Philip Tate Wins Bike After Poster Contest Victory
New Florence Missouri AP reports 8-year-old Philip Tate, who recently had open heart surgery, won first prize in the Missouri Energy Council children’s poster contest for first grade with a piece titled Dress Warm. The prize is a brand new 10 speed bicycle. Tate will travel to Jefferson City with other winners to meet Governor Christopher Bond. More than 15,000 entries were submitted from grades one through eight.
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New
Florence
Phillip Tate
Phillip
Montgomery R-2
Missouri Energy Council
Sharon Kubli
Jefferson City
Christopher Bond
Perry Personal News And Scout-O-Rama Plans
Personal notes from Perry list neighbors and church figures including Charles Jameson and Philip Nolan with local worship leaders. Scouts from Troop 124 and Pack 124 plan ticket sales for the Mark Twain District Scout-O-Rama at Admiral Koontz Armory Hannibal on May 11 1974. Tickets go on sale May 4 with money/ tickets due May 8. price one dollar. under eight and registered scouts free. Proceeds fund local troops prizes and district activities. Tickets available May 4 at Gilmore Implement Co Perry.
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Scouts
Troop
Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts
Mark Twain
Admiral Koontz Armory
Hannibal
Boy Scouts of America
Northeast
Central
Missouri
Gilmore Implement Co
Perry
Nixon fears Dean may reveal bugging details in 1973
Washington AP reports that in April 1973 President Nixon feared John W. Dean III might disclose eavesdropping efforts. Nixon told aides he felt uneasy that Dean could "go popping off about everything else that is done in the government" regarding the bugging. The transcript from a meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman does not specify the eavesdropping site.
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Washington
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Dean
John D. Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon privately warned Ervin committee not to proceed
President Nixon told aides on exactly April 17 1973 that he did not think the Ervin committee hearings would go forward and did not want the investigations to proceed. The Senate Watergate hearings then drew full public attention to the scandal.
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Washington
Nixon
Committee
Ervin Committee
Nixon asks what he would do if in Mitchell’s place
President Nixon on April 17 1973 questioned how John N Mitchell would respond to a long Watergate trial. Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen replied he might flee to Saudi Arabia. Nixon quipped that he would “probably go to Saudi Arabia” if in Mitchell’s position.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Mitchell
Saudi Arabia
Asst
Henry Petersen
Let Agnew Be President says Nixon in 1973 Oval Office
Transcript excerpts reveal President Nixon saying he sometimes felt like resigning and making Spiro Agnew president for a while. The comments were made April 27, 1973, in the Oval Office with Henry Petersen and Ronald Ziegler present, before Agnew’s public implication in the Maryland graft probe.
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Washington
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Oval Office
Atty
Henry Petersen
Ronald L. Ziegler
Agnew
Maryland
Nixon probes mysterious little red box in Watergate tapes
The 1972 transcript shows President Nixon pressing aides Haldeman and Dean about a rumored "little red box" in the Watergate affair. Dean cites Gray's lack of access, while Haldeman mentions Edward Bennett Williams and a possible interview. The woman involved and box contents remain unnamed.
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Washington
H.R. Haldeman
John W. Dean Til
Nixon
Dean
FBI
L. Patrick
Gray
Haldeman
Edward Bennett Williams
Expo 74 Opens in Spokane With Enviro Theme
Expo 74 in Spokane opens for a 184 day run with 10 foreign nations and 35 sponsors. About 50 000 people attend opening ceremonies including President Nixon and Mrs Nixon Commerce Secretary Frederick Dent and entertainer Danny Kaye. Critics call it an ecological disgrace while supporters hail urban life ideas.
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Spokane
Wash
Nixon
Commerce
Frederick Dent
Danny Kaye
MMA Awards Fellowship To Lt Denton For Summer Study
Lt. David Denton English Spanish teacher at Missouri Military Academy has been named recipient of the MMA Faculty Fellowship for summer study at the University of Missouri Columbia. The fund finances the fellowship from alumni and friends donations and academy input. A screening committee and faculty vote select the winner and a personal plan on improving teaching backs the choice, following Capt James Garrett who won last year.
