Air Support Turns Tide in Cambodian Border Battle
Saigon AP reports South Vietnamese Lt Gen Nguyen Xuan Thinh credits U.S. air power with turning back a North Vietnamese drive along the Vietnam Cambodia frontier. Heavy bombing, logistics, and helicopter support aided troops. U.S. tactical strikes estimated at 70 since Sept 26, plus 100 B52 strikes on troop concentrations and bases.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Thinh
South Vietnam-Cambodia
Krek
Alpha
Pace
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
Mosby Votes on Annexation to Grow Town to 35000
Mosby Missouri voters cast ballots on annexation that would add about nine square miles and the A-7 School District to the city. City clerk Elizabeth Laird said the change would take effect Oct 18 and start the Mosby New Town plan aiming for a 35,000 population within ten years near Excelsior Springs.
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Mosby
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Elizabeth Laird
A-7
Hearing Set On Phone Hike In Missouri
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold hearings starting November 2 on Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. request to raise rates by 63.5 million dollars annually. The commission has suspended the increase pending the hearing and gave opponents until October 23 to file opposition notices. Bell serves 173 cities across 63 Missouri counties.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
PSC
Bell
Missouri
Nixon outlines phase two inflation attack and UN funding
President Nixon details a second phase to combat inflation using wage and price controls and voluntary cooperation. He proposes a Pay Board and a Price Commission, with no profit ceiling but rules to curb windfalls. standby authority over rates is eyed. The plan prompts cautious, mixed reactions from economists, lawmakers, and unions. Separately, a Vietnamese prisoner of war is freed after over two years, Staff Sgt. John C. Sexton Jr. returns to safety. Also discussed are tax-cut revisions to help individuals and U.S. funding for the United Nations, amid questions about Taiwan’s status.
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Washington
Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S. Command
John C. Sexton Jr
Warren
Mich
An Loc
Sexton
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Senate Finance Committee
New York
U.S
China
United Nations
World Organization
United States
Taiwan
U.N
1971 American Royal Livestock Show In Person Event
At the 1971 American Royal Livestock and Horse Show a live in person program featured the Sons of the Pioneers country western group performing for attendees highlighting the show’s entertainment segment and cultural pageantry.
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American Royal Livestock & Horse Show
Sons of the Pioneers
Menninger Urges Youth Share Action
Dr Roy W Menninger addressing the Missouri Association for Mental Health urges adults to include youth in real life decision making. He lists six steps to involve adolescents and says participation benefits society by channeling youth energy into constructive effort. Jane Roman of Columbia Mo will be honored at the 15th annual convention for efforts on behalf of the mentally ill.
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Jefferson City
Roy W. Menninger
Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Kan
The
Missouri Association For Mental Health
Jane ¥Roman
Rowland Smith
Columbia, Mo
Association
Mrs Birch Bayh Hospitalized for Emergency Major Surgery
Washington AP reports Mrs Birch Bayh wife of Indiana Democratic senator underwent emergency major surgery at a Washington hospital. A spokesman announced the hospitalization and said Bayh canceled a political trip to Florida.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Bayh
Florida
Firestorm Kills Four Firefighters
Four firefighters died and two were injured when engulfed by a firestorm while carving a fire line on a ridge near Santa Barbara. The brush fire, the region’s worst of the year, scorched 3,510 acres and destroyed seven homes as investigators probe arson.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
U.S. Forestry
Packy Wassel
Wassel
Santa Monica Canyon
Angels National Forest
Montecito
Summerland
Los Padres National Forest
Manzanita
Los Padres Forest
Jobless Claims Down In September Missouri drop in September claims and costs
The Missouri Division of Employment Security reports September jobless claims fell from 255,900 in August to 209,647 in September with total unemployment compensation costs dropping from 6,449,526 to 6,136,068. The average weekly payment eased to 46.62 from 47.86.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Division of Employment Security
Firestone Brothers Gift $8.8 Million Church Property
Harvey S. Firestone Jr. and Raymond C. Firestone, heirs to a tire fortune, donated Episcopal Church Foundation property valued at $8.8 million. The Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut complex spans 14 acres and is leased to Royal Typewriter Co. for 10 years.
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New York
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Raymond C. Firestone
Episcopal Church Foundation
Hartford
West Hartford
Conn
Royal Typewriter Co
Puppet Show For Happy House At Presser Hall
A puppet show to benefit Happy House educational funds will be held at Presser Hall Saturday at 2 p.m. Rod Young presents Creative Puppetry combining art theatre music and writing for all ages. Tickets start 50 cents children 75 cents adults at the box office. Mexico Community Child Care Center sponsors the show.
