Weather and local notices from Missouri area
Official 7:00 am readings show last 24 hours high 59 low 40. Precipitation .05 inch February total 1.45. year to date 4.63, vs 6.79 by April. Zone 5 forecast: showers possible, tonight 40-45, Friday showers, highs 50s. Missouri outlook: rain likely today, highs 50s-60s, weekend colder. Lake Ozarks level 65.9, down 4.1 feet. Pomme de Terre 89.2, no change. Admissions and dismissals listed for various area facilities. Public safety reports note thefts from high school locker, car, and store warehouse. Deaths: Paul Wade Friedberg, 20. John L. Stephens, 84.
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Missouri
Fire Calls and Court Fines Dominate Mexico City News
A fire at a corner garage on Fairground Ave and W Breckenridge St was caused by juveniles playing with matches and caused minor damage. Firefighters also handled a separate Audrain Broadcasting shorting incident with no damage. Mexico City Court processed fines totaling $1,153.75 including negligent driving and driving while intoxicated charges, with numerous bonds forfeited and penalties collected from overtime parking and sticker violations.
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W. Breckenridge St
Don Bolli
Michael MacPhearson
Bolli
Jewett Brewer
Audrain Broadcasting Company
Mexico City
Larry Edward Hettich
Kirksville
Ohio
Eddie Joe Guess
Fulton
John L. Barnes
Route 2
Mexico
Gregory Mosley
Kentucky St
David William Wiedenhofer
Hillsboro
William Paul Smith
Wellsville
Sharon Brower
S. Abat St
Paul T. Winterbower
Clare St
Shirley Ann Skinner
Route 1
Dale Wayne Shahan
Muldrow St
Shellie J. Palmer
S. Alabama St
Ora Ogden
Vandalia
van W. Page
Jefferson City
Joseph E. Hodgin
Arcadia St
Thomas T. Miles
Quisenberry St
Joseph Henry Behrens
N. Clark St
Gladys L. Qualls
Montgomery City
Thomas T. Wilson
Phillip Wayne Kunda
Edith Charlotte Christian
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James R. Bauer
Martinsburg
Roy F. Clark
Benton City
Douglas Hamilton
Charles Munford
Curran Blocked From Big Pension
A federal judge temporarily barred Joseph Curran, president of the AFL-CIO National Maritime Union, from receiving nearly $1 million in retirement severance and pension benefits. Curran, 65, was to step down as NMU head he founded in 1937, after three union members sought the restraining order over alleged failure to perform duties.
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New York
Joseph Curran
Afl-Cio National Maritime Union
Curran
NMU
U.S. District Court
Robert Ward
Court Threats Diminishing News Sources Statewide
The Los Angeles Times editor William F. Thomas told Senate subcommittee that court orders forcing disclosure of confidential material are shrinking news sources. West Coast outlets report dwindling access as the panel led by Sen. Sam J. Ervin weighs immunity bills for journalists from testifying or revealing sources.
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West Coast
Los Angeles Times
Times
William F. Thomas
Senate
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
John L Stephens Dies at 84 in Centralia
John L Stephens 84 retired medical technician and photography hobbyist died today at Jones Boarding Home in Centralia Funeral services set for 3 p m Friday at Fenton Funeral Home Reverend Joe Acuff to officiate Burial will be in Centralia Cemetery Visitation after 7 p m tonight He was born December 5 1888 in Centralia son of Alexander and Laura Stephens a Westminster College graduate and former Masonic Lodge member He married Mary G Anderson July 4 1921 in Forsythe Missouri She died March 9 1904 He leaves a son Franklin in the Army a half brother Albert Newcomer a sister in law Mrs D P Lyon and two grandchildren
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Centralia
John L. Stephens
South Jefferson Street
Fenton Funeral Home
Joe Acuff
Centralia Baptist Church
Mr. Stephens
Alexander
Laura Shelton Stephens
Westminster College
Masonic Lodge
Fulton
First Baptist Church
Mary G. Anderson
Forsythe
Franklin
U.S. Army
Albert Newcomer
Kansas City
Marion Funeral In Centralia Today
Funeral services for William P. Marion 80 of 221 S Allen St were held at 2 p m at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church led by Rev Richard Wohlers Burial took place in Hallsville City Cemetery Music by organist Marge Billings and a quartet Active pallbearers included Harold Sydow Elmer Kollmann Walter Cline Ray Hulen and Sidney Seymour Honorary pallbearers were Ronald Galloway Gene Allen Ray Bevard Bob Moore Clyde Linhardt and George Bunton all members of the Centralia Lions Club Marion was a charter member Arrangements by Ballew Bickering funeral home
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Centralia
William P. Marion
S. Allen St
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Richard Wohlers
St. John's Lutheran Church
Hallsville City Cemetery
Marge Billings
John Riedel
Wayne Schneller
Lawrence Amelon
Harold Sydow
Elmer Kollmann
Walter P. Cline
Ray Hulen
Sidney Seymour
Joe Townsend
Ronald Galloway
Gene Allen
Ray Bevard
Bob Moore
Clyde Linhardt
George Bunton
Centralia Lions Club
Mr. Marion
Ballew Bickering Funeral Home
Chamber approves license fee office move in Bowling Green
Bowling Green chamber members back a board recommendation to apply for the State Department of Revenue license fee office in Bowling Green.
