Curb On Soybean Futures Trading At Chicago Board
The Chicago Board of Trade imposed restrictions on futures in soybeans and soybean meal after a government request citing a tight October supply. Directors ordered July, August, and September futures to trade only for liquidation and covering existing contracts, with new option sales allowed for delivery. Prices had surged past prior records with July soybeans at 12.90 and soybean meal around 451 a ton.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Commodity Exchange Authority
The
Authority
Agriculture Department
Chicago Exchange
Tash
Supreme Court expands obscenity rulings spark nationwide optimism
Prosecutors and police hail the Supreme Court decision widening the obscenity definition and endorsing local community standards. Officials foresee easier bans on books magazines plays and films offending local decency. Civil libertarians and publishers oppose the ruling as a setback to free speech and press.
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Bernard Cohen
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Florida
Ray Marky
High Court
Salmon
Floyd County
State Bar of Georgia
Arkansas
Atty
Dim Guy
Tucker
Melvin Wulf
American Civil Liberties Union
Jack Frantz
National Book Committee
Binghamton
N.Y
Carmel
Calif
Youngs Report Downstate Visit to Mexico
Mr and Mrs John C Young and family from Burleson Texas with relatives Kim Larry and Amy visited friends in Mexico on Wednesday while en route home from Marine Illinois where Mrs Blanche Sapp Youngs mother was buried The Youngs and Mrs Sapp formerly lived in Mexico
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John C. Young
Kim
Larry
Amy
Burleson
Tex
Young
Leo Teck
Lubbock
Mexico
Marine, Ill
Blanche Sapp
Weekend Reunion For 1963 Mexico High Graduates
Mexico High School 1963 graduates are arriving for their first class reunion. Activities include a 8 p.m. gathering at Picador Lounge, a Saturday 3 p.m. family picnic at Lawrence Shelter in Plunkett Park with babysitters through 6 p.m., and a Saturday 9 p.m. Empire Club dance with the Hard Core Dance Band of Columbia. Members are urged to attend at least one event if unable to join all.
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Mexico High School
Mexico
Picador
Lawrence Shelter
Plunkett Park
Empire Club
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Hard Core
Columbia
TB Checkups May Be Needed
An incident of children exposed to active tuberculosis in an unlicensed babysitter's home prompts calls for licensing of home child care. Positive tuberculin tests and chest X rays among cared for children show the need for annual TB testing of all family members and children in such homes. The law requires care for more than four unrelated children to meet state standards. violations are misdemeanors. Contact Mrs. Jean Bryant at the Callaway County Welfare Office in Fulton, Missouri for guidance toward compliance without punitive action.
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Jean Bryant
Callaway County
Fulton
Missouri
Dollar Slides to New Low Against German Mark in Frankfurt
The U S dollar fell to a record low of 2.55 marks in Frankfurt as the European centers showed weakness. West European authorities offered up to 2.9 billion dollars to support the Italian lira while concerns about Watergate and U S inflation weighed on the currency market.
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London
U.S
Frankfurt
Frankfurt Exchange
New York
Europe
United States
Zurich
Paris
O Hair sues Graham for slander in federal suit
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, longtime atheist advocate, filed a $3 million federal slander suit in Kansas City against Rev. Billy Graham. She alleges he called her letters obscene on national TV and seeks $1 million actual and $2 million punitive damages plus costs. The filing references her role in the 1963 school prayer ruling. In Bangkok, Thai govt closes seven Bangkok universities as students protest recent dismissals by a rector.
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Kansas City
Kan
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Billy Graham
Graham
Bangkok
Thailand
Bombs Found Near Park Of Steamfitters
A large cache of explosives was found near the St. Louis Steamfitters Union recreation area in north St. Louis County. Five bombs containing 64 sticks of dynamite, 46 feet of fuse, and blasting caps were in a plastic bag in a concrete sewer culvert. The find followed an attack on Steamfitters official Thomas Callanan, who lost both legs and parts of his hands in a blast last Friday. Federal agents joined the investigation as police link the incident to a broader violent union power struggle and prior unsolved killings of union and police figures.
