POW releases stalled as pullout waits for more prisoners
Saigon AP reports North Vietnam lists 102 American POWs to be released in Hanoi on Wednesday while U S troop withdrawals pause to ensure all prisoners are freed. The Viet Cong vow a Thursday release list of about 370 POWs. Pentagon confirms lists and names, including Lt Cmdr John S McCain III and Maj Floyd Thompson.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Bui Tin
North
Cmdr
John 8. McCain III
Pacific
Maj
Floyd Thompson
Philip Manhard
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Duc Pho
da Nang
Mexico City Council Acts On Trunk Sewer and Mutual Aid
The council will give first reading to a bill authorizing a mayoral and city manager signed easement with A P Green Refractories for the south trunk sewer and lift station near Teal Lake Road. Bids are due March 29. A five-year mutual aid contract with Jefferson City, Columbia, Centralia, Fulton, Boonville and Moberly is also up for renewal. Third reading will be given for street resurfacing using blade mix and slurry sealing.
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Mexico City
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Teal Lake Road
Green Co
Jefferson City
Columbia
Centralia
Fulton
Boonville
Moberly
Mexico
Rocket Tv Shop
High Court OKs School Dress Code Regulation Ruling
Missouri Supreme Court upheld dress code authority for school boards including hair length rules. It reversed a St Louis County Circuit ruling in a case involving Lawrence Kraus, a Jennings student denied senior registration for long hair. The decision references federal and state precedents on school rules and non discrimination limits.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court
High
St. Louis County
Jennings, Mo
Lawrence J. Kraus
Kraus
Robert Lee Campbell
Circuit Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Charles
California
Colorado
Supreme Court
St. Louis
R. L. Pohlman Armament Co
E. F. Higgins Inc
Pohlman
Hathman
SAE
Robert T. Donnelly
Mrs Towne Dies in Mexico at 83 Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs Jackson J Towne 83 longtime Mexico resident will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Precht Pickering funeral home with the Rev Robert R Collins of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Internment in Elmwood Cemetery. She died Saturday night at 909 N Olive St. Survivors include four daughters two sisters and a brother fourteen grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Memorials may go to the First Presbyterian Church or Heart Fund. A newborn son also reported at Audrain Medical Center.
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Jackson J. Towne
Mexico
Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
Robert R. Collins
First Presbyterian Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Towne
the Ledger
Roy
Martha) Willingham
Santa Fe
Omer
Dorothy) Sumpter
Glendale
Calif
Jack
Lois) Johnson
Hospers
Town
William A
Bettie) Davis
Mias Melinotte McDonough
L.O. McGee
Bridgeton
New Arthritis Project Links AMC And MU
A new program links Audrain Medical Center with the University of Missouri Medical Center to expand rehabilitative care for arthritis patients in central Missouri. Five beds in Stribling House are allocated for transfers from Columbia, with potential expansion to resident rheumatology training and a UMC staff member being placed locally.
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Audrain Medical Center
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Missouri
UMC
University
AMC
Gordon C. Sharp
Arthritis Center
University Hospital
Columbia Hospital
Mexico
Sharp
Stribling House
William Gaunt
Audrain County
UMC Medical Center
Woodrow Lee
Lee
UAW asks Senate to wait on Gray FBI director vote
The United Auto Workers urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to delay approving L. Patrick Gray II as FBI director until full facts emerge on the Watergate bugging at Democratic Headquarters. Union counsel Stephen Schlossberg questioned Gray's past actions and partisan remarks, urging open hearings as part of the Watergate inquiry.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
Organized Labor
Federal
Schlossberg
UAW
Federal Bureau of Investigation
White House
Senate
Farm to City Tour Opens With Coffee
The Mexico Chamber of Commerce will host a Farm to City Tour with about 20 area farmers and local businesspeople. They meet at 9:45 a.m. at Missouri Livestock Center, then visit Sandy's, Jay's IGA, and Fredendall Wilkinson's, followed by a Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Monterey with Wetterau Foods executive W D Holley speaking, and a stop at the Wetterau warehouse afterward.
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Mexico
Kiwanis Club
Monterey
W.D. Holley
Wetterau Foods, Inc
Wetterau
3 County Public Health Plan Embraces Three Counties
The Missouri Division of Health awards a cooperative planning grant to Audrain Boone and Callaway Counties. A planning committee led by local health officials will map existing and needed public health services, set priorities, define personnel and financial needs, and coordinate multi county efforts through District No. 3. Community questions or suggestions should be directed to committee members.
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Missouri Division of Health
Audrain
Boone
Callaway
Herbert Domke
Columbia
Mexico
Boone, Callaway
Audrain County
Boone, Callaway and
Audrain Coun
Anne Fugit
Boone County Nursing Service
Doris Pasley
Callaway County Nursing Service
Alice Cassidy
Columbia Visiting Nurse Association
Mike Sanford
City of Columbia Health Department
William E. Johnson
Audrain City County Health Unit
Mid-Missouri Comprehensive Health Planning Committee
Six Common Market nations float money in joint plan
Six of the nine Common Market nations agreed to a joint partial float against the dollar, ending obligatory dollar purchases while keeping exchange rates among themselves. Britain Ireland and Italy would join when conditions allow peg alignment. West Germany revalued the mark three percent, with talks of further yen moves. The plan, effective March 19, aims toward a single European currency. Leonard L. Levinson commented on advisory interference.
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Brussels
Britain
Ireland
Italy
West Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Austria
Helmut Schmidt
Willy DeClercq
Japan
Charley’s Aunt at Vanguard Theater in Mexico
Missouri Vanguard Theater presents Charley’s Aunt at Presser Hall on March 29 with 7 30 curtain. Sponsored by Audrain County Historical Society, first Vanguard show in Mexico, featuring a 13 member company. Tickets $2 reserved, $1.50 other seats. tickets via museum or mail order.
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Missouri Vanguard Theater
Audrain County Historical Society
Presser Hall
Vanguard
Mexico
Charley
Brandon Thomas
Missouri Vanguard Theater Company
Missouri
Missouri State Council On the Arts
National Endowment For the Arts
Division For Continuing Education
University of Missouri— Kansas City
Historical Society
The
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