Commerce data shows mixed June indicators decline
A Commerce Department official downplayed June’s dip in the leading business indicators, noting six of eight indexes fell while only the average workweek and price labor cost ratio rose. The overall index is still 9 percent above last October’s low, despite declines in raw materials prices and mass prices by 2.3 percent.
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Nixon
Commerce Department
Asst. Lecy
Harold G. Passer
General Motors
GOP Dinner in St. Charles to Feature Alderman Badaracco
Joseph L. Badaracco serving his second term as president of St. Louis board of aldermen will be keynote speaker at the Ninth Congressional District Republican Committee dinner in St. Charles on October 1 at 7 30 p.m. The event will be at the Three Flags ballroom.
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Joseph L. Badaracco
City of
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Ninth Congressional District Republican Committee
Three Flags
Berrigans Seek Parole From Prison
Washington AP report that Roman Catholic priests Philip and Daniel Berrigan, jailed for antiwar vandalism, applied for parole from federal sentences at Danbury Connecticut and Baltimore Maryland. The full U S Board of Parole heard the case today with a decision not expected until late afternoon.
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Philip and
Daniel Berrigan
Catonaville
Philip
Baltimore
U.S
General's Daughter Fined For Dope
Patricia Jo Cornell daughter of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen John D Ryan and her husband Carlyle were convicted of marijuana possession and fined 50 dollars each in Lancaster County Court The charge is a misdemeanor They were bound over to District Court on felony charges of possession with intent to sell manufacture or deliver PCP a small animal tranquilizer Conviction could bring up to five years in prison They were released on 1500 dollar bond with no arraignment date set
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Lincoln, Neb
Patricia Jo Cornell
U.S. Air Force
John D. Ryan
Cornell
Carlyle
Lancaster
Cody's Buffalo Bill Wild West Revival Opens in North Platte
Montie Montana Jr. revives Cody's Buffalo Bill Wild West show in North Platte opening July 29. About 75 cowboys Indians sharpshooters and cavalrymen perform authentic spectacles at the state monument ranch stadium built for the show. Montana cites arena trend nostalgia and Indian heritage as factors for renewed interest as the 200th birthday approaches.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Nebraska
Cody
North Platte
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Montane
Apollo 15 mission faces gremlins and Vietnam echoes
AP report finds Apollo 15 astronauts dealing with a broken glass and minor glitches on the way to the moon while U S forces in Vietnam widen air cover with gunships jets and B52s as Daniel Ellsberg tests testify before an unofficial House panel on Pentagon papers. The Nixon era budget gap tops $20 to $25 billion as Stans notes no foreign surplus. A union strike across four railroads rejects a Labor Department call for a neutral board.
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Defense Department
Pentagon
House
Warren Fuqua dies at 80 founder of Two By Two forum
Warren Fuqua died last night at his Scottsville Kentucky home at 80 from an apparent heart attack. He helped found the Missouri Freedom Forum at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico and was a former public relations director for the Missouri Farm Bureau. He lived in Columbia many years, later moving to Scottsville to be near his daughter. Funeral services will be Friday in Scottsville. The St. Louis premiere of Richard Rodgers Two By Two, with Milton Berle, runs August 2–8 at Municipal Opera Forest Park with tickets from $1.50 to $7.00.
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Dorothy Anne) Goad
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Corona Pleads Not Guilty To Mass Killing Allegations
In Yuba City California Juan Corona answered not guilty 25 times at arraignment on charges of hacking to death 25 transient field workers and burying them in orchard graves. A jury trial was set after medical testimony suggested Corona could be fit by October.
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Corona
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Grant
Thomas Leavenworth
Sutter County
Leavenworth
Bookmobile schedule stops in Auxvasse Sturgeon Hatton
The Daniel Boone Regional Library bookmobile will visit Auxvasse on Tuesday from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Sturgeon will host the unit Saturday from 9 p.m. to 12 noon, and Hatton will see it from 2:30 to 3 p.m.
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Auxvasse
Sturgeon
Hatton
Tugboat Annie Creator Norman Raine Dies at 76
Hollywood writer Norman Raine known for Tugboat Annie creator died July 19 at age 76. He penned about 75 Tugboat Annie tales and the 1933 Tugboat Annie screenplay, with film scripts including The Adventures of Robin Hood A Bell for Adano and Eagle Squadron.
