San Diego Eyes 1972 Republican Convention Bid
San Diego officials under White House pressure consider hosting the 1972 GOP convention. City Manager Hahn authorized notifying the RNC, citing 15 000 rooms and 800 000 dollar guarantee. Contenders include Chicago San Francisco Houston and Miami Beach.
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San Diego
Calif
White House
Nixon
San Clemente
Walter Hahn
Hahn
Republican National Committee
Chicago
San Francisco
Houston
Miami Beach
California
Los Angeles
Bob Gadbois
Convention Bureaus
Medal winner says he would choose jail next time
Nicholas W. Schoch, 23, a conscientious objector and Vietnam medic, received the Distinguished Service Cross from Maj. Gen. C. A. Leagy at the Presidio in San Francisco. He said if he could redo his life he would go to jail rather than join the Army, reflecting on Hamburger Hill and his wartime service.
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San Francisco
Nicholas W. Schoch
San Francisco Presidio
C. A. Leagy
Schoch
Oakville
Soldier honored for heroism on Hamburger Hill
Draft counselor and University of Redlands student Schoch received an award for saving nine wounded soldiers during the 10 day assault on Hamburger Hill. He described continuing objections to the Army but valued the award as recognition from the troops who believed he did something meaningful.
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Army
Hamburger Hill
Hill
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Schoch
University of Redlands
San Bernardino
Calif
Texas Methodist clergy suspend minister over sexuality
Gene Leggett, a 36 year old admitted homosexual and Dallas Theater Center member, was suspended from the Southwest Texas United Methodist conference after a vote of 144 to 117. He plans to surrender credentials and continue running a Dallas home for homosexuals. Leggett has served churches in New Jersey and Texas and has worked with the Dallas Theater Center on church appointments.
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San Antonio
Tex
Gene Leggett
Southwest Texas United Methodist Conference
Gay Liberation Front
Leggett
Dallas Theater Center
Dallas
House of the Covenant
New Jersey
Dilley
Austin
Texas
Army general charged with murder in Vietnam
Brig. Gen. John W. Donaldson faces charges of murder and assault involving eight Vietnamese civilians. He is the highest ranking officer accused of killing civilians in Vietnam and the first U.S. general charged with war crimes in 70 years.
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Washington
John W. Donaldson
Donaldson
Vietnam
U.S
Only 13 PWs Choose Return To Hanoi
Saigon reports only 13 sick or wounded prisoners of war will be repatriated to North Vietnam Friday. Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam says 647 POWs refused to go, fearing reprisals from the Communists. Most who stay prefer South Vietnam’s security and better treatment, though Lam did not explain how the reasons were known. The prisoners will be handed over at sea near the demilitarized zone under a 24 hour truce.
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Saigon
Tran van Lam
North Vietnam
Lam
South Vietnam
Red Cross
North
Speech Hearing Clinics Planned in Audrain County Summer Program
The Audrain City County Health Unit with Easter Seals Society and Missouri Health Division launches a summer speech correction program for Audrain County. Robert Piper will see patients weekly or twice weekly. all residents are eligible. County contributions support the effort, with patient donations requested. Call 581 for more information.
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Audrain City - County
Audrain
Easter Seals Society
Missouri Division of Health
Audrain County
Robert Piper
Easter Seal Society
Mrs Maloney Rushed To Boone County Hospital
Mrs. W G Maloney suffered a brain hemorrhage this morning and was taken by ambulance to Boone County Hospital in Columbia. Mr Maloney and their son Mike remained with her at the hospital through the day.
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W. G. Maloney
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Mr. Maloney
Mike
Voters in Two St Louis County Towns Approve 1 Cent Tax
In Glendale and Peerless Park, residents approved a one cent sales tax. Glendale's tally was 684 to 105 and Peerless Park's was 13 to 1, with Peerless Park having only 23 registered voters. Glendale also backed a revised pension plan for police and firemen by 714 to 94.
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St, Louis
St. Louis
Glendale
Peerless Park
Walker Says It's A Miracle He's Alive
LA AP Clint Walker the Cheyenne star says it is a miracle he lives after his heart was pierced by a ski pole. The 44 year old was flown from Bishop California to UCLA Medical Center after a Mammoth Mountain skiing accident May 20. He underwent open heart surgery and had no pulse or blood pressure at the scene. Doctor David B. Sheldon cited a steady recovery.
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Los Angeles
Clint Walker
Cheyenne
Walker
Bishop
California
Ucla Medical Center
Mammoth Mountain
Bishop Hospital
David B. Sheldon
Spirit Of St Louis DC10 flies Paris record flight
At Le Bourget Airport the wide bodied McDonnell Douglas DC10 completed a 4548 mile nonstop run from St Louis in just under eight hours averaging about 610 miles per hour. Don Mullin demonstrated the craft while Italian helicopters painted a backdrop of color and McDonnell Douglas officials noted the plane’s growing flight time and pending certification.
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James S&s. McDonnell
McDonnell Douglas Corp
St. Louis
Etna eruption eases as lava flow slows
Catania reports Etna's latest outpouring calmed after 58 days of fire. Vulcanologists found molten rock decreasing in speed and lava streams threatening Fornazzo Sant'Alfio Sciara and Macchia di Giarre largely stopped. Temperature dropped from 1850 to about 925 degrees F though renewed eruption remains possible.
