues to celebrate Mass and ordain priests for traditionalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Marcel Lefebvre
Paul VI
Lefebvre
Vatican
Jesus Christ
Rhudda
Luther
Mohammed
Westminster Receives 5 Acre Gift in Dade County Florida
Fulton President J Harvey Saunders announced Westminster College earned a five acre land gift in Dade County Florida from Dr Wallace Coulter alumnus of 1993 valued over 250000 The gift clears all indebtedness against the Coulter Science Center named May 7 Dr Coulter inventor of the Coulter Counter was honored alongside Edison Marconi Salk with the John Scott Award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
J. Harvey Saunders
Westminster College
Dade County
Miami
Florida
Wallace Coulter
Coulter
Coulter Science Center
Saunders
Westminster
Edison
Marconi, Salk
John Scott Award
Tax Refund Delays Prompt IRS Urges Local Checks
Taxpayers who filed on time and have not received 1976 refunds should contact their local IRS office. Common causes include moved addresses, lost or stolen checks, or return errors. The IRS will place tracers on missing refunds and advise on next steps. The Men's Garden Club Dirt Daubers meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Production Credit Association Building, with a garden visit afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
IRS
Richard C. Voskuil
U. S. Postal Service
Dirt Daubers
Production Credit Association
Area Students Attend NMSU Orientation
Eleven prospective students from Ledgerland and area attended a one day freshman orientation at Northeast Missouri State University Kirksville. The program included a welcome by administrators a Q and A period a meeting with freshmen counselors and a campus tour. Pre enrollment for the fall semester was completed. Attendees included Brenda Snell Deborah Sue Lewis Tamara Ann Lewis Christina M Blum Janice Thomas Michele Genthon Lovanne Miller Delana Kim Murphy Kathy Carson Rich Haberstock Doug Dowling.
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Northeast Missouri State University At
Kirksville
Ledgerland
Brenda Snell
Deborah Sue Lewis
Tamara Ann Lewis
Christina M. Blum
Janice Thomas
Michele Genthon
Mexico
Lovan
Class of 1927 to hold 50th reunion in Laddonia
Members of the Laddonia High School Class of 1927 plan a 50 year reunion at the Laddonia Christian Church Saturday. Activities begin at 2 30 p m with dinner at 5 30. Twenty graduates in the class, six now deceased, organized by Mrs Lecil Ulry of Perry and Mrs Howard Knipfel of Punta Gorda Florida who have worked since November 1976 to contact all members.
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Laddonia
Laddonia Christian Church
Lecil Ulry
Perry
Howard Knipfel
Punta Gorda
Fla
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Mrs. Smith
Paul L. Russ
Milwaukee
Wis
MACY
Mutchley & Crop Manage
Missouri
John M. Smith General
MFA Grain Division
First Christian Church of
C.W.F
Carlene Galloway
Paul Dean
Pope
Vatican 1
NMSU
Happy Hustler's Community Club
Jess Beshears
Sue Bell
Bara Beshears
George Tiller Sr
Lena Rubey
Gwyn Wilson
John Albus
Joe Teague
Fern Wilson
Francis Ellis
Harold Galloway
Norma Ellis
Albus
Norma
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