Eagleton Remembered in Missouri as Intense Politician
A Jefferson City AP feature recalls Senator Thomas F. Eagleton's intense work style, social life, and rumored drinking issues amid his 1960s campaigns. Sources insist no drinking problem existed, noting his nervous energy, long hours, and rapid pacing, with colleagues saying he remained highly driven yet capable of self pacing.
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AP News
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Eagleton
Dick Barnes
Associated Press
Jefferson City
Tom Eagleton
George McGovern
Kirkpatrick
Robert D. Kingsland
Hagleton
Kingsland
Ander
Five Armed Robbers Loot Plaza Hotel Safe Deposits
Five men in business suits held 20 Plaza Hotel staff and guests at 4 a.m. and rifled 15 to 20 safety deposit boxes on Fifth Avenue near Central Park. They fled in a tan station wagon after an hour, prompting no immediate haul estimate, as Plaza managers cited about 125 boxes in the back area.
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Plaza
Pierre
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Edner Smith
Smith
Jimmy Conway
The
William Levis
Levis
Lains
Jack Craver
Perle Mesta Breaks Hip in Fall at Niece’s Home
Washington AP report states Perle Mesta, famed Washington hostess, is in satisfactory condition at Sibley Hospital with a broken hip after a fall down stairs at her niece Mrs Lewis Ellis’s home on Friday. She is believed to be about 81 years old.
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Perle Mesta
Washington
Sibley Hospital
Lewis Ellis
Spaak Dies. Belgian Leader Helped Forge European Unity
Paul Henri Spaak a Belgian Socialist statesman and early architect of European unity and NATO died at 73. He led Belgium as premier and foreign minister, headed NATO for five years, and helped found the United Nations and the European Common Market, earning the nickname Mr Europe. Spaak passed after vacationing in the Azores and being flown to Brussels by the U S Air Force. He survived by his second wife and three children.
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Paul i Henri Spaak
European Unity
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Azores
U.S. Air Force
Europe
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San Francisco
U.N. General Assembly
World Organization
New York
Charles de Gaulle
Belgium
Marguerite Malevy
Golda Meir Stricken By Flu Forces Cabinet Absence
Prime Minister Golda Meir, 74, fell ill with the flu and could not chair the Israeli Cabinet meeting on Sunday. The illness interrupted her typically hectic schedule and public duties.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Cristy Barnes Is Fairest Of Babies At Centralia Fair
Judges from Mexico and Columbia crowned Cristy Barnes grand prize winner in a Centralia Fair baby show. Ribbons and cups awarded by Fireside Guard Printing Co. and Jo-Lane Club. Other placers included Gina Herndon, Jared Forsythe, Bryan Prenger, and 6 month to 2 year age groups.
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George Hogan
Mexico
Paul Pepper
Columbia
Fireside Guard Printing Co
Harold Miller
Jo-Lane Club
Wayne Benoit
Cristy Barnes
Jerry Barnes
Cristy
Gina Herndon
Dwight Herndon
Jared Forsythe
Bud Forsythe
Bryan Prenger
Gary Prenger
Shultz Recalls Golf With Nixon And Handicaps
Washington AP report says Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz told friends he played golf with President Nixon and George Meany against William P. Rogers and Meany. He claimed they won the first nine holes before Nixon altered the handicap for the second nine. Meany criticized Nixon and declined backing Senator George McGovern last week.
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Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Shultz
William P. Rogers
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Sen
George
McGovern
Wedding atop Mt Adams marks seventh mass ascent
More than 400 people witnessed a wedding at the summit of Mt Adams after the seventh annual mass ascent. The Rev Ronald Leder officiated as Jennie Tablett of Virginia wed Barry Reed of Yakima. Climbers began at 2 am and reached the peak around noon led by Ome Daiber. The oldest climber was 74 year old Ross Messer and the youngest three children aged seven.
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Wash
Mt. Adams
Ronald Leder
Sunnyside
Jennie Tablett
Virginia
Barry Reed
Ome Daiber
Bothell, Wash
Northwest
Ross Messer
Naches
Wallace Will Aid Democrats in Limited Campaigns
Wallace may campaign for Democratic candidates this year if physically able, without endorsing the presidential ticket. An aide said Wallace hopes to stump for congressional, state, and local candidates in Alabama and possibly other Southern states. Wallace stated he will avoid extensive campaign activity but will seek periodic medical evaluations.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
Personal News Across Monroe County Clerks and Judges Named
A long list of names appears under Personal News detailing judges clerks and residents across Monroe County towns including Granville Stoutsville Madison North South and North Fork with numerous entries for Mrs and Misses and several spouses and local officials. The roll includes Stokes Butner Earlyne Rife Kirtley Glassen Borrowman Landis and Shumard among others.
