Jeff Rudasill and Mark Wilson Win FFA Prizes
At the Mexico FFA chapter annual banquet, Jeff Rudasill earned the DeKalb top senior voag award while Mark Wilson received the Stamper award as top freshman voag student. Wilson also won the MFA sheep judge award at Marshall Missouri.
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Mexico
Future Farmers of America
DeKalb
Jeff Rudasill
Delbert Healy
Stamper
Mark Wilson
Clyde Brown
Marshall, Mo
Jim Evans
MFA
John Peeper
FFA
Bill Buckner
Ross Mechlin
Tim Jesse
Forest Noel
Central Missouri Livestock Market Center
Ed Buckner
FFA Foundation
Fish and Wildlife Management
John Smith
Dennis Ardell
Ross Mechiin
John Fierge
4-H Fair Board
William Lowry
Benny Allen
Bob Trabue
Missouri Senate Approves Aid to Dependent Children Bill
Missouri lawmakers advance several social and fiscal measures. The Senate okays an aid to dependent children bill to keep unemployed fathers in homes with recipients, while other actions include funding for regional planning, aging clerks into retirement, and eye donation wording. The chamber also weighs tax, health, and bridge of regulations, with a 8 million water pollution bonds and flood housing relief proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Raymond Howard
St. Louis
Senate
Highway Safety Division
Donald Grabke
PSL
Louis
Gralike
Attorney General
Russell
House
William C. Phelps
Phelps
State Division of Welfare
Nixon OK'd wiretaps on officials amid security drive
The White House admitted President Nixon personally approved wiretapping of more than a dozen National Security Council and Pentagon aides beginning in 1969. The Times cited Kissinger aides among those tapped to root out a security breach linked to Cambodia bombing reports. At least three officials were ousted as a result.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
National Security Council
Pentagon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York Times
Henry A. Kissinger
Daniel I. Davidson
Anthony Lake
Winston Lord
Aps
William Beecher
Cambodia
Beecher
Defense Department
the Times
Greenwood couple welcome daughter at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Larry D Greenwood of 117 BE Seventh St Montgomery City announce the birth of a daughter at 417 pm Tuesday at Audrain Medical Center. The baby weighs seven pounds nine ounces and joins a family with Mr Greenwood employed by Ralston Purina Co in Montgomery City.
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Greenwoods
Larry D. Greenwood
Seventh St
Montgomery City
Audrain Medical Center
Greenwood
Ralston Purina Co
Rotary Nursing Scholarship Awarded to Miss Robinson
Audrain Medical Center and Mexico Rotary Club officials announced a $1000 nursing scholarship for Jacquelyn Sue Robinson of Versailles. She will study at Burge School of Nursing in Springfield this fall and plans to return as a registered nurse after training in 1976. Since 1965 eleven Rotary nursing scholarships have been awarded in the area to various students.
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Mexico
Rotary Club
Audrain Medical Center
Jacquelyn Sue Robinson
Miss Robinson
John B. Robinson
Versailles
Wetterall Foods, Inc
Rotary
Angela Gibson Kaeser
Wellsville
Janet Hendrew Weaver
Carol Kraftzeck Oliver
Emily Sue Gerling Clark
Doris Wieschhaus Duthbert
Marlinsburg
Linda Walkup Groteweil
Montgomery City
Bernadette Murphy Hennekan
Beverly Pierce
Cheryl Ann Mayes
Centralia
Jane Fisher
Bobby Seale Loses Oakland Mayoral Bid
Black Panther cofounder Bobby Seale lost his bid to become mayor of Oakland by a two to one margin. John Reading won a third term as mayor, securing a near two to one victory and pushing the Panthers into the political arena.
