Shah’s Shindig Celebrates Persian Empire Centennial
TEHRAN RP The Shah hosts the 2 500th anniversary of the Persian Empire at Persepolis with lavish feasts and pageantry. A capsule history recalls Cyrus the Great founding the empire, battles of Marathon and Thermopylae, and later conquerors as Persia’s culture thrives. The birthday spectacle leverages ancient مقام and a modern wealth boost from Persian Gulf oil, while the Shah styles himself emperor of emperors.
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Tehran
Shah of
Iran
Persepolis
Eampire
Cyrus the Great
Christ
India
Danube
Black Sea
Nile
Achamenian Dynasty
Cyrus
Darius the Great
Xerxes
Europe
Marathon
Sparta
Leonidas
Thermopylae
Salamis
Ghengis Khan
Tamerlane
Marco Polo
Persia
Omar Khayyam
Zoroaster
Saadi
Hafez
Persian Gulf
Shah
West Country
Babylon
Record of Largest Academy Nomination Interest in Ninth District
Washington Congressman Bill Hungate reports 63 candidates remain in competition for service academy appointments after the September 21 deadline. Interviews will occur in December with an advisory committee including Capt. Robert W. Murch and Col. W. J. Schneider Jr. Names and hometowns of finalists from Audrain, Boone, Pike, Ralls, Shelby counties are listed among those seeking U S Naval and Air Force Academy slots.
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Washington, D.C
Bill Hungate
Hungate
Audrain
Timothy James Lankford
Park Circle
Mexico
H.S
U.S. Air Force Academy
Boone
Stephen Gerard Wieschhaus
Lakeview
Centralia
U. S. Air Force Academy
Pike
Melvin M. Schuckenbrock
Curryville
S.W
Missouri
Ralls
Mark Gentry Palmer
U.S. Naval Academy
Shelby
Robert Patrick Green
U S and S Viet free North Viet lieutenant in Cambodia
The United States and South Vietnam freed a North Vietnamese lieutenant in Cambodia in a surprise exchange for last week's American sergeant. Spokesmen cited possible future POW releases but no commitments from the Communists.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Washington
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Merit Jobs Now Held By Republicans
The HUD nonpolitical area director posts lean Republican as at least 14 of 32 directors hold GOP credentials. The Civil Service Commission says these are merit jobs, yet 23 directors came from outside government or from Nixon era. Notable appointees include Wayne Babbitt, Carroll Oakes, Elmer Smith, Creeley Buchanan, and others with GOP ties across states.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wayne Babbitt
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission
Winthrop Rockefeller
Tennessee
Carroll G. Oakes
Morristown
Tenn
Oakes
C. March Miller
HUD
George Romney
Miller
Elmer Smith
St. Louis
Missouri
Creeley S. Buchanan
Manchester
N.H
Robert H. Breeden
Oklahoma City
Knoxville
Jon W. Pitts
Birmingham
Ala
Frank D. Cerabone
Buffalo
N.Y
New York State
James H. Price
San Francisco
Fergus A. Theibert
Columbus
Ohio
Charles J. Lieberth
Pittsburgh
M. Daniel Richardson Jr
Boston
Grain Elevator Men Accuse Firms of Stalling Talks
Chicago AP report says Local 418 of the Grain Elevator, Flour and Feed Mill Workers union blames management for stalling contract talks after no-show at a meeting. Judge McGarr issued a 10 day injunction. a full 80 day cooling off period may be invoked. Companies named include Dixie Portland Grain, Carey Grain, Indiana Grain Cooperative, Continental Grain, Garvey Grain, and Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa.
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Chicago
John McQuade
Grain Elevator, Flour and Feed Mill Workers Union
McQuade
Frank McGarr
Circuit Court
Dixie Portland Grain Co
Carey Grain Co
Indiana Grain Cooperative
Continental Grain Co
Garvey Grain Co
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Rogers Warns UN Expulsion Could Endanger Security Council
Secretary of State Rogers warned on Face the Nation that expelling Nationalist China from the United Nations could set a dangerous precedent and invite expulsions of ten more nations. He suggested Albania and others might challenge Security Council legality if Taiwan were expelled. Rogers projected a possible Arab-Israeli interim settlement and said he is not seeking the Supreme Court.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
United Nations
China
Security Council
Rogers
Taiwan
CBS
Republic of China
Albania
U.N
U.S
Berlin
Supreme Court
Nixon
High Bench
Springfield $7 Million Plan Unveiled for 23 Acres
Springfield investors revealed a $7 million, 23 acre development featuring a nine story motor hotel, a 175000 square foot shopping mall, and an apartment townhouse complex. Groundbreaking on the first phase is set within four weeks.
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Springfield, Mo
Springfield
Inmates Too Drunk To Complain At Center Disturbance
Seven inmates seized a ward at Connecticut Valley Hospital's Security Treatment Center in Middletown after a disturbance Sunday night. They were so intoxicated that their complaints could not be understood. no major injuries or escapes occurred. Eight inmates joined the incident before staff and police ended it. All seven had been moved to the center from Norwich State Hospital.
