The Most Beautiful Place in The World Kweilin China Visit
Robert M. White recounts a China trip with Mexico Ledger readers focusing on Kweilin, its scenery, caves, Li River cruise, and local hospitality. He notes Seven Star cave and Reed Flute cave, discusses the scenic limestone pinnacles, and mentions plans for a forthcoming booklet compiling the Second Journey To China series.
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Seoul dynamite blast devastates Iri killing 52
Rescue workers scoured rubble of 9,500 buildings in Iri seeking more victims after 40 tons of dynamite detonated in a parked freight train Friday night. At least 52 were killed and 1,340 injured with about 10 million dollars in damage. President Park Chung-hee flew 120 miles from Seoul to oversee relief and ordered actions.
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Police Question Robbery Suspect
Mexico police questioned a man in his 20s in connection with Friday night’s armed robbery at Mobil Shop N Go Store on Jefferson Street. The thief, masked and armed with a handgun, stole about $130 after forcing a clerk and customer into an office. no arrest timeline given.
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N. Jefferson
Peggy Lear
Centralia
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Ear
Rath’s Foods
Harold's
Danforth asks GAO to review Missouri mail service
Senator John Danforth urges a GAO review of Missouri mail performance citing complaints about dependability and speed. He seeks a comparison with regional national and postal goals and notes recent central Missouri processing consolidations. He plans June hearings and wants a report beforehand. Also notes a newborn in Audrain Medical Center and a local joke about a mental institution.
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John Danforth
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Missouri
General Accounting Office
Elmer B. Staats
Danforth
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Comptroller General
Postal Service
Wheat acreage cuts eyed in new delay on 1978 payments
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department weighs a revised plan to shrink the national program acreage for 1978 wheat to cut target price deficiency payments. Public-comment period extended two weeks as officials consider lowering from 58.7 million to about 53.3 million acres, impacting allocation factors and set-aside requirements for farmers.
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Audrain's Tom Botts Enters Hall Of Fame
Audrain native Thomas Warfield Botts, famed hurdler from Westminster College and Missouri, is inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at a Columbia ceremony. The McMillan High School graduate later coached MU track, sending four athletes to the Olympics, and tied to a 50 year career including Fort Scott JC and MU tenure. Also honored are baseball coach John Hig Simmons and Forrest DeBernardi posthumously. luncheon honors Tiger physician Dr. James Baker.
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Mexico
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Jewell Bybee
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Dick Ault
London
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Forrest DeBernardi
James Baker
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Torrijos Senators In Last Minute Talk
Six U S senators met Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos in Panama City to discuss the Panama Canal treaty and human rights concerns. The visit included a canal flight and viewing a shrimp boat and oil tanker passing through Pedro Miguel, with meetings held with student groups opposing and supporting the treaty.
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