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Catania
Sicily
Etna
Fornazzo
Sant’Alfio
Sciara
Macchia di Giarre
Environment Camp At Lake Of The Ozarks June 14 18
The University of Missouri Youth Specialists sponsor an environment camp for teens and adults at Camp Clover Point Lake of the Ozarks. Participants hear speakers discuss water land and air use amid population growth. Registration due by Friday June 4 at the University of Missouri Extension Center Courthouse Mexico Mo.
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University of Missouri Youth Specialists
Clemie Moody
Lake of the Ozarks
Camp Clover Point
University of Missouri Extension Center
Courthouse
Mexico
Mexico Ledger Subscription Rates and Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication details daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265. Rates: single copy 10c, local carrier $2 per month, various yearly mail rates by county, armed forces members $1.25 per month. Office hours 8:00 to 5:30.
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Mexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Air Strikes In Cambodia Hit Vietnamese Divisions
U S bombers and helicopter gunships hit three North Vietnamese divisions in eastern Cambodia. The heaviest strikes targeted the division that captured the Snoul plantation. South Vietnamese forces withdrew from Seoul area near Saigon with many casualties. 74 missing in action and over 200 killed or wounded reported earlier. U S command logged about 250 helicopter missions and 45 fighter-bomber missions.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Snoul
Seoul
U.S. Command
Kompong Cham
Mekong
Associated Press
Robin Mannock
Phnom Penh
Am Rong
Kompong Chamlang
Prey Bang
Old Opera House Ghosts Are Being Dispossessed
The Kabrich Opera House on the Paul Building’s top floor at 101 N Washington St is being removed to meet city safety standards. Once a landmark between St. Louis and Kansas City, the theater closed in 1893 with the stage crumbling in 1916 and is now bare with pigeons in its ruins.
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Opera House
Kabrich Opera House
Paul
Washington St
John Paul
A&b
George Kabrich
Kansas City
Ab Armstrong
Frank Hazard
Wabash Railway
Ferris Grand
St. Louis
Ike Payton
Corse-Payton
Philadelphia
Golden Stock Company
Bela
Martin Golden
Jake Simon
Leslie Ferris
Masons
Kabrich
5. P. Emmons
Ricketts and Emmons
The
Fair Association
Ralph Robinson Construction Co
Centralia Couple Hurt In Wreck
Centralia Claude Earl Strickland 68 and Elizabeth Strickland 76 of Route 3 Centralia were taken to Audrain Medical Center after a Tuesday 4 15 PM crash when their car hit a stock truck on North Jefferson Street Highway 22. Clifford L Britt Callao Mo drove the stock truck. The Stricklands suffered head lacerations arm lacerations and contusions while a passenger Claude Earl Strickland Jr. was uninjured. The truck driver was not hurt.
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Centralia
Claude Earl Strickland
Elizabeth Strickland
Audrain Medical Center
Strickland
North Jefferson St
Highway 22
Clifford L. Britt
Callao
Claude Earl Strickland Jr
Two Convicted Robbers Escape Missouri Penitentiary
Two St Louis inmates Van Wayne Bracken Jr 30 and Henry W Coleman 24 escaped from Missouri Penitentiary Church Farm on Tuesday authorities said Bracken serving five years for first degree robbery and Coleman six years for first degree robbery and other charges
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Jefferson City, Mo
St. Louis
Missouri Penitentiary
Church Farm
van Wayne Bracken Jr
Henry W. Coleman
Bracken
Coleman
Cardinal McIntyre Ails on 85th Birthday in Hospital
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre former Los Angeles Archbishop remained in St. Vincent's Hospital through the weekend after being hospitalized May 22 for exhaustion. Church officials said he was resting well following ceremonies marking his 50th anniversary as a priest.
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Los Angeles
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Cardinal McIntyre
St. Vincent's Hospital
Drowns In Lake Near Warsaw Missouri
John M. Ladd of Grandview Missouri 18 drowned while swimming with a companion near Warsaw at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Benton County sheriff's office said the body was recovered about three hours after he disappeared.
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Warsaw
John M. Ladd
Grandview
Lake of the Ozarks
Benton County Sheriff's Office
Ladd
David Leighs To Australia
Mr and Mrs H David Leigh depart Mexico for Sydney Australia to reside three years He is a research engineer for A P Green Refractories Co and will pursue a Ph D at the University of New South Wales on a research grant from the Australian Atomic Energy Commission Mrs Leigh worked as a caseworker for Audrain and Callaway County welfare departments After family visits in Ruston Louisiana and Birmingham Alabama they plan to depart for Sydney on June 16.
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H. David Leigh
Mexico
Sydney
Australia
Leigh
A. P. Green Refractories Co
University of New South Wales
Australian Atomic Energy Commission
Audrain
Callaway County Welfare
Ruston
Birmingham
Ala
Sydeny
Chiropractors to Attend 58th Missouri Convention in St Joseph
Dr Robert Peak of Mexico will attend the 58th annual Missouri State Chiropractic Convention in St Joseph June 4 5 and 6. Speaker list includes Dr George Goodhart of Indiana presenting on Neurophysiology during the three day meeting.
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Robert Peak
Mexico
St. Joseph
George Goodhart
Indiana
Travis Dale Kobush Born at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Jerry Kobush of Benton City welcomed their son Travis Dale Kobush born at 305 am Tuesday at Audrain Medical Center He weighed six pounds fourteen ounces He is grandson of Mrs Gill Bannister of Mexico Mr Kobush works at A B Chance Co Centralia
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Jerry Kobush
Benton City
Audrain Medical Center
Travis Dale Kobush
Gill Bannister
Mexico
Kobush
A. B. Chance Co
Centralia
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