Area Schools Get Modern News Program From The Ledger
The Ledger sponsors a VEC News Program for area schools including Williamsburg Auxvasse Hatton-McCredie Mexico High St. Brendan St. Joseph Martinsburg Scott's Corner Garfield Hardin Van-Far Wellsville Middletown Montgomery Paris. It offers weekly filmstrips with questions and guides, monthly deep topics, and a weekly quiz to reinforce current events learning.
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the Ledger
United States
England
The
Ledger
VEC
Williamsburg
Auxvasse
Hatton-McCredie
Mexico High
St. Brendan
St. Joseph's of Martinsburg
Scott's Corner
Garfield
Visual Education Consultants, Inc
Madison
Wisconsin
Audrain weather and reports from the region
The 7:00 am readings show a high of 78 and a low 55 with 55 at a.m. readings and year-ago high 67 low 51. Missouri forecast calls for variable cloudiness with possible showers or storms today through Sunday, highs 75 to 80 and cooler by Sunday, extended 70s through Wednesday. In Audrain County, hospital admits include multiple named patients and a birth at Center Centralia, plus several injuries from Highway 54 crashes and a burglary investigation at Mexico Feed and Seed Co. Also noted are local sheriff and police reports, court actions, and a fence damage incident near Fulton.
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Missouri
Mexico
Clarence Twillman
Route 1
Fulton
Hale Talbot
New Florence
Talbot
H.D. Brown
HD. Brown Construction Co
Hendricks Street
William F. Gosney
Paris
Gosney
Monroe
N. Olive
Jennifer S. Rouse
Birth Announcement for Darrell Lee Wood in Centralia
Mr. and Mrs. Lyndell Wood of Centralia welcome Darrell Lee born at 9 06 a m Wednesday at Audrain Medical Center. Grandparents are Elmer Kleindienst of Mexico and Ed Wood of Paris with great grandparents Walter Atterberry of Portland Missouri and others.
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Darrell Lee
Lyndell Wood
Centralia
Audrain Medical Center
Elmer Kleindienst
Mexico
Ed Wood
Paris
Walter Atterberry
Portland, Mo
No Extradition For Hughes
Billionaire Howard Hughes will not be extradited from the Bahamas to Las Vegas to face stock manipulation charges. A Justice Department spokesman said department lawyers chose not to pursue extradition due to cost and slim chances of success. Hughes faces wire fraud mail fraud and conspiracy counts tied to Air West stock dealings in 1968.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Las Vegas
Justice Department
Robert Stevenson
Department
Hughes
Air West Airlines
Air West
Optimists To Set Backstop Poles Meeting Today
Optimist Club members, 48 in attendance at The Monterey, heard plans for placing backstop poles at the Khoury League field. Dave Kemp, club president, led the meeting with an invocation by John Blass. A board session is set for 7 p.m. Monday at the president’s home followed by news of a Knights of Columbus Hall dance tonight at 9 with The Jones Boys providing music and tickets at $5 per couple.
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Dave Wilkinson
Monterey
Dave Kemp
John Blass
Knights of Columbus
Jones Boys
Mexico man named Audrain deputy sheriff boosts force
Thomas William Cline of Mexico is appointed deputy sheriff of Audrain County by Sheriff Bud Riley. He leaves his animal control post after April 23, 1973, to take the job at a $6,000 yearly salary, effective Oct. 15. Cline is a 1968 Mexico High School graduate and a former Army serviceman. Separately, William Crump, deputy since March 1, is promoted to chief deputy with pay rising from 5,500 to 6,300 annually.
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Thomas William Cline
Mexico
Audrain County
Arthur
Bud) Riley
Cline
James W. Cline
E. Monroe St
State Hospital No. 1
Fulton
U. S. Army
Mexico High School
William Crump
James Littrell
Crump
Weyand Confirmed Army Chief of Staff by Senate
Gen. Frederick C. Weyand was confirmed by the Senate as the Army’s new chief of staff to succeed the late Gen. Creighton W. Abrams. The 56 year old officer had been vice chief since August 1973 after commanding U S Army in the Pacific. Abrams died September 4 from complications after lung cancer surgery.
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Washington
Frederick C. Weyand
Senate
Army
Creighton W. Abrams
Senate Armed Services Committee
Weyand
U.S. Army
Pacific
Abrams
Third Graders Write to President Ford on Energy Save Tips
Monroe Michigan third graders at Scdt Elementary forged a long letter to President Ford after an 8 year old signed a note wishing Mrs Ford a speedy recovery from cancer surgery. The class offered ideas to save energy including turning off lights biking to friends and turning off water taps.
