Four Arrested In Boy's Kidnap Case
The FBI says four suspects are jailed in the kidnapping of 8 year old John Calzadilla of New Jersey, released unharmed after a $50,000 ransom. The case links to five potential participants. investigation continues as President Nixon calls for tougher kidnapping penalties and the death sentence reinstatement.
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FBI
Nix Hills
Washington
John Calzadilla
Nixon
William B. Saxbe
Congress
Patricia Hearst
California
Roanoke
Betty Ann van Balen
Atlanta
Reg Murphy
Calzadilla
Norberto M. Fernandez
Eligio
Ricardo R. Tuero
Wilfredo Alvarez
Union City
N.J
Michael Calzadilla
Tire Company
Tong Island
John
New Jersey
Secaucus
Notice of Guardian Appointment Hearing in Audrain Court
Public notice issued by Audrain County Probate Court announces Barbara N. Osborne as petitioner to guard minors Ted Allen Richards Scott David Richards Todd Frank Richards and Kari Ann Richards. Hearing set for March 21 1974 in Mexico Missouri at 9 30 a.m. Copy order to publish weekly for four weeks February 15 22 March 1 March 9 1974.
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State OF Missouri
Audrain
Missouri
Ted Allen Richards
Scott David Richards
Todd Frank Richards
Kari Ann Richards
Guardian Estate
Allen H. Richards
Barbara N. Osborne
East Love Street
Mexico
Audrain County
Lafayette County
Walter Brunner
Route 1
Lexington
Barbara
Helen F. Priddy
Mexico Ledger
O. A. Kamp
Bernice Adams
Harold James Nominated Rotary President in Mexico Club
The Mexico Rotary Club nominated Harold James for president to succeed Louis Boyes. Dr. Ben Jolly was named vice president, Jack Webber treasurer, Maurice Green secretary, and board members Eddie Syden stricker Bo Broemmel Roy Kent and Tim Hagan. Nominating committee members were L Buford Thomas chairman Vincent Fuemmeler and C W Caldwell.
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Mexico
Paper Prices Free To Go Up Under Decontrol
Washington AP reports that the Cost of Living Council has lifted controls on the 31 billion dollar paper industry and expects overall paper product prices to rise 10 to 12 percent by August. Facial tissues toilet paper napkins and towels may rise around 7 percent as the decontrol move unfolds.
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Washington
Dow
Council
John C. Duntop
Snailing replaces streaking in elder centered fad
A Lima Ohio 67 year old Virgil Cleves and 46 year old Wanda Gray were charged with public indecency after strolling naked in Lima's public square. The piece links elder snailing to campus streaking trends and cites other incidents across the nation including a nude streaker at a Rice Texas game and a nude passenger aboard United Air Lines Flight 305.
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Lima
Ohio
Virgil Cleves
Cleves
Wanda Gray
Rice
Texas
Houston
Tex
Denver
Colo
United Air Lines
Cleveland
Speakers Set For I Quit Smoking Clinic
Speakers for a five day I Quit smoking clinic were announced. Rev. Rodney Hyde will moderate the sessions at Eugene Field School cafeteria starting 7 p.m. opening with Dr. Hudson from Columbia discussing smoking effects on heart and lungs.
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Rodney Hyde
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Dr. Hudson
Columbia
Freidline
Fayette
Kenneth Dick
Audrain County Cancer Society
Barbara Hyde
Peter Ekern
Eugene Field School
Woman Sets Herself Afire In Red Square
An elderly woman reportedly poured flammable liquid on her clothes and set herself ablaze in Red Square during International Women's Day activities in Moscow. Eyewitnesses, British tourists, described a 60 year old woman standing before Lenin's mausoleum as the fire began. no official confirmation or outcome was available. Concurrent news mentions twin births in Missouri with details on the Fishburn family.
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Moscow
Red Square
Soviet Union
V. I. Lenin
Local Women For ERA Farm Support Group Formation
Denise Phillips led the first meeting of the Local Women For ERA Farm Support Group in Mexico at United Methodist Church. Attendees included Mrs. Vaughan Merritt Johnson Craddock Conelley Ollis and Ruth Brewer with ERA worker Lynden Bell and Phillips, a Central Missouri State graduate and future MU law student, organizing groups in Camdenton Hermann. They plan letter writing to state representatives a speakers bureau and a March 19 rally in Jefferson City to urge ERA approval by April 30.
