Hijackers Extend Deadline for Palestinian Release
Arab guerrillas extended their deadline to 10 p.m. EDT Saturday for releasing captive Palestinians in exchange for three hijacked airliners and about 280 hostages held in the Jordanian desert. Dozens of armed guards surrounded the planes while Jordanian forces and guerrillas battled in Amman and Irbid, with a U.N. appeal for release and Britain pressing to free Leila Khaled.
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Associated Press
Intercontinental
Amman
Beirut
Britain
West Germany
Switzerland
Israel
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
International Red Cross
U.S
England
Popular Front
U.N. Security Council
Trans World Airlines
British Overseas Airways Corp
Jordan
TWA
London
Red Cross
Andre Rachat
Desert Strip
Leila Khaled
Abu Ezz
Rail Strike Postponed Amid Wage Talks Standoff
Negotiations between the railroad industry and four AFL-CIO unions continue after a five day postponement of the nationwide strike deadline at government request. Assistant Secretary of Labor W J Usery urged hard bargaining for a peaceful settlement covering about 500 000 workers as unions demand wage hikes of 40 percent over three years plus cost of living adjustments and other benefits.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
W. J. Usery
Usery
Nixon
Mrs Birdie Keeling Dies at 82 in Mexico Missouri
Mrs Birdie L Keeling 82 died at 10 pm Wednesday at Audrain Hospital after an extended illness. She lived at 427 West Love Street and funeral services are Saturday at 2 pm at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev Frank L Park. Interment in Elwood Cemetery. Born in Guthrie April 1 1888 she was daughter of Henry Lee Hayden and Elizabeth Sanford Hayden. Survived by two sons Robert Keeling Mexico and Ernest Keeling St. Louis. four daughters Stella Surls Nadine Downing Grace Edwards and Bula Grant. eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A son Henry Keeling preceded her in death. The family will receive friends 7 to 9 pm Friday at the funeral home.
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Birdie L. Keeling
Audrain Hospital
W. Love St
Arnold Funeral Home
Frank L. Park
First Baptist Church
Elwood Cemetery
Guthrie
Keeling
Henry Lee
Elisabeth Sanford Hayden
Benjamin A
Henry Keeling
Mrs Pluma Godager Dies at Home
Funeral services are pending for Mrs. Pluma Muriel Godager 74 of the Coil apartments 7L1 E Jackson St. She died unexpectedly yesterday found by her son Charles Godager. A former Woolworth sales clerk in St Louis she was a West Christian Church member. Surviving are her son a brother J Vernon Dawson and three grandchildren. She was born July 30 1896 in Denver Missouri to Charles Benjamin and Leona Belle Barnes Dawson.
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Pluma Muriel Godager
Coil
E. Jackson St
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
Aux Sets Red Stocking Follies Oct 23 24 1970
Preparations for the 1970 Red Stocking Follies are underway with Oct 23 and 24 set for performances. Co chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Ron Westen haver lead committees for a bigger show sponsored by the Audrain Hospital Auxiliary. Numerous committee chairs cover program, patrons, talent, advertising, make up, tickets, publicity, properties, cabaret and treasures.
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Ron Westenhaver
Audrain Hospital
Don Decker
Duane Rankins
Robert M. White II
Ernest S. Gantt Jr
H. J. Nesheim
Cool Weather Signals Autumn Arrival for Area Schools
Readers note cooler temps as 52 degrees at 7 am hints autumn, with autumn officially starting Sept 23 at 4 59 am. Mexico High School prepares for first football game in Fulton as temperatures dip to upper 40s at night and 70s by day, rainfall totaling .82 inches in the last 24 hours.
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Mexico
Fulton
New Salary Rules for Audrain County Assessor
Audrain County Assessor Holloway Neill now earns a fixed 12,500 per year as of September 1 under a spring law for counties with 60 to 65 million in assessed value. The state will continue paying part of the salary, while clerical help is county funded. The job adds a monthly ten real estate sales verification requiring grantor and grantee names, consideration, current assessment, and whether new construction is involved, with the verifier named. Assessor duties include attending courses with state reimbursement.
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Audrain
Holloway Neill
Neill
Milk Price Drops Tomorrow for Mexico Public Schools
Milk prices for Mexico public school students drop to 3 vents starting tomorrow as Supt Buford Thomas announces, after federal subsidy restoration. North Callaway R-1 also reverts to 3 cents per half pint for extra milk, with free or reduced lunch eligibility advised to contact principals.
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Mexico
Buford Thomas
Missouri
U.S. Department of Agriculture
North Callaway
L. W. Hobson
State Department of Education
Supt. Hobson
US To Sell More Jets To Israel
Washington sources say the United States will sell 16 to 18 additional F4 Phantom jet fighters to Israel. Deliveries may begin within weeks and continue at four to five per month through December, prompting Cairo to call the move regrettable and risky, while the White House declined to confirm details.
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Washington
United States
Israel
Cairo
Middle East
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Johnson
Golda Meir
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Sirhan Rebellions End With Tear Gas at San Quentin
Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of assassinating Senator Robert Kennedy, provoked a disturbance at San Quentin Prison by refusing to surrender his meal tray. He was tear gassed after tossing food at a guard as warden Louis S. Nelsontoday ordered containment.
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San Quentin
Calli
Capy — Sirhan
Sirhan
Cambodians Break Siege of Kompong Thom
Cambodian amphibious force of about 1500 men reached Kompong Thom after a two day river operation, lifting a three month siege. One Cambodian soldier was killed. the column carried gunboats and supplies to defenders and civilians amid wary Northern Vietnamese activity in the area.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Thom
Sen
Tonle Sap
Stung Sen
Kompong
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
Ccasualtes
Saigon
LAS North Vette
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Popular