Syria’s Assad agrees to talks amid Lebanon war
Syrian President Hafez Assad will attend a Riyadh meeting with Lebanon and Egypt leaders and Yasir Arafat to seek peace terms in Lebanon. Despite the pledge, Syrian forces press the assault on Aley as civilian casualties mount across Beirut and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Hafez Assad
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Assad
Riyadh
Egypt
Yasir Arafat
Aley
Beirut
West Beirut
Sidon
Tripoli
Khaled
Kuwait
Arafat
Anwar Sada
Sadat
Residents Fight Fires With Undermanned Crew In East St Louis
Residents and spectators seized an undermanned fire truck and sprayed water on eight burning homes in East St Louis as a blue flu strike kept most firefighters idle. Police and city officials blamed payroll disputes for the shutdown, with back pay totaling about 215000.
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East ST. Louis
Till
John McIntosh
Robert Hickman
Hickman
William E. Magon
Mason
Curtis Smith
Police Union
Big Daddy Of Crime Dies in Sleep in Massapequa
Carlo Gambino, 74, longtime mob boss known as Don Carlo, died in his sleep at a Long Island mansion. Police say a stroke ended his life Friday after a history of heart trouble since 1953. Gambino united New York’s five Mafia families in 1969 after Vito Genovese’s federal prison death, rising from early 1930s bootlegging to the pinnacle of organized crime.
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Massapequa
N.Y
Carlo Gambino
Gambino
Long Island
Don Carlo
New York
Vitec Genovese
Mob
Flu Shot Scare Ends as Inoculations Resume
Federal CDC officials say deaths among elderly vaccine recipients were not caused by the flu shot program. By Friday all nine states had resumed or planned to resume vaccination, though shot uptake fell in some areas. More than 2.5 million people vaccinated, including over 1 million aged 65 plus.
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Associated Press
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Pr. J. Donald Millar
CDC
Millar
Pittsburgh
Lemon Says LVW Snubbed Candidates in Forum
Jim Lemon Republican candidate for state representative from the 4th district and incumbent Ray Hamlett Democrat say they were snubbed by the League of Women Voters which did not invite them to a Wednesday night candidate forum. The meeting invited five candidates including those for congress, circuit court, and prosecuting attorney. Lemon, who was abroad in Mexico, criticized the league for excluding two state issues debaters and noted the Callaway county windfall from the salary scheme for county collectors as the atomic plant develops.
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Jim Lemon
4&Th
Ray Hamlett
League of Women Voters
League
Hamlett
Lemon
Mexico
Jaycee Mack
General Assembly
Callaway
Bethel Radio Aims to Shed City Weight
Bethel Alaska a town of about 1000 launches a weight loss program through Ryuk radio promising to shed a ton. On opening day 300 pounds were pledged with progress reports to air including participant names. Station manager Peter Itchell notes 200 residents seek to lose up to 10 pounds each and expects lower food bills as Bethel tops Alaska for prices.
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Bethel
Alaska
Ryuk
Peter Itchell
Curators Add Two To Hunt For President
The UM Board of Curators approved an 8.3 million UMKC performing arts center and added a student representative to the final president selection committee. Fall enrollment is 50 011, down 1 194 from last year. A gift of 104 acres near Clarkton was accepted for agricultural research. A See-Ty modernization program in Columbia includes new cable and Starline amplifiers. Brooke Elizabeth Melson was born to Robert N. and Barbara Melson in Boone County Hospital.
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Columbia, Mo
Kansas City
University of Missouri Board of Curators
University System
University of Missouri System
UMKC
F. R. Orr Construction
Clarkton
Missouri
Roger F. Rhodes
Ella Frances Rhodes
FCC
Larry Wright
Robert N. Melson
Columbia
Boone County Hospital
Brooke Elizabeth Melson
Joe Ingrum
Centralia
George N. Melson
Mexico
Don Ingrum
Harry C. Wettkemper
Melson
Jefferson Junior High School
Barbara Ingram
Williams, Keepers, Oliver, Payne and Rackers
Winning float marks Homecoming Parade in Mexico
The FBLA built the winning float themed Cream the Tigers for Mexico’s Homecoming Parade downtown. The display showed youths in Bulldog uniforms pouring cream from a large container into a bowl for whipping, captured in a Ledger photo by Richard Vance.
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Cream the Tigers
Mexico
FBLA
Bulldog
Richard Vance
Herman Niermann Dies At 82 In High Hill
Herman Karl Niermann 82 of High Hill died suddenly at home Friday evening. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. at St. John Church of Christ in High Hill with burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. He was born June 3, 1894 in Lincoln County to John Henry and Marcie Amelia Bucker Niermann. He married Elsie Chors on August 26, 1981, who survives along with sister Hilda Niermann and brother Louis Niermann. Visitation Sunday at Harding Funeral Home in Jonesburg from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to St. John United Church of Christ.