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Missouri
Denise Phillips
United Methodist Church
Sam Vaughan
William Merritt
William Johnson
George Craddock
Mary Conelley
Robert Ollis
Ruth Brewer
Lynden Bell
ERA
Columbia
Miss Phillips
Central Missouri State University
Camdenton
Hermann
Jefferson City
Nixon Libel Reform Aims To Clarify Public Figure Rules
White House Counselor Bryce Harlow says President Nixon’s libel proposal is not aimed at punishing the press but at clarifying terms in the 1964 New York Times versus Sullivan ruling. He noted no intention to injure the press while discussing measures to safeguard private rights of public figures against slanderous attacks.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Bryce Harlow
Harlow
Supreme Court
New York Times
Sullivan
Congress
Justice Department
Weather and community notes from Missouri region
Official 7:00 a.m. readings report high 58 low 58 with 24 in precipitation year to date 5.62 in. Forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight, cooler Sunday, sunshine late day. Missouri outlook cooler with rain chances through Monday then gradual warming. Local hospital notices list admissions births and discharges across multiple towns including Mexico Laddonia Fulton Wellsville Perry and Vandalia. Died: Roger E O Leary 66 James Revis 91 and others.
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Missouri
Vehicle collisions and public safety notes in Hoffman's IGA area
Public safety report notes three Friday accidents on Jefferson Street with minor damage and no injuries. Elizabeth H Danser 827 N Calhoun St backed into James Neely 1220 N Washington St. Joyce Smith 216 E Lafayette St backed into Gertrude Presnell’s parked car and received a summons for loss of vehicle control. Leonard Hart 927 S Clark St backed into Robert S Denham Route 1. Also AGISTRATE COURT Gloria S Like charged with insufficient funds and no funds checks. Brenda Joyce Davenport speeding guilty with $17 fine. Jerry Wayne Collens granted limited driving privileges.
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Public Safety
Hoffman
IGA
Jefferson St
Elizabeth H. Danser
N. Calhoun St
James Neely
Washington St
Joyce Smith
E. Lafayette St
N. Jefferson Street
Jackson Street
Smith
Gertrude R. Presnell
Presnell
Jefferson and
Jackson Streets
Leonard Hart
S. Clark St
Robert S. Denham
Jefferson
Denham
Agistrate Court
Gloria S. Like
Brenda Joyce Davenport
Jerry Wayne Collens
Vaulter Forrest Thomas 65 dies. rites Sunday
Wellsville mourns Forrest Thomas of Route 1 Montgomery City who died Thursday. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist Church with Rev. Lewis Bynum officiating. burial in Wellsville Cemetery. He was a WWII veteran and retired brick wheeler at Wellsville Firebrick Co. Survived by wife Dorothy, daughter Anna Marie, brother Claude, and four sisters. Friends may call Myers Funeral Home tonight 7 to 8.
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Wellsville
Forrest Thomas
Route 1
Montgomery City
St. Paul Baptist Church
Lewis Bynum
Myers
Thomas
Williamsburg
Walter
Stella Pate Thomas
Wellsville Firebrick Co
Dorothy B
Anna Marie Thomas
Quincy
Tll
Claude M. Thomas
Denver
Colo
Mallie Thomas
Lena Mae Pye
Rock Island Nr
Lorene Norman
Columbia
Arizona Brown
Auxvasse
Janelle Stick Services Monday
Funeral services for Janelle Stick nine of Kirksville will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church with Rev. William Davidson officiating. Interment follows at Maple Hills Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge. memorials may go to the church music department. Janelle was the daughter of Darrell and his wife. her father is the immediate past president of Missouri Jaycees.
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Janelle Stick
Kirksville
First Christian Church
William Davidson
Maple Hills Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Janelle
Darrell Stick
The
Missouri Jaycees
Pope Paul VI Recovery After Flu Illness
The Vatican said Pope Paul VI is recovering quickly from a bout of flu that kept him bedridden all week. A Vatican spokesman reported the pope’s improving condition and strength.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Palmer Stroker of Curryville Dies at 74
Palmer Stroker, 74, of Curryville, died today at Beth Haven Nursing Home in Hannibal after a stroke and pneumonia. Funeral services are pending at Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia. Born November 1, 1899, he was the son of Will and Nancy Stroker. He married Julia Brewester in Vandalia. she died four years ago. Survived by three sons Francis, James, and Bobby all of Vandalia. four daughters Alice Terry of Curryville, Julie Taylor of Vandalia, Barbara Farris of Louisiana, and Carole Traynor of Bowling Green.
