Jaworski to resign boards and sell Coastal States stake
Houston AP Leon Jaworski, new Watergate prosecutor and Coastal States director, says he will resign from all boards including Bank of the Southwest, Anderson Clayton, Gulf Publishing, and Village National Bank. He also will sell his 200 Coastal States Gas Corp shares amid an SEC suit over gas delivery shortfalls. The antitrust action, filed in New York, targets Texaco and Coastal States Gas Producing Co., alleging a contract allowing Texaco to buy from Coastal’s Corpus Christi refinery reduced competition.
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Houston, Tex
New Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Coastal States Gas Corp
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Coastal States
Pany
Fulbright, Crocker & Jaworski
U.S
New York City
Coastal States Board
Bank of the Southwest
Houston
Anderson Clayton & Co
Gulf Publishing Co
Intercontinental National Bank
Village National Bank of Houston
Coastal States Gas Producing Co
Coastal States Crude Gathering Co
New York
Texaco, Inc
Texaco
Coastal
Corpus Christi
Woodward jailed 10 years for LSD sale in Audrain County
Thomas Burton Woodward, 26, of Mexico, was found guilty of selling LSD and sentenced to 10 years by a jury of seven women and five men after a two day trial in Audrain County Circuit Court. He remains free on bond pending a motion for a new trial. Video tapes were used as evidence with only portions shown to jurors. This marks the first time a local jury determined both guilt and punishment in a drug case.
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Thomas Burton Woodward
Mexico
Woodward
Audrain County
Thomas I. Osborne
Missouri Highway Patrol
Miss Tyler May Tip A Canoe
Memphis police question Charlotte Tyler a 19 year old from Paris Arkansas about reports of sexual relations with officers. Police Director Jay W Hubbard says she volunteered to talk, no charges will be filed and a polygraph may be used to verify her statements.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Missouri
Jay W. Hubbard
Hubbard
Charlotte Tyler
Paris
Ark
Tyler
St. Louis
Chlorine Shortage Leaves City Cautious on Water Supply
AP reports a nationwide chlorine shortage with St Louis officials fearing a pure water crisis. No firm bid on the January 1 contract renewal after Vulcan Materials of Wichita Kansas ends, per city supply commissioner Joseph P. Sestric.
Optimists Hear Avid Bow Hunter
Ron Whittaker spoke to the Mexico Optimist Club about archery as a growing sport. He has hunted in four states over 13 years and has killed ten deer. Audrain county issued 200 archery permits versus 240,000 statewide. Missouri’s deer herd is about 300,000. Bow hunting has been legal since 1936 with the season October 1 to December 31. The Optimists reached 100 members. The club hosts a bowling tournament at Mexico Lanes through December 16 with 91 entries and will join the Jaycees in decorating downtown K. C. Hall for Christmas.
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Ron Whittaker
Mexico
Whittaker
Missouri
Audrain County
Roger Beamer
Sam McCune
Dee. 16
Mexico Lanes
Jones Boys
K. C. Hall
Jaycees
Re-entry Vehicle Launched Friday
A research and development re-entry vehicle was launched at the Air Force Space and Missile Test Center at Vandenberg AFB Calif a military spokesman said.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Air Force Space and Missile Test Center
Rebecca Lynn Dempsey Born in Vandalia at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Bill Dempsey of Vandalia welcomed daughter Rebecca Lynn born Thursday at Audrain Medical Center at 521 PM weighing eight pounds eight ounces Grandparents are Joe Johnson New Florence Mrs Eldon Childress Eldon Illinois and Mr and Mrs Benny Dempsey Middletown
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Bill Dempsey
Vandalia
Audrain Medical Center
Rebecca Lynn
Joe Johnson
New Florence
Eldon Childress
Eldon, Ill
Benny Dempsey
Middletown
Salute to L Buford Thomas Highlighted Mexico Game
At last night's football match Mexico fans cheered a musical salute to retiring schools superintendent L Buford Thomas. Dixie Grays halftime tribute by music director John Willer honored the Class of 1974 on its final home game. Helias fans traveled by bus and car, yielding the largest crowd of the year despite quieter west-side sections.
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Mexico
L. Buford Thomas
Dixie Grays
John Willer
Helias
Jefferson City
Jim Elliott Hurt At Work At McCon
Jim Elliott of 612 Ringo St. was reported in satisfactory condition at Audrain Medical Center after surgery for an elbow arm injury. He was injured when his arm became stuck in a block machine unloader at Mo-Con Co and burned by a cutting torch used to free him. Elliott has worked at Mo-Con for 27 years.
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Jim Elliott
Ringo St
Audrain Medical Center
Mo-Con Co
Elliott
Mo-Con
Nixon poll shows Nixon at twenty seven percent
George Gallup reports Nixon's popularity at 27 percent in the latest Gallup poll to be published Sunday. He warns the figure marks the lowest level for a U S president in two decades, four points above Truman's 23 percent low in 1951, stated at Williams College Friday.
