Judges Named For Election And City Honors
The Mexico city council set Saturday as the filing deadline for the single open council seat and approved a resolution appointing election judges for the primary on March 23. The council honored the wastewater plant and supervisor Leo Heim with plaques, noting state firsts in wastewater awards. Mayor Warner Williams lauded the honors as a fine city achievement.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Leo Heim
Missouri Water Pollution Control Board
John Owen
Eugene Avery
Alfonso Springs
Heim
Water Pollution Control Board
Warner Williams
Chester McGee
James Rise
Monroe St
Audrain Medical Center
Willis L. Davis
W. Promenade, Sr
Tolson shutters housing on small city lots in Garfield Heights
Councilman Tolson cited fifteen calls and about ten visitors at his door over Trinity and Bolivar Street housing. He linked concerns to 52 new Mexico Housing Authority units on scattered West Underpass Garfield Heights sites. Officials defended zoning compliance while Tolson arranged site visits with City Manager Nielsen.
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Herman Tolson
Trinity and
Bolivar Sts
Tolson
Trinity
Bolivar
Mexico Housing Authority
Garfield Heights
Garfield
Williams
Neil Nielsen
Nielsen
L. M. Garner
Beasle Stuat
Acwena
James Stubblefield
Russell Phillips
William Stubblefield
W. Winston Reed
Waterston Martin
Carl McCune
Letha Nelson
John Fairchild
Drucy Smith
Worth Allen
Russell Brooks
Ruth Hendrix
Mildred Jaeger
Joe Williams
Lillian Putnam
Frank DiBlasi
Ralph Duffen
Blaine Cornett
Eighth
Don Beckett
Isabell Foreman
Homer Martin
Ninth Precinct
Marilyn Kiburz
Frances Bybee
Kenneth Bingham
School Board Orders Two Buses
The Mexico School board ordered two new buses in a special noon meeting. Gilmore Implement Co. bid $8397.52 for two International chassis and Allied Bus Sales Inc. bid $5439.46 for the bodies, bids accepted after chassis specs were revised at the last regular meeting.
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Mexico
Gilmore Implement Co
Allied Bus Sales Inc
St. Charles
Five Month Setback For Hanoi Reported In Laos Drive
Saigon based South Vietnamese forces in Laos have delayed Hanoi by about five months, with the U S Command saying Vietnamization gains time as supplies and training build. The drive along Highway 9 near Sepone and Muong Nong continues with sporadic fighting. A U S officer notes each day in Laos translates to days gained in South Vietnam while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses and stockpile strikes are reported nearby. One U S truck crew was ambushed west of Cam Lo, killing one and wounding 21. other exchanges claim major disruption to the Ho Chi Minh trail supply network.
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Saigon
Laos
Hanoi
Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cam Lo
Sepone
Ho Chi. Minh Trail
Ousted Sheriff Will Run Again
The Southeast Missouri sheriff was ousted for willful oppression and misconduct. Orton said he plans to seek relief from the Missouri Supreme Court within 15 days. The high court ordered removal for failing to enforce gambling and liquor laws and for threats to liquor officers.
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Orton
High Court
Southeast
Missouri
Reeves
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Mississippi
Special Supreme Court
Ray Weightman
Maryville
Witty Medical Slip Reveals Secretary’s Mixup
A doctor hires new secretary and tests her with medical phrases. After reading a report about a lumbar shot she misprints Wounded in the woods, triggering amusement.
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K&m
Senate Votes For Adults at 18 in Missouri
The Missouri Senate approved a constitutional amendment extending voting and all adult rights to 18-year-olds by 27 to 2 and sent it to the House. Opponents were Sens. Joynt and Patterson. Also sent to the House were bills widening Fair Employment Practices, extending Public Accommodations to all barber and beauty shops, and measures on hospital district bonds police pay and court appointees.
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Jefferson City
Senate
House
John W. Joynt
D-St. Louis
J. F. Patterson
D-Caruthersville
U.S. Supreme Court
Sens
Omer H. Avery
DeTroy
Nelson B
Tinnin
D-Hornersville
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield Courts of Appeal
Calley Witness Tells Of Prisoners At My Lai
In the Calley trial at Fort Benning, Roger D. Murray testified that Calley’s platoon took about 20 prisoners and handed them to headquarters for questioning before noon. The prisoners were said to be released after an interpreter questioned them, with Medina present.
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Calley
My Lai
Ft, Benning, Ga
William Calley
Roger D. Murray
Waukegan
Ill
Murray
Sears-Roebuck
Ernest Medina
Medina
Ft. McPherson
Col
Reid Kennedy
Kennedy
Sgt
Poole
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Mother's Aid Employment Service
School Board
Ronald West
Selective Service
Audrain County
St. Rawlings St
Richard Vance
Garfield Community Center
Max Berrey
M. Lewis Stephenson
M. A. Gibson
The
East Central Missouri Association For Mental Health
Ankara
Turkey
Turkish People's Liberation Army
Haldun Montesoglu
Embassy Row
Senate Appropriations Committee
Charlie Company
11Th Brigade
Henderson
David Mitchell
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