Audrain Medical Board Sees October Patient Days Jump
Audrain Medical Center reported a 13.6 percent rise in patient days in October, totaling 6753 with an average of 217.8, up from September’s 5943 and 198. Board actions included granting privileges to Dr. John Williams for weekend ER shifts and Dr. Michael Briggs in dentistry. Equipment purchases worth 13500 for a cardio pulmonary department were approved, funded by Heart Association and memorial gifts. Overtime fell to 1046 hours and cost control measures showed some success amid energy cost concerns raised by Congressman Hungate and a Federal Power Commission letter.
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Audrain Medical Center
Board of Trustees
Orvie Nix
Mental
Zaki Ajans
Mental Health Center
John Williams
Michael Briggs
Williams
Briggs
Donald Daut
Audrain County Heart Association
Katherine
Lawrence Epple
Ernest S. Gantt
Hungate
Congress
AMC
Federal Power Commission
Ray Wilders
J.B. Doolittle
D. D
Audrain County Osteopathic Society
Woodrow Lee
Charles P. Jansen
Bob Gebhardt
Washington University
Fate Of MIA Americans Sought By House
A U S House special committee plans talks with North and South Vietnamese officials in Paris to seek the fate of Americans listed as missing in action. Chairman Rep. Montgomery says the discussions are informal and preliminary with possible follow ups through the State Department.
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Washington
House
Indochina
Paris
House Special Committee On
Hanoi
Rep. G. V. Montgomery
Dmiss
State Department
Montgomery
Ban Me Thuot
Saigon
Harold Smith Nostalgic, Says He’s Now a Has-Been Casino Founder
Harold Smith, founder of Harolds Club in Reno, says at 65 he is a “has been” after selling to Howard Hughes and leaving casino life. He recalls a hard working rise from 1935, proud of the club’s fame, and notes no regrets despite selling the family business.
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Casino
Harold
Reno
Nev
Howard Hughes
Harold Smith
Harolds Club
Sino
Raymond ‘‘Pappy” Smith
New York
Smith
Pappy
Howard Hughes Organization
Harolds
Anniversary Quilt Honors Martins at 50th Anniversary
Relatives from Missouri and beyond completed a 36 block quilt with gold borders to celebrate the Martins 50th wedding anniversary. Center block depicts honorees lives crafted by Mrs Peery, others by relatives including farming scenes and family occupations. The couple, married in Mexico on November 25 1925, are honored in Martinsburg home by Mrs Leah Diggs and attended by Mrs Dillard.
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William W. and
Clarice Peery Martin
Ledger
Richard Vance
William Doebelin
Rush Hill
Leah Diggs
Martinsburg
Martin
Dillard
Diggs
Iowa
Eugene Peak
Wellsville
Peak
Jake Freyer
Laddonia
Martins
Mexico
Frank Tucker
United States withdraws U N amnesty resolution
United States withdraws its U N Social Committee amnesty measure for political prisoners nine days after introducing it. Ambassador Moynihan, nearing resignation, hinted he would meet President Ford. 15 amendments cited as reason. Garment warned amendments could free terrorists and undermine the rule of law amid U S policy criticism from Cuba's Alarcon de Quesada.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N
U.N. Social Committee
U.S
Daniel P. Moynihan
Moynihan
United Nations
Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada
Washington
CIA
Kennedy says JFK unaware of plots in CIA findings
Senator Edward M. Kennedy told a St. Louis suburb fundraiser that he finds no evidence in a recent Senate Intelligence Committee report linking President Kennedy to CIA plots against foreign leaders. He reaffirmed he will not run for president in 1976 and stressed economy as a key issue for Democrats. He spoke at Louis Susman’s home in Ladue and planned to return to Washington for services on the 12th anniversary of JFK’s assassination.
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Ladue
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
CIA
Kennedy
St. Louis
Senate
Senate Intelligence Committee
John F. Kennedy
United States
Massachusetts
Louis B. Susman
Missouri Democratic Committee
Washington
Former Student Aids Westminster Hopeful Faculty Accepts Gift
Harold W. Stark, a Chicago broadcaster and Westminster College alumnus, left more than 60 000 for scholarships and about half his estate to the school. The fund will endow the Harold W. Stark Scholarship for needy students. Stark, a Granite City native, studied in the 1930s on several financial aid programs before theater and TV work in Chicago and New York. He died August 21 at 61.
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Fulton
Chicago
Westminster College
Westminster
Harold W. Stark
American Federation of Television and Radio Actors
Stark
William L. Stucker
Granite City
U.S. Liberty Loan
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Mae West
New York
Wyn
Whlm
Pearl Bailey Joins U.N. General Assembly Delegation
Singer Pearl Bailey, star of Hello Dolly, has joined the U.S. delegation to the U.N. General Assembly. She will likely serve on the assembly's social committee through the 1975 session which ends December 10.
