Airline chiefs meet over threats to air travel
Top officials of 29 major airlines joined Secretary Volpe and the FAA in Washington to discuss new security rules ordered by President Nixon. The measures, aimed at bombing and hijack extortion, take effect in three months as sky marshal programs expand and ground cockpit communications are mandated.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Secretary of Transportation
John Volpe
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Force
Benjamin C. Davis
Sky Marshals
White Hodge
Davis
Trans World Airlines
TWA
New York
F.C. Wiser
Kennedy Airport
Baltimore
San Juan
Chicago
St. Louis
Louisville
Reno
Nev
FAA
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Capitol Hill
Congress
Sky
Farber Personal News and Meeting Postponement
The Farber Betterment Council meeting, normally held on the second Saturday night, has been postponed to Saturday night March 25 at the Farber Community Building. J B Galloway of Laddonia will screen his Laddonia Centennial film. MR and MRS Lorenz Emo and Mrs H A Leet return from a six thousand mile winter trip visiting Florida Georgia Alabama Louisiana Texas New Mexico and Missouri locations and relatives.
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Betterment Council
Farber
J.B. Galloway
Laddonia
Jaycees Endorse Five State Measures in Poll
Missouri Jaycees statewide poll of chapters and the executive committee backs five proposals before the legislature. Endorsements include extending adult rights to 18 year olds, calling a state constitutional convention, reorganizing the executive branch into ten departments and an administration office, licensing ambulance drivers, and mandating water fluoridation unless local voters oppose it.
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Sedalia
Missouri Jaycees
Jaycee
Jaycees
State Department of Health
Hirshhorn Gift Expands Smithsonian Art Collection
The Smithsonian confirms Joseph Hirshhorn has donated more than 7 million dollars in new artworks to the museum under construction on the Mall. The gift includes 166 sculptures and 180 paintings by 118 sculptors and 113 painters, adding to Hirshhorn’s earlier 6,000 works for display in the museum and sculpture garden bearing his name. The collection features Francis Bacon Fernand Leger John Singer Sargent Piet Mondrian Alberto Giacometti Henry Moore Pablo Picasso David Smith and others.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Joseph H. Hirshhorn
Smithsonian
Dillon Ripley
Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden
Francis Bacon
Fernand Leger
John Singer Sargent
Piet Mondrian
Alberto Giacometti
Henry Matisse
Pablo Picasso
David Smith
Hearnes Names Airport Appointee
The Missouri Senate confirmed Henry J. Elmendorf of St. Charles as the fourth appointee to the Missouri St. Louis Metropolitan Airport Authority. Earlier appointees included former Rep. Thomas F. Baker of Essex, Ronald Maxwell of Jefferson City, and Daniel R. Mahaney of St. Louis. Also approved were four members of the Advisory Council on Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Austin Hill, Dr. Margaret Willard, Dr. Charles Wilkinson, and Msgr. Elmer Behrmann.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri-St. Louis Metropolitan Airport Authority
Missouri Senate
Henry J. Elmendorf
St. Charles
Senate
Thomas F. Baker
Essex
Ronald Maxwell
Jefferson City
Daniel R. Mahaney
St. Louis
Baker
Lawrence J. Lee
Dst. Louis
Advisory Council On
Austin Hill
Columbia
Department of Public Health and Welfare
Margaret Willard
Kirksville
Charles Wilkinson
Kansas City
Elmer H. Behrmann
Kirksville City Workers Back On Jobs
Kirksville Missouri city workers ending a three day walkout returned to regular duties. The action involved 42 employees from the street water sewer and fire departments following a union dispute over bargaining terms. Sewage treatment plants were shut during the stoppage but expected to restart today.
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Kirksville
Mitchell
Local Women Plan Hannibal Demo Meeting at Mark Twain Hotel
Members of the Ninth Congressional District Women's Democratic Club will attend the spring meeting in Hannibal at the Mark Twain Hotel. Coffee and registration run 9 to 10 a.m. Morning speaker is Mrs. Harold Weir, state president of the Missouri Federation of Women's Democratic Clubs. A 12:30 p.m. luncheon follows, with Lt. Gov. William S. Morris, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, delivering the afternoon address. Reservations are due by Saturday to Mrs. Leonard Rosenkrans.
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Ninth Congressional District
Women’s Democratic Club
Hannibal
Robert B. Wood
Mark Twain
Harold Weir
Missouri Federation of Women’s Democratic Clubs
William S. Morris
Leonard Rosenkrans
Parkview
What Is ITT and Why It Matters Globally
ITT, a giant American conglomerate, operates in about 80 countries with some 260 divisions spanning hotels, baking, cars, and telecommunication gear. It posted 337 million in profits last year after a dip from 363 million, amid acquisitions like Hartford Fire in 1970 and Chilean telephone losses. the company faces ongoing scrutiny over legal actions and trade rumors with the Soviet Union.
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New York
International Telephone & Telegraph Crop
Tunisia
ITT
Mexico City
Greece
Jack Anderson
Justice Department
Victor Zorza
Soviet Union
Sheraton Hotels
Continental Baking
Wonder Bread
Avis Rental Cars
Levitt Housing
ITT Telephone Company
Sidiary
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
U.S
TTT
Hartford
ITT Artic Services Inc
International Standard Electric Corp
ITT Abrasive Products Co
ITT Electro-Physics Laboratories, Inc
ITT Terryphone Corp
United States
Shanghai
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Florida Debates Canceled as Primary Season Intensifies
Democratic candidates campaign statewide from Miami to Jacksonville while Nixon allies mobilize Republicans for a looming landslide. A 90 minute TV debate in Miami with Humphrey Muskie and others was canceled over format clashes.