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Middletown, Conn
Connecticut
Connecticut Valley Hospital
Ernest A. Shepherd
Abraham Zeichner
Zeichner
Shepherd
Norwich State Hospital
Marching Bands Set for Hannibal Festival Showing
Twenty eight bands with 1800 members compete in the 23rd annual Hannibal marching band festival with Mexico High School Missouri Military Academy Centralia Van-Far and Mark Twain among entrants. Twenty two bands perform in the 6:45 p.m. mass concert tomorrow.
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Hannibal
Mexico High School
The
Missouri Military Academy
Centralia
Van-Far
Mark Twain
Ground Beef Labels Shift to Fat Content Tracking
Safeway adopts fat content based labeling for ground beef, moving away from cut names like regular, lean, extra lean and super lean. Fat levels will approximate 25, 22, 18 and 15 percent respectively. Kroger and Giant weigh options. A&P has no comment while labeling plans vary across chains.
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Washington
Safeway
Virginia Consumer Council
Consumer Council
Kroger
A&p
Giant Food
FFA Flush Float Tops Contest At Hawthorne Heights
The Mexico High Chapter of the Future Farmers of America won first place with its homecoming float at the Friday night game against Sedalia. The parade moved around the track at halftime due to rain. Second place went to Vocal Music, third to Key Club, and fourth to VICA.
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Mexico
Future Farmers of America
Sedalia
Hawthorne Heights
Vocal Music Department
Key Club
VICA
FFA
John Peeper
MHS Singers
Jerry Valet
School Without Failure seminar for officials set Thursday
A seminar titled School Without Failure will be held at Audrain Medical Center mental health unit Thursday from 1 30 to 4 00 pm. Sponsored by the Northeast Missouri School Administrators Assn with the East Central Missouri Mental Health Center, the event aims to stress early school years as critical for success and warns against labeling children as failures. The program is free, funded by a grant from the Mid Missouri Law Enforcement Assistance Council and led by Dr Richard Hawes of the Los Angeles based Reality Therapy Institute.
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Audrain Medical Center
Northeast Missouri
Mid-Missouri Law Enforcement Assistance Council
Richard Hawes
William Glasser
Institute For
Los Angeles
Hawes
Colby College
University of the Pacific
Institute of
U. S
Canada
Church Boiler Blast Kills Five in Marietta Ohio
In Marietta Ohio a Sunday school boiler explosion at First Baptist Church killed five people including two teens and a teacher. Diane Slaughter, 14, and 10 classmates were among the injured as debris rained down after the blast beneath the boiler room. The church building has a 152 year history and the incident follows a deadly nursing home fire in the city two years earlier.
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Marietta
Ricky Morris
Gary Holley
Carol Joy
Heather Dawson
Diane
Ohio River
West Side
Infant Care Course for Expectant Parents at Center
The fifth Expectant Parents class will be Wednesday at East Central Missouri Mental Health Center 704 E Monroe St. Topics include infant care formula breast feeding and baby bath with demonstrations and films. Mrs Sue Waechter R N acting nursing coordinator explains layette buying and practical guidance. Attendees should dress appropriately and all are welcome.
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East Central Missouri Mental Health Center
E. Monroe St
Sue Waechter
R. N
Audrain City County Health Unit
Fair And Mild Weather Ahead In Missouri
Summerlike conditions were expected across western Missouri today into Tuesday with pleasant weather elsewhere in the state. Overnight lows in the mid 40s, Tuesday highs in the 70s, and a fair, mild outlook through Friday with no precipitation. State highs reached 76 in Kansas City and St. Joseph, while lows ranged from 53 to 39.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Weather Service
St. Joseph
Bus segregation suit against Centertown school district advanced
In Jefferson City Missouri Urban Leutkemeyer a Cole County businessman filed a religious discrimination suit against Centertown School District alleging the district refused to transport its students by bus to a Catholic school in St Martins. The case was advanced for a three judge U S District Court panel with no date set. The district argues the state constitution bans transporting students to parochial schools.
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Jefferson City
Centertown
Cole County
U.S. District Court
Urban Leutkemeyer
St. Martins
Leutkemeyer
Missouri Human Rights Commission
Diabetic Association Meets in Mexico Area
The Mexico area branch of the Mid-Missouri Diabetic Association will hold its second meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Garfield Community Center. A diabetes film will be shown and meetings will be held monthly on the second Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., except December. All interested people or those affected by diabetes are encouraged to attend.
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Mexico Area
Mid
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Pacific Maritime Association
Don Anderson
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Our Savior Lutheran Church
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Donald Sueheflasd
Willamette River
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Ore
Willamette Falls
Oregon Fish Commission
Diabetic Assn
ERDEL
Evangelis
Jerry Rozell
Centennial Baptist Church
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