Kingdom Hall Dedicated In Mexico Congregation
The Kingdom Hall at 807 W. Breckenridge St will be dedicated this weekend led by Grant Sutter of Brooklyn NY, secretary treasurer of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. The project began Nov 7 1970 with much of the work done by local congregation members and volunteers from seven nearby congregations. Open house Saturday 1 to 4 pm, program at 7 pm. Sunday events start at 9 30 am. Meetings are free with no collection.
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New Kingdom
Jehovah's Witnesses
W. Breckenridge St
Sammy D. Dysart
Mexico
Grant Sutter
Brooklyn
N.Y
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Sutter
Mr. Dysart
Kingdom Hall
Dysart
Honolulu
United States
Liberty Theatre
Patrols replace guards in troubled Chattanooga neighbo rhoods
Police and National Guard troops pull out of predominantly Negro districts in Chattanooga and hand patrols to unarmed black civilians. Safety Commissioner Armour says calls declined and calm returned. Twenty six arrests mostly for curfew violations. A black man was fatally shot after a brick was alleged to be hurled at a police car. some residents dispute details of the incident.
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Chattanooga
Tance
Wilson Pickett
Armour
Leon Anderson
Robert K. Walker
Anderson
Everything Normal At Travis AFB Says Report
At Travis Air Force Base California Maj Gen William G Moore vowed no tolerance for further racial brawling after 135 airmen were arrested from a Monday night melee that involved 600 men. The base reported normal operations with over 200 MPs and 78 civilian officers patrolling. a fire caused $5000 damage and a civilian firefighter died.
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Travis Afb
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Vietnam
William G. Moore
U.S
Travis
22Nd Air Force
Air Police
Nine migrants slain in California orchards near Yuba City
Nine stabbed and slashed bodies, believed to be migrant fruit pickers, were found in orchards two miles north of Yuba City. Police suspect a single killer.
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Yuba City
Calif
Walker Has Heart Surgery After Skiing Accident
Actor Clint Walker star of Cheyenne suffered a punctured heart when he fell on Mammoth Mountain while skiing with his daughter Valerie Demirdjian. Doctors at Northern Inyo Hospital sewed up the wound and he was reported improving.
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Bishop
Calif
Clint Walker
Cheyenne
Walker
Mammoth Mountain
Northern Inyo
Valerie Demirdjian
Berry Accepted as Student at William Jewell College
Marianne Berry of Route 4 Mexico has been accepted as a student at William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri. She transfers from Central Methodist College in Fayette joining the incoming class.
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Marianne Berry
Route 4
Mexico
William Jewell College
Liberty
CentralMethodist College
Fayette
Tip dispute on France liner ends with suspensions
New York AP report says in March last year longshoremen demanded tips from Jackie Gleason's assist ant aboard the France. James Matuszewski and four others took $50 then $200 more from Frank Butler, claiming The Great One pays. A hiring agent Edward Gray sought favors, was abusive, and was turned away. The Waterfront Commission suspended Gray for 45 days and revoked Matuszewski's pier license.
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New York
Jackie Gleagon
France
Europe
Waterfront Commission
James Matuszewski
Matuszewski
Gleason
Frank Butler
Butler
Edward Gray
Gray's
Banks Named Expenditures Survey Head
Hartley G. Banks, president of the First Bank of Commerce in Columbia, Mo., was elected president of the Missouri Public Expenditure Survey, succeeding Leonard W. Staples of Kansas City. Frederic M. Peirce of St. Louis was elected first vice president and D. W. Gilmore of Kansas City Life Insurance Co. second vice president at the 31st annual meeting in Kansas City. William S. Lowe of Mexico participated as a board member aiding the statewide trustees drafting next year’s program.
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Kansas City
Hartley G. Banks
First Bank of Commerce of Columbia
Missouri
Banks
Leonard W. Staples
Jefferson City
Frederic M. Peirce
St. Louis
General American Life Insurance Co
D. W. Gilmore
Kansas City Life Insurance Co
William S. Lowe
Mexico
Lowe
Senators OK Bill To Save Medicaid
The Missouri Senate Public Health Committee approved a bill to create two welfare programs to comply with federal rules. One funds periodic screening for recipients under 21, the other provides home health care for those eligible for nursing home care, aiming to avert loss of about 158 million dollars yearly in federal funds.
