County Voter Registration Lifts in Three Counties
Audrain County voters face registration start at month end, said County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes. Monroe County Clerk Cloyce Menefee echoed similar timing, while Montgomery County’s Adolph Grosse reports registration about a fifth complete after a month. Barnes intends to bring registration to the people, asserting efforts to ensure every citizen can vote despite opposition to statewide measures.
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Audrain County
Glenn M. Barnes
Monroe
Cloyce Menefee
Montgomery County
Adolph Grosse
Barnes
Barnes Plans Countywide Voter Registration Drive
Mr Barnes outlined a mobile registration plan to bring registration to all towns in the county avoiding trips to Mexico. Local areas will be notified, clubs will assist shut ins, and a mass of registration books are being prepared. The county court approved precinct and ward maps, with 75 new books ordered plus 15 for road districts and multiple school district books, totaling ten per word and precinct.
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Barnes
Vandalia
Mexico
Menefee
Monroe County
Precincts Retained Amid Local Polling Place Realignment
In a standard county election, 27 polling sites remain, numbered 1 through 14 countywide with three extra wards in Vandalia, nine in Mexico, and one for Vandiver Village. Rural voters and town residents mostly vote at Vandalia Precinct 1, with town polling places Vandalia Ward I II III. Precincts 2 Farber 3 Laddonia 4 Beagles 5 Rush Hill 6 R-6 7 Martinsburg 8 Benton City 9 South Fork called CEC 10 R-3 11 Community Room 12 4-H 13 Thompson for Wilson Township and 14 Friendship for Saling Township. Pisgah Burnham and Naylor precincts are eliminated.
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Vandalia
Mexico
Vandiver Village
Vandiver
Caivre
Farber
Laddonia
Beagles
Rush Hill
R-6
Martinsburg
Benton City
South Fork
CEC
Community Room
Thompson
Wilson Township
Friendship
Saling Township
Pisgah
Burnham
Naylor
Voter hubs split as city and school elections merge
County clerk maps election sites by ward across towns Van d Aldia Mexico Vandiver Laddonia Farber Martinsburg Benton City Rush Hill with rural boards directing centralized voting. Registrants fill three cards and sign six for school ward and district uses. A compact billfold card will display precinct township with an address-change form to update registrations automatically.
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Vandalia
Mexico
Vandiver
Laddonia
Farber
Martinsburg
Benton City
Rush Hill
Van-Far
Barnes
County Precinct Map Reference on Page Three
A reader note directs readers to see the County Precinct Map on page three. A humorous quip from the Cumberland Wisconsin Advocate about a farmer and a cow frames the item with a playful ultimatum definition.
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Cumberland, Wis
Advocate
Cold Focuses Fuel Shortage Across Regions
The Associated Press reports intensified fuel conservation amid wintry weather and Middle East oil cuts. Canada raises crude export tax to 1.90 a barrel, hitting Midwest and Far West border areas hardest. Arab export bans threaten 4.3 million barrel daily losses, prompting an emergency plan. Senate officials and White House planners forecast worsening shortages.
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Henry A. Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
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Rotterdam
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Britain
Shell
Middle East
Senate Commerce Committee
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Office of Emergency Service Assistance
Wisconsin
Indiana
Hawaii
Standard Oil Co
California
Nigeria Doubles Oil Price Boosts Barrel Cost
Nigeria, Africa's top crude producer, nearly doubles the posted price from 4287 to 8318 dollars per barrel. Agreement reached with Shell-BP Gulf Texaco Mobil, effective Oct. 20, boosts revenue as Nigeria pumps about 2 million barrels daily. The U S embassy notes Nigeria is a major US supplier by volume.
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U.S
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Venezuela
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First Frost Hits Ledgerland as Harvest Nears
Jack Frost touched Ledgerland last night with a 40 degree low as farmers finish soybeans and press on with corn and milo harvest. Wet, cold weather may spread from western Missouri tonight, with Monday forecast into the 20s. An early 30 degree reading failed to match the 1951 low. 1964 held the all time high.
