Death Row Still in Limbo After Court Ruling
Washington AP reports Douglas B. Lyons, a Columbia law student and anti death penalty advocate, reacts to the Supreme Court's 3 ruling dismissing major challenges to capital punishment. The decision leaves 33 states with death row inmates facing possible delays or commuting sentences as appeals continue.
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Washington
Douglas B. Lyons
Columbia Law
United States
Lyons
Citizens Against
Supreme Court
Crst
New York
Naacp Legal Deter
Educational Fund
Jeffry Mintz
Mintz
John M. Harlan
Harlan
Students to Run MU Missourian Editorial Shift
Roy M. Fisher, dean of MU journalism, says students will share in running the Columbia Missourian. They will handle major financial duties and help shape a new, decisive editorial policy. The changes accompany curriculum revisions as the 52nd annual journalism week opens with ten sessions and ends Friday with a banquet.
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Columbia, Mo
Roy M. Fisher
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia Missourian
Fisher
Chicago Daily News
Washington braces as protests spark no show
Thousands of police and National Guard fill streets in a preemptive stand against anticipated demonstrations. Courts process over 7,000 arrests from yesterday’s capital disruption while federal probes check on Kent State, death penalty, and Nixon power issues in a tense national landscape.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kroger Opens New Store In South Trails
Kroger inaugurates a new grocery store at the South Trails Shopping Center on the south edge of Mexico, following Wal-Mart Discount nearby. The historic 516 E. Liberty St. Kroger was closed after nearly 15 years. the future use of that building is not announced. The Mexico Kroger lineage traces to 1935 moves from 120 S. Washington to 106 W. Jackson, with a 1947 fire in the square building noted in local history.
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Kroger Company
South Trails
Mexico
Wal-Mart Discount
Jack Mirts
Kroger
E. Liberty St
S. Washington St
S. Washington
Jackson St
Montgomery-Ward
Florida
Harold C. Schonberg
New York Times
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Old New York World
Roosevelt
James MacGregor Burns
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Williams College
Robert Frost
Lawrance R. Thompson
Frost
William S. Merwin
John Toland
Far East
Japan
Marie Davidovsky
Lenox
Mass
Four Movies Rated Unacceptable for Objectionable Animal Treatment
The American Humane Association declared one American and three foreign films unacceptable due to alleged animal mistreatment. A Gunfight Waterloos The Lawman and The Hunting Party were cited for incidents including horses stumbling over wires a bull being tortured and the apparent killing of a snake.
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Hollywood
American Humane Association
Association
United States
Students Set Kite Flying Record in Nebraska
Five Platte College students in Columbus Nebraska flew a kite and claimed a peak string length of 5400 feet. An observer reported the kite was 1000 to 1500 feet above ground. They consulted library records and announced a new kite flying record.
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Columbus
Neb
Platte College
Trudeau Proposes New Youth City in North Lands
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau told a Vancouver TV audience that about 10,000 Canadian youths could start a new city in the north. He said building it would test youth values and that the government would help. He noted engineers and doctors among the willing, urging communal settlement.
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Vancouver
B.C
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Northlands
Trudeau
Monkey Business At Ranch In Callaway County
Callaway County assessor Stanley Creed visited Bar M Ranch near Williamsburg to assess wildlife on 5000 acres owned by Mark Molasky. For 1971 he listed an orangutan about 200 head of buffalo 2 amas 28 horses and 580 cattle, noting the orangutan four feet tall and querying the animal’s retail value.
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Fulton
Stanley Creed
Creed
Callaway County
Bar M Ranch
Williamsburg
Mark Molasky
St. Louis
Molasky
Ringling Bros. Circus
Doctor Draft Rules Issued by Draft Director Tarr
Washington AP Draft Director Curtis W Tarr announced deferments for doctors whose services are essential to their communities. Each state must provide its share of medical personnel in a doctor draft starting July and running through January 1972. The Defense Department plans 1608 physicians including 1531 MDs and 77 osteopaths. Local boards will review registrar cases as soon as they receive information on community essential needs.
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Washington
Curtis W. Tarr
Tarr
Defense Department
Military Total In Viet Nams Troop Level Drops
The U S command reports April 23 29 U S military strength in Vietnam at 273 400 down 4 000 from 281 400 the prior week This includes Army 208 700 Air Force 39 700 Marines 12 800 Navy 12 100 Coast Guard 100 plus about 17 800 Navy personnel with the 7th Fleet off Vietnam coast Another 89 400 U S troops must be cut by December 1 to reach the 184 000 ceiling set by President Nixon.
