Plan For Bleachers for Fairgrounds and Pool Price Hikes
The city park board voted to buy open bleachers for the fairgrounds to replace the burned grand stand and projected costs at the next meeting. It also raised pool prices by about eight percent after surveying 19 mid-M Missouri communities, detailing session rates at Plunkett and Garfield pools and season tickets. Decker was reappointed chairman and Farnen named vice-chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park Board
Fairgrounds
Don Decker
Decker
Maj
Joe Bailey
Mexico
Plunkett Pool
Recreation Commission
Mr. Decker
Kevin Farnen
Transfer reshapes Missouri Methodist leadership in farms
Bishop Eugene M Frank announced Rev Jeff Marsh from Mexico United Methodist Church will become district superintendent for the Cape Girardeau Farmington district effective June 1, with Rev John C Montgomery Jr taking Marsh's pastorate in Mexico on June 2. Montgomery, a six year district superintendent, is married to Mary Louise Cook and has three children. He holds degrees from Southeast Missouri State College Vanderbilt Divinity School and studied at Michigan and Washington University. The Marsh family includes two children Becky and Jeff.
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Eugene M. Frank
Missouri Methodist Church Today
Jeff Marsh
Mexico
Mr. Montgomery
Mary Louise Cook
Southeast Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Montgomery
University of Michigan
Washington University
St. Louis
Marsh
Fayette- Marshal
Mexico Ministerial Alliance
Mexico Kiwanis Club
Mexico Evening School
Secret report faults crime funds in federal block grants
A congressional committee endorsed a secret investigative report accusing the Justice Department Law Enforcement Assistance Administration program of waste and maladministration. The 22 to 14 vote along party lines found the program had no visible impact on crime, with all supporting votes by Democrats and opposing votes by Republicans. The SEAA funds, created under the 1968 Safe Streets Act, were to improve police courts and corrections but lacked measurable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Government Operations Committee
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Associated Press
Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee
John $. Monagan
D-Conn
United States
Alaska Pipeline Permit Reported Granted
Washington AP Interior Department will grant a permit for the Trans Alaska pipeline. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co seeks to lay an 800 mile 48 inch line crossing federal lands from the Alaska North Slope to Valdez for tanker shipment to the western U.S. coast. Project cost estimated between 2 and 4 billion dollars depending on elevation above perma frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mike Gravel
D-Alaska
Interior Department
Gravel
Ted Johnson
Interior
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Alaska North Slope
Gulf of Alaska
Valdez
U.S
Alaska
Court Overturns Contempt Sentences Of Chicago Seven
A federal appeals court overturned the contempt sentences handed to the Chicago Seven defendants and their two lawyers from the 1970 trial. The decision reopens questions about conduct in the high profile case and sets a higher bar for future rulings on contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Seven
Parade of Bands at Presser Hall Concert Sunday
Presser Hall hosts the 20th annual Parade of Bands on Sunday at 1 30 p m. Fifth graders from local elementary schools under John Willer perform with older students directed by Robert Murta. The Mexico High School Dixie Grey Band marks its senior send off with 35 seniors as the concert closes with American marches and a student teacher feature by Mark Firks. Kirby Allen will announce program numbers.
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Presser Hall
Mexico Band
John Willer
Robert Murta
Murta
Mexico High School
Red and Grays
Mexico
Dixie Grey Band
Willer
Mark Firks
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Firks
Misa Ellen Lavender
NIMSC
Kirby Allen
Centennial Baptists To Build New Church
The Centennial Baptist Church voted unanimously to construct a new sanctuary on the block bounded by Buchanan West Breckenridge and Grove Streets. Construction will begin within 30 days, with completion expected by December. Reinhardt Construction Co. of Centralia will build and Sammons and Buller of Sedalia will design.
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Centennial Baptist Church
W. Breckenridge Street
W. Buchanan Street
Buchanan, West
Breckenridge and
Grove Streets
Southside
Eugene Field School
Reinhardt Construction Co
Centralia
Sammons
Missouri Street
In spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love
Algoma Wisconsin Record Herald notes seasonal mood shifts as spring arrives and hearts brighten. A lighthearted column suggests romance blooms with warmth, referencing local social life and greenery. No specific dates or individuals are cited.
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Algoma
Wis
Record-Herald
Mines Are Armed as Haiphong Ships Exit Harbor
Saigon AP report details U S forces mining Haiphong entrance with 7 p m Saigon time, ships including Soviet flag freighters leaving Haiphong and other ports under threat from mines. Extensive air and naval bombardment reports, claims of MIG downings, and numbers of ships from Communist nations.
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Saigon
Haiphong Harbor
Nixon
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
Haiphong
North Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Western Pacific
Hanoi-Haiphong
Navy
Randy Cunningham
Shelbina
Constellation
William Driscoll
Framingham
Mass
Cunningham
Tonkin Gulf
Air Force
Hanoi
Washington
Somalia
Belcher In Fair Condition After Train Collision
Thomas E. Belcher, 79, of Thompson, injured when his car was struck by a Norfolk and Western train, remained in fair condition at Audrain Medical Center. He suffered two crushed neck vertebrae and chest injuries with general soreness. exact extent to be determined today. Belcher, a retired railroad section foreman, has long worked out of Thompson.
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Thomas E. Belcher
Thompson
Norfolk and Western
Audrain Medical Center
Belcher
Five ships leave Haiphong before U S mines active
The Pentagon reports four Russian ships and a Hong Kong based British vessel sailed from Haiphong during the daylight grace period before U S mines began. Thirty one foreign merchant ships remain in Haiphong with varied flags, and Pentagon officials hedge on possible further attacks.
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Washington
Haiphong Harbor
U.S
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Jerry W. Friedheim
Haiphong
Somalia
Friedheim
Nixon Holds Surprise Session With Top Soviet Officials
President Nixon met with two senior Soviet figures in Washington in a brief courtesy call that may signal tolerance for his Vietnam moves ahead of the Moscow summit. Nikolai Patelichev and Anatoly Dobrynin joined Nixon and aides for about an hour as trade talks occurred with Peter G. Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Moscow
White House
Nikolai Patelichev
Anatoly Dobrynin
Vietnam
Ronald Ziegler
Patolichev
Peter G. Peterson
Peterson
Henry A. Kissinger
Peter Flanigan
Russia Calls End to Blockade in Vietnam War Debate
Washington and Moscow clash over Nixon policy as House Democrats oppose mining North Vietnamese harbors. Public protests erupt nationwide with hundreds arrested while the Kremlin presses for a return to Paris talks and end to U S maritime block.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
White House
House of Representatives
Carl Albert
Foreign Affairs Committee
Democrats
Dochina
Hanoi
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Chi
Moscow
Tass
United States
Democratic Republic
Paris
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Freedom of International
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Hawthorne Heights
Rev. Marsh
Farmington
Centennial Baptists
South Vietnam
Highlands
Ben Het
Kontum
Don Son
Melvin R. Laird
T.E. Belcher
Jodie Ann Mathews
Joe P. Matthews
FE. Vine Sr
W.21
Mathews
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Norris Graham
Godfrey, TN
Joe BW. Mathews
Macon
Friedhelm
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Southeast Asia
Russia
Cago
Daley
Atlantic
Minnesota
Wendell Anderson
University of Minnesota
Treasury
John Connally
Senate Democrats
China
Bella Abzug
Lanly
Defense
Melvin J. Laird
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