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United Nations
N.Y
Pearl Bailey
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
MU Curators Foresee Lean Years Ahead
The University of Missouri system faces a lean year with less than 9 million state support anticipated for 1976-77 though 19 million was requested. Senate hearings on operations and capital requests set for Jan. 26-27. President Ratchford warned of student fee options and discussed a troubled new computerized student information system. The curators kept veterinary medicine fees, approved retirement policy changes, and kept policy on labor unions. A KC medical school faculty visit to China Feb 11–Mar 2 1976 was approved with private funding. Barbara Berkmeyer joined the board. Bids for an air supported tennis court cover were rejected. 1974-75 financials were accepted and Haskins and Sells will audit 1975-76.
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Kansas City
University of Missouri
John Hall Dalton
Kennett
Coordinating Board For Higher Education
Senate Appropriations Committee
C. Brice Ratchford
Ratchford
Missouri-Kansas City Medical School
People’s Republic of China
Barbara A. Berkmeyer
St. Louis
Missouri- Columbia
Haskins and Sells
Mind On Ice Cream Three Days in Tub
Alphonso Crockett, 74, floated in a bathtub for three days in Des Moines Iowa relying on a pacemaker. He recalls thinking mostly about vanilla ice cream as a cleaning woman found him and doctors work to diagnose his loss of movement while he was unable to reach the phone.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Alphonso Crockett
Crockett
Man’s dream of home ownership quashed by failed TV repair course
Washington AP reports Enrique E. Ponce, despondent over his lack of education, pursued a television repair course with a $1,500 federally guaranteed loan. He dropped out after two weeks, faced years of harassment from collectors, and learned the loan would be pursued by the U.S. government after the school closed. He hopes the episode underscores flaws in student aid.
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Washington
Enrique E. Police
Senate
Ponce
Solar Electronic School
Monrovia
Calif
U.S. Office of Education
Tulare County
Los Angeles
West Coast
L.A.C.S.E. Federal Credit Union
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States of America
Mexico FFA Initiates Greenhands at November meeting
The Mexico FFA Chapter held its November meeting in the high school cafeteria with 41 members and 10 guests. Mark Wilson presided, a slide show covered the Washington DC leadership conference, and four members plus the advisor attended the national FFA convention. Nineteen Greenhands were initiated and the group planned fruit sales with orders due by Thanksgiving. The chapter supported the student council Christmas party with a $20 donation. Executive officers and the advisor attended state and national events including the American Royal.
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Mexico
FFA
Mark Wilson
Washington, D.C
Kevin Shopher
Bernard Fennewald
Ken Dishman
Debbie Kirchhoff
Coop
William Jewell College
Liberty
Kansas City
Nelson Rockefeller
Judge's Outrage All In Family
In Hermiston Oregon Justice of the Peace John Smallman condemned a court reporter for misrepresenting a traffic case as suspended his daughter Debbie was the reporter. He clarified Municipal Judge Marvin Dick heard the case and warned he would take away car keys if it happens again.
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Hermiston
Ore
Justice of the Peace
John Smallman
Marvin Dick
Smallman
Debbie
Social Security Representative to Visit Mexico
Ray Faubion a field representative from the Columbia Social Security Office will be in Mexico on Tuesday November 2 from 9 a.m. in the courthouse community room to assist residents with retirement disability survivor and health insurance benefits. He will answer questions about Social Security Medicare and Supplemental Security Income.
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Ray Faubion
Columbia
The
Social Security Administration
Mexico
Do or die union session for KC Philharmonic strike
Kansas City musicians and the KC Philharmonic Association hold a crucial bargaining meeting described as do or die to resolve a strike. Meetings follow canceled concerts on November 4 and 18 with a next concert slated for Tuesday. Musicians seek a 10 percent raise and a 38 week season. the association offers about 3 percent and a 28 week season.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Philharmonic Association
Harry Browne
Association
Charles B. Wheeler
Robert Kipp
Browne
J. Philip Sipser
New York
Kansas City Federation of Musicians
Sipser
Philharmonic Association
Orchestra Association
Sen. Scott's Daughter Convicted in Drug Case
Marion Concannon, 41, daughter of Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, was convicted in Bucks County on three counts of possession and one count of delivery of hashish. She received two years probation and must perform socially useful work or serve weekend jail time for six months. She seeks to work at Today, Inc. drug treatment center in Newton.
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Doylestown
Marion Concannon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Concannon
Bucks County
Edmund Ludwig
Recorder's Office Closed for Thanksgiving Day
Audrain County Recorder Kathy Botkins says the recorder's office in the courthouse will be closed on Friday November 28. Residents planning marriage licenses or other documents should pick them up on the preceding Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
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Kathy Botkins
Audrain County Recorder
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