Speedy Express killings reported by Newsweek
Newsweek cites a staggering civilian death toll in 1968 including estimates up to 100 000 in the Speedy Express operation run by the U S Ninth Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta. Buckley notes 748 weapons recovered amid 3 361 air strikes and says many victims were farmers gunned down in rice fields. The U S Command in Saigon had no immediate comment.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
U.S
My Lai
Kevin P. Buckley
Newsweek
Mekong Delta
Buckley
Kien Hoa
U.S. Ninth Infantry Division
Saigon
McGovern Leads With 951 Delegates In Nomination Race
The Associated Press reports Sen George McGovern added 30 delegates in Minnesota and Virginia, bringing his total to 95124. Hubert Humphrey trails with 342, Wallace 328, and Muskie 178. It notes at least 1509 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination at the Miami Beach convention next month.
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Associated Press
George
McGovern
Minnesota
Virginia
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Miami Beach
Humphrey
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Edmund S. Muskie
Lifeguards Consider Swim Caps to Dodge Haircuts
In Atlantic City, lifeguards propose wearing swim caps instead of cutting hair to meet a city order seeking collar length hair. Public Safety Director Mario Floriani delayed action until his return, noting some guards on busier beaches have long hair yet perform many rescues daily, and about half of the 150-man patrol would be affected.
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Atlantic City
Public Safety
Mario Floriani
Draper
Floriani
Salvation Army Widow Keeps Up Flood Work
RAPID CITY S D AP Joy Medley a Salvation Army major widow continues flood relief duties after her husband Maj William G Bil Medley 50 died in the Rapid City flood He moved to Story Book Island to help rescue efforts and his truck was later found missing as floodwaters swirled through the town She maintains the clothing and food center and plans to keep relief work and church service her husband served 24 years as an officer in the Salvation Army and the couple shared a life of service across Indiana Fergus Falls Fairmont Williston and Rapid City
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Rapid City
S.D
Joy Medley
Bill
Salvation Arty
Story Book Island
Salvation Army
William G. “Bil Medley
Bill Medley
Williston
N.C
New Adult Books Added at Mexico Audrain Library
The Mexico Audrain County Library announces new adult titles across fiction and non fiction. Notable fiction includes Christie Christie Christie Christie and Russell among others, with works by Cleary Hersey Armstrong Norris Bennett and Reeman. Non fiction features Open Marriage and the National Electrical Code 1971 plus guides to Portuguese and Chinese, building codes, nursing, and photography.
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Mexico-Audrain County
Ninth Marquess
Jon Cleary
John Hersey
The
Harvey Howells
Giles Lutz
Foxes
Jane McClary
Joan Aiken
Charlotte Armstrong
Agatha Christie
Kate Hannigan
Catherine Cookson
Mignon Eberhart
Dorothy Eden
Kathleen Norris
Ecstacy
Mary Rinehart
Nena O'Neill
David Turner
Alexander Prista
Morris Swadesh
Persis Hamilton
Neil Solomon
Missouri
Clyde Duncan
Eateel Homes
Phil Engeldrum
National Gallery
London
Philip Hendywart
Architecture of
India
Benjamin Rowland
Edward Bomback
Blaze Bonazza
A. Poulin Jr
Bertrand Russell
Evelyn Oppenheimer
Beatrice Lillie
Mass Transit Favored Over Highway Fund End
The Indiana Izaak Walton League urged ending the federal highway trust fund at its annual convention in Kokomo. The 5000 members called for phasing out the five year authorization in favor of mass transportation. They blamed autos for pollution noise hazards and reduced vegetative cover.
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Kokomo, Ind
Indiana
Izaak Walton League
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Bombs Hit Mexican Government Offices After Student Protests
Four small homemade bombs damaged offices of pro government groups in Mexico City Sunday night. Most buildings were unoccupied, minor damage occurred and no injuries were reported. The blasts followed student demonstrations Saturday that led to about 20 arrests. Targets included the Federation of State Workers the National Workers Union the Mexican Youth Institute and the Institutional Revolutionary Party headquarters.
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Mexico City
Federation of State Workers
National Workers Union
Mexican Youth Institute
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Workshop Attendees From Missouri Public Schools
Ruth Stotler director of food services for Mexico Public Schools, with cafeteria managers Mary George of McMillan and Mary Agnes Kindig of Garfield, returned from Kirksville where they joined a two day annual workshop for school lunch personnel. Mary Brown of the U S Department of Agriculture led two sessions on Type A lunch aids while a baking class aired via closed circuit TV. Missouri State office staff also conducted sessions for 218 lunchroom workers.
