Jury Set At Start
AP reports jurors who acquitted Angela Davis felt little early discord in deliberations. Forewoman Mary Timothy described unity as the verdict arrived after an all white jury reportedly voted nine to three on the first ballot. Davis wept as the court declared her innocent of engineering the Aug. 7 1970 Marin County courthouse escape.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Mary Timothy
Miss Davis
Marin County
Hugs And Kisses Jurors After Acquittal In High Profile Case
Angela Davis hailed the acquittal as a people s victory amid a jubilant crowd outside the courthouse after a 13 week trial that featured 95 witnesses and 201 exhibits. Juror Louis Franco spoke of the defense s final arguments about persecution of Blacks, while prosecutors declined comment.
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Angela
Miss Davis
Louis Franco
America
Franco
Albert Harris Jr
Home of Friends Here
Associated Press
California
ForeMs Jury Foreman Dismisses Discussion On Verdict
Mrs. Timothy, a women lib supporter, refused to discuss the jury reasoning amid the planned trial of convict Rachel Magee on the same charges as Miss Davis. Prosecutors alleged Miss Davis helped plot an escape for George Jackson, with his brother Jonathan, leading to multiple deaths during the failed plan. Four guns linked to Miss Davis were found in the getaway van. Miss Davis vanished and later appeared on the FBI ten most wanted list before her Oct arrest in a New York hotel.
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Timothy
Rachel Magee
Miss Davis
George Jackson
George
Jona
Than
Jonathan
James McClain
William Christmas
Superior Court
Harold Haley
Magee
FBI
New York
Four hurt in collision near Littleby Methodist Church
On a dusty gravel pit road southeast of Littleby Methodist Church four youths were injured after Ricky Eugene Dean 17 skidded and hit a car he had just passed. Jones 20 and Murrow 20, both Auxvasse residents, were in the Fiat. Mrs Duncan 18 suffered severe facial cuts and a wrenched neck. All were treated at Audrain Medical Center. Duncan later to Boone County Hospital.
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Littleby Methodist Church
Highway Patrol
Ricky Eugene Dean
Thompson
Roger Dean Jones
Auxvasse
Fiat
Jones
Jan Lee Murrow
Dean
Bobbie Charlene Duncan
Audrain Medical Center
Hikes In Postage Rates Cut Back
The Postal Rate Commission urges a 78.3 million dollar cut to USPS rate plans. It backs temporary rates for first class and parcel post and lowers second class and advertising zone charges. The panel keeps eight cents per ounce for first class and recommends no increase for parcel post, with continued rate reductions for second class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Rate Commission
U.S. Postal Service
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Postal Commission
Parcel Post
Laird Calls For New Subs and Bombers
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird urged Congress to fund new submarine and bomber systems to preserve leverage in SALT talks with the Soviet Union. He warned unilateral action to curb US arms would hinder meaningful negotiations and cited delays for the Trident submarine rollout.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Soviet Union
Laird
Congress
Senate Foreign Affairs Subcommittee On
Moscow
U.S
Hut
Brown Sixth Child Courtney Jay Born in Audrain Center
Mr and Mrs Dawson Brown of 1617 S Western St welcomed their sixth child a son named Courtney Jay Brown born Sunday at 1137 PM at Audrain Medical Center weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce. He is brother to Steven Ray Teresa Sue Perry Eugene Brian Keith and Gregory Alan. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Curtis R Smith of Mexico and Mr and Mrs Orville Bryles of Tauisiana Mo.
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Dawson Brown
S. Western St
Audrain Medical Center
Courtney Jay Brown
Lounce
Steven Ray
Teresa Sue
Perry Eugene
Brian Keith
Gregory Alan
Brown
Audrain Dairy
Mexico
Curtis R
Slurry Sealing Starts On Seven Streets In Mexico
Mexico drivers are asked to cooperate with a new slurry sealing program on seven asphalt streets. The work began today on Mac farlance Street Pollock Road and Crestview Street and will continue Tuesday on Benningston Street Howell Court Calhoun and Fieldcrest Streets. Closed 12 to 24 hours until the seal cures, then reopened at the earliest safe time.
