Spy Boss Named In FBI Records
FBI documents show Nixon appointments secretary and personal lawyer hired Donald H. Segretti, a figure cited as a political spy against Democrats. Records given to the Senate by acting FBI Director Gray reveal pay details from Kalmbach and Chapin. Gray defended independence from White House influence amid Watergate probes and echoed warnings about surveillance linked to Hunt and others. Simultaneously, Mexico Optimist Club students held an oratorical contest at Mexico High School with 15 Hardin Junior High and St. Brendan students participating.
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Washington
FBI
Nixon
Donald H. Segretti
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Dwight
Segretti
White House
Chapin
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Sultant. Hunt
Washington Post
John V. Tunney
Tunney
California
John W. Dean III
Mexico Optimist Club
Mexico High School
Sharon Callihan
Melanie Monk
Sandra Day
Robert Deason
Tom Spurrier
Tom Lankford
Gary McKitterick
Chris Jones
Hardin Junior High School
St. Brendan
Postwar Aid Talks Begin Soon In Paris
The United States and North Vietnam announced plans for a Joint Economic Committee to study postwar reconstruction aid to Hanoi. Meetings start March 15 in Paris with three U S and three North Vietnamese midlevel members. The panel will examine economic contacts and lay groundwork for eventual U S aid to reconstruct war damaged facilities.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Joint Economic Committee
Hanoi
Paris
U.S
Henry Kissinger
White House
Nixon
Saigon Freezes 499 Prisoners of War to North Defection Rise
Saigon released 499 Communist POWs crossing the Thach Han River into North Vietnamese control. A Hanoi asylum request was granted to a soldier, the first defection since exchanges began Feb 12. Prisoners flew from Phu Quoc to markets, with no South Vietnamese releases that day and plans for 1,200 more by next Tuesday amid mounting cease-fire violations and casualty tallies. Cambodian front reports highway cuts near Phnom Penh and Mekong river-area pressure as government forces retreat.
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Saigon
Thach Han
Phu Quoc Island
Gulf of Thailand
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Peam Chor
Mekong River
Neak Luong
Returning Bachelor PW Has Lot To Catch Up On
Fifty six American POWs freed from Clark Air Base travel on C-41 planes to Andrews, Kelly, Scott, and Travis AFBs, part of 299 repatriated since Vietnam cease fire. Hanoi cites 286 still to be freed. McNish and Moore share emotional homecomings with families and vows.
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Associated Press
Freedom
Clark Air Base
Philippines
United States
Clark
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Kelly Air Force Base
Texas
Scott Air Force Base
Ilinois
Travis Air Force Base
Cali
Fornia
Vietnam
Hanoi
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Air Force
Thomas M. McNish
Franklin
N.C
McNish
Heavenly Father
President Nixon
Linda
America
Navy
Ernest M. Moore, Jr
Coronado
Calif
County zoning plan aims to protect values and guide land use
Simonds led a session on zoning general welfare to protect property values and promote economical land use. The county planning commission will study urban, commercial, industrial, residential, and conservation areas before a comprehensive county plan, with public hearings during development. The next meeting is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the courthouse community room in Mexico.
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County Planning Commission
Simonds
Mexico
Neglect Found in VA Hospitals by Congressional Investigators
Congressional investigators report pattern of neglect in the nations Veterans Administration hospitals endangering hundreds of thousands. They cite long waits for admission, cramped quarters, infrequent nursing care, and patients leaving in worse condition. The probe blames OMB for staffing and expansion limits while noting possible bed count padding.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Recruiting Plane Crash In North Carolina Kills All Aboard
A World War II vintage C47 on an Army recruiting tour crashed in Chatham County North Carolina. At least 15 bodies were found in the wreckage with no confirmed survivors. The Golden Knights parachute team may have been aboard though the Army would not confirm. The craft left Ft Bragg en route to Kansas and witnesses described a distant explosion and scattered debris over a wooded area southeast of Greensboro.
