Key witness hunt delays ITT antitrust hearing
Washington AP reports most witnesses remain to be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee probe into ITT linked antitrust settlements and GOP convention funding. FBI agents search for lobbyist Mrs Dita Beard in Denver after a memo suggested ties to ITT subsidiaries and aid to San Diego.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Dita D. Beard
International Telephone &Telegraph Corp
FBI
Denver
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
ITT
San Diego
Beard
Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Eastland
Jack Anderson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Nixon
Bob Wilson
San Diego Union
Anderson
Wilson
New York
Kleindienst
U.S
Richard W. McLaren
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Felix Rahatyn
Kennedy
McLaren
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Canteen Corp
Grinnell Corp
Chicago
Hartford Fire
Grinnell
Reagan backs California workfare test in welfare plan
Gov. Ronald Reagan announced a three year test starting April 1 requiring up to 30,000 adults aged 18 to 65 to work or lose welfare grants. The plan covers 35 counties, focuses on unskilled and helper jobs, and limits work to 80 hours a month with no extra pay.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Washington
Elliot Richardson
Fairgrounds Development on Park Board's Agenda
The Mexico Park Board will discuss a master plan for Fairgrounds Park after a fire destroyed its wooden grandstand. They consider hiring R W Booker and Associates of St. Louis to draft a development plan including a multi court area, tennis, swimming pool, and other facilities. They also review the youth center's closure for regular use and its use for special events, plus park fee surveys.
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Mexico
Fairground Park
Mexico Park Board
Fairgrounds
R. W. Booker
Audrain County
SMACK
Sing Out
Park Board
Leg Break in Tractor Accident at Farm
Ronald Dowell of Route 2 Mexico in Boone County is undergoing surgery for a broken leg after an auger wagon became snagged in a tractor’s power take-off. He was found by his wife, transported to Audrain Medical Center, then moved to Columbia for surgery. Dowell also suffered bruises and abrasions. In Houston, AP reports NASA will fire 75 to 100 workers at the Manned Spacecraft Center by June 30 as part of agency-wide cuts.
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Ronald Dowell
Mexico
Boone County Hospital
Township 52 8 Free Of Back Taxes Northeast Mexico
County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes reports every parcel in Township 52 8 west of the Sth Principal Meridian, northeast of Mexico, is free of back taxes on land stock and personal property. This is the first complete township paid up.
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Mexico
Glenn M. Barnes
Monroe County
Trying For Artificial Cigarette
British firms race to create safer cigarettes. Imperial Chemical Industries reports promising mouse tests for a synthetic cigarette blending wood pulp with tobacco. Joint development with Imperial Tobacco cost about 10 million dollars. Siebe Gorman Holdings aligns with British American Tobacco on a charcoal cloth filter to strip poisons. Both paths need years to mature and a planned synthetic plant would not yield cigarettes for two to three years.
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London
Imperial Chemical Industries
ICT
Imperial Tobacco
Siebe Gorman Holdings
British American Tobacco
Siebe Gorman
Dewey Sharpe Named Postmaster of Louisiana Missouri
Dewey E. Sharpe, longtime Mexico post office employee and current superintendent of mails, is appointed postmaster of Louisiana Missouri effective today. Sworn in last night, he and his wife Daphne plan to move to Louisiana soon.
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Dewey E. Sharpe
Mexico
Louisiana
Washington
D.C
Sharpe
R.C. Romdall
Romdall
Daphne
Robin Hood St
Brad
Mexico High
Terry
Ozark Bible College
Joplin
Gem City Business College
Kentucky Road Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
Romdell
Olan B Johnson dies at 75 Martinsburg auctioneer farmer
Olan B Johnson 75 widely known auctioneer farmer and stockman of Martinsburg and former director of Mexico Stockyards died at 12 15 p m Friday at Audrain Medical Center after suffering heart attacks Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Arnold funeral home Martinsburg Community Church burial Elmwood Cemetery call after 2 p m today at the funeral home He was born April 25 1896 near Benton City son of Elmer P and Watoga Bishop Johnson He attended Audrain County Schools the University of Missouri and Kansas City Auction School class of 1919 He was married June 22 1929 to Mary Sims Brown who survives He left many nephews and nieces to mourn him His parents and brothers Carl and Finley B Johnson preceded him in death
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Olan B. Johnson
Martinsburg
Mexico Stockyards
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
John Blass
Johnson
Elmwood Cemetery
Elmer P. and
Watoga
Bishop Johnson
Benton City
Audrain
University of Missouri
Kansas City
Mary Sims Brown
Carl and
Finley B. Johnson
Women May Command Troops
SAN DIEGO AP Lt Col Frances Y Chaffin, recruiting chief for the Women’s Army Corps, says women will soon command male troops, within her time frame. She sees no training barriers, only regulations preventing women from commanding combat troops.
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San Diego
Calif
Women's Army Corps
Frances Y. Chaffin
Airliner Plunge Kills 17 in Albany Crash
An Mohawk Airlines Fairchild F27 jet turboprop on an instrument approach to Albany Airport plunged into a middle class neighborhood near Washington Avenue killing 17 people including a house resident. Pilot Capt. Robert McAdams and copilot William Mathews were among the dead. 33 others were hospitalized. The crash destroyed the Rosen home and damaged nearby structures as witnesses recalled a massive, fiery collapse. Investigators recovered flight data and cockpit voice recorders and prepared to examine the wreckage and cause.
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Albany
N.Y
Joseph Rosen
Marcia
Lawrence
Roger
Mohawk Airlines
Sandy Segar
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
New York City
la Guardia
Albany County
Robert McAdams
South Hempstead
William £. Matthews
Orange
FAA
J. Robert Sheehan
Rosens
Sheehan
Washington
Julie Eisenhower Sees Nixon Victory Amid 1972 Hopes
Julie Eisenhower says her father President Nixon is likely to win reelection as Democratic hopefuls struggle in state primaries. She notes economy and war as key issues, recalls Nixon’s China trip and the 100 proof magai liquor experience, and outlines her limited political role while teaching plans wait for after the GOP convention.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Julie Eisenhower
Nixon
Julie
China
Chou En-lai
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