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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1970

Page

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Quebec Kidnapers Twist Chain In Laporte Death

Montreal reports that coroner Laurin Lapointe said Pierre Laporte was strangled by a chain twisted from behind. Police also tied the Cross kidnapping to FLQ activity, with 245 of 343 suspects still in custody and ongoing searches, as funeral rites for Laporte drew hundreds of officials.

Montreal Pierre la Laporte Porte Quebec St. Leonard Urb Laurin Lapointe Cross Cial Cuba Liberation Front Pierre La‘porte Quebec Liberation Front FLQ Notre Dame Pierre Elliott Trudeau Robert Bourassa

Judge Says If He's Ever Hostage Shoot To Kill

VALDOSTA Ga AP A circuit judge in South Georgia said he would order law enforcement to shoot to kill if he or any official is ever taken hostage. He announced this stance after discussing it with the district attorney and fellow judges following the killing of Judge Harold Haley in California. The judge cited protecting officers and upholding principle, insisting authorities would not hesitate to shoot abductors on sight.

Valdosta South Georgia Haley Toam Franklin Omer W Georgia State Bar Harold J. Haley San Rafael Calif Dist George A. Horkan Moultrie Marcus B. Calhoun Thomasville

Nation and world briefs collide in early AP dispatches

Reports from Montreal Baltimore and Santa Cruz outline threats to renominate Spiro Agnew and reveal a mansion murder tied to a car escape. UN pre view on Middle East debates opens with Meir and Gromyko. A Saigon report cites a valor award tied to a forged citation and Viet Cong casualties. In Washington Lyndon Johnson presses for GOP gains in the Senate as Meir discusses peace.

End Race Bias Says Warren Urges Elimination

Warren, retired chief justice, urged in a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University that racial discrimination must end to unite a plural society. He warned that 22 million Black citizens face ongoing oppression and that true harmony requires full rights for all, including education, voting, and housing.

Manhattan Kan Warren United States Hig Landon Kansas’ State University Nixon Supreme Court

Stewardess Strike Over as TWA Schedules Are Issued

Washington AP reports stewardesses and 281 pursers at Trans World Airlines faced a strike after unions and the National Mediation Board failed to reach a settlement. Pay and working conditions were central, with raises overdue since 1969. Before the pause, international flight hostesses earned up to 580 dollars monthly plus incentives and pursers up to 876 dollars.

Washington Trans World Airlines TWA Tional Transport Workers Union Servic Air

Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday Across Nation

Washington AP reports most Americans will set clocks back one hour this Sunday to standard time for six months. The official hour for the transition is 2 a.m. Sunday, with clocks staying on standard time until the last Sunday in April when daylight saving resumes.

Washington Francis A. O'Neill

Medicaid amendment aims to shield Missouri year

SHFEERSON CITY AP Sen Thomas Eagleton told the Missouri Hospital Association convention that his Medicaid amendment to the Social Security bill would grant Missouri one year to restore its Medicaid funding to a safer level. He warned that failure would trigger federal fund cutoff with no further relief. Estelle Marke of St Louis was named president elect. Gart A Virgien of Springfield became president at the installation ceremony.

Shfeerson City Thomas FP Eagleson Missonri Hospital Roy Missouri Eagleton Estelle Marke St. Louis St. Mary’s Hospital St Mary's J Hospital Otis City Gart A. Virgien Springfield Springfield Baptist Hospital

Simmons Horses Dominate Three-Gaited Stakes at American Royal

Simmons & Makes It 1-2 In three gaited $780 stake as 865 Beauty wins walk trot title at Missouri State Fair while Pin Oak Tulsa and others shine. World Champion Yorktown Will Shriver places in junior classes. Air Time takes three-gaited Missouri Kansas stake. Courageous Connie third in five gaited stake behind Viz's Contact and Colonel Windsor. Premier Lane lands fifth for Dr. Winchester with Kenny Rogers at the reins.

Yorktown Will Shriver Callaway Hills Farm New Bloomfield Dale Pugh Gift of Gold Arthur Simmons Courageous Connie Viz Contac I. J. Twiehaus Colonel Windsor Premier Lane B. N. Winchester Hannibal Kenny Rogers

Algerian fugitive killed in Frankfurt hotel murder

West German police hunt for an Algerian and two Moroccans linked to the strangling of former Algerian Foreign Minister Belkacem Krim. Krim’s body was found in a bed at the Intercontinental Hotel in Frankfurt on Tuesday morning after he checked in Sunday with three wanted men who fled after failing to pay their bills.

Frankfurt Germany Belkacem Krim Algeria Krim Intercontinental Hotel Phillip Melahn Adl Allen

Guns Stolen From Crabtree Home Near Benton City

Sheriff Harold Sulgrove reports a daytime break in at the Hérvil Crabtrees home on Route 1 Benton City Highway 54 junction. A hand gun four rifles and several boxes of ammunition were taken while Mr and Mrs Crabtree were at work. Back door lock broken. Break in reported at 3 30 p m Tuesday.

Hérvil Crabttes Route 1 Benton Chiy Absist Benton City Highway 54 Harold Sulgrove Gans and Rehells

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