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Norman Reilly Raine
Saturday Evening Post
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Robin Hood
Adano
Eagle Squadron
More Troops Join Sweep In Cambodia
SAIGON AP reports 3,200 South Vietnamese troops joined a new Cambodia sweep tied to U S air and ground support. The push, third in a week and fifth this month, aims to push North Vietnamese forces back from the border ahead of late summer elections. Helicopters and B52s supported operations from Svay Rieng to Prey Veng as 80 armored vehicles led the advance. Casualties: 35 enemy KIA, 6 Saigon soldiers dead, 26 wounded. Four prior drives totaled up to 24,000 troops along Highway 7 and Parrot’s Beak area with no major enemy contact.
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Associated Press
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Springfield Couple Injured in Missouri Plane Crash
A 43 year old Springfield woman Shirley Major remained in serious condition at Cox Medical Center after a plane crash near Stockton Missouri Tuesday night. Her husband Jim H Major 48 was in fair condition after surgery. The single engine plane went down in thick brush off Cedar County Road Z about three miles southwest of Stockton. A witness said the engine seemed to quit.
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Tequila Truck Bus Crash Near Guadalajara Kills 19
A bus and a tequila truck collided head on 23 miles east of Guadalajara killing 19 and injuring 32. Red Cross officials said the bus veered into the truck. Twenty two of the injured were reported in serious condition.
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Fell 70 Feet but Runs After Fall in Orlando
Wade Stanley a 23 year old installer for Central Glass Co Lakeland fell 70 feet from a scaffold on the seventh floor of the new Municipal Justice Building. He hit the ground then ran believing the scaffold was collapsing. He was hospitalized with broken ribs and bruises. Police said he was working on exterior ventilator acréons when the scaffold gave way.
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Audit Finds 374 State License Plates Missing in Eldon
JEFFERSON CITY Mo AP An audit of the license fee office of the State Revenue Department in Eldon found 374 plates missing. Director James E Schaffner said the shortage was detected earlier and investigations are underway. Missing items include 120 passenger car, 230 local truck, 4 beyond local truck and 20 motorcycle licenses. Auditor Kit Bond said other records were in good order.
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Ruby Vaughan
James E. Schaffner
Revenue
Christopher
Kit) Bond
Disney World Draws Runaways
Orlando authorities warn that Disney World near Orlando attracts juvenile runaways as it nears October opening. Orange County Juvenile Court clerk Joe Anderson cites 226 runaways in six months versus 298 for all of last year. Sheriff deputy Owen Fox says the issue will worsen with the park’s growth.
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Spirit of 76 Locomotive Dedicated in Richmond
Seaboard Coast Line unveils its red white and blue locomotive numbered 1776 to boost patriotism, with an American flag on both sides and the Great Seal on the front and sides. The train will be used in transcontinental freight runs.
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Seaboard Coast Line
United States
US Steel Cuts Quarter Dividend Amid Rising Earnings
U S Steel reports quarterly earnings jump to 77.88 million dollars and 1.44 a share for the June quarter, with 1.645 billion in sales, while cutting the quarterly dividend to 40 cents from 60 cents due to strike threats and anticipated lower shipments later in 1971. Bethlehem Steel declares 80 cent dividend. Negotiations continue with the United Steelworkers and nine major producers in Washington. The stock edged up 12 cents to 31.12 after hours.
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Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
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U.S. Steel
H. Gott
Gott
United Steelworkers of America
Washington
U.S. Steel Reports Q2 Shipments Cut to 4.0 Million Tons
U S Steel said second quarter product shipments were 4.0 million tons, down from 8.6 million tons in the same period a year earlier, reflecting a sharp drop in output and demand.
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Senator Criticizes Danforth Over House Redistricting Inquiry
Sen. Donald Manford of Kansas City accuses Atty. Gen. John C. Danforth of refusing to rule on two inquiries. He questions the governor's veto power over general budget language and whether a member of the House Redistricting Commission can run for the House. The commission deadlocked on redistricting, creating a wider issue for state Supreme Court commissioners.
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Jefferson City
Donald Manford
Kansas City
John C. Danfor
Manford
Danforth
State Senate
Warren E. Hearnes
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Six States Supreme Court
Durbin Family Welcomes Daughter Charlotte Elizabeth
Mr and Mrs James Durbin of Clayton announce the birth of their first child a daughter born at 430 pm Tuesday at Jewish Hospital St Louis. The newborn weighs pounds 16 ounces and is named Charlotte Elizabeth Durbin. Grandparents are George S Cole and Mary Frances Cole of Mexico and Ferguson and James Durbin of Ferguson. Mr Durbin is a law student at Washington University.
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Clayton
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Charlotte Elizabeth Durbin
Durbin
Washington University
George S. Cole
Mexico
Mary Frances Cole
Ferguson
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