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Jefferson City
Division of Welfare
Missouri
Senate Public Health Committee
Paul Williams
Williams
Bomb ransom forces Qantas to pay 560000 in Sydney
Australian airline Qantas paid 560000 to an extortion gang claiming a 707 jetliner with 116 passengers held a bomb. Police later confirmed no bomb on board after a five minute fuel warning. The ransom, demanded as 500000 or 560000, was handed over by Captain Robert J. Ritchie in front of Qantas' central city office. authorities suspect an imitation of a TV movie and a note warned of further risks if not paid.
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Sydney
Australia
Quantas
Anchorage
Alaska
Western Airlines
Seattle
Wash
Royal Australian Navy
Botany Bay
Qantas
Darwin
Brown
Robert J. Ritchie
Burger On Tv Tapes ABC Interview Before ABA Speech
Chief Justice Warren Burger will tape a half hour conversation for ABC before delivering his address to the American Bar Association in Chicago on July 5.
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New York
Warren Burger
ABC
American Bar Association
Chicago
Van Wyngarden to Head Mexico Kiwanis Club
Van Wyngarden was chosen president of the Mexico Kiwanis Club at a noon meeting succeeding Marvin Dishman. Hodgin will be president-elect with Young as vice president and Whisler Evans and Danser as directors. Mrs. Stover spoke on Happy House day care and the new all day summer program for working mothers.
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Wella van Wyngarden
Mexico
Happy House
Stover
Louise Curtis
Garfield Community Center
Hope to Get 17th Degree for Bob Hope
LOS ANGELES AP Bob Hope, pleased at receiving his 17th honorary college degree, says criticism by antiwar students and faculty does not affect him. He notes the California State College Board of Trustees awarded a doctorate of humane letters after a Tuesday vote.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
Hope
California State College Board of Trustees
Nixon plan wins vote to merge volunteer programs
The House approved the Nixon administration proposal to consolidate Peace Corps VISTA and related agencies into a new Action Corps by a 224 to 131 vote after a three hour debate. Administration officials pledged more funding and reforms in operating the merged volunteer programs.
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House
Nixon
Washington
Peace Corps
VISTA
Action Corps
Congressional Committees
Rock Festival Is Banned Near Joplin
A permanent injunction barred a planned rock festival on abandoned mining ground northwest of Joplin Jasper County Circuit Court judge Robert Warden ordered the ban and directed authorities to bar traffic The hearing drew Kansas Atty Gen Vern Miller and 21 witnesses including promoter Perry Fellwock who said he would not hold the event and cited overblown crowd estimates from 2500 to potentially 15000 25000 due to publicity
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Joplin
Jasper County
Robert Warden
Missouri Highway Patrol
Kansas
Atty
Vern Miller
Ben Pyle
Perry Ellwock
Fellwock
New York Senate Approves One-Year Welfare Residency
The New York Senate passed a Republican backed plan requiring one year of residence for welfare, amid a four hour floor fight. Critics call it racist and promise court challenges. supporters project annual $4 million in state savings with about 12,000 affected yearly, including many children.
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Albany
N.Y
State Senate
Assembly
Nelson A. Roockfeller
State Social Services Department
Senate
New York Civil Liberties Union
Sen
Martin Knorr
Queens
Sidney von Luther
Manhattan
von Luther
Nazi Germany
Manfred Ohrenstein
Seymour Thaler
New York State
Thaller
Wikoff Retiring From Wentworth Military Academy
Col. Lester B. Wikoff, superintendent of Wentworth Military Academy and Junior College, announces retirement effective August 1 after 11 years in the post. He has been associated with the institution for 56 years and says age is the main reason. The board of trustees will announce his successor in a few days.
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Lexington
Lester B. Wikoff
Wentworth Military Academy
Wikoff
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