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Bowling Green
Computer Course Begins At City Hall
Radio operators from the Mexico Public Safety Department and police lieutenants attend a three day computer entry school at city hall. The course began Wednesday and is taught by Ed Kenney of Jefferson City, a Missouri State Highway Patrol communications division member. Linda Edwards, ex Camden County sheriff's department member, also attends.
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Mexico
US Halts Minesweeping At Haiphong Resume Ordered
The Pentagon said the United States will resume troop withdrawal and minesweeping at Haiphong after North Vietnam and the Viet Cong provide a prisoner release timetable. A list of 106 POWs in North Vietnam reached the Pentagon, with 34 prisoners planned for release in South Vietnam. The Haiphong mine clearance had been temporarily suspended and then sent to sea after beginning explosive clearance.
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Pentagon
United States
Vietnam
Haiphong
U.S
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Twelve Nations Initiate Viet Declaration At Paris
Foreign ministers from twelve governments including the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union opened a nine point declaration endorsing the Vietnam peace agreement. The document creates a mechanism to review cease fire violations and to reconvene the conference when six participants lodge a complaint. North and South Vietnam the Viet Cong and four IC C S members Canada Indonesia Poland and Hungary are involved. The pact allows US and allies to cite Viet Cong as a full participant while Saigon is not guaranteed mutual recognition. Rogers attends plenary as Saigon signals further POW releases. Prospects for a settlement appear more positive with ongoing hourly updates from Saigon.
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Vietnam
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France
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International Commission of Control and Supervision
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Poland
Hungary
International Conference Center
North Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong
Saigon
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
U.S
Nixon
Rogers
Liza Minelli's Cabaret Tops British Film Awards
London AP report says American actress Liza Minelli and the musical Cabaret won the top British Society of Film and Television Arts honors. Princess Anne presented the prizes at Royal Albert Hall with Cabaret taking best film and Bob Fosse named best director. Gene Hackman was named best actor for The French Connection and The Poseidon Adventure.
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London
Liza Minelli
British Society of Film and Television Arts
Princess Anne
Queen Elizabeth I
Royal Albert Hall
Bob Fosse
Gene Hackman
Lenin Named on Red Card as Moscow Starts Card Exchange
Lenin's name appears on Card No 1 as the Soviet Communist Party begins a general purge of elites after 19 years. For two years, 14,455,321 members will be reviewed for fitness, with committees to assess everyday behavior and ideological as well as professional standards.
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Moscow
Lenin
Soviet Communist Party
Pravda
Polish and Czech Officials Die in Baltic Plane Crash
WARSAW AP The interior ministers of Poland and Czechoslovakia were killed late Wednesday night in a plane crash near Szczecin. Aboard were all aides and the plane crew. Kaska of Czechoslovakia and Ociepka of Poland died. Kaska was visiting Ociepka. Their ministries oversee police services.
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Kaska
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Mrs Edith Krembs Services Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs Edith Krembs are set for 2 p m Friday at the Agnew Funeral Home in Paris with Rev David Fischer of Paris Christian Church officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery in Holliday. Visitation is at the funeral home until services. She is the widow of Daniel Krembs and died Wednesday morning at Sears Boarding Home.
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David Fischer
Paris Christian Church
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Gray Claims Reporter's Arrest Valid
FBI director J Patrick Gray said the arrest of reporter Leslie Whitten outside Adams apartment was valid though no indictment was returned by a grand jury The arrest followed a DC police tip that stolen BIA documents were to be delivered to the columnist for money Whitten testified he and Hank Adams and Anita Collins were returning the documents to the agency A grand jury later refused to indict Gray said the arrest had authorization from an assistant US attorney and noted Andersons phone records were subpoenaed but not used to probe sources The Senate hearings into Grays FBI appointment continue and he offered access to law files and agents involved in the Watergate investigation
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Marlow Cook
R-Ky
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