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Monroe, Mich
Scdt
Ford
Brock Horsley
Fontella Lyke
Brock
Dad
Mexico Dedovr Publication Details and Rates
Mexico Dedovr lists publishing details daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo. It provides mailing rates by region including in area, Audrain and adjoining counties, all other Missouri counties and out of state, with subscription options and armed forces rates. Office hours run 8 AM to 5:30 PM weekdays and 8 AM to 3 PM on alternate schedule.
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Mexico
APO
Mrs. Glovine See 91 Dies Near Mineola
Mrs. Glovine Woodroof See, 91, of near Mineola, died Friday at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. Services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Schlanker Funeral Home with Rev. Fred Davis. burial in Montgomery City cemetery. She born April 14, 1883, near Mineola. married Dec 18, 1903 to George W. See who died in 1921. Survivors: daughter Jewell Welsh, two sons Rowland See and George, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren.
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Montgomery City
Glovine Woodroof
Mineola
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Schlanker Funeral Home
Fred Davis
Lee
Wesley H
Katherine Woodroof
Delator Green Dies At 86 In Paris
Paris state obituary notes Delator Green aged 86 died at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico after about two weeks hospitalization. Retired but longtime Harvey Shatter Produce Co. worker, he served in World War I and is survived by three daughters Ivy Fortee Bessie Plenty and Leda Beechum all of White Plains New York, 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services pending at Agnew Funeral Home He is a WWI veteran.
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Paris
Delator (Sun) Green
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Harvey Shatter Produce Co
Agnew Funeral Home
Ivy Fortee
Bessie Plenty
Leda Beechum
White Plains
N.Y
Mrs Kakac Rites At 2:00 Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Victor C. Kakac were to be held at 2 p.m. at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home with Don Wortman officiating. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Cemetery with organist Ruth Koen and pallbearers John Kakac Tom Kakac Kenny Daum Jim Randall Clifford Jones and Alan Coatsworth.
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Victor C. Kakac
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
Don Wortman
East Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Ruth Koen
John
Tom Kakac
Kenny Daum
Jim Randall
Clifford Jones
Alan Coatsworth
Teamsters Ordered To Pay Damages To Trucking Firms
In St Louis a federal judge ordered Teamsters Local 600 to pay nearly 5.8 million dollars to 64 trucking firms for damages from a 1970 37 day strike. Judge Roy W Harper ruled the strike violated a no strike clause and upheld compensation for the St Louis Motor Carriers Council and its member firms. An appeal may be filed within 10 days.
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International
Frank Fitzsimmons
Harper
8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Seven Year Old Falls Fifteen Floors in Elevator Shaft
In Alexandria Virginia a seven year old boy fell 150 feet down an elevator shaft while playing with his brother and a newspaper delivery boy. He landed on his feet and was kept under hospital observation to assess injuries beyond a broken leg and bruises.
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Alexandria
John C. Olmstead
Jeffery
John
J. Alan Olmstead
Olmstead
Frost damages crops in Kansas and Missouri
In northwest Kansas and northeast Missouri frost damaged crops after a drought. Early frost cut optimistic yields by about 20 percent, delaying final estimates until Oct 1 conditions are assessed. Kansas seeks rainfall for winter wheat while Missouri hopes for warmth to finish corn and soybeans. cattle markets and feeder cattle strategies are discussed.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Ed Meek
Extension Service Agronomist
Agriculture Department
Roy Hancock
Extension Service
Northwest
Hancock
Meek
Dropped Indictments Over Sored Tennessee Walking Horses
Memphis AP US attorney Thomas Turley says he is dropping indictments against 33 people from eight states linked to showing sored Tennessee Walking Horses at the 1973 Cotton Carnival Horse Show. New Agriculture rules shift verdicts to trainers, making prosecutions unlikely. Turley has dismissed 20 indictments and is processing dismissals for the remaining 13. Names include J. D. Faulkner, Victor Wulff, and Dr. J. R. Knudson.