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Jack Frost
Ledgerland
Ledger
Missouri
Handi Shop Open House Dedicates New Mexico Workshop
Handi Shop Inc in Mexico will dedicate its new sheltered workshop Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at 919 W. Liberty St. Sam Lieberson will speak, with John Blass as master of ceremonies. Tours and refreshments follow. 20 handicapped employees work six hours daily on contracts for 10 area businesses.
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Handi-Shop, Inc
Mexico
Florsheim
Liberty St
Sam Lieberson
Hannibal
John Blass
Mexico Women's Club
Harold Habecost
Audrain
Montgomery
Callaway County
Monroe
Centralia
Kissinger Holds Talks With Arab Leaders and Meir
Secretary of State Kissinger met with Golda Meir in a lengthy session and with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohamed Ismail and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy in separate talks. Officials gave no details on progress, while Kissinger briefed NATO ambassadors on the Middle East crisis amid broader diplomatic activity.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Middle East
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Ismail Fahmy
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Ismail
McCloskey
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Saudi Arabia
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al Ahram
Security Council
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Peru
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Nixon
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Kennedy urges rapid action on Ford vice presidency
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy calls for prompt Senate action on Rep. Gerald R. Ford's nomination as vice president to quell White House impeachment and election manipulation concerns. He warns against partisan debate and notes House Speaker Carl Albert would become president if Nixon resigns or is impeached before Ford is confirmed.
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Senate
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
Ford
Massachusetts
Carl Albert
Congress
Kennedy
Mrs Rose Haymart Dies at 87 in Mexico Missouri
Mrs Rose Haymart 87 of Pleasant View Nursing Home Paris died at Audrain Medical Center Mexico. Born April 23 1886 in Reidsville she lived in Mexico before moving to the nursing home. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Monday Precht Pickering Funeral Home with Rev Don Wortman officiating burial Elmwood Cemetery. She leaves four sons four a daugh ters 29 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren five great great grandchildren and one sister. Friends may call Sunday 1 to 8:30 p.m.
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Pleasant View
Paris
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
Don Wortman
Elmwood Cemetery
Haymart
Reidsville
John Warren
Hannah Ruth Boone Tate
Arthur T. Stuart
William Haymart
Arthur Stuart
Burlington
Homer
Vernon
Ovid Stuart
Robert
Cleo) Barker
Garland
Dessie) Kelsay
Truce Holding Up in Middle East. UN Forces Expand
U N peacekeeping units from Sweden Finland and other nations widen around Ismailia and Suez City Egypt. Security Council adds Canada Poland and five more nations to the force. oil policy talks and Kissinger meetings signal ongoing diplomatic efforts.
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Associated Press
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Sweden
Finland
Ismailia
Suez City
Egypt
Cairo
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Security Council
Canada
Poland
Washington
al Ahram
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Hafez Assad
Kuwait
Sheik Sabat el
Nixon hearing probes lost June 4 watergate tape
In Washington AP reports prosecutors urge Nixon to turn over a June 4 tape of him listening to recordings. Judge Sirica blocked the request as not covered by the current order. Bull testified Nixon reviewed about 20 tapes in the Executive Office Building.
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Washington
Nixon
J. Fred Buzhardt
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Stephen V. Bull
Richard Ben Veniste
Buzhardt
Bull
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon mingles work and leisure at Biscayne Bay
President Nixon, denying resignation, spends a weekend at Key Biscayne with neighbor Charles Rebozo aboard Coco Lobo II. He works later, while officials say he plans a congressional energy message next week to meet essential needs without harming defense or the economy. A giant radish, grown by John Puckett of Laddonia, Missouri, measures 19 3/4 inches around and nine inches long after a single planting from "crazy seeds" planted July 1.
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Fla
Nixon
Charles G
Bebe” Rebozo
Biscayne Bay
Rebozo
Warren
Congress
John Puckett
Laddonia
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