Drug Education Session Planned at Mexico High School
A drug education conference will be held at Emmons Hall Mexico High School on Saturday December 5 sponsored by the State Division of Mental Health and East Central Missouri Mental Health Association. Superintendent L Buford Thomas says about 50 staff members and some students will attend the all day event opening at 9 a.m. The event is open to the public and follows the high school college career night at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday with 33 schools represented including five trade and technical schools and military recruiters from Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard and Marines. The North Missouri Conference will meet December 2 to consider admitting Mexico while the CEMO conference has been notified Mexico contemplates withdrawal if invited. The board favored possible change. Lola Miller reported on elementary reading program improvements and trainer sessions for teachers plus ongoing studies in social studies science math and administration. Thanksgiving vacation is next Thursday and Friday. Parent-Teacher Conference attendance reached 90 percent with 2933 of 3259 pupils visited. The 11th grade had the lowest parental participation at 64.92 percent while fourth and fifth grades topped attendance.
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Emmons Hall
Mexico High School
Board of Education
State Division of Mental Health
East Central Missouri Mental Health Association
L. Buford Thomas
James DuBus
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Marines
Supt. Thomas
New North Missouri
Mexico
CEMO
Lola Miller
Supt
Thomas
Jury To Probe Demonstration At Nixon Visit
Santa Clara County grand jury launches an investigation into the violent demonstration during President Nixon's Oct. 29 visit. The criminal complaint subcommittee presented evidence indicating felonies were committed the night of the rally and criticized crowd control authorities.
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San Jose
Calif
Santa Clara County
Grand Jury
Nixon
Ollis to Head Mexico Chamber of Commerce Installation set for Jan 26
Robert Ollis, executive VP of Citizens Savings Association, will be installed as president of the Mexico Chamber of Commerce at the annual banquet Tuesday January 26 at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Ted Wetterall Jr. of Wetterau Foods is tapped as pro tempore. New officers include John R. Cline and Byrnes Hawthorne with Mrs. Robert B. Wood reelected treasurer. Outgoing officers are G. Andy Runge Lowell Hagan and Hawthorne. New board members Hawthorne Hagan Williams Manning and Tangora. Jim Stowe reports progress on action seminars with 16 clubs visited and four more programs planned. Weather delays sidewalk work on the South Jefferson Street Project area.
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Robert Ollis
Citizens Savings Association
Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Knights of Columbus
Ted Wetterall Jr
Wetterau Foods, Inc
Spranes
Ollis
John R. Cline
The
Mexico Savings Bank
Byrnes Hawthorne
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Robert B. Wood
G. Andy Runge
Lowell Hagan
C of C
Hawthorne
Hagan
Jim Williams
Don Manning
al Tangora
Chamber
James Gallaher
Raymond Smiley
Nelson Willingham
Jim Stowe
Hue
Stowe
South Jefferson Street
Three Hostages Taken By Suspect In Ohio Carjacking
A 42 year old man abducted three hostages from Brooklyn Heights and fled in their car after seizing officer Klaes near Minerva. Police and highway patrols in two eastern Ohio counties and nearby Pennsylvania searched for him. The hostages were identified as Joseph Plott 24 Narissa Plott 17 and Connie Elliott 20 with one officer handcuffed to a church sink before being freed by a hidden key. Four Eagles Troop 38 of the Presbyterian Church awarded four boys Eagle rank at a court of honor with ceremony photos.
