Vietnam War Toll Hits Five Year Low In May
SAIGON AP US Command reports 19 Americans killed in combat last week the lowest weekly toll in over five decades. Nonhostile deaths also 19 with 261 wounded. Casualty totals rise to 45 250 combat deaths 299 924 wounded 9 583 nonhostile. U S Embassy says Bunker returns to Washington for 10 days as withdrawal accelerates toward 40 000 to 50 000 by next June. In Cambodia fighting eases near Phnom Penh with limited Viet Cong and North Vietnamese casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Sauol
Cambodia
Indochina
Ellsworth Bunker
Washington
Bunker
Nixon
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Washington Post
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Phnom Penh
Vihear Suor
Am Rong
Bus Routes For Summer School
The article details summer school transportation including route numbers, pickup times, and designated stops. It notes adjustments to service during the session and advises students to verify routes with the school administration. It mentions a contact line for questions.
Dick Ireland Wins Feeder Pig Auctioneering Title
Dick Ireland of Mexico Missouri cried his way to the championship at the National Feeder Pig Show auctioneering contest in West Plains two day exhibition. He earned an expense paid trip to the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Sealy Texas June 19 but Treland passed the trip to second place Willard Arriman of Unionsville Missouri. Ireland notes he has previously placed third two years ago in Clearwater Florida amid twelve entrants from seven states.
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Dick Ireland
Mexico
West Plains
Ireland
Central Missouri
Sealy
Texas
Treland
Willard Arriman
Unionsville
Clearwater
Fla
Ralph Wade
Flying Eagle
Falling Rock
China Opens Trade Door Amid Slow Expectations
Washington reports a 21 year U S embargo on China loosened with a general export license for nontechnological goods. items like computers and jet engines require specific licenses. Officials expect only modest impact as China seeks tech machinery, raw materials, and wheat, with constraints like limited long term credit.
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Washington
U.S
China
Peking
White House
Soviet Union
Commerce Department
Nixon
Russia
United States
Free World
Department
Auction of Central School items by Mexico School Board
Central School hosts a final auction tomorrow at 6 30 p m featuring antique desks from country schools a large antique closet cabinet and regular equipment including about 200 folding chairs three electric stoves and civil defense materials moved to Garfield School. Nolan Boone outlines prior auctions and notes antique bench desks are top sellers.
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Central School
Mexico
Central
Boone
Mr. Boone
Garfield School
Humphrey disavows Kennedy charge on Nixon war policy
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey rejected Edward Kennedy's claim that Nixon's Vietnam policy is politically driven. He stressed the Democratic leadership does not question the President's motives and urged Dole to avoid blanket attacks on Democratic leaders. Kennedy had urged a Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline and accused Nixon of using POWs for political leverage.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
Minnesota
Robert J. Dole
Humphrey
White House
Kennedy
U.S
South Vietnam
Clark Clifford
Clifford
Pentagon
Democratic Johnson
Indochina
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
William P. Rogers
Paris
David Bruce
Dole
Democratic Party
Vietnam
Democratic Policy Council
Senate
Massachusetts Democrat
Missouri Senate backs patronage with modern tools bill
The Missouri Senate approved a bill to give the governor new management tools while keeping employees under patronage. A 19-10 vote sent the measure back to the House. The plan would appoint a 25,000 dollar Administration Commissioner to oversee budget, procurement, planning, and personnel divisions, with critics calling it a step toward businesslike government but opposing merit system limits. Also advancing were juvenile justice reforms and a 150 million dollar water pollution bond issue, with debate over funding, timing, and tax impact.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
House
Little Hoover
Senate
Albert M. Spradling
Dcape Girardeau
A. Clifford Jones
R Brentwood
Little Hoover Commission
Earl R. Blackwell
Hillsboro
William J. Cason
Clinton
Cason
Missouri
J. F. Patterson
Caruthersville
Blackwell
Jaycees Grow to 140 Strong in Mexico Club
The Mexico Jaycee Club tops 140 members under President Dr. Robert Peak. New members Robert Finley and Robert Nolan joined at a Wednesday meeting at the Monterey Restaurant. An orientation is set for June 30 at 8 p.m. at the Mooge Club with Don Arens in charge.
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Mexico
Jaycees
Jaycee
Robert S. Green Memorial Park
Jerry Moore
Darriel Douglas
Billy Bob Workes
John Cauthorn
Fairground Park
Elmer Martin
Bill Elder
Ron Westenhayer
Clifford Banks
Bob Phillips
Gary Hacker
Bob McMurtry
Auxvasse Jaycee Club
Taking the Bumps Out For Local Traffic
Workmen expect the project to take about two weeks as they remove bumps to aid local traffic flows. Ledger Photo by Richard Vance.
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Ledger
Richard Vance
Jefferson Street
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West Plains Daily Quill
Hubert
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