Mystery over river cruise missing Harold Jordan
A Mound City house builder Harold Jordan and an employee Counts vanished after taking a borrowed cabin cruiser on a trip from near Mound City toward St Louis. The boat was found days later in the Mississippi near Cape Girardeau with gear aboard but no sign of the men. Counts later said Jordan boarded a bus at Cape Girardeau and left alone, while investigators traced a call Jordan tried to make in Yuma, Arizona. Jordan, 39, planned to become a broker and renew his Missouri license.
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MHS News Adopts A Through F Grade Card System
Mexico High School students received report cards using A B C D F instead of E S M I F and some asked for explanations for parents. About 50 colleges trade schools health schools and military recruiters will attend College Career Day Monday with 9th to 12th graders dismissed at 1 pm. Seventeen colleges eight business schools seven health schools and seven military branches will be present. Mexico schools will dismiss tomorrow and Friday for the Missouri State Teachers Convention in St. Louis.
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Hearst Mental Competence Ruling Slated This Friday
Patricia Hearst faces a judge's ruling on her mental competence to stand trial in San Francisco. Judge Oliver Carter will review extensive psychiatric panel reports described as complex. Her attorney cites a "traumatic neurosis" and prisoner of war framing. prosecutors say she is competent for federal bank robbery charges.
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Suppliers Worry Over New York City Purchases
New York City faces $500 million in ordered goods and $300 million in subway cars, sparking anxiety among 14,000 suppliers nationwide. City officials say they will avoid new long term contracts, awaiting payment amid fears of widespread bankruptcies in supplier towns. Local firms from Swift & Co to International Harvester and IBM report unpaid bills and potential fallout if payments stall.
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Marriage Forfeits His Family Income In Jamaica Case
LONDON AP A titled Briton living in Jamaica lost most income from a family trust after marrying his second wife Pamela a former showgirl and beauty queen not Jewish High Court Judge John Whitford ruled Bruce Tuck 49 Montego Bay Jamaica would forfeit about six thousand three hundred dollars annually now limited to about eight hundred forty.
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Paycheck Truce in Beirut Amid Street War and Paychecks
War weary Lebanese ventured from their homes despite sniper fire to observe a paycheck truce in Beirut's Christian Muslim street war. Banks began payroll payouts while security forces helped dismantle roadblocks and supervise weapon withdrawals. Government ministries and shops reopened slowly as Karami urged workers back to work and troops joined mixed patrols to bolster confidence.
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Court upholds retirement law for public workers
The Supreme Court, amid a winter review of mandatory retirement rules for public employees, upholds a lower court ruling that a Louisiana retirement law is constitutional without comment.
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