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Oakland
Calif
Bobby Seale
California
Aledges
John Reading
VFW Installs Blair Commander
New officers of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3773 were installed at the Monday night meeting at the VFW Home. Raymond Blair was installed commander, joined by James A. Greenburg past commander Russ Franklin senior vice commander Tom Meellhatton junior vice commander Warren Duchesne outside guardian Kenneth Willis adjutant Robert Carter chaplain and trustees Russell Blair and Fred Hollingsworth.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Howard Summers
Laddonia
Raymond Blair
James A. Greenburg
Russ Franklin
Tom Meellhatton
Warren Duchesne
Guardian
Kenneth Willis
Robert Carter
Harold Holtkamp
Russell Blair
Fred Hollingsworth
Senators Oppose Cambodia Bombing Vote in Senate Committee
In Washington, a bipartisan move in the Senate Appropriations Committee to end all U S combat funds for Cambodia and Laos gained 24 votes. Eleven Republicans joined 13 Democrats to back the measure as Kissinger prepares for peace talks with Le Duc Tho in Paris, with several Republicans expressing weariness over the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Laos
Paris
Henry Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Senate Republican Conference
Congress
Cotton
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Thomas F. Eagleton
D- l
House
Elliot L. Richardson
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Fong
Russia Deploys First Combat Ready Triplet Warhead Missiles
U S defense officials say Russia is loading multiple warhead SS11 missiles into combat bases. More than 25 launches from Svobodnyy Orovyannaya and Drovyanaya indicate a shift to shotgun style triplet warheads, surpassing older designs though not yet matching US accuracy.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
United States
Svobodnyy
Kamchatka Peninsula
Orovyannaya
Drovyanaya
Killer Given Two Lifetimes Plus 396 Years
Theo dore Roosevelt Johnson, 21, of St. Louis, was sentenced to two life terms and four 99 year terms in connection with the Cousin Hugo Tavern killings of 1972. He was found guilty of murder robbery and assault with intent to kill for the Maplewood tavern robbery where two of four victims died. Other defendants have convictions or await trial.
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Clayton, Mo
Theodore Roosevelt Johnson
St. Louis
George W. Cloyd
St. Louis County
Johnson
Maplewood, Mo
Liddy Urges Congressmen to Skirt Campaign Law
Washington AP report says G Gordon Liddy, convicted Watergate figure, advised GOP congressmen on avoiding a new campaign law while not endorsing breaking it. He spoke at a Feb 23 1972 seminar sponsored by the RCC and House Republican Conference as he helped plan the DNC break-in. The law took effect April 7 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
GOP
Democratic National Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
House Republican Conference
Oklahoma family adds vo ag teachers in Ledgerland schools
Peeper from Oklahoma joins two active in Ledgerland schools as vo ag instructors. Joseph Peeper, formerly Linn vo ag teacher, becomes Centralia vo ag teacher. John starts third year at Mexico High in vo ag, Herman has ~10 years roag teaching at South Shelby. Joe’s twin serves in the Chemical Corps, Joe is an infantry officer who left after three months. Fifth brother pursuing agronomy PhD in Virginia. Congressman Hungate congratulates Mrs Macy Kemp on her 85th birthday with a note and a song, Down at the Old Watergate.
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Peeper
Oklahoma
Ledgerland
Joseph Peeper
Linn
Vo-Ag
Centralia
John
Mexico High
Herman
South Shelby
Joe
Chemical Corps
Virginia
Bill Hungate
Macy Kemp
The
Ledger
the Old Watergate
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Grace Episcopal Cathedral
San Francisco
Napa Valley
John Schneider
D-Florissant
A. Clifford Jones
Brentwood
House Appropriations Committee
James “Jay” Russell
Missouri Western College
St. Joseph
Missouri Southern College
Joplin
Nixon UK
Blair
Liberty
Hell
Russia
Little Dixie Drive-In
Showtime
Sebastian Films Limited Inc
Claud Jennings
Jean Mane Engels
Ceri
Howell
Joan Prate
Greg Nullavey
Ferd
Beverly Sebastan
Sebastian Whiter
Ann Cawthone
Dorothea Pete
Sebastian
Movida
Dunanson
Pstues
Yaropa
Eastman Kodak
Rochester, N.Y
Linda Peffer
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