Greek Premier Declares Greece a Presidential Republic
Athens AP reports Premier George Papadopoulos announced abolition of the monarchy and the creation of a presidential republic after seizing power via the 1967 coup. He named himself first president and set a plebiscite within two months, with a general election by year end 1974. He accused King Constantine of collaborating with foreign forces and aiding anti-government plots.
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Athens
George Papadopoulos
Greece
Papadopoulos
Constantine
Rome
Union Votes This Weekend At Goodrich
United Rubber Workers workers at seven Goodrich plants in Akron Marion Los Angeles Miami Oklahoma Tuscaloosa Oaks Pennsylvania and Wayne Indiana vote this weekend on a new three year contract ending a 25 day strike. The tentative pact raises wages up to 80.8 cents an hour, includes job security and enhanced pensions and insurance, and foresees preferential hiring with service credit for laid off workers. About 10,500 employees walked out May 7 after talks failed.
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Columbus, Ohio
United Rubber Workers Union
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Akron
Marion
Ohio
Los Angles
Miami
Okla
Tuscaloos
Ala
Oaks
Wayne
Ind
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Ramage Fined By Monroe Jury in Local Trial
Donald Royal Ramage of O Fallon was found guilty in Monroe County Circuit Court Paris on charges of driving while intoxicated and speeding. Judge James Reinhard presided on a venue change from Audrain County. Ramage fined 100 for DWI and 50 for speeding. attorney George Sullivan of O Fallon represented him. Arrested by Trooper Gary Phillips December 23 on Highway 54 four miles south of Mexico. Jury returned verdict at 7 p.m. after deliberating since 4:20 p.m.
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Donald Royal Ramage
O'Fallon
Monroe County
Paris
James Reinhard
Audrain County
Ramage
George Sullivan
Gary Phillips
Mexico
Sturgeon Girl Heads Honor Roll At NEMSU
Pamela Gordon of Sturgeon and 173 students earned spring honor roll at Northeast Missouri State University Kirksville with a 4.00 GPA. Eligible students must carry at least 12 hours and a 3.00 GPA. Local honorees include names from Centralia Mexico Paris Wellsville and other area towns.
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Pamela Gordon
Sturgeon
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
NMSU
Janice Hackmann
Benton City
Joyce Wisdom
Janis Evens
Carolyn Nichols
Teresa’ Romine
Susan O'Powell
Diane Hutson
Centralia
Rose Pitt
Diana Butler
Kingdom City
Mary Curtis
Laddonia
Alice Andrews
Kathy Baker
Gregory Barlow
Carol French
Rebecca Given
Dalcs Mundy
Terry Meek
Roberta Powell
Daniel Safford
Ronald Shocks
Brenda Eick
Harold Drake
James DeLong
William Crews
Debra Davis
John Edwards
Musette Logan
Paula Loyd
Terry Maguire
Mexico
Cheryl Powell
Melba Stevens
Paul Coffland
Sandra Lindenbusch
Montgomery County
David Bethel
Daryl Gerken
Michael Covington
New Florence
Karen Burnbough
Charlisa Bush
Joyce Ball
Peggy Harris
Dennis Hollingworth
Linda Gerster
May Mitchell
Jery Mitchell
Marion Miller
Stephen Rowe
Gary Cupp
Craig Evans
James Jones
Paris
Carol Nunnenkamp
Kenneth Wiser
Deborah Abington
Karen Brown
Nelson Brown
Linda Barnes
Karol Stroker
Donna Girard
Charlotte McDonald
Nellie Kidd
Vandalia
Earlene Yealton
Ruth Schaefer
Gary Fort
Sharon Detienne
Linda McClain
Wellsville
Al Capone Cell Highlight Of Alcatraz Tour Feature
San Francisco AP reports Alcatraz will open public tours on November 1 after thousands of requests. The piece recalls Capone's cell on the end tier and notes other famous inmates, escape attempts, and the island's rugged setting with a million dollar view of the city.
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al Capone
Alcatraz
San Francisco
Chicago
Island
National Park Service
Capone
Basil
Banghart
Roger Touhy
Creepy Karpis
Ma Barker
Golden Gate Bridge
Rocky Island
John Paul Scott
Twenty Five Selected For LPN Class Starting July 2
Twenty five students have been selected for the next class at the Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing, the maximum allowed by the State Board of Nursing. The program begins Monday, July 2, and is sponsored by Mexico Public Schools in affiliation with Audrain Medical Center. Names include Betty Barnes Williamsburg, Nancy Bartlett Mexico, Jaqueline Bishop Wellsville, Susan Bolton Fulton, Donna Butcher Fulton, Virginia Desjardins Centralia, Colleen Epps Mexico, Trene Exendine Mexico, Doris Fisher Laddonia, Merri Gillum Sturgeon, Tina Grimes Fulton, Deboran Harlow Mexico, Brenda Higgenbotham Wellsville, Jerri Holmes Mexico, Connie Jones Mexico, Harriet Knipp Wellsville, Carol Maupin Mexico, Carol McCormack Steedman, Frances Mead Mexico, Nylda Meeks Centralia, Phillip Miller Springfield, Linda Simcoe Fulton, Cindy Smith Wellsville, Jennifer Smith Monroe City, Mary Walkup Montgomery City.
