Pulaski Urged To Do Cleanup
Atty. Gen. Danforth announces state involvement in Ft. Leonard Wood vice problems after a raid near St. Robert netted 21 women and 16 men. He invites Pulaski County residents to a 7 p.m. meeting at the courthouse in Waynesville to plan local enforcement efforts and review raid photos.
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Jefferson City
John C. Danforth
Ft. Leonard Wood
St. Robert
Danforth
Waynesville
Pulaski County
Fort
Nity
Highway Patrol
Asst
Michael O'Neal
O’neal
Kansas City
Federal
Law Enforcement Assistance Council
Douglas W. Greene
Springfield
Missouri Attorney General’s Office
Optimists Stage Big Fiesta Day Parade Triumphs
Watchers filled Mexico streets for the Optimist Club Mexican Fiesta Day opening parade with 39 entries. Prizes went to the pre school mothers' float 25 dollars the Spanish Club 15 dollars and the VFW float 10 dollars. Decorated bicycle winners were Toni O Connor Elinor Hagan and Darren Heaton. Bands included the Dixie Greys and Mexico area groups. Fiesta Day featured an old fiddlers contest with top prize 50 dollars. The event also included an art show booths and games around the courthouse square with street closures and weather concerns reducing the planned street dance.
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Mexico
Elinor Hagan
Darren Heaton
Dixie Greys
Centralia
North Callaway
Little Dixie Citizen’s
American Education Week
Saddle Club
Centralia Fair Queen
Schramm
Mexico Lions Club
Jim Lemon
Les Tate
Robert Prange
Debbie Williams
Barrett
Optimist Club
Pete McMahan
Harrisburg
Mike Hargrove
Shelbina
Nolan Boone
Taylor McBaine
Columbia
Jack Wears
State of Georgia
Gene Wells
Fayette
Raymond Johnson
New Florence
Clarence Winningear
Fulton
Court House Square
McGovern Levels Corruption Charge Challenges Nixon Debate
Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern accuses Washington of deep official corruption and calls Nixon to a public debate. He defends his decision to change positions, cites Eagleton affair, and names Sargent Shriver as running mate replacement.
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McGovern
Washington
George McGovern
United States
Nixon
United Press Interational
America
Newark
New York City
Thomas F. Eagleton
Vietnam
Eagleton
Indochina
Sargent Shriver
700 CE Enthusiasts Crown Coffee Break Queen at Fairgrounds
Miss Marsha Durham of Mexico was crowned queen at the third annual Coffee Break event sponsored by the Little Dixie C.B. Radio Club. Laura Worley crowned the queen, with runners up Marla and Darla Kemp. About 700 enthusiasts attended from across the United States and Canada, with 87 campers present. The longest distance travelers were Homer and Mary Scruggins of San Pablo California, and Melvin O. Dwyer Sr. of Lancaster Ohio. Largest overnight camp groups came from Trenton and Quincy.
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Marsha Durham
Mexico
Little Dixie C.B. Radio Club
Fairground Park
Laura Worley
Marla
Darla Kemp
United States
Canada
Homer and
Mary Scruggins
San Pablo
Callif
Melvin 0. Dwyer Sr
Lancaster
Ohio
Trenton
Quincy
Upsurge of Viet Attacks Hit South and North Vietnam
U S and South Vietnamese reports show heavy air strikes across North Vietnam with more than 250 strikes while Hanoi Haiphong corridor and 100 enemy attacks hit South Vietnam in the largest surge in over two months. The Newport News logged 19 sailors killed in an eight inch gun turret blast.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
Navy
Air Force
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Thailand
Ubon
Bangkok
Newport News
Philippines
Alexander M. Haig
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Indochina
Haig
Mekong
Can Tho
Washington
Navy Today
Vietnam
David L. Scott
Mountain View
St Clair Backs Fairley in Audrain Sheriff Race Teaming Up
Vandalia Police Chief Don St Clair, defeated in the Democratic sheriff primary by Arthur Riley, endorses Republican Don Fairley and says he will serve as chief deputy. Fairley pledges a united campaign and a balanced civil law enforcement approach for Audrain County.
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Audrain County
St. Clair
Riley
St Clair
Fairley
Mexico
Mexico voters weigh $1.875 million junior high bond
Mexico School District voters go to the polls to decide on a two thirds yes for a $1,875,000 bond to build a new junior high on the Fairgrounds site. The plan raises a 40 cent tax for two years, then declines as old bonds retire, with flexible use of existing school buildings.
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Voters of
Mexico
Fairgrounds
West Boulevard
Hardin Junior High
Presser
Richardson Hall
Hardin
Garfield School
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Pulaski
Ledger
Citizens Band Radio
Richard Vance
Cara Denise Bancroft
Merton A. Bancroft
N. Jeffries Sr
Audrain Medical Center
Cara Denise
Lara Dawn
Bancroft
Mexico High School
Melvin Rosser
Hannibal
Walter Bancroft
Buffalo, Mo
Thieu
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
South Vietna
Mese
le Trung Hien
Hien
Debbie
Tim McNitt
Delores
Jolene McNitt
Gene Brown
Bonneyvilles
Leo Herzog
Wayne Cornelison
George N. Melson
Ron Salmons
F. G. Goode
St. Ann
Roy Parker
Parkers
C. B. Radio Club
C. B. Club
Raymond Kemp
Congress
Hugh Allen
Knoxville News Sentinel
Leo Erdel
Marvin Adams
Edward Barnes
Paul Mechlin
Erdel
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