Double Storms Damage Ledgerland Areas and Homes
Two violent storms struck Ledgerland with winds up to 60 mph causing widespread damage. Trees toppled onto cars and driveways while homes and garages suffered roof and wall damage. Police and utility crews reported scattered outages and flash flooding at Western and Monroe.
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Ledgerland
Skinner
Route T
Thompson
Mexico
Herman O. Tolson
E. Breckenridge St
Harold D. Hayden
E. Anderson St
Hayden
Peter Chi
Pollock Rd
Leo Heim
Southwestern Bell
Missouri
Power and Light
MPL
M. A. Gibson
Western
Monroe Sts
Circus Displays at Audrain County Museum Highlights Local Impact
Audrain County Historical Society Museum hosts a weekend exhibit of circus memorabilia curated by Col. Charles R. Stribling. The display features the L. Mitchell White photo collection, clippings of James Robinson, famed bareback rider, and 19th century circus images including Dan Rice and Sells Brothers shows. Hostesses on Sunday are Mrs. J F Jolly, Miss Edna Bickley, and Mrs. Elmer Gatewood.
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Audrain County
Stribling
Dan Rice
Excelsior Circus
Sells Brothers Circus
Sells Brothers
Colorado
Clumbus
Mexico
Tom Bass
Col. Stribling
J.F. Jolly
Edna Bickley
Elmer Gatewood
Mexico Public School of Nursing honors fourteenth class
The Rev. Terry Moore delivered the keynote at the Mexico Public School of Nursing graduation for the fourteenth class. Twenty students received diplomas signaling a year of practical nurse training at Fellowship Hall, Mexico Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Moore
Mexico Public School of Nursing
Fellowship Hall
The
Mexico Methodist Church
Buford Thomas
Woodrow Lee
Audrain Medical Center
Guy Pitts
Peggy Sterner
R. N
Shelby Brandkamp
Judy Lea Adams
Jean Marie Arens
Marta Lee Burt
Ricky Lee Cleeton
Vickie Gean Cleeton
Carla Lynn Foster
Carolyn Ann Goshorn
Frankie Sue Graves
Charles Edward Graves
Teresa Joe Ann Jones
Sterner
Brandkamp
Barbara Eileen Kobush
Teresa Erica Loman
Rosalyn Marie Lynn
Christine Rose Mackie
Carolyn Gertrude Marteen
Joan Paulette Martin
Paula Fay Mills
Sylvia Mac Neal
Eva Jean Oliver
Connie Ann Oquist
Davis Hart
Mexico Area
Brandt Heads to US for Week of Talks with Nixon Aides
Chancellor Willy Brandt departed Bonn for a week long United States visit to meet President Nixon Secretary of State Rogers and other American leaders for political discussions.
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Bonn
Germany
Willy Brandt
United States
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Missouri Senate wraps up session with judiciary retirement bill
In Jefferson City Missouri the Senate held a Saturday session amid end of session cleanup. A broad bill boosting retirement benefits for judges and court commissioners was sent to the governor after House goals were met. The panel also approved raising Industrial Commission pay and workmen’s compensation director salaries. The House and Senate faced looming adjournment deadlines and continued to work on minor bills before Sunday recess.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
House
Senate
Noel Cox
R-Ozark
Industrial Commission
Hijacker Subdued After Fatal Airliner Hijack
A gunman hijacked a TWA jet at Chicago O Hare en route to New York, killed passenger Howard Franks of Darien Conn, and wounded the hijacker. Deputy U.S. Marshal Joseph Zito entered the plane, fired twice, and the hijacker collapsed behind a seat as FBI agents seized him at Kennedy Airport.
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New York
Chicago
U.S
North Vietnam
Howard Franks
Darien
Conn
O’hare
Albuquerque
N.M
Franks
John Mulchrone
Dallas
Catherine Culver
Fon du Lac
Wis
Robert E. Elder
Stamford
O'Hare
Joseph Zito
Zito
Cary
TWA
Miss Culver
Elder
Dupuis
FBI
Queens General Hospital
White
la Guardia
Storm damage at Holt Summit injures mother and infant
High winds damaged three trailer houses at Holts Summit injuring a 21 year old woman and her month old son. The mother was treated and released while the infant was admitted to St Mary's Hospital Jefferson City in satisfactory condition. Damages were estimated at 35000 dollars. A Missouri Highway Patrol car was blown across a road into a tree. Trooper David Cook was not injured.
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Bob Jordan
Skinner
Jordan
East Highway 54
Route T
Catalpa
Peggy
Childdren
Tory Jordan
A. F. Playter
James Petty
Petty Farm
Smokey Woods
Rush Hill
Jefferson City
Holts Summit
Marilyn Heet
David Cook
Kirkwood
Driving is Like Baseball Says Wellington Column
An editorial in the Wellington Ohio Enterprise likens driving to baseball, arguing the key measure is the number of times you reach home safely, emphasizing cautious travel and prudent risk management.
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Wellington
Ohio
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W. Monroe St
Cross
Richard Vance
Herman Tolsan
Tolsons
Tolson
Gary Duffy
Brandt
Senators
Holt
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