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Ruth Stotler
Mexico
Mary George
McMillan School
Mary Agnes Kindig
Garfield School
Kirksville
Mary Brown
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Missouri State Office
Tricia Nixon Cox Praises Ozark Riverway Dedication
Tricia Nixon Cox at the Ozark National Scenic Riverway dedication in Missouri hailed it as having everything. Speakers including Rep Richard H. Gephardt noted national park system integration and riverway preservation as a century milestone for the National Park Service. About 1,000 attendees enjoyed folk dancing and mountain music at the ceremony near Big Spring and the Current River.
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Richard Chard
D-Moc
National Park Service
Ozark
M's
Cox
National Parks Service
Astronaut Carpenter Starts Bug Breeding Firm
Former astronaut M Scott Carpenter launches Integrated Biological Control Corp in an abandoned cow shed to breed and sell up to 2 billion Trichogramma wasps by year end. He promotes biological control as a safer alternative to DDT and insecticides for protecting crops.
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Santa Paula
Cant
M. Scott Carpenter
Earth
Integrated Biological Control Corp
Carpenter
Wilson in Romania visits continues with Romanian officials
London prime minister Harold Wilson of the Labour party visits Romania. The Romanian news agency Agerpres reports he is welcomed by officials led by Manea Manescu, secretary of the Romanian Communist Party Central Committee.
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Vienna
Austria
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Romania
Agerpres
Manea Manescu
Romanian Communist Party
71 Juvenile Referrals Reported Across Three Counties
In May the office of Rodney T. Nebel reports 71 referrals to the 12th Judicial Circuit Juvenile Department covering Audrain Montgomery and Warren Counties. Of the youths 55 were boys and 16 were girls with ages 10 to 17. Referrals came from law enforcement social agencies schools and parents.
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Rodney T. Nebel
12Th Judicial Circuit
Audrain
Montgomery
Warren Counties
Audrain County
Montgomery County
Warren County
Fourty
C P Swim Postponed at Garfield Park Pool
The Cerebral Palsy swimming program is postponed due to scheduling difficulties. Mrs. George Craddock, the program director, announced the delay affecting the Garfield Park Pool start originally set for Wednesday morning.
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C. P. Swim
Garfield Park Pool
George Craddock
Ride On Hay Fatal To Youth
Bruce Cattleman, 16, was killed when a rope broke and bales of hay fell from a truck. State police said he was crushed by the truck’s rear wheels on a county road near Pittsfield.
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Pittsfield
Bruce Cattleman
Here
Crash Injures, Kills at Shady Nook Swim Spot
A wheat-filled tractor-trailer collided with a pickup carrying 14 near Shady Nook swimming hole 20 miles south of Alexandria Louisiana killing 12 and injuring one. Victims ranged from 1 to 18, with driver Martha Meaux 30 of Woodworth among the dead. all others from Woodworth except one from New Orleans.
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Alexandria
U.S. 165
Here
Shady Nook
Martha Meaux
Woodworth
New Orleans
Honor Roll Additions At Northeast State College
Additional names on the Dean's List at Northeast Missouri State College Kirksville are added to the spring 1972 roll. Achieving the honor standard of 3.00 or higher include Janice Hackmann Fllen Lavinder Sandra Doyle Charlotte Meyer Audrey Stanek Ronald Atkinson Rebecca Bird Peggy Dearing Larry Holder Pamela Harrison Flossie James Glenn Levings Carla Mitchell Michael Swindell Jimmy Sumners John Willey Sharon Utterback Daniel Struttman Rhineland.
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Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Janice M. Hackmann
Fllen
Lavinder
Benton City
Sandra F. Doyle
Charlotte JD. Meyer
Center
Audrey Irene Stanek
Hawk Point
Ronald Wayne Atkinson
Kingdom City
Rebecca Ann Bird
Peggy Lee Dearing
Larry Allen Holder
Pamela Lou Harrison
Flossie May James
Glenn Richard Levings
Carla Joy Mitchell
Michael W. Swindell
Jimmy Davis Sumners
John Warren Willey
Madison
Sharon F. Utterback
Perry
Daniel J. Struttman
Rhineland
Symphony To Play In Shaw's Garden Shaw's Garden Concert
The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind will perform outdoors in Shaw's Garden on June 17. The program marks a 10th anniversary celebration in the garden setting with a bowl area south of the climation.
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Shaw's Garden
Saint Louis
Arts and Seducation Council hosts garden sculpture festival
The Saint Pauls Symphony and Missouri Botanical Garden fund the Council. Shaw's Garden opens at 6 40 p m for an outdoor spring sculpture festival of 35 pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries. Concert follows at 7 30 p m with gate admission of 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for children. Bring four blankets or chairs.
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Niversary of the Arts and Seducation Council of
Grenatér St.tas
Saint Pauls Symphony
Missouri Botanical
Shaw's) Garden
Dr Koch to Step Down as Central Methodist VP
Dr Melville J Koch will leave Central Methodist College July 1 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65. As vice president since 1968 he led the college development program church relations and oversaw public relations and alumni activities.
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Fayette
Melville J. Koch
Central Methodist College
Koch
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