Missouri Governor Bond to deliver MMA graduation address
Missouri Governor Christopher Bond will speak at the 86th MMA commencement on May 25 at Missouri Military Academy. The weekend includes a 43rd W. Wallace Fry Speech Contest, battalion review, drills, and awards. Governor Bond will join the graduating class for the final ceremonies and Au Revoir.
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Missouri
Christopher S. Bond
Missouri Military Academy
Charles Stribling III
Gerald Martin
Hannibal LaGrange College
Hannibal
Gov. Bond
Col. Stribling
John B. Starke
John E. Reddick
Derrill S. Kuhlman
Academy
M.M.A. Fusiliers
Bond
Au Revoir
Laos cabinet resignations shift power to Pathet Lao
Five Laotian cabinet ministers tied to U S policy quit the coalition amid student protests over prices and foreign influence. The mass resignations narrow the government to a Pathet Lao strong position, foreshadowing a peaceful transfer of power as civil unrest continues in Vientiane.
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Associated Press
U.S
Laos
Vientiane
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Lucas in Jackson County jail awaiting parole hearing
Lucas, alias Eddie Edwards Jr., who escaped a Texarkana prison eight years ago, sits in the Jackson County jail awaiting a federal parole board hearing ordered by U.S. District Judge John Oliver. Judge Oliver appointed attorney Thomas Bradshaw for the hearing as supporters in Laddonia Vandalia area press for release.
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Charles Edward Lucas
Texarkana
Laddonia
Eddie Edwards Jr
Jackson County
John Oliver
Oliver
Thomas Bradshaw
Parole Board
Lucas
Vandalia
Belleville
Tit
Fire Guts Hall At Mark Twain State Park
A fire in the kitchen gutted the kitchen and dining hall at Camp Clemens group camp, Mark Twain State Park. No damage estimate yet. equipment was saved and summer camps may proceed as scheduled. Perry Coral Fire Department responded around 4 30 p.m. and park officials planned an inspection today.
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Perry
Camp Clemens
Mark Twain State Park
Lee Clark
State Park Board
Coral Fire Department
AMC Plans Week of Special Events
Audrain Medical Center outlines National Hospital Week activities including carnations for women patients on Sunday, two employee coffees, See-T v programs on Channel 12 Monday to Wednesday, and expert panels on Medicare mental health radiology and emergency services. The week features a Mexico High School Career Day, hospital tours, downtown displays, an emergency ambulance demonstration at West Plaza, and a free blood pressure check. A joke about a man with a tight halo follows the medical notes.
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Audrain Medical Center
National Hospital
See-Tv
Channel 12
Peter Ekern
Alice Schrier
Jan Clark
Pauline Vore
Zaki Ajans
Gerald Hoxworth
John
Boyce
Mexico
AMC Emergency
West Plaza Shopping Center
Public Health Service
Rezoning Hearing On Annexed Area Monday
City council will hold a 7 30 p m public hearing on rezoning 1700 acres in the eastern annexed area. Plans call for north of Highway 54 residential zoning, parts east to Salmon's Village for multi family, Hesterberg for light industrial, and heavy industrial south of Highway 54 east of Route JJ. Also street names to be officially designated. A second hearing covers Alvin Dale Freeman seeking a second Mexico taxi license. Other items include paving contracts for Omar Street and Fairground Avenue, updating the city code, and a Park Board backed sales tax protest on swimming pool receipts.
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Mexico City
Planning and Zoning Commission
Blackmore’s Lake
Salmon’s Village
Hesterberg
Rivers Addition
City Hall
Friendship Drive
Country Club Drive
Franklin Street
Rivers Drive
Lannebeck Drive
Onie Street
Platte Street
Pollock Road
Shoemaker
Littleby
Gasconade Road
Alvin Dale Freeman
Valley View Road
Mexico
Freeman
R.W. Booker
Senators Propose Pentagon Slash
The Senate Armed Services Committee proposes a 5.5 billion cut in the Pentagon weapons program, reducing the 15 month total to 35.8 billion. The plan cuts 1.3 billion for South Vietnam aid and 987 million from Navy shipbuilding. It also trims manpower by one percent and civilian staff by two percent, aiming to save 470 million yearly, with 25 billion for fiscal 1976 and 5.3 billion for the July to Sept transitional period.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Navy Shipbuilding
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Stennis
Senate
Defense Department
House Armed Services Committee
Congress Supports Part Emergency Aid to Indochina
Congress shows solid support for emergency aid to Indochina refugees but trims the total. The House Judiciary Committee approved unlimited authorization. the Appropriations Subcommittee set 405 million for aid, below Ford's 507 million request. The Senate approved refugee aid by 91 to 1 and supported using leftover Vietnam war funds.
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Washington
Congress
Indochina
Ford
House Judiciary Committee
House Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
Appropriations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee
Appropriations Committee
William L. Scott
R-Va
Mark O. Hatfield
Dore
South Vietnam
America
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Pentagon
CIA
Abourezk
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Vandiver Village
Souvanna Phouma
Saigon
Kompong Som
Peter O'Loughlin
National Stadium
Pathet Lag
Thailand
Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Yomiuri
Frech
Sirik Matak
Long Boret
Quad Cities
Rock Island, Ill
Mississippi River
Clinton
Keokuk
Iowa
AMC
Sannebeck Drive
Friendship Baptist Church
Veepein Street
Mexico Streets
West Plaza
Commerce Bank
First Christian Church
Richard Vance
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