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Curryville
Palmer Stroker
Beth Haven
Hannibal
Waters Funeral Home
Vandalia
Stroker
Will
Nancy Stroker
Julia Brewester
Francis Stroker
James Stroker
Bobby Stroker
Alice Terry
Julie Taylor
Barbara Farris
Louisiana
Carole Traynor
Bowling Green
Roger E. O'Leary Dies At 66 In Wellsville
Roger E Edward O Leary 66 of Wellsville died at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico Friday He was a retired Wellsville businessman and a carpenter Born May 12 1907 in Middletown he was a son of Edward and Evelena Oversmith O Leary Survived by wife Lula Milner a son Mickey of Peoria NJ a brother Allen of Middletown a sister Mrs Howard Sidwell of Denver and four grandchildren Burial will be Sunday at 2 PM at United Methodist Presbyterian Church with the Rev Clarence Smith officiating and interment in Wellsville Cemetery Myers Funeral Home handling arrangements
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Wellsville
Roger Edward O'Leary
Audrain
Mexico
United Methodist Presbyterian Church
Clarence Smith
Myers
O’leary
Middletown
Edward
Evelena Oversmith O'Leary
Methodist Church
Lula Milner
Mickey O'Leary
Peoria
Allen O’leary
Howard Sidwell
Denver
Colo
Ingrams Welcome Twins Akilah and Hassan in Detroit
Mr and Mrs Tyrone Ingram of Detroit formerly of Mexico are the parents of twins born February 6. A girl Akilah weighed 7 pounds 4 1/2 ounces and a boy Hassan weighed eight pounds 1/2 ounce. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Alvin Bell of Mexico.
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James Fishburn Jr
Route 1
Auxvasse
Audrain Medical Center
Fishburn
Missouri Cities Water Co
Mexico
Michelle
Robin
Gil Bannister
James Ray Fishburn Sr
Glenn Huffman
Paris
Tyrone Ingram
Detroit, Mich
Akilah
Hassan
Alvin Bell
Stocks Mixed in Over the Counter and NYSE Trading
In overs the counter yesterday A. B. Chance 11 bid 112 asked Commerce Bancshares 23% bid 241 asked Wetterau 181% bid 19 asked. On the New York Stock Exchange yesterday Robbie Brooks closed at 314 up 4/6,000 shares traded Dresser Industries 529s down 1 7,700 Interco 307 up 1 5,600 Kaiser Aluminum 23 2 up percent 9,200 Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 3412 down percent 5,900 Ralston Purina 41 4 down 54 3,900 US Gypsum common 2214 up 2 8,600 US Gypsum preferred 25s unchanged 100.
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A. B. Chance
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Fastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
James Revis Dies Rites In Vandalia
James A. Revis, 91, of Vandalia, died at 1 10 a.m. at Audrain Medical Center after a week as a patient. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p.m. Monday at Waters funeral home with burial in Farber. Survivors include his wife Bertha Revis and many nephews. The Revises lived in Vandalia four years after moving from Salt Lake City Utah and Kansas City Kansas, where he retired from the Rock Island Railroad. Born in Greece, he emigrated to the United States.
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Vandalia
James A. Revis
Audrain Medical Center
Waters Funeral Home
Farber Cemetery
Bertha Revis
Revis
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kansas City
Kaw
Rock Island Railroad
Mr. Revis
Greece
United States
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Schutte in Mexico
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Schutte of Mexico were held at Arnold funeral home with Rev Charles Fugate of Benton City Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Grandsons Robert Schutte Donald Schutte Gerald Schutte James Schutte Gary Schutte and James Dietrich served as pallbearers with Mrs John Willer as organist.
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Emma Schutte
Mexico
Arnold Funeral Home
Charles Fugate
Benton City
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Associated Press
Warren Pehle
Pehle
Richard Vance
Harold James
Rotary
Seattle
Wash
American Sunbathing Association
John Salvin
West Plains
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Bob Jeffreys
Red
D.L. Jarvis
Apple
Local Women For
ERA Farm Support Group
Nat Ronvvile
West Jackson
le Cronbe
Cleese
Hiters
Katierman
Walter E. Smith
Maudie M. Peters
Katherine M. Brown
Rodger R. Johnson
Ronald J. Williams
Emma E. Pettey
Frances E. Gollon
Laddonia
Charles D. McCoy
Centralia
Robert E. Smith
Perry
Elizabeth Hendricks
Sailor Oliver
Jonesburg
Jack Gabaldon
Fulton
Merle McCurdy
J. William Ray
Craig A. Taylor
Brian E. Shouse
Stephen J. Hoer
Phil D. Dean
Robert Graue
Edward Beckley
Mary Katherine Smith
Catina D. Kuda
Otis A Meyers
Ora B. Bird
Roger E. O'Leary
Wallsville
James Revis
Vaulter Forrest Thomas
Timothy R. Bertrand
Mary Murphy
ST. Louis
the Daily Record
Vaulter
F. Thomas
W. Monroe
MFA
Slater and Fowles
Ingrams
Liberty Star
Bullitt
Great TN
Citizens Savings Association
Jefferson & Liberty Sts
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