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David Denton
Missouri Military Academy
Denton
MMA
University of Missouri
Columbia
Academy
James Garrett
James Marley
John Reddick
David Steinmetz
Ray Campbell
E. L. Gilmore
Wellsville Personal News and School Events
Personal notes from Wellsville include Mrs. Ella Whitesell in National Geographic, a carousel memorial for Herbert Howell, and memorials ordered but not received. Mrs. Reed returns from Los Angeles, visits by Olin Barton and Dunbar family, Woodson grandchildren visiting Amsdens, and Friday guests of Woodson. R-1 High School prom set for next Saturday with class chairmen listed. Foreign student Eridan Souza spoke at Wellsville and Middletown schools about Brazil, with Q&A and lesson on South America. Mrs. Bennett’s fourth grade hosts Lucille Bishop from Missouri Gem and Mineral Society who donated a display case for rocks and fossils.
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National Geographic
Ella Whitesell
Herbert Howell
John H. Reed
Wells Villa
M. S. Demjanovich
Los Angeles
Calif
Olin Barton
Salisbury
Charles Dunbar
Dunbars
Lindell Barton
Middletown
Floyd Miller
Lawrence Twihaus
Wright City
Herbert Meyer
Darrell Miler
Scott
Richard Spires
Eridan Souza
Brazil
South America
Wellsville
Eridan
Bennett
Lucille Bishop
McDonnell Douglas Gem and Mineral Society
St. Louis
Missouri
Bishop
Centralia Figures Highlight Saddle Club Event Scores
Personal news from Centralia lists top scorers in singles and all events led by Janice Kuntz with 1919, Virginia Beasley 1864, and Jack Chance 1834. The Central Missouri Saddle Club circuit kicked off April 28 at Tri Center Arena with winners from Little Dixie Boots and Saddle Club across halter, pole bending, horsemanship, and pleasure classes including Kurt Twillman Icy Zipper Lesley England Aledo Bars Roscoe Olden Rockin O Wantonga Tad England Mucho Suzie Rowland and Julie England among top placers.
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Hazel Beasley
Janice Kuntz
Janet Jesse
Flo Robison
Leona Garrett
Mary Rinehart
Judy Isgrig
Jackie Reichert
Virginia Beasley
Dorothy Beamer
Pauline Armontrout
Jackie Branham
Jack Chance
Bert Lenz
Central Missouri Saddle Club
Tri-Center Arena
Little Dixie Boots and Saddle Club
Brian Reams
Mark Wells
Lightning
Tad England
Mucho
Les England
Spud
Suzie Rowland
Tim England
Leo Copper Gal
Konie Brooks
Ken Wade
Julie England
Tnd
England
Roscoe Olden
Kurt Twillman
Icy Zipper
Chico
Egg & Spoon
Leo Copper Girl
Plug Horse
Julie Fingland
Aledo Bars
Jeff Troyer
Country Pleasure
Ford Lays Off 1300 At St. Louis Mercury Plant
ST. LOUIS AP reports about 1,300 workers at Ford Motor Co.s Mercury plant were laid off today due to a shortage of auto parts caused by strikes against two Michigan suppliers. The move is part of a national shutdown affecting six plants with eight more closures planned, totaling about 37,009 jobs lost.
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ST. Louis
Ford Motor Co
Mercury
Michigan
Ford
Copper thief dies after 34 000 volt line cut
AP report from Saint Louis states Ambrose Darden 31 of Eagle Park Illinois died at Barnes Hospital after severe burns suffered while attempting copper theft from a 34 000 volt Union Electric Co line near Hartford New Jersey. Two accomplices survived and faced charges.
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Hartford
Union Electric Co
Ambrose Darden
Eagle Park
Barnes Hospital
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