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State Board of Nursing
Mexico
Colleen Epps
Trene Exendine
Doris Fisher
Laddonia
Merri Gillum
Sturgeon
Tina Grimes
Fulton
Deboran Harlow
Brenda Higgenbotham
Wellsville
Jerri Holmes
Connie Jones
Harriet Knipp
Carol Maupin
Carol McCormack
Steedman
Frances Mead
Nylda Meeks
Centralia
Phillip Miller
Springfield
Linda Simcoe
Cindy Smith
Jennifer Smith
Monroe City
Mary Walkup
Montgomery City
Death Penalty Urged After Holmesburg Prison Killings
In Philadelphia two inmates charged with murdering Warden Patrick Curran and Deputy Warden Robert Fromhold after a scuffle in Fromhold’s office. Capt. Leroy Taylor wounded while aiding the officials. Calls for restoring the electric chair rise amid the deadly prison incident.
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Philadelphia
Holmesburg
Leroy Taylor
Frank Riz
Patrick Curran
Robert Fromhold
Frederick Burton
Joseph “Jojo” Bowen
Fromhold
Curran
Taylor
Firemen Fired For Picketing In Missouri District
MOLINE ACRES MO AP The Moline Fire Protection District fired 11 of 12 firefighters after they began informational picketing over pension benefits. The district includes Del iwood Moline Acres and part of Ferguson. Firefighters argued pensions rise from 125 to 175 dollars, despite a voter approved five cent tax hike. The board warned of firings if picketing or work slowdowns continued. Roy Gastorf questioned the board's power to negotiate with the union and said a meeting could not be held until a suit is settled.
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Moline Acres
Moline
Roy Gastorf
47 Bodies Taken From Crashed Jet
NEW DELHI AP Police and firemen searched rubble of an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 crash site near New Delhi. By noon 47 bodies had been recovered with 17 survivors, some critically burned. Among the dead were four Americans, three Britons and a Yemeni woman. survivors included M Bruce Sterling and his son Lee Allen. The crash occurred about one and a half miles from an upscale area during a dust storm. cause was not determined.
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New Delhi
737
M. Bruce Sterling
Madras
Lee Allen
Lance
George M
Larson
Minneapolis
U.S
Sterling
Harold N. Ribber
Lutheran Church of America
Ribber
New York
Mohan Kumaramangalam
Indira Gandhi
Gurnam Singh
India
Australia
Indian Airlines
Laser beam cleans soot from priceless statues
AIC attendees hear physicist John F. Asmus describe laser cleaning of statuary. He shows before and after Venice fragment results, notes rapid cleaning and ease for trained technicians, while cautions on beam type and surface variation. A newborn girl was also born to Terry and spouse in Laddonia at Audrain Medical Center.
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Kansas City
American Institute For Conservation of Historic and Artistic Work
AIC
United States
Canada
John F. Asmus
Asmus
St. Mark's Square
Venice
Science Applications Inc
Albuquerque
N.M
Kenneth Hempel
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Hempel
Asmius
Terry Dungan
Laddonia
Route 2
Audrain Medical Center
Dungan
Grain Loan Fees Raised By ASCS
The Agriculture Department announced higher price support loan processing fees for 1973 crops. Grain loans up to 2000 bushels or hundredweight incur a $10 flat fee. above that, $10 plus 0.5 cent per bushel or 1 cent per cwt. Warehouse loans rise from $4 to $6 per loan, with $1 per additional receipt.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Deadlock ends as Missouri mansion funds set at 40 000
Jefferson City AP states the 10 member appropriations conference committee approved a 40 000 allocation to operate the governor s mansion in exchange for 75 000 in salary cuts across the Office of Administration. The accord leaves 2.29 million for salaries and a 3.4 million overall mansion budget.
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Jefferson City
House
Senate
Appropriations
Christopher S. Bond
Office of Administration
Merit System
Executive Branch
Department of Revenue
National Guard
State Tourism Commission
Council On the Arts
Public Defender
Senate Appropriations Committee
Conference
Missouri Trails In Corn Planting
Washington AP report says by May 27 over three fourths of Corn Belt corn was planted with weekend rains delaying field work. North central region 77 percent planted. Missouri 54 percent. Indiana 70. Iowa 25 percent emerged. Nebraska 95. Minnesota 91. Cotton 78 percent. soybeans behind due to corn focus.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
North Central
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Missouri
South Atlantic
South Central
Volcano erupts twice belching three miles high
Mt Sakurajima in Kagoshima prefecture erupted twice today sending ash as high as three miles. Police said volcanic stones injured a farmer and shattered 30 wind shields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kagoshima
Japan
Mt. Sakurajima
FBI Agent Shot During Shootout in St Louis
FBI special agents exchanged gunfire with fugitive Robert Morell Holloway who barricaded himself in a bathroom. Agent Leon R Futrell Jr was lightly wounded in the right hand before Holloway surrendered. charges include assaulting a federal officer. Also reported: birth of John Theodore Worland VI on May 25 at Rothwell Hospital Sedalia. parents John T Worland and Ann Tucker Worland with ties to Missouri and England.
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ST. Louis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leon R. Futrell, Jr
Robert Morell Holloway
Mount Vernon
Holloway
John T. Worland
Warrensburg
Mexico
Rothwell Hospital
Sedalia
John Theodore
Worland
Ann Caryl Tucker
Paul Tucker
London
England
J. N. Livingston
Lakeview Rd
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