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Silk Hope
N.C
North Carolina
U.S. Army
Golden Knights
Chris Neeldes
J. Bragg
Ft. Bragg
Kansas
Chatham County
Greensboro
Tanker Jets Collide In Fog At Ohio Air Base
In heavy fog two tanker jets used for air refueling collided and burned while taxiing to a runway at Lockbourne Air Force Base near Columbus. Authorities reported two crewmen killed and one injured.
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Columbus, Ohio
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Toga Clad Banqueters Meet Tonight
Toga clad Latin Club members at Mexico High observe the Ides of March with a 6 pm banquet in the school cafeteria A Roman myth skit is planned Mrs Sarah Smith former Latin teacher is guest VICA students 27 head to Northeast Missouri District contests at North County Tech School Florissant bus departs 7 am returns about 9 30 pm sponsored by Clark Mefford with a list of students and the chaperone
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Repartu
Mexico
Sarah Smith
VICA
North County Tech
Florissant
Florsheim executive to speak at Rotary luncheon
Mitchell Skorupa of St. Louis general superintendent of the women’s division of Florsheim Shoe Co. will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon Friday at the Mexico Country Club. Skorupa formerly plant superintendent at the Mexico branch. Don Manning, local manager, chairs the program.
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Skorupa
Rotary
Mitchell Skorupa
St. Louis
Florsheim Shoe Co
Mexico
The
Shoe Company
Don Manning
MHS FFA Sub-District Banquet Honors 22 Members
Twenty two Mexico High School FFA members attended the sub district banquet at Monroc ity with advisor John Peeper. Proficiency awards were presented, featuring Rudasill third in livestock production and Azdell third in agricultural mechanics against 17 FFA chapters.
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Mexico
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Monrocity
Jeff Rudaslll
Dennis Ardell
Bob Trabue
Ross Mechlin
Justin Woolfolk
Paul Reinerd
Dan Niederschulte
Darrell Hentz
Roy Benton
Jack Wills
Bill Buckner
Larry Cuno
Mike Hildebrand
Roger Talley
Larry Welch
Tom Barnett
Eric Johnson
Bruce Stuart
Jim Hill
John Smith
Jim
Hildebrand
Dan Talley
John Peeper
Rudasill
John Rudasill
Azdell
Ned Azdell
FFA Banquet Highlights Sub-district Awards and Honors
Twenty Audrain County R-6 FFA members and Clarence Ray attended the Monroe City High School banquet for sub-district No. 7 where Leroy Vollmer gave the keynote on hog advertising and pork promotion. Major Townsend awarded Monroe City the hunter safety award for the second year running, while Carl Aulhur won first in dairy production and six others took second or third in various categories. Jerry Schoenburz was elected president, Kenny Fairchild assistant secretary and sub-district chaplain, with fourteen prospective officers interviewed beforehand.
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Scott's Corner
Audrain County
FFA
Clarence Ray
Monroe City
Leroy Vollmer
Missouri Park Producers Association
Major Townsend
University of Missouri
Carl Aulhur
A-6
Doug Norton
Kevin
Terry Hoyt
Kenny Fairchild
Randy Dahl
John Aston
Ficers
Jerry Schoenburz
Nielsen on ICMA Committee
Mexico City manager Neil Nielsen returned from Washington DC where he attended an ICMA meeting. He was one of 100 city managers chosen to serve on a policy and study committee addressing human resources development finance regionalism and related areas. Nielsen is president of the Missouri City Managers Association.
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Mexico
Néil’ Nielsen
Washington, D.C
International City Management, Association
United States
Canada
Nielsen
Missouri City Managers Association
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Jim Landry
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Office of Management and Budget
L.M. Petty Jr
Alfred Newlin
Fellowship Hall
United Methodist Church
East Promenade
Mexico Area
Griffith Hamlin
William Woods College
Two Rivers Marina East
Bridge Louisiana, Mo
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Neilsen
ICMA
Tonite
Jeremiah Johnson
Liberty
Callaway County
Missouri
Auxvasse
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Kingdom City
Hatton
Auxvasse P.T.0
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Calwood Citizens
Security Bank of
R. Edgar Molta Insurance Agency
Chester Cooper
Patrick Horner
Crouch
Super Saver
Baumgartner
Paul Meyer
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Jaycee
Auxvasse Ministerial Alliance
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