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Viet
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Navy
7Th Fleet
Nixon
Leslie Bacon testimonies in Capitol bombing case stalled
Federal grand jury in Seattle recessed until Thursday as Judge Boldt weighs motions to release chief witness Leslie Bacon or compel further testimony. Bacon admitted participation in a bank bombing plan but refuses to answer more questions, citing self incrimination.
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Seattle
U.S. Capitol
U.S. Dist
George Boldt
Capitol
First National City Bank
New York City
U.S. Atty
Stan Pitkin
Leslie Bacon
Pitkin
Miss Bacon
Atherton
Calif
Washington, D.C
Senate
Grand Jury
Federal
Boldt
Weather Underground
John Bacon
Leslie
FBI
Justice Department
National Airport
Retirement Home For Presbyterians Opens at Fulton
Fulton officials unveil the second homelife retirement center of the Presbyterian Synods of Missouri. The $330000 facility near downtown Fulton houses about 35 retirees and links to First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Fred A. Walker leads the homelife projects with plans for more centers statewide.
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Fulton
Presbyterian Synods of Missouri
First Presbyterian Church
Farmington
Fred A. Walker
Missouri
Kent Coverage Wins 2 Pulitzers
New York AP reports two Pulitzers awarded for Kent State University campus tragedy coverage by the Beacon Journal Akron staff and photographer John Paul Filo. Other prizes go to United Press International reporters Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers, and various winners across national, international, and local categories.
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New York
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen
Akron
Ohio
Beacon Journal
John Paul Filo
Paul Zindel
Mr. Sammier
Saul Bellow
Eudora Welty
Joyce Carol Oates
Akron Beacon Journal
Robert H. Giles
Knight Newspaper
Giles
Filo
Kent State
Lucinda Franks
Thomas Powers
United Presss International
Diana Oughton
Greenwich Village
Winston
Denver Post
Jack Dykinga
Chicago Sun-Times
Lincoln and Dixon State School
Ilinois
William A. Caldwell
Ie Record
Hackensack
Horace G. Davis Jr
Gainesville, Fla
Sun
St Louis Symphony Set for Jefferson City Concert
The St Louis Symphony Orchestra conducts a 3 p.m. concert Sunday May 16 at Richardson Auditorium, ei University in Jefferson ity. Tickets at The Ledger cost 2 dollars for general admission and 3 dollars for reserved seats. Conductor Walter Susskind leads the performance.
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St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Richardson Auditorium
Ei University
Jefferson
Ity
the Ledger
Walter Susskind
DePugh Moved To Atlanta
Leavenworth Kansas AP report says Robert Bolivar DePugh founder of the Minutemen has been transferred to the federal prison in Atlanta. He is serving four years for bond jumping and nine ten year terms for violating the federal gun control act after a 17 month fugitive period before capture near Truth or Consequences New Mexico.
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Washington
National Guard
Kent State University
Justice Department
Leavenworth, Kan
U. S
Robert Bolivar DePugh
Minutemen Organization
Atlanta
Hearnes Sees Voters Voting Pocketbooks In 1972
In Joplin Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes said Americans will vote their pocketbooks. He cited rising prices tax relief and unemployment as factors shaping the 1972 vote. Hearnes warned that people feel squeezed by forces beyond their control. He noted voters may reject programs like education due to taxes.
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Joplin, Mo
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Joplin
Hearnes
Court to Hear Suit Against Car Makers Over Antimos Devices
Supreme Court agreed to hear a suit by 17 states charging GM Ford Chrysler and American Motors with conspiracy to delay development and introduction of antismog devices. If proven the claim violates Sherman antitrust law, an injunction could require retrofitting 85 to 100 million cars since 1963. States named Washington Illinois Arizona Colorado Hawaii Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri Ohio Rhode Island Vermont Virginia North Dakota West Virginia.
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Washington
Supreme Court
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Ilinois
Arizona
Colorado
Hawaii
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
North Dakota
West Virginia
Carmakers Fight Air Bag Rule in Court Challenge
Three major automakers Ford Chrysler and American Motors filed petitions in the 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to block a federal safety rule requiring air bags or similar restraints in all cars in the coming years Ford supported the rule's goal of interior protection for occupants while challenging its implementation.
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Detroit
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ohio
Expectant parents invited to public health class in Mexico
A course for expectant parents begins at the Public Health Office 502 East Monroe St with a first class on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Mrs Daniel Phyfer will discuss care and problems of the expectant mother while Mrs Elsie Sun Chi a nutritionist covers pregnancy nutrition. Weekly sessions for five more weeks cover topics for all expectant parents regardless of whether this is their first child and are taught by community members in cooperation with Audrain Medical Center and the Audrain City County Health Unit.
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Public Health Office
East Monroe St
Daniel Phyfer
Elsie Sun Chi
Audrain Medical Center
Audrain City-County Health Unit
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