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Florida
Miami
Tampa
Jacksonville
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
George McGovern
South Dakota
Muskie
New Hampshire
McGovern
Prise
Humphrey
Oregon
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Shirley Chisholm
New York
John Y. Lindsay
George Wallace
Alan Baron
Alabama
Wallace
Key West
McGraw-Hill probes authenticity of Chief Red Fox memoir
McGraw-Hill investigates claims that The Memoirs of Chief Red Fox may be fake after a New York Times report questioned the book’s Sioux heritage, age details, and origins. The publisher licensed material from James McGregor’s 1940 work, while lawsuits allege plagiarism of about 12,000 words.
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NEW York
McGraw-Hill Inc
Howard Hughes
New York Times
Red Fox
Times
James McGregor
Wounded Knee Massacre
Ted Weber Jr
McCraw-Hill
McGregor
Weber
Cash Asher
American Indian Defense Association
Asher
Corpus Christie, Tex
the Times
Hilton Inn Fire Evacuates 100 Guests Near Airport
Smoke from a top floor room at the Hilton Inn near Lambert airport forced the evacuation of more than 100 guests, including Montreal Canadiens players. Five injuries reported, one serious from smoke inhalation. Savard treated for a leg cut after aiding coach Scotty Bowman. Fire confined to one room. cause unknown. damage about $25,000.
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ST. Louis
Hilton Inn
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
Montreal Canadiens
John Stuller
Woodson Terrace
Stuller
Montreal
St. Louis Blues
Bob Williams
Serge Savard
Scotty Bowman
Savard
Williams
Bowman
Canadiens
Hilton Inn Complex
Personal News Of Perry Of Perry
Rodrigues of Peru was the guest speaker at a Perry gathering sponsored by the Hutchison 3-H Extension Club. Perry clubs held a Hare Economics Week tea at the American Legion building in Paris with South Fork members leading the program. An annual smorgasbord by the St William Altar Society is set for March 19 at St William Catholic Church. Realtor M P Akers announced a real estate transfer with the Poage farm north of Perry sold to the Eppelsheimers of Vandalia and Kent, Washington spouses.
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Rodrigues
Peru
The
Hutchison 3
Monroe County
American Legion
Paris
South Fork
Boyd Wilmarth
Stanley Vaughn
Otto Rath
Robert Brashears
Perry
St. William
M.P. Akers
Victor J. Poage
Merrill Eppelsheimer
Vandalia
Wood Eppelsheimer
Kent
Washington
Akers
Personal News Of Vandalia And Local Visits
Vandalia residents shared personal news as they moved to a new mobile home at DeSoto Trailer Park. They visited Vandalia friends Mr. and Mrs. Olin Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Dowell, Mrs. Ora Hussein, and former Vandalians Mr. and Mrs. Gene Keithley. They returned home Friday. weekend guests included daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. Bryan English Jr. and Luann of MEMpPMis. The N.LP meets March 17 at 7 00 p.m. in Dr. W L Howell’s office to discuss recycling and the Commodity Distribution Center. All interested invited.
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DeSoto Trailer Park
Mrs. Olin
N.lp
W. L. Howell
West State St
The Ledger Covers The Field Like The Dew Does Little Dixie
The Ledger takes wide aim at local sports and community happenings with energetic prose, highlighting key games, standout players, and notable events across Little Dixie. Readers receive a brisk panorama of scores, standings, and upcoming matchups from a lively regional perspective.
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the Ledger
The
Dew
Dixie
Wellsville Community News Highlights Church Ecology Labels and Club Actions
Personal news from Wellsville notes WSCS meetings at the United Methodist Presbyterian Church adopting glass jar labels for World Bank offerings, Easter programs, and study of Matthew with Rev. Clarence Smith instructing. District and annual meetings planned in Vandalia and Columbia, with bake sales and a future guest speaker. Prodesse Club officers elected with plans for a salad supper, penny-a-day funds for Girls Town, and Sophomore Pilgrimage participation. A Wellsville scene postcard painting comparison raises questions about the artist George F. Goullee and the identity of the painter.
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WSCS
Wellsville
Presbyterian Women’s
Clarence Smith
Robert Spiers
John Bishop
Latta
Africa
Robert L. Saak
Jack Krier
Norbert Sutter
Bill Anseld
Mike Anderton
Ray Norris, Sr
Midtown Cafe
Sutter
Saak
Dennis Lehnen
Charles Meador
Mary Wilhoit
Jeff Wert
Sherrie Harness
Middletown
R-1
Anseld
Meador
Jefferson City
Anderton
Tom Reagan
Montgomery City
Burton S. Smith
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W. R. Emo
Gainesville
Mountain Brook
Ala
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Archie Leet
Harold Mayes
Canada
A&b Prescription
Hearnes
It&t
Walter R. Mears
West Latney
Connie Pickering
Guardian
Mexico
Hudson Oil Co
Kenneth Mantle
Bob George Pont Olds
M.C., Inc
Clark Katie
Cneaeonnart
Town & Country
Wpfa Club
Perry City Hall
Larry Hendricks
Victor Poage
Jimmy Logerman
Angela Ann
Lloyd Logerman
Ralph Motley
Bowling Green
Memppmis
Bob Calvert
Calvert's
Liberty Mexica
SUN
KSO
KTGR
the Truth
Edward Roppel
Gary
Ernest Blane
Larry Penfold
Prodesse Club
MWC
Gene Heim
Water Falls
Mexico Ledger
Ledger
Lawrence Drug Co
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Mexico Area
State Department of Education
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