Surrender Ends Night Search for Abductor in Audrain County
Bobby Lawson surrendered at Audrain County Jail ending an all night search for Olivia Sue Graves who was taken from 508 E Bolivar by Lawson at gunpoint. Lawson, 33, lists addresses in Mexico Moberly and Columbia and faced a 1968 parole violation plus a 1972 assault warrant. Graves aided by family disclosed Lawson threatened to kill. Officers from Mexico Boone County Columbia assisted in the manhunt with state patrol, and Lawson appeared at the jail rear door with his mother and sister. Graves said she was taken toward Fayette before Lawson surrendered.
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Bobby Lawson
Audrain County
Olivia Sue Graves
E. Bolivar St
Lawson
Bolivar
Mexico
Harold Sulgrove
Audrain Medical Center
Moberly
Columbia
Goldie Cross
Fayette
Memorial Day Observed a Day Later Under New Law
Memorial Day will be observed on the last Monday in May under a new law. State and county offices close, post office operates on holiday schedule with limited services, libraries close, and parks open for summer swim sessions as weather allows.
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Mexico
National Guard
Mexico Chamber of Commerce
West Plaza
South Trails
Kaiser Refractories
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Florsheim Shoe Co
Mexico - Audrain
Ledger
Plunkett Park
Garfield Park
Garfield
Museums to Open Saturday in Audrain County
The American Saddle Horse Museum and the Ross House Museum will open Saturday from 2 to 5 PM with hostesses on duty. The Saddle Horse Museum, dedicated last year, houses saddle horse pictures trophies equipment and displays. The Ross House, dating to the 1800s, features a national doll collection and glass displays among others. Regular summer hours are 2 to 5 PM daily except Monday.
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American Saddle Horse Museum
Ross House Museum
The
Audrain County Historical Society
Saddle Horse Museum
Ross House
Courney and Ives
Seale to be released from custody in New Haven
The U S attorney's office announced plans for the immediate release of Bobby G Seale chairman of the Black Panther party from custody in New Haven Connecticut A conference with Judge Luther Swygert assistant U S attorney James Thompson and Thomas Meites led to the decision The Seventh Circuit granted bond Thursday pending disposition of Seales appeal of a four year contempt sentence
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Chicago
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Bobby G. Seale
Black Panther Party
New Haven
Conn
Seale
Luther J. Swygert
U.S. 7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
James R. Thompson
Thomas Meites
Eagles At School Cause Confusion In Rural Ohio
In Archbold, Ohio, a seven year old girl returns home upset after school due to a math joke about eagles. She explains to her mother that two plus two eagles four and three plus three eagles six. The playful mishearing highlights a child’s literal take on wordplay.
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Farmland News
Archbold, Ohio
Neighbors Save Family's Goods From Fire Near Mexico
Neighbors helped rescue most furnishings from the Rev. and Mrs. Dan Anderson’s rented home on Molino road, four and a half miles north of Mexico. The blaze began about 8 p.m. and destroyed the structure, with volunteers removing items until about 10 p.m. The Andersons, from Columbia, used the home on weekends. Neighbors suspected wiring sparked the fire, and schnelle efforts kept a nearby garage from catching fire.
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Dan Anderson
Mexico
G. H. Matthiesen
Molino Road
Douglas Balser
Kosygin to Visit Canada After Soviet Trudeau Talks
Premier Alexei Kosygin accepted an invitation to visit Canada according to Tass. The joint Soviet Canadian communique announced Kosygin's acceptance amid Trudeau’s 11 day visit to the Soviet Union which ended today. Canada backed reductions in central Europe and supported a European security conference as Ottawa and Moscow signaled aligned views on several international issues.
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Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Canada
Tass
Kosygin
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Soviet Union
Ottawa
Europe
Postage Boost Changes Rates For Mail Delivery
Rates rise for subscriptions effective June 1. Audrain County and nearby: yearly 13.00, six months 8.50, three months 6.25. Other Missouri counties: yearly 19.00, six months 13.50, three months 9.25. Out-of-state: yearly 22.00, six months 14.50, three months 11.25. Armed forces: 1.25 per month. Mexico and Ledgerland towns unaffected. Also: Ramsey family of Mexico welcome daughter born 1:38 p.m. Thursday at Audrain Medical Center weighing 8 lb 5 oz.
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the Ledger
Audrain
Missouri
Carrier Bay
Mexico
Ledgerland
Howard W. Ramsey
Audrain Medical Center
Ramsey
Kitty Clever Potato Chip Co
Viet Forces Battle For Cambodian Town
South Vietnamese forces fight North Vietnamese troops for the third day in the Cambodian rubber town of Snuol with allied air support. Casualties run high on both sides, with claims of hundreds of enemy killed and dozens of South Vietnamese dead or wounded. U S helicopter gunships and B 52s supported operations in eastern Cambodia and central highlands as fighting continued near Pleiku and the A Shau Valley.
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Saigon
Snuol
South Vietnam
A Shau
Sauol
U.S. Command
Cambodia
Blue Law Complaint Names Wrong Person at SupeRx Store
Prosecuting Attorney Thomas I. Osborne said an amended blue law charge will correct a misidentification in the original case accusing SupeRx Drug Store and Mrs. Elroy Adams of Sunday sale of prohibited goods. The complaint should name Marian Adams as the sales clerk. Mrs. Elroy Adams does not work at SupeRx.
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SupeRx Drug Store
Thomas I. Osborne
Elroy Adams
Maxine Norman
SupeRx
Marian Adams
Molino
Cubbard
Jay
IGA
Final Events Begin At MMA
Missouri Military Academy hosts its annual commencement weekend drawing visitors from many states and abroad. Tonight features the Fry speech contest at 8 in the Field House. Sunday ends with Au Revoir on the front lawn at 1. The main events include the 2 p.m. Sunday commencement with UM President C Brice Ratchford, and 61 seniors plus 39 eighth graders receive diplomas.
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Mexico
Missouri Military Academy
W. Wallace Fry
Field House
C. Brice Ratchford
University of Missouri
Winston Churchill
Fusileers
George Wraith
First Christian Church
Academy
Don Hooten
Charles J. Wall
Ratchford
Charles Stribling III
No End To Bodies Says Deputy In Yuba City
Twenty bodies unearthed from fruit orchards near Yuba City, with Sheriff Roy D Whiteaker saying more are expected. The toll marks the largest single case in US history this century. Juan V Corona, 37, is jailed on 10 murders. Victims are men, many itinerant workers. wounds described as machete-like, later noted as chest stab wounds. Search continues in the Sacramento Valley amid rain as officers probe depressions in orchards.
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Yuba City
Calif
Roy D. Whiteaker
United States
Whiteaker
Juan V. Corona
Corona
Feather River
Sacramento Valley
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Ringo
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VEW
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Micanm
Eva Oer
Bobby Seale
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Blue Law
MMA
Sutter County
Sheriff's Office
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