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Clayton, Mo
St. Louis
Patty
Callanan
Steam
Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Unit
St. Louis County Hospital
Nuclear Agreement Sidesteps Lasers
The United States and the Soviet Union sign a peace accord to advance hydrogen fusion for clean electricity while excluding laser fusion research. Officials say laser fusion remains off the table though scientists will pursue conventional fusion and fast breeder reactors to boost fuel supplies.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
IBM
Dixy Lee Ray
Atomic Energy Commission
Vietnamese Fighting Is At Lowest Ebb
In Saigon the fighting in South Vietnam dropped to its lowest level in five months with Communist violations nearly halved. A Saigon command communique recorded 57 truce infractions in the last 24 hours, the third straight day below the 100 average. A war veteran reportedly set himself on fire before Saigon Cathedral, motive unclear. A weekly liaison flight between Saigon and Hanoi was canceled amid safety dispute, the second consecutive week the U S C130 failed to takeoff. The Maison flight delay followed North Vietnamese Lt Col Huynh Van Trinh’s refusal to sign a safety certificate. An incendiary device incident aboard a previous flight prompted tighter precautions. a North Vietnamese spokesman accused the U S of obstructing team activities.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
U.S
Hope says governor's birthday ham helps him feel better
Bob Hope thanked Missouri Governor Bond for a birthday ham sending coal to Newcastle remark. Hope noted the gift will help smooth the path and cheer him as he prepares to appear at the Missouri State Fair on August 13. The letter was sent from Jefferson City, Missouri.
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Jefferson City
Bob Hope
Christopher S. Bond
Hope
Newcastle
Bond
Drumright Elected President of Missouri Accountants Society
Art L. Drumright of Drumright Smith and Robinson was chosen president of the Independent Accountants Society of Missouri in St. Louis at the state convention held at the Marriott Motor Hotel. He has served as first vice president this year and has led the Mid-Missouri Chapter as president. The Drumrights reside at 1504 Webster Dr.
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Art L. Drumright
Drumright, Smith and Robinson
Independent Accountants Society of Missouri
St. Louis
Drumright
Marriott Motor Hotel
Mexico
Mid-Missouri
Chapter of Independent Accountants of Missouri
National Society of Public Accountants
Webster Dr
Elvis Donates $1,000 To Camp
NEW ORLEANS AP Elvis Presley pledged $1,000 to ready a Louisiana camp for needy boys after thieves raided it. Col Tom Parker said Presley acted after reading about the break in. Robbers hit the Holden camp on Monday night stealing supplies for sessions starting July 15. The camp is run by volunteers of the Louisiana State Police.
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New Orleans
Elvis Presley
Louisiana
Filvis
Tom Parker
Presley
Louisiana State Police
Auto Distress Flags Aid Motorists In Need
A set of four flags for distressed auto travelers helps indicate need and speed assistance. Distress Flags signal out of gas, flat tire, mechanical failure, or injury to passing motorists.
De Valera Ends 50-Year Irish Dream
Brooklyn born Eamon de Valera, Irish president for 14 years, retires at age 90. He leaves politics amid Ireland moving toward industrial Europe, yet remains a towering nationalist figure who helped end British dominance. He will reside at a nursing home run by nuns after quietly slipping from Phoenix Park.
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Dublin
Phoenix Park
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Ireland
Europe
Sinead
Linden
Blackrock
Dublin Castle
Mexico Ledger Page 2 June 22 1973
The Mexico Ledger page 2 from Friday June 22 1973 presents local news briefs and community notices. Readers find event summaries, brief society notes, and small advertisements reflecting daily life in the town.
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Mexico
In Ireland, power transfer to Erskine Childers begins
The Irish government conducts a peaceful power transition as Sir James Craig steps aside and Erskine Childers, a 68 year old Protestant with lineage linked to the Home Rule movement, prepares to assume the presidency.
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Ireland
Erskine Childers
Dev
Soviet Police Detain 12 Jews Amid Brezhnev Summit Moves
In Moscow police rounded up 12 Jewish activists, held them for hours, then released them. It marked the fifth round of detentions in days as authorities fear demonstrations during Brezhnev’s Washington summit. The detainees were denied exit to Israel.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Washington
Israel
GOP Committee Meets Tuesday in Audrain County
The Audrain County Republican Committee will meet at 7 30 pm Tuesday in the cafeteria of the Community A-6 School at Scott's Corner. Chairman Joe Fennessey said the public is invited. The agenda includes organizational and other business.
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Audrain County Republican Committee
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Elvis
Little Dixie Drive-In
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