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Happy House
Presser Hall
Allen Amos
Terry Moore
Rod Young
Mexico
Pipe show at Audrain County Museum features Hopkins loan
A new exhibit of pipes from 17 countries on loan from John Hopkins is now on display at the Audrain County Historical Society Museum. Curator Mrs. William Lowe notes the 30 percent of Hopkins collection highlights include a Malaysian pipe gifted after a friend’s WWII escape and a 40 inch Holland-ordered clay pipe once smoked in English pubs. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
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John Hopkins
Audrain County
Halt Ordered To Land Sales In Missouri
Missouri securities chief James C. Kirkpatrick ordered Mount Blanca Valley Ranches Inc of Alamosa Colorado to stop selling land to Missouri residents. The cease and desist targets officers Danny W. O Keefe president and Donald G. Smith secretary for soliciting residents without Missouri registration under the Uniform Securities Act. The firm offered five acre tracts in the San Luis Valley on a time payment plan near Alamosa.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
James C. Kirkpatrick
Mount Blanca Valley Ranches Inc
Alamosa
Colo
Colorado
Danny W. O'Keefe
Donald G. Smith
Kirkpatrick
San Luis Valley
Rocky Mountains
South Central
Col
Mills Urges Bar To Clean Own House
Kansas City scene as Representative Wilbur Mills urges Missouri Bar Association to expel members who use law to attack law and disrupt courts. He cites abuse of judges and mob action, warns bar must maintain dignity and government legitimacy, condemning violence and calling for constitutional respect.
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Kansas City
Missouri Bar Association
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means
Missouri Bar
Mills
Bar Association
Morris Urges Young Voters Study Issues
AP Lt. Gov. William S. Morris urged new young voters to study the issues, get informed, register and vote to participate in democracy. He spoke at a Young Democrat barbecue and urged understanding of issues to resist propaganda. Morris, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, said the current generation is a mixed bag of bright and foolish, wise and unwise.
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Jefferson City
Williams
Morris
Nixon slow exit at Sousa tribute opening night
President Nixon attended the John F. Kennedy Center Sousa tribute, arriving late to a 2,500 crowd and departing slowly. The finale of The Stars and Stripes Forever drew a rousing response from the assembled service bands as Nixon autographed programs in the center’s foyer, taking over 20 minutes to exit.
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Washington
Nixon
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
John Philip Sousa
William McCormick Blair Jr
M.spt
Harry Gleeson
United States
New Coalition Distressed Over Muskie Endorsement
The New Democratic Coalition of Missouri voiced distress after three top Democrats endorsed Sen. Edmund Muskie for the Democratic presidential nomination. Gov. Warren Hearnes and U.S. Senators Stuart Symington and Thomas Eagleton backed Muskie at a Washington news conference, signaling support that could affect Missouri's delegate selection process. Beatrice Bartlett said the endorsement puts Missouri Democrats on notice that Muskie is the best prospect for president. The statement was signed by Bartlett and four city NDC chairs: John Sondheim, William Behm, Roy Ellinger, and Peter Bergerson.
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Columbia
New Democratic Coalition of
Missouri
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Washington
Warren E. Hearnes
U.S
Stuart Symington
Thomas Eagleton
Beatrice Bartlett
Hearnes
Eagleton
Symington
NDC
Bartlett
John Sondheim
Kansas City
William Behm
St. Louis
Roy Ellinger
Peter Bergerson
Cape Girardeau
Wheat Prize Winner Urges to DDT Ban
Nobel laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug warns a U S ban on DDT would trigger bans by other nations with disastrous outcomes He argues ecologists will shift to other chemicals and fertilizers and asserts the environmental movement in the United States is lopsided Borlaug notes no financial ties to chemical firms and cites his maize and wheat work in Mexico City
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Washington
Norman E. Borlaug
United States
Borlaug
Agriculture Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Montrose Chemical Co
Mexico City
Hi Way R-3 Lunch Menu Week of October 11
The Hi Way R-3 Elementary lunch week from October 11 to 13 offers meals each day with milk. Monday features grilled ham and cheese with green beans apricots and doughnuts. Tuesday serves juicy burgers creamed corn potato sticks cake and fruit. Wednesday provides roast beef sandwich mashed potatoes lettuce salad and jello with fruit.
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R-3
Hi- Way
Mexico Ledger Publication Rates and Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication details: daily except Sundays and holidays at 200 N. Washington St. Mexico, Missouri. Rates: single copy ten cents. carrier and trade areas two dollars per month. mail to Audrain and nearby counties thirteen dollars per year, eight fifty for six months, six twenty-five for three months. Other Missouri counties nineteen dollars per year, thirteen fifty for six months, nine twenty-five for three months. Out of state twenty two dollars per year, fourteen fifty for six months, eleven twenty-five for three months. Armed forces members nationwide one dollar twenty-five per month. Office hours eight to five thirty Monday through Friday, eight to three on Saturday.
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Mexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
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