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High Hill
St. John Church of Christ In
Herman Karl Niermann
Niermann
Lincoln Co
John Henry
Marcie Amelia Bucker Niermann
Elsie Chors
Hilda Niermann
Louis Niermann
St. John United Church of Christ
Harding
Jonesburg
Mt. Pleasant
St. John
Elmer Lee Baker Dies Rites Monday in Sturgeon
Harrisburg resident Elmer Lee Baker 59 died Friday afternoon at a Fulton hospital after a long illness. Born July 1, 1917 in Higbee to Richard and Alice Baker, he was a farmer and coal miner and a Perche Baptist Church member. Funeral 1 p.m. Monday at Meadow and Son Chapel in Sturgeon, Rev. David Perry officiating. burial in Perche Cemetery. Surviving: six brothers Richard Joe Eugene Baker Higbee Jesse Baker Maryville Woodrow Oscar and five sisters Polly Walker Columbia Edith Yeakey Aurora Mary Martin Aurora Frances Givens Springfield. numerous nieces and nephews.
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Harrisburg
Meadow and Son
Sturgeon
Elmer Lee Baker
Baker
Fulton Hospital
Higbee
Richard
Alice Fainter Baker
Perche
Mr. Baker
Joe
Eugene Baker
Jesse Baker
Maryville
Ill
Woodrow
Clark
Oscar Baker
Moberly
Polly Walker
Fayette
Edith Yeakey
Columbia
Anna LeGrand
Mary Martin
Aurora
Frances Givens
Springfield
Johnnie
Meador and Son
David Perry
Church of the Nazarene
Mexicoan's Brother Dies in Columbia
Robert Toalson, 52, of Columbia, died at 2 20 a.m. today at Ellis Fischel Hospital. He was a brother of Raymond Toalson of Mexico. Services are pending at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia. He is survived by his wife Faye, two daughters Pamela and Phyllis, both at home, three sisters and four brothers.
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Robert Toalson
Columbia
Ellis Fischel
Raymond Toalson
Mexico
Memorial Funeral Home
Mr. Toalson
Faye
Pamela
Phyllis
Duchess Wins Privacy Suit Against Channel and Paper
In Paris a court awarded the Duchess of Windsor about $92,000 in damages from First Television Channel and France-Soir over a photograph showing her helped by three people at her Paris home. She did not attend the case, citing privacy invasion and harm to her public image.
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Paris
Duchess of Windsor
First Television Channel
France-Soir
Edward VIII
Weather and notices from Audrain County edition
Official 7:00 a.m. readings report last 24 hours highs and lows with temps around 60s. Frost or freeze warnings extend except extreme southeast with cooler forecast and possible showers. Sunrise and sunset times noted, along with October precipitation totals and year to date figures. Meteorology notes list seven day outlook and officials. Also included are local admittance, dismissals, and marriage license applications in Boone County. Public safety item describes a vehicle collision at Jackson and Western Streets with moderate damage and no summons.
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Alto
Jrecast
Missouri
Zelda S. Kenley
Auxvasse
Michael S. McCarty
Fairground
Jackson and
Western Streets
Stolen items include car stereo speakers and wrenches at Mexico High
Police report several items were taken from a parked car at Mexico High School. Missing are two stereo speakers valued at $20, a jacket worth $10, and two wrenches worth $2. No summons issued in a Friday accident on Highway 54 East near Christy.
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Greg Piper
Mexico High School
James D. Poage
Centralia
Harry J. Miller
Schopp
Highway 54
Christy
Dale Barnett
W. Vine
Dale
Floyd A. Rockwell
Martinsburg
Robert Wayne Robinson
Washington
Richard Wayne Houghton
Carrico
Lakeview
Fairground Street
Route PP
Stevens
Violence reported as Chiang Ching arrests rock China
Hong Kong papers and Tanjug report scattered clashes along the border with Hong Kong. Militants loyal to Chiang Ching reportedly battle Chinese troops with heavy casualties on both sides. Arrests of Chiang Ching and other leaders were alleged around October 7.
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Hong Kong
Tanjug Sey
China
Mao Tsetung
Chiang Ching
Fai Po
Kwangtung
Hua Kuo-feng
Tanjug
Services Held For W. J. Glatz
Walter John Glatz 83 of Route 1 Hermann died Wednesday at home where he lived all his life. A farmer, his services were at 10 a.m. Friday at St. George Church. burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Born June 14, 1893 to John and Caroline Glatz, he married Lena Bieber September 26, 1916. Survived by wife, two sons William of Mexico and Hilmer Route 1 Hermann, daughter Bernice Ruffner of St. Joh, sister Lorene Parke of St. Louis, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Hermann
Walter John Glatz
Route 1
St. George Church
Miro
St. Joseph Cemetery
Mr. Glatz
John
Caroline Scheidegger Glatz
St. George Catholic Church
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