Nixon Goes South To Boost GOP
President Nixon flies to Atlanta for a noon motorcade down Peachtree Street and a hotel reception for Southern supporters and Republican candidates from 10 states. The trip aims to aid Fletcher Thompson’s Senate bid while keeping campaign travel light this week. He holds a lead over McGovern in Southern polls amid a one day schedule before Congress adjourns.
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Sam Nunn
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Three Men And Six Jurors Face Turner Securities Trial
A Clearwater jury of three women and three men, plus an alternate, will hear testimony in the Glenn W. Turner securities trial. Turner's lawyers seek to delay by pursuing federal court involvement while a bodyguard linked to the case was briefly jailed for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Glenn W. Turner
Florida
Pinellas County
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David Baumann
Baumann
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New Orleans
U.S. District Court
Tampa
Gene Davis Named Executive Director of Missouri Nursing Home Assn
Warren Fletcher of the Missouri Nursing Home Association announced the appointment of Gene Davis as executive director. The office will be in Jefferson City at 238 East High Street. Davis brings 20 years in broadcasting and state agriculture public relations including recent work with the Ohio Department of Agriculture and responsibility for promoting the Missouri State Fair.
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Warren Fletcher
Missouri Nursing Home Association
Gene Davis
East High Street
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Davis
Inmates Release Guards at DC Jail after Siege
Armed inmates at a District of Columbia jail freed 11 hostage guards after nearly 24 hours of standoff. Negotiations led to control of Cell Block 1 returning to corrections officials. An extraordinary session to resume before a federal judge was planned today.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Federal District Court
Lost Hour Regained as Daylight Saving Time Ends
New York AP reports 46 of 50 states will set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday Oct 29 as Daylight Saving Time ends. The piece traces DST history from Ben Franklin to the 1967 Uniform Time Act, notes Michigan Indiana and Arizona changes, and mentions wildcat DST and year‑round Alaska time. It cites Bulova researchers and discussions of public and farming opinions on DST.
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U.S
Congress
Ben Franklin
Franklin
America
Europe
Alaska
MHS Booster Bus To Lebanon Delays Schedule Change
The booster sponsored pep squad bus to the Lebanon game will load at 4 p.m. Friday and depart at 4:15 p.m. due to a game time change to 4 p.m. The return is expected between 12:30 and 1 a.m. ParentTeacher conferences are underway today and tomorrow.
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MHS News
Lebanon
McGovern Campaign Swing Targets Economic Message
In Boston at the Veterans Armory crowds hear McGovern blast Nixon era policies as pro big business. He accuses the administration of loading public offices with industry executives and vows to press wage, Social Security, and pension reforms while touring Minneapolis Fargo Seattle and Chicago ahead of a fundraising event. Caroline Kennedy marks her first political appearance.
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U N General Assembly Deliberates On Outer Space Proposals
The UN General Assembly shifts from debate to committee work spotlighting two Soviet space proposals. One aims to veto foreign TV broadcasts by satellite. the other seeks a moon treaty obliging governments to safeguard lunar life and health. The 27th session heard reports on the moon treaty and space cooperation. A clash arose between Cuban and Puerto Rican delegates over Puerto Rico’s self rule, with accusations of interference and slander.
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Outer Space
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Outer Space Committee
Stanislaw Trepczynski
Poland
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Julia Rivera de Vicenti
U.S
Mihalic Named Residence Hall Assistant at Fort Wright
Spokane Fort Wright College student Sue Mihalic of Mexico has been named residence hall assistant at Regents Hall for 1972 73. She is a senior art major and daughter of Mr and Mrs William Mihalic of 1509 Arcadia Street.
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Fort. Wright College
Mexico
Sue Mihalic
Regents Hall
Miss Mihalic
William Mihalic
Arcadia St
Spokane Liberal Arts College
Refrigeration Course Sought For Mex Tech
The Mexico Area Vocational Technical School's Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Advisory Committee urged the State Department of Education to approve a one year day time post high school course starting Sept 1 1973. If approved the class would run six hours daily Monday through Friday with a 15 student limit. Eligibility includes a high school diploma or equivalent good physical condition and aptitude for the field. This would be one of four daytime post high school courses offered along with Cosmetology Licensed Practical Nursing and Technical Drafting. Attending members were Henry Adkisson Ray Clement Bill Johnson Gene Richardson Jerry Sudbrock and Davis Hart.
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Mexico Area
Heivlin To Talk On Glass Pickup
Fred Heivlin a regional U S Jaycees coordinator and land use consultant will discuss recycling waste materials and present slides of a successful program on Channel 12 See TV at 6 00 tonight The program will be taped and replayed at 12 00 noon Friday on Channel 12.
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Fred Heivlin
Channel 12
Hemlin
U.S. Jaycees
Spainhower Urges Use Of Funds In Missouri Banks
St Louis AP James Spainhower Democratic candidate for state treasurer urged directing state deposits to banks willing to provide capital for industry housing and expanded services in hard pressed areas including inner cities He spoke at Parkway North High School in St Louis County saying Missourians cannot ignore inner city problems and that decay spreads to the rest of the state.
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ST. Louis
James Spainhower
Spainhower
Parkway North Senior High School
St. Louis County
Guards Freed After 24 Hours Riot at City Jail Ends
About 50 inmates seized guards during a Wednesday dawn raid, holding Lt. Charles Wren as medics treated him for a head wound. After negotiations, the hostages were released around midnight in a tense, crowded roundhouse. Judge William Bryant ordered reforms and scheduled further hearings in two weeks, with public defenders assisting inmates. Cell Block 1 holds 180 of the roughly 1,100 inmates in the jail.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Federal District Court
Charles Wren
Kenneth Hardy
William Bryant
Bryant
William Brown
Brown
Hardy
Mexico Ledger Advertising Rates and Office Hours
The Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily schedule except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265. It outlines postage rates: single copy 10c carrier areas 2.00 per month mail rates by region yearly charges with 6 and 3 month options and armed forces rate 1.25 per month. Office hours are 8 to 5:30 Monday to Friday and 8 to 3 Saturday.
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Wmexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Ex Husband Held After Killing In Missouri
In Bates County Missouri Kenneth Talbot 23 and Barbara Joann Chambers 21 were shot and killed as they drove into Talbot’s yard near Rich Hill. Roger Chambers 24 the former husband of Chambers was arrested in connection with the shooting and held in the county jail. The victims were struck by bullets from a high powered rifle.
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Rich Hill
Bates County
Bond offers plan on drugs for Kansas City voters
Republican candidate Christopher Kit Bond unveiled a three point anti drug program for governor detailing strict law enforcement, expanded methadone treatment, and rehab with after care including vocational training. He cited crime links to drug addiction and urged school programs and officer education to combat alcohol and drug abuse.
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Kansas City
Christopher “Kit” Bond
St. Louis
Bond
Death of Chicago crime boss Paul Ricca at 74
Paul Ricca known as The Waiter and once a key figure in the Chicago syndicate and Al Capone era died at age 74. He built wealth through gambling illicit liquor and beer trade and other ventures gaining power in the 1930s after aligning with Capone.
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Paul Ricca
Chicago
Paul
Ricca
al Capone
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