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Ohio
Brooklyn Heights
Cleveland
Highway Patrol
R. E. Klaes
Augusta
Carroll County
Joseph Plott
Narissa Plott
Minerva
Connie Elliott
Ronald Baracz
Baracz
Edinburgh
Klaes
W. R. Lodwick
Lodwick
Boy Scout Troop 38
The
Presbyterian Church
Bill Dearley
Lloyd Wright
Henry Wright
Bob Bastian
Bill Bastian
Bob Kennedy
Farm Bill To President Nixon Boosts Subsidy Limits
Washington AP Nixon has a favored 3.5 billion farm bill on his desk that caps subsidies at 55,000 per crop and promotes shifts from fixed acreages to flexible plantings. Senate passed 48 35 amid opposition warning of income loss and overproduction. Critics challenge parity and corn support levels while exceptions cover Food for Peace and wool programs.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Rubella Shots Coming to Audrain County in December
Audrain County will join area counties in rubella immunization efforts. Children from 1 through sixth grade will be vaccinated December 15 to 17, with school clinics announced next week. Health officer Dr Lyle Partin urges vaccination, noting rubella risks for pregnancy and unborn children.
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Audrain County
Audrain County Health Department
Lyle Partin
Hot Food For Hungry Teenagers At Mexico Youth Center
Mrs. John Erdel announced hot food will be available tonight for hungry teens visiting the Mexico Youth Center. Packaged sandwiches heated by infrared ovens will be served alongside footlong hotdogs hamburgers and pizza. The center opens Friday and Saturday nights 630 to 830 for junior high and 9 to 1130 for older teens. Last Friday 213 high school pupils attended the after game dance and sixty junior high pupils joined Saturday night. Any church or group may sponsor a dance if all youngsters are allowed to come.
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Mexico
John Erdel
Erdel
Missouri PSC grants 6% intrastate rail rate rise
Jefferson City Missouri Public Service Commission approves a 6 percent increase in intrastate rail rates for carload shipments of farm products meats prepared feeds fertilizer ingredients cement and paper waste or scrap to offset rising operating costs.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Farm Bill At A Glance Highlights Policy Changes
Washington report outlines a 3 year farm bill totaling 3.5 billion. Sets 55000 dollar cap on payments to nonproducing feed grain wheat and cotton farmers. Establishes corn price supports at 70 percent of parity with potential cut to 68 percent in 1973. Cuts cotton acreage allowances from 16.3 million to 11.3 million acres. Extends Food for Peace to ship surplus crops to underdeveloped nations.
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Hardin
Symington
House Conference
Senate
Alien Ellender
D-La
Agriculture Department
Washington
Bill Willy
Secretary of Riculture
Major Change in UN Vote for Red China
United Nations General Assembly moved Red China closer to a seat as 51 of 127 voting nations supported seating in principle, though the two thirds requirement was bypassed by adopting an earlier US backed “important question” resolution. Supporters included Austria Canada Chile Equatorial Guinea and Italy.
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United Nations, N.Y
China
United Nations
General Assembly
Peking
Austria
Canada
Chile
Equatorial Guinea
Italy
Cambodia
Maritius
Peru
Bolivia
Malaysia
Luxembourg
Ireland
Botswana
Cameroo Central African Republic
Senegal
Red
Norodom Sihanouk
Mauritius
Nye Named Assistant Administrator at Audrain Medical Center
Richard Nye, a Scott Air Force Base officer, will become assistant administrator of Audrain Medical Center on Jan 1. The new post covers multiple hospital functions. Nye will join committee work and attend medical staff and trustees meetings. He plans to reside on Pollock Rd with his wife and young son after military duties end in December. Nye has four years in hospital management, most recently as plant manager at Scott Regional Medical Center and previously administrator of Aero Medical Staging Flight in Da Nang. He earned a BA from Grinnell College and an MA in hospital administration from the University of Iowa and has been a nominee of the American College of Hospital Administrators since 1967. He is a native of Samar, Colorado, and his wife hails from Peoria, Illinois. He received a Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam.
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Richard Nye
Scott Air Force Base
Audrain Medical Center
Nye
Woodrow Lee
Scott
Pollock Rd
Belleville, Ill
Air Force Base
da Nang
Vietnam
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Grinnell College
Grinnell
University of Iowa
Iowa City
American College of Hospital Administrators
Samar
Colo
Peoria
Ill
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