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Memphis
Thomas Turley
U.S
Tennessee
Turley
J. D. Faulkner
Kennett
Victor Wulff
Vienna
J. R. Knudson
Hermann, Mo
Topographic maps released for Auxvasse Florida and Santa Fe areas
Missouri State Geologist Wallace Howe announces three new 7 percent scale topographic quadrangle maps for Auxvasse Florida and Santa Fe areas in west central Missouri. Maps cover parts of Audrain Callaway Monroe counties with 60 square miles per sheet and depict slopes elevations water features roads and man made structures. They cost 75 cents each or 2.25 for all three and are available over the counter at Rolla office with prepaid orders via Maps Publications box.
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ROLLA
Auxvasse
Florida
Santa Fe
Missouri
Wallace B. Howe
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Audrain
Callaway
Monroe County
Monroe
Howe
Salt River
Clarence Cannon Reservoir
Beaver Dam Creek
South Fork Church
Grand Prairie
Buehler Park
Department of Natural Resources, Maps & Publications
United States
Republicans To Open HQ In Mexico And Hold Get-Together
Audrain County Republican chair Howard Walker announces a grand opening of the party headquarters at 107 W Monroe with ribbon cutting led by Mrs Janet Ashcroft and Mrs Christopher Bond. A Great Republican Get-Together at Empire Club will follow with Lt Gov William C Phelps as main speaker and a hog barbecue. price seven fifty per person or fifteen per couple. Rex Johnson chairs the project.
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Mexico
Howard Walker
Audrain County
Republican Central Committee
Republican Committee
Monroe
Key Loan
Walker
Janet Ashcroft
John Ashcroft
Christopher
Empire Club
William C. Phelps
Rex Johnson
Wallace Plans Attendance at Kansas City Mini-Convention
Gov. George C. Wallace tentatively plans to attend the Democratic mini convention in Kansas City December 6 through 8. Aides had downplayed the charter convention, but after a meeting with Democratic National Chairman Robert Strauss in Austin, Wallace decided to place the trip on his schedule though plans remain tentative.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Kansas City
Wallace
Billy Joe Camp
Robert Strauss
Austin
Tex
Camp
Wilson on Nixon All For History
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson says Richard Nixon destroyed himself by devotion to history. In a Frost interview Wilson says Nixon sought White House tapes to secure his place in history and believed all actions would be recorded for historians even if not published for a century.
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London
Harold Wilson
Richard M. Nixon
Wilson
David Frost
Nixon
White House
Flying Nelly Wins Irish Sweepstake at Newmarket
Flying Nelly ridden by Davis Maitland won the Irish Sweepstake at Newmarket in a photo finish in a 14 mile grass test. American-owned Kew Gardens finished second with Tranquair third as Tyrner and Hail The Pirates also ran. The field of 39 contested the world-ticket sweepstake with large prizes for ticket holders.
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Newmarket
England
Flying Nelly
Cambridgeshire
Kew Gardens
Tyrner
Hail the Pirates
Radioactive Shipment Traced For Hazards
Atomic Energy Commission inspectors trace the route of an industrial radiography camera damaged in transit. They focus on Stroudsburg Pennsylvania and Springfield Missouri to assess radiation exposure risk. The camera shipped by truck September 27 from Burlington Massachusetts to Tulsa Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Donald E Jennings Centralia are parents of a seven pound 12 ounce son born at 12 28 a m Saturday at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Jennings employed at AB Chance Co.
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Audrain Medical Center
Gertrude. M. Evans
Wallace C. Bealmear Jr
Oscar J. David
Frank C.beechum
Lucy L. Wells
E. Maxine Huff
Letha M. Miller
Jesse A. Gurwell
Ethel K. Smith
Mexico
Richard Cross
Martinsburg
David Hamilton
J. W. Bagley
Aaron McKenzie
Centralia
Lawrence Brown
Albert Kuda
Laddenia
Robert L. Hunt Jr
Auxvasse
Joe Brown
Larry D. Greenwood
Roger Fricke
Montgomery City
Wallace H. Spurling
Thompson
Leora Forbes
Middletown
William Waters
Lola Jones
Vandalia
Stephen Michalicka
Hitchcock
Okla
Donald EB. Jennings
Cindy Sue Gipson
Fred J. Jacobi
Ben F. Williams
Comer Sheely
William Russell Creed
Donald C. van Lyssel
Wendy Kysar
Virgil Vance
Jay Freeman
James A. Robinson
Patricia A. Selsor
Joseph N. Wray
J. Richard Bertels
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Stroudsburg
Springfield
Burlington
Mass
Tulsa
Oklo
Donald E. Jennings
Jennings
A.B. Chance Co
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Robert A. Lask
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Wellsville
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New York Stock Exchange
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