Jail Escapees Give Up After Hostages Flee
Two jailed gunmen surrendered after their hostages slipped away from a farmhouse in Wadena Minnesota. The two escapees, one an accused murderer, had held Mr and Mrs Wegscheid and their 15 year old son hostage for 36 hours before dawn. No injuries were reported as deputies captured the fugitives.
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Wadena, Minn
Elmer Wegscheid
FBI
Wegscheid
Wadena
John P. Morgan
Morgan
William L. Winans
Minnesota
Ed. Wadena
Minneapolis
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Morgan and
Winans
Philip Enlow
Becky
Ricky
Joel
Enlow
No To Union For Fourth Time In Kennett Mo
In Kennett Missouri Emerson Electric Co workers voted 712 to 295 against joining Teamsters Local 574 Cape Girardeau, marking a fourth rejection of union representation in the past decade. Previous rejections occurred in 1964 1965 and 1967 by Emerson employees. Dr Roger Leslie of St Louis is in Mexico to take over the practice of Dr Donald W Daut at 200 E Monroe St while Daut is away for two weeks.
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Kennett, Mo
Emerson Electric Co
Missouri Bootheel
Teamsters
Cape Girardeau
Emerson
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Roger Leslie
St. Louis
Mexico
Donald W. Daut
E. Monroe St
Neihardt’s Verse Read At Service In Columbia Missouri
Dr. John Neihardt 92 died last Saturday at his daughter’s home in Columbia. Funeral services attracted about 300 friends as a poem he wrote at 19 was read. Eulogies praised his literary stature and MU ties. Cremation planned in St. Louis.
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Columbia
John Neihardt
Nebraska
Hilda Petri
Alice Tompson
Neihardt
Write-in Vote Elects Women in Unionville Council
Unionville Iowa AP Five women will sit on Mayor Richard Hopkins new city council after write in votes decisive as no names appeared on the ballot. Hopkins, re-elected mayor and in office 12 years, expressed pleasure at residents taking an active role.
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Unionville
Iowa
Richard Hopkins
Hopkins
Jefferson City bicentennial eyes Lohman Landing restoration
Missouri American Revolution Bicentennial Commission votes to grant 10 000 startup funds for restoring Lohman s Landing area near the capitol to a historic site renaming it Jefferson Landing. The plan faces questions over a 600 000 capital improvements budget and potential revenue sources. A museum and small facilities are proposed for the four story Lohman s Landing building. Also reports a Vandalia couple welcoming a daughter at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds four ounces.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Capitol
James A. Noland
Osage Beach
James L. Wilson
Christopher S. Bond
Park Board
Lohman’s Landing
Lohman
Edward M. Hall
Vandalia
Audrain Medical Center
Hall
Phillips 66
Church of England Upholds Divorce Ban After Vote
The General Synod defeated moves to end the ban on marrying divorced persons. The 15-year battle split the church. Bishops voted 40 to 16 and lay delegates 117 to 58, keeping marriage as a sacrament seen as undissoluble.
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Church of England
London
General Synod
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Harley Sorensen
Minneapolis Tribune
Associated Press
Wegscheids
Union
Dr. Leslie
Elmer Ellis
University of Missouri
Dr. Ellis
Monk Bryan
Missouri United Methodist
Nethardt
Farm
FSLIC
S. Jefferson
Farm & Home
Bond
Lohman's Landing
Historical Division of the Park Board
Tonangio
Central
Spaghett
Veal Parmesan
Otabian Villa
Guthrie
Cook ~ Ea
Reo
Valley Loop S
Brush Sey
Cook Paint
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