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Williamstown
Mass
George Gallup
Gallup
Nixon
Roper Public Opinion Research Center
Williams College
Harry S. Truman
Mrs Beulah Burnham Dies at 78 in Bucklin
Beulah Burnham 78 of Bucklin died Friday night at Good Samaritan Hospital Macon after a long illness. Born July 20 1895 to W L and Sarah Baker, she was married to Oscar Burnham who died in 1962. Survived by daughter Lena Stull Mexico and Eudema Smith Shawnee Mission Kan son Otis Bucklin nine grandchildren two great grandchildren a brother Carlos Baker California a sister Elsie Butherus Indiana with son Finis predeceased. Services pending Larson Funeral Home Bucklin.
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Beulah Burnham
Bucklin
Good Samaritan Hospital
Macon
Lena Stull
Mexico
Larson Funeral Home
Burnham
W. L
Sarah Barns Baker
Oscar Burnham
Stull
Eudema Smith
Shawnee Mission
Kan
Otis
Carlos Baker
California
Elsie Butherus
Indiana
Finis
O Connor Infant Services Monday
Christopher Eugene O Connor infant son of Clarence Eugene and Catherine Ann Freeman O Connor of Rush Hill was stillborn at 10 a.m. Friday at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery with Precht Pickering funeral home in charge. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Edward O Connor of Rush Hill and Mrs. Mable Morris of Mexico. paternal great grandmother Mrs. Mable Morris. maternal grandfather Arthur Freeman of Madison and maternal grandmother Mrs. Betty Levings of Mexico.
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Christopher Eugene O’connor
Clarence Eugene
Catherine Ann Freeman O'Connor
Rush Hill
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
East Lawn Memorial Park
Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
Clarence Edward O’connor
Mable Morris
Mexico
Arthur Freeman
Madison
Betty Levings
Eagleton Says US Leaderless in Nixon Era
Senator Thomas Eagleton told about 1,000 at a Jefferson City fundraising dinner that if President Nixon stays in office three more years it would test whether 200 million Americans can lead without a leader. He could not predict impeachment, resignation, or continued tenure, and said his mail ran 20-1 in favor of impeachment.
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Jefferson City
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Nixon
Eagleton
Funeral planned for J. B. Arthur in Mexico
Funeral services for J. B. Arthur, 84, noted Mexico industrialist and philanthropist, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at United Methodist Church with burial at East Lawn Memorial Park. He died Thursday at Audrain Medical Center after ill health. Arthur built Mexico Refractories into a nationwide operation now part of Kaiser industries and donated to Audrain Medical Center Cerebral Palsy School and other local causes. Memorials are asked to Arthur Hills Golf Course or Cerebral Palsy School.
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Mexico
J. B. Arthur
Mexico United Methodist Church
East Lawn Memorial Park
J. C. Montgomery
Arthur
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico Refractories Co
Audrain County Historical Society
East Central Missouri Mental Health Association
Weather section reports mild temperatures and rain chances
Official 7:00 am readings show 24 hour high 55 and low 30 with 7 am at 30. Forecast for Zone 5 calls for increasing clouds and a chance of rain, highs around 50, with Sunday rain chances higher. Missouri outlook cooler starts Monday with mid 20s to 40s, then a warmer Wednesday. Public safety notes detail stabbings, assaults, and minor accidents with ongoing police and highway patrol updates. A list of local hospital admissions and births is included along with yesterday’s cash grain and stock figures.
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Missouri
Bootheel
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Columbia
St. Louis
Joplin
Springfield
Vichy
Cape Girardeau
West Plains
Monett
Youth Center Fund Drives Aiding Community Chest
The Mexico Youth Center hosted two fundraisers for the Community Chest last Friday and Saturday. An after game party for about 60 high school students raised 30 dollars with hot dogs donated by John Willer. A Saturday dance for junior high and high school students drew around 100 attendees and 50 dollars, with Neon Sun performing. Chaperones included Mr. and Mrs. Garland Callihan on Friday and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Valet with Bob Deason on Saturday.
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Mexico Youth Center
Community Chest
Quincy C.b.-Mexico
John Willer
Neon Sun
Mexico High School
Jeff Mackey
Tom Badaracco
Mike Batty
John Whalen
Chris Kramer
Garland Callihan
Gerald Valet
Bob Deason
UNICEF Drive in Mexico Raises $611 Despite Poor Turnout
UNICEF collection in Mexico last week netted $611 with a light turnout of 49 school children and 12 collector-drivers due to bad weather and a busy weekend. Weather kept canvassers away. Rev Patrick Dolan urged residents to send donations to committee members including Rev Jerry Ostrom, Rev John Harmon, and Mrs Betty Campbell at First Christian Church.
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Unicef
Mexico
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