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Stokes
Ray, Butner
Monroe City East
Jimmy Hardwick
Bonnie Borrowman
Mary Landis
Robert Glassen
Karen Cookson
Monroe City West
Fred Burns
Ron Early
John Overly
Janet Kirtley
Earlyne Rife
Indian Creek
John Smith
Harold Gillum
Cecil Bastian
North Fork
Vernie Farrell
Margaret Holder
Mary Farrell
Granville
Mary F. Shumard
Mike Delaney
Belle Shumard
Irene Sanders
Stoutsville
Kermit Reynolds
Irene Dennison
J. W. Minor
Florida
Ralph Gregory
Calvin Utterback
Julius Carrells
Holliday
Margaret Olney
Mildred Howe
Nellie Johnson
Middle Grove
Eldon Hess
Ike Forsythe
Arthur Bunnell
Roy Hinton
Airy
Ruth Dawson
Frank Armentrout
Frank Everhart
Madison North
Loretta Stone
Archie Holt
Velma Maxey
Terry Noel
Velma Meals
Madison South
Harold Kirtley
Mary Young
Walter Powell
Ann Smith
Florence Middleton
Eagleton's rise framed by family, youth in Missouri politics
The piece traces George S. Eagleton's political ascent seeded by his father, Mark D. Eagleton, a St. Louis lawyer and politician. It notes his rapid milestones as the youngest circuit attorney, attorney general, and lieutenant governor, and discusses hospitalizations and drinking rumors that affected the 1968 Senate campaign and implications for the 1972 Democratic chances with McGovern.
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Agleton
Mark D. Eagleton
St. Louis
Eagleton
Kirkpatrick
Missouri
U.S. Senate
Edward V. Long
True Davis
Thomas B. Curtis
Davis
Anderson
McGovern
Missouri Caves Named National Natural Landmarks
Marvel Cave at Branson and the Mark Twain and Cameron caves at Hannibal in Missouri were approved by the Interior Department as national natural landmarks. Rep. Durward Hall of Missouri announced the designation, part of a group of nine sites recommended nationwide.
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Branson
Hannibal
Interior Department
Washington
Durward Hall
R-Mo
Missouri
Taft Elected to IAP Fellowship at Tokyo Congress
Dr J E Taft of Mexico is elected Fellow of the International Academy of Proctology. The 24th annual Congress and Teaching Seminar will be in Tokyo Hong Kong and Thailand from April 29 to May 14 1973 with his investiture at the banquet.
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J.E. Taft
Mexico
International Academy of Proctology
Orient-Tokyo
Hong Kong
Thailand
Taft
Black Leaders Urge Eagleton to Quit Vice Presidential Ticket
A secret nine member Black Caucus meeting in Chicago urged Senator Thomas F. Eagleton to step down as Democratic vice presidential candidate. Led by Rev. Jesse Jackson, the group cited Eagleton's psychiatric treatment history as damaging to the ticket's credibility and the broader Black political movement. Participants included Rep. Louis Stokes and other prominent figures, signaling ongoing Black influence in Illinois politics and tensions with Mayor Daley.
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Thomas F. Eagleton
Jesse Jackson
Sen. Eagleton
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Operation Push
People United To Save Humanity
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Missouri
Carlton Goodlet
National Negro Publishers’ Association
George McGovern
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Richard J. Daley
Ilinois
Daley
Illinois
Stokes
Miami
Walter Fauntroy
Congress
District of Columbia
Martin Luther: King Jr
William Clay
D.mo
Warren Widener
Berkeley
Calif
Gary
Ind
Richard Hatcher
New York State
Arthur Eaves
Hanging Tree Knocked Down in Tombstone Arizona
One of Tombstone's two famous hanging trees is toppled after a sanitary worker backed a garbage truck into a limb. Police say the worker, unnamed, had his first and last day on the job rolled into one. Merchants quickly salvaged parts for sale to tourists.
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