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Mexico
Macfarlance Street
Pollock Road
Crestview Street
Benningston Street
Howell Court
Calhoun
Fieldcrest
Grace Fry 59 dies after lingering illness in Mexico
Grace Fry 59 of 1208 N Washington St died Sunday at Biggers boarding home after a long illness. Born October 12 1912 in Callaway County she was daughter of George Edward and Annie Cooper Coil. Survived by two brothers two sisters two step children and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Precht Pickering Funeral Home with Rev George B Wraith officiating burial in Mast Lawn Memorial Park friends may call after 2 pm today until service.
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Grace Fry
Washington St
Biggers
Callaway County
George Edward
Annie Cooper Coil
Charles Fry
Ida Wooten
Hannibal
Betty Owen
Rush Hill
Lillian Patton
Laddonia
Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
George B. Wraith
Mast Lawn Memorial Park
Range Heads Jail Board Forms Audrain County Oversight
Audrain County establishes a new Board of Visitors to inspect jails and inmate treatment. Judge George P. Adams and Jerry Bolin of MASW join as observers. The group elected G. Andy Runge as chairman and Robert R. Napier as secretary and plans visits to the county jail in Mexico, Vandalia, and a juvenile detention home within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrain County
Board of Visitors
George P. Adams
Jerry Bolin
Missouri Association For Social Welfare
G. Andy Runge
Robert R. Napier
William Courtney
Elenore Schewe
Lewis DeHart
James Landry
Bolin
Bryson Named Mexico City's First Police Cadet
Greg Bryson an 18 year old senior at Mexico High School has been appointed as the first police cadet for the Mexico Police Department under the cooperative education program. He will serve as alternate dispatcher 4 pm to midnight during the school year and work 2 to 3 days after school inside the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg Bryson
Wayne Bryson
Craig Sr
Mexico
Police Department
Bryson
Smile Joke Sparks Civic Club Address
The new pastor spoke to the civic club and impressed them with a vivid, engaging lecture. Back at church the secretary asked how it went and the reverend replied that the audience were glued to their seats, praising the clever approach.
Connally on Nixon Mission to 15 Nations
Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally will leave Tuesday on a round the world mission to about 15 nations for President Nixon to discuss matters of common concern and current economic issues. Congressional leaders expressed bipartisan support for ABM treaty limits and arms control accords, with Mansfield predicting Senate ratification by fall and Scott noting hope for Phase 2 SALT talks this summer. In other notes, North Vietnam admitted economic strain from intensified bombing but pledged continued war effort capacity, while Pope Paul VI warned terrorism could forge a horrible future, urging rejection of violence after recent Tel Aviv attack.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
White House
U.S
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Hugh Scott
Vatican City
Paul VI
Moscow
St. Peter’s Square
Tel Aviv
Lod
North Vietnam presses in Que Son Valley near Da Nang
AP dispatch reports the North Vietnamese offensive advances in Que Son Valley despite slower moves at An Loc Kontum and Hue. Maj. Nguyen Cong Chinh warns of doom as 800 communist troops cut the coast road while militia efforts buy time. Air Force jets strike rail bridges near Hanoi as Ticonderoga joins the 7th Fleet.
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Peter Arnett
Que Son
Vietnam
An Loc
Kontum
Hue
da Nang
Nguyen Cong Chinh
Chinh
2Nd Infantry Division
Highway 1
South China Sea
Hiep Duc
Thanh Binh
Saigon
Hanoi
China
U.S
Ticonderoga
7Th Fleet
Tribble wins seventh Operation Enterprise scholarship
Andrew J. Tribble of 328 Teal Lake Rd. wins the A P Green Refractories Co. Operation Enterprise scholarship. The two week camp near Syracuse, N Y runs July 2 14 with mentors from IBM General Motors TWA and Monsanto. Tribble a Mexico High School junior is an Eagle Scout National Honor Society member and Kay Club secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Tribble
Teal Lake Rd
Operation Enterprise
A. P. Green Refractories Co
William §. Lowe
Syracuse
N. Y
A. P. Green
Andrew
Robert Tribble
Green Company
Mexico
Tribble
Terry Henage
Ed Hanstein
Phil van Horn
Rodney Allen
Phil
Geary
Jim Kiburz
Kay Club
Jay
IGA
Rae
IBM
General Motors
TWA
Monsanto
U.S
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Range Heads
Connally
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
House
Armed Services Committees
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hong Kong
North Vietnam
Pope
Pontiff
John Connally
Que Son Valley
Maj. Chinh
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