Mexico Fire Drills and Inspections Planned This Week
Mexico firemen under Chief Merritt will conduct fire safety drills and inspections at schools and businesses this week. The effort targets moisture, leaks, and heating systems as Fire Prevention Week proceeds with 24 hour shifts and 7 man crews. Fire calls total around 170 to 200 yearly, including car fires and appliance incidents, with safety sessions encouraged for employees at MPL warehouse October 0.
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Mexico
Haratola
Chiat
Tom Merritt
Merritt
Chiat Mor
Ap Jelectric
Missouri
MPL
Liberty St
Chiat Merritt
Memnitt
California fires claim 14 as losses hit 175 million
Brush and timber fires across California have scorched about half a million acres since Sept 25. Fourteen people died, with the latest victims found near Jamul in San Diego County. More than 1,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and losses reached 175 million dollars as firefighting continued in the San Bernardino Mountains and Los Padres National Forest. Weekend rains and higher humidity helped slow the blazes.
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Los Angeles
California
San Diego
Jamul
San Bernardino Mountains
U.S. Forest Service
Los Padres National Forest
Monterey
Skyway Aviation Wins Airport Contract at Lake of the Ozarks
Skyway Aviation of Fort Leonard Wood Missouri was awarded a private contract to operate the Lee C Fine Memorial Airport in Lake of the Ozarks State Park by the State Park Board. The firm, incorporated August 7, lists Audrey E. Glore of Waynesville as president and Otto Wildforster of Richland as registered agent. Skyway will begin operations November 1 with scheduled flights, while bids from the Bonzanga Co. for Lake of the Ozarks convention complex and Table Rock state park were rejected for lack of proof of financial stability. The Skyway name is not Missouri incorporated.
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Poplar Bluff
Skyway Aviation
Ft. Leonard Wood
Lee C. Fine
Lake of the Ozarks State Park
State Park Board
Audrey E. Glore
Waynesville
Otto Wildforster
Richland
Skyway
Bonzanga Co
Lake of the Ozarks
Table Rock State Park
Missouri
White House March Limited To 100
Demonstrations in front of the White House will be limited to 100 people from Oct 31 to protect the president, the Interior Department announced. The Lafayette Park area will also be restricted and Stephens College receives a direct loan of 2,280,000 dollars to build a campus common site.
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Washington
White House
Interior Department
Columbia
Lafayette Park
Stephens College
Witnesses Assembly in Jefferson City
Floyd F. Garrett a New York based circuit supervisor for Jehovahs Witnesses will speak at the Jefferson City circuit conference October 9 11 per Sammy D Dysart Mexico congregation presiding minister Garrett will welcome attendees Friday speak on The Word of God is Alive conduct a ministry school program and oversee the ordained water immersion on Saturday morning He will deliver the public address Who Will Conquer the World in the 1970s Sunday at 2 pm The assembly offers free sessions Garrett assisted by Albert F Ludke mid Missouri circuit supervisor
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Floyd F. Garrett
New York
Mvision
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jefferson City
Sammy D. Dysart
Mexico
Garrett
Albert F. Ludke
Mid- Missouri
Prominent figures in the news across cities
In Philadelphia Inger Jr. discusses the Kennedy era as Time magazine cites debates over economy and foreign affairs. Farley, 82, criticized postal workers’ strike while recalling political dynamics. In Saigon General Abrams resumes command after a heat induced dizzy spell. Helen Hayes previews her life story film in New York. Elizabeth Taylor guarded in London after an anonymous kidnapping threat hoax, as Burton stays in Dorchester Hotel.
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Philadelphia
Inger Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
James A. Parley
John F. Kenne
Nixon
Farley
National Association of Postmasters
Saigon
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Vung Tau
London
Elizabeth Taylor
Dorchester Hotel
Miss Taylor
Richard Burton
Burton
Scenic Rivers Hearing On At KC Size 97 Shirt Gone
Big Tex, the Texas Giant, is linked to a public hearing on protecting scenic rivers in Missouri. Sen. Richard Southern chairs the subcommittee and plans two hearings at the Hotel Muehlebach to gather resident views. A separate police report notes a 150 pound size 97 shirt valued at 2000 dollars was stolen from a pickup in Dallas.
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Big Tex
Dallas
Tex
Big Kansas City
Texas
Missouri
Richard Southern
Monroe City
Committee On Recreation and Water Resources
Jack Bridges
Fair
Bridges
Prisoners Relinquish Hostages at Island City Jail
NEW YORK AP Prisoners at the last city jail in inmates hands released three hostages after an ultimatum from Mayor John V. Lindsay. The hostages held since Thursday were freed 13 minutes after the deadline aired on local radio. An earlier ultimatum freed 17 hostages at The Tombs jail in Manhattan. Authorities faced multiple jail takeovers across five city detention houses as corrections officers and a dock worker were among those held.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Fread
Long Island City
Bne
Lindsay
the Tombs
Marthatan
Tombs
Marc John V. Lindsay
Brooklyn
Kew Gardena
Rikery Island
Prison hostages freed after jail rebellions in New York
Inmates at Tombs and two Brooklyn and Kew Gardens jails seized control citing grievances. Lindsay set a 10 p.m. deadline. 17 hostages were released about an hour and a half later. About 200 inmates and a dozen guards were injured. damage ran into millions in Brooklyn and Kew Gardens.
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State Supreme Court System
Lindsay
Brooklyn
Kew Gardeng
Kew Gardens
Jeffersonian Republican label taints Eisenhower quote
A New York diary notes Eisenhower describing his political philosophy as Jeffersonian Republican in a 168 letter. Allan Nevins then turned over 5,000 private papers to Columbia, adding to a 20,000 item collection. Elkins West Virginia reports Jesse Hancock’s pumpkin contests with 210 and 207 pound pumpkins, the 6 foot circumference pumpkin weighs over four feet high.
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Allan Nevins
Columbia University
Nevins
University Prary
Eisenhower
Evsins
Elkins
W.va
Jesse Hancock
Elking
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Phillips
Viking
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Missouri Inspection Bureau
Inde
C. Darrell Phillips
F.a.c.nlh.a
Martha Eckley
LPN
Mary Phyfer
Caryl Gilman B.N
G.P.N
Lp.n
East Whitley
Witnesses Assembly
Stewart
Tr Iteller
Schlesinger
Time
Mrs. Udall
Ethel
Arthur
Arthurish
Helen Hayes
National Education Television
NET
Miss O' Hayes
Museum of Modern Art
Miss Hayes
Ethel Kennedy
Arthur Schles
Muehlebach
Tito
Communist Party
Zagreb
Belgrade
Fire Department
The
Mexico Fire Department
W. Buffington
Bernard Ridgway
Paul Dunavant
Terry Walters
William Rawlings
Donald Dishman
Ralph Throckmorton
Kenny Sargent
Strode Edwards
Thal Is
Gary Slaughter
Ford Stotler
Richard Patrick
Gary Landis
Hoger
Jefferson Republican
NEW York Arenaté
D. Sisanhower
Staart
Bisenhower
Osition In
Farmers and Laborers Cooperative Insurance Association
Louise Dol
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