Four U S airmen abductors deadline passes without word
US appeals for return of four airmen held for 400000 ransom in Ankara. Handley urged their safe release as a Turkish radio broadcast relayed the appeal. Kidnappers, the Turkish People’s Liberation Army, set a 6 am deadline which passed with no update on the captives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
U.S
William Handley
Handley
Foreign Ministry
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Middle East Technical University
U.S. Air Force
C. Richard Caraszi
Stamford
Harlech Warns of Third Threat to Mankind
Lord Harlech former British ambassador warns of a third threat to humanity self destruction alongside environmental degradation and warns action is needed now. He spoke at Westminster College Fulton on the 25th anniversary of Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech noting population rise since 1946 and the need for global concerted effort to avoid disaster for future grandchildren. Duke commented on Americas image split between ugly and beautiful reflecting Vietnam and moon landings shaping perceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton, Mo
Lord Harlech
United States
Winston Churchill
Harlech
Westminster College
Churchill
Fulton
Lord
Angier
Biddle
Duke
White House
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
U.S
Soviet Union
Rail Union Won't Promise Strike Amid Stalled Talks
Washington AP reports contract talks stall over work rules as the UTU refuses to pledge no strike. Assistant Labor Secretary Usery cautions a nationwide walkout is unlikely, but unions push for no strike guarantees while management demands pledge. UTU represents 159,000 train crews. legal strike rights resumed after a December one-day stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Asst
W.J. Usery
Afl-Cio
United Transportation Union
Usery
UTU
Connally calls food best bargain amid price rise
Treasury Secretary Connally says food remains America's best buy despite February wholesale price jump the biggest in 17 years. He notes food is 16 cents of the disposable dollar and forecasts inflation easing, while not ruling out a tax cut later if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
America
Connally
Nixon
Zeiglers Welcome Son Mark Anthony Zeigler
Mr and Mrs Gene Zeigler of 927 Lakeview rd welcomed a son at Audrain Medical Center at 9 44 p m Friday weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces The baby is named Mark Anthony and joins sibling John aged 2 Grandparents are Dan and Head of Milan and Harold and Zeigler of 111 Josephine St Zeigler is store engineer for Wetterau coda Inc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Zeigler
Lakeview Rd
Audrain Medical Center
Mark Anthony
Zeiglers
John
Dan Head
Milan
Harold G. Zeigler
Josephine St
Zeigler
Wetterau ‘Coda, Inc
Crop Acreage Limits Relaxed Across Nation
Washington AP Nixon administration planners eased long standing soil building rules, allowing farmers to reduce or abandon conserving base acres this year. The shift, not publicly announced, could boost planting of corn and soybeans to offset concerns about corn blight. About 97 million acres are in conserving base. flexibility lets county offices approve significant changes to return land to crops like corn, wheat, cotton, or soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon Administration
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Great Plains
Claim Racism Ended in Craft Unions
Asst. Secretary of Labor Arthur Fletcher told a closed session of the Associated General Contractors of America that the systems supporting racial discrimination in construction are being destroyed. He said craft unions no longer block government anti discrimination efforts and urged contractors to cooperate with federal plans to ensure equal employment, noting a national push under a president and attorney general who back anti discrimination measures. Fletcher warned cities without their own programs face federal intervention and pledged increased hiring of Black and Spanish surname workers in the trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Arthur Fletcher
Associated General Contractors of America
Fletcher
Labor Department
Do You Remember to Stir Recollections on Channel 12
An Audrain County Historical program on Channel 12 presents an original playset Do You Remember about Mexico in 1900. Costumed performers recall asafenida bags la grippe butter molding soap making Possum Walk dances camp meeting Horsehoe Lake and Fiddler John Lyons with Mrs J B Webber Mrs Strode Edwards Frank Kent John Webber Wallace Brashears and Miss Martha Tuepker. The Horseshoe Lake research by Mrs Maurice Green formerly Mary Belle Schoppe. The museum show repeats on tape at noon Tuesday on Channel 12 See Tv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Audrain County
Channel 12
Horsehoe Lake
John Lyons
J. B. Webber
Strode Edwards
Frank Kent
John Webber
Wallace Brashears
Martha Tuepker
Horseshoe Lake
Maurice Green
Mary Belle Schoppe
Infantry Fights On Into Sepone
Saigon announced Sepone fell to South Vietnamese infantry with U.S. air support after heavy clashes around the Lao tian town. Lt. Col. Tran Van An praised the victory, citing 283 North Vietnamese killed and stockpiles of war materiel found, while U.S. helicopters and aircraft sustained missions and losses.
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Saigon
U.S
Sepone
Nguyen van Thieu
Tran van An
Dong Ha
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Associated Press
J.T. Volkerstorfer
Laos
World Day of Prayer service draws near 175 in attendance
Nearly 175 persons attended the World Day of Prayer Service sponsored by Church Women United of Mexico at the First Christian Church. Speaker William S. Lowe, president of A. P. Green Refractories Co., traced the history of the presidential and congressional prayer breakfasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Women United of Mexico
First Christian Church
Erwin L. Gilmore
Mexico
Church Women United
William S. Lowe
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Lowe
Benjamin Franklin
Q. P. James
United Methodist
Quinnie Benton
St. Paul's Cme
George Craddock
St. Brendans
Edward Malzer
Trinity United
Margaret Crow
First Presbyterian
Strode Edwards
Gilmore
St. Matthew's Episcopal
George B. Wraith
Pilar Bello Sillo
Madrid
Spain
World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations
Ollis
Mauk
Kids Emulate POW Meals In School Lunch Trial
Colorado Springs sixth graders at Lowell Elementary ate a week of pumpkin soup with melted pig fat gruel bread and water, mirroring World War II POW rations. Pupils, urged by teachers, maintained the menu despite protests, with parental support at home. Helene Knapp, POW-MIA committee chair, thanked the class. her husband Col. Herman Knapp has been missing in action for over three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lowell
North Vienm
Perry Smith
Henry Helmke
Helene Knapp
Air Force
Herman Knapp
Troops kill teen in Belfast clashes at Falls Road
British soldiers shot and killed a teenager and wounded four rioters in the Falls Road area of Belfast during a battle that erupted after a major riot. Security forces reported dawn return to quiet and 23 arrests as bomb-throwing mobs were challenged along Bilclava Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Balaclava Street
Gamblians Welcome Daughter At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Donald Gamblian of 1002 Emmons Street welcomed a daughter born at 8 30 a m Friday at Audrain Medical Center. The newborn weighed eight pounds five ounces. Mr Gamblian is employed by A P Green Refractories Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahl White
W. Monroe St
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. White
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Donald Gamblian
Emmons St
Gamblian
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Thant Sees Promise in Mideast Negotiations
U.N. Secretary-General U Thant called for Israel to withdraw to pre 1948 lines as proposed by mediator Gunnar Jarring and praised Egypt for a positive reply. He urged both sides to uphold the Suez Canal cease-fire before it expires and noted progress yet lingering deadlock in indirect talks with Israel, Egypt, and Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
Israel
United Arab Republic
Middle East
Gunnar V. Jarring
Thant
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N. Security Council
Jarring
Jordan
Than
Palestine
Sinai Peninsula
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Dirksen
Peoria, II
Everett M. Dirksen
Circuit
Pekin
John Connally
Cambodia
Gamblians
Mideast
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