Arson Blamed on KC Striking Firefighters Amid Fires
Kansas City officials attribute 6 weekend fires to arson by striking firefighters amid 217 blazes since the walkout in a pay dispute. Police report a firebombing Sunday. Fire Director Frank Spink says mutual aid agreements were ignored. Union officials deny involvement as tensions rise.
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Kansas City, Mo
Frank Spink
Spink
Kansas City
Joseph McNamara
Charles Shafer
Kansas City Firefighters’ Union
Joe McMahon
International Union
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
National Guardsmen
Public Works
Wheeler
Jackson County
International Association of Firefighters
Robert Black
Gladstone
Antique sale nets $34000 in Auxvasse auction
Hundreds of bidders and onlookers packed the Auxvasse family home as Mrs. George Hunt’s estate drew sales of items from eight foot secretary desks to a tiny two inch inkwell. The sale totaled about $34,000, exceeding expectations and drawing buyers from ten counties. Charles Hunt recalled his mother, a longtime Auxvasse resident, and noted she would have approved of keeping the collection local. Mrs. Hunt remains ill in Riverview Nursing Home.
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George Hunt
Bob Napier Auxvasse
Charles Hunt
Idaho
Mrs. Hunt
Shelbina
Mary Burnham
Highway 54
John Swan
Charles
Burnham
Auxvasse
Mary
William Woods College
Attorneys Deny Hearst Confessed To Crimes
San Francisco AP reports both sides deny a New York Post account that Patricia Hearst confessed to crimes including a fatal Carmichael bank robbery and would testify against her associates. U.S. Attorney Browning calls the claim a wild story and Bailey ally says Hearst has not confessed or agreed to cooperate.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
New York Post
Miss Hearst
Post
F. Lee Bailey
Albert Johnson
Bailey
U.S
James L. Browning
Hearst
the Post
Carmichael
Calif
California
Promise Of Another World Lures Waldport Group
About 20 people left the Waldport area after a meeting promising instruction to transcend earthly life. A man identified as Mr. Simons rented the Fir Room for $50. about 200 attended. Claims said followers would ascend in a space ship and return later, perhaps after 1,000 years, with preparations in Colorado. No crimes reported.
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Waldport
Ore
Marjorie Hayes
Bay Haven Inn
Simons
Oregonian
Portland
Earth
Colorado
Eugene
Colo
Backing Car In Driveway Kills Girl 2
Stacy Dawn Newell age 2 of 315 N Clark was accidentally killed Sunday when a car driven by her mother backed over the child in the driveway. Coroner Connie Pickering said Stacy died of massive cerebral hemorrhaging and it was ruled accidental. Graveside services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at East Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include her parents John and Pat Parrott Newell, a brother, and grandparents George and Mrs Parrott of Mexico. Visitation at Arnold Funeral Home tonight.
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Stacy Dawn Newell
N. Clark
John Newell
Connie Pickering
Stacy
Audrain Medical Center
AMC
Pickering
East Lawn Memorial Park
Jim Randall
Love Street Christian Church
Mexico
John
Pat Parrott Newell
George Parrott
Arnold Funeral Home
Farm Tour To Feature Beef Industry
The Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a City To Farm Tour stopping at Lewis Wilson Jr and Harold Stephens farms in Audrain County. The 10 a.m. start from Commerce Bank West Plaza includes breeding calf and feeding steer displays and a lunch at Branding Iron Restaurant for $2.50 with Forest Noel of Central Missouri Livestock Market Center as speaker.
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Mexico Area
Chamber of Commerce
Lewis Wilson Jr
Harold Stephens
Commerce Bank
West Plaza
Thomas Stapleton
Chamber
Jack Mackey
Audrain County
Branding Iron
Forest Noel
Central Missouri Livestock Market Center
Stapleton
Kansas City volunteers battle fires amid arson fears
KC volunteers from a cross section including a commercial artist, a silversmith, and a private detective joined National Guardsmen and police to fight back a string of fires as city officials accuse professional arsonists. An exhausted, smoke filled crew subdued a three story blaze and a hospital visit for a student followed.
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Kansas City
National
Navy
Red Cross
National Guardsmen
Gladstone
Fellas
Chuck Crosby
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Public Safety Department
Russ Mullenix
Black
McNamara
Russia
Bob
George Jr
Patty
Stephanie Rose
Larry Rose
Route 2
University Medical Center
Columbia
Hubert Rose
Thompson
Barbara Wood
Centralia
Rose
Arthur Hills
Elkhorn, Wis
KC Fire
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