Honors To Young Farmers in Audrain County Banquet
The Outstanding Young Farmer of Audrain County will be named at the annual OYF and FFA banquet sponsored by Mexico Jaycees and GM&O railroad. Awards recognize vocational agriculture students and local farmers ages 21 to 35, with speakers from Monsanto and Kansas City. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. with a ham dinner.
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Audrain County
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Mexico Jaycees
Gm&o
Mexico
Cauthorn
Jaycees
Jerry Caulder
Kansas City
Caulder
Monsanto
Gene Howes
Lie Scandal Ousts Norway Government
AP reports Prime Minister Per Borten resigned after a lie over sharing confidential bid details on Norway's entry to the European Common Market. Coalition government collapsed as Trygve Bratelli, 61, opposition Socialist leader, says he is ready to form a new government.
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Osj.o. Norway
Per Borten
Borten
Norway
Trygve Bratelli
Socialist Party
Officials See U S Laotian Laos Drives Deflect Hanoi
Saigon and U S sources differ over Laos Cambodian actions as the U S Command reports heavy bombing and South Vietnamese units seize bases along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Officials say disrupt logistics, widen Vietnamization, allow withdrawals while critics call Laos campaign flawed and exaggerated. Marines reinforced Laos as bases, including Hotel 2 and Delta 1, faced strikes and retreat.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Mailman dies in morning crash in Danville
Montgomery City star route mail carrier Charles D. Hays, 57, suffered a heart attack while driving in Danville. His car struck a mobile home trailer, causing damage. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Hays, longtime post office carrier and tree trimming contractor, is survived by his wife Sue, two daughters Janice Brown and Judy Erhart, two grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Montgomery City
Danville
Charles D. Hays
Schlanker Funeral Home
Hays
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sue
Terry
Janice) Brown
Griswold
Iowa
Robert
Judy) Erhart
Vandalia
Michelle Erhart
Terry Brown Jr
Elliots Have Surgery After Auto Crash Suffering In Mexico
Mrs. Nellie Elliott and her husband Mr. William C. Elliott were injured in an early Sunday morning crash on Highway 54 south in Mexico. Mrs. Elliott, found to have a broken pelvis dislocated hip and multiple injuries, underwent surgery and is reported in satisfactory condition at Audrain Medical Center. Her husband, also injured, is listed in satisfactory condition and was scheduled for knee repair surgery. Two people died in the wreck.
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Brown
Laos
Highway 9
Tran van An
Saigon
Hotel 2
Col. An
U.S
William C
Nellie) Elliott
Highway 54
Mexico
Audrain Medical Center
Elliott
Mrs. Elliott
Four Inmates Of Jail Face New Charges
Audrain County Jail inmates face new charges after a near jailbreak and an escape attempt. William Lindburg Turner fled the jail kitchen, then was returned by his mother. Turner, jailed for burglary at Derby station, faces new counts of escape and contraband liquor theft from Feb 21. Samuel Edward Helm and Donald Robert Fisher also encounter arraignments for jail disturbance and related acts in the Feb 21 incident.
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Audrain
Harold Sulgrove
William Lindburg Turner
Turner
Derby
Samuel Edward Helm
Donald Robert Fisher
Winners named in Ledger 1971 Recipe Magazine basket draw
Six contributors were chosen by lot to win grocery baskets from The Ledger 1971 Recipe Magazine. Winners: Mrs. Doug Anson, Mrs. Richard Lewis, Mrs. Clarence Haworth, Mrs. Everett Lutz, Mrs. Bruce Phillips, and Mildred Long. Prizes are free IGA baskets from Jay's IGA Foodliner.
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The
Ledger
Recipe Magazine
the Ledger
Doug Anson
Montgomery City
Richard Lewis
Vandalia
Clarence Haworth
Mexico
Everett Lutz
Auxvasse
Bruce Phillips
Paris
Mildred Long
Perry
IGA
Jay
IGA Foodliner
Ledgerland
Supreme Court rules indigents cannot be jailed for fines
The court unanimously held that punishing a poor person by imprisonment for nonpayment of fines is unconstitutional. The Tate case in Houston involved 425 dollars in traffic fines. the ruling challenges laws nationwide and allows installment plans while not excusing nonpayment. The decision also touched on environmental limits and parking park corridors in Memphis, emphasizing that alternatives must be truly unusual or costly.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Preston A. Tate
Houston
Tex
Memphis
High Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Tenn
Federal District Court
Thurgood Marshall
Transportation Department
Overton Park
Solicitor General's Office
Weather Underground Claims Capitol Bombing
A letter received by the Associated Press signed The Weather Underground claimed responsibility for bombing the Capitol. The five page, Feb 28 dated letter postmarked from Elizabeth New Jersey criticized US domination and described the Capitol as a global symbol of power.
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Washington
Capitol
Associated Press
Weather Underground
White House
Pentagon
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Elizabeth
N.J
Miss Ida Etherton Dies at 83 in Vandalia
Miss Ida Anna Etherton aged 83 of 930 S Trinity St died at 10 45 p m yesterday at Tri County Nursing Home Vandalia Funeral services are pending at Arnold funeral home She was born November 18 1888 in Braymer to Granville and Joanna Shrum A member of Black Oak Methodist Church Braymer burial will be Black Oak Cemetery Braymer Survived by four nephews Granville Goe Brunswick Scott Goe Mexico Clifford Goe Chicago and Melvin Goe Centralia and two nieces Mrs Harold Curry and Mrs Leroy Cleeton Mexico Preceded in death by a nephew Orval Goe two sisters and a brother
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Ida Anna Etherton
S. Trinity St
Tri- County
Vandalia
Arnold Funeral Home
Miss Etherton
Mexico
Braymer
Granville
Joanna Shrum
Black Oak Methodist Church
Black Oak Cemetery
Pay Hikes Among New Senate Bills
Missouri Senate receives 369 bills and 17 constitutional changes on the final intro day. Pay raises for state officials appear in two measures, one proposing 14 400 annual salary and 25 dollar daily allowance. Other bills address dog pounds airport facilities and state government merit systems while broader constitutional amendments touch voting rights for expatriates and abolishing St. Louis city courts.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate
House
Robert A. Young
D-St. Ann
Albert M. Spradling
Dcape Girardeau
St. Louis
State Comptroller’s Department
Department of Agriculture
Lohman
Missouri River
U.S
Missouri
Weight Watchers Meeting At Mexico VFW Post
Over 160 residents from Mexico and nearby areas attended an open Weight Watchers meeting at the Mexico VFW post. Lecturer Mrs. Sandra Folender of St. Louis discussed diet patterns and weight loss, with several locals signing up for future meetings. Jerry Schrameck, first in Missouri to lose 200 pounds, will be honored at a St. Louis luncheon March 13.
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Centralia
Columbia
Mexico
Joe
Jerry Schrameck
E. Love St
Missouri
Folanders
St. Louis
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Holger Jensen
Jensen
Delta 1
Aluoi
Hume Smith
Channel 12
Ed Campbell
Hudson Long
A. W. Meine
L. M. Garner
Virgil Stuart
Richard Vance
Elliotts
Sally
Smile— High School
K&m
Symington
Kissinger
Hearnes
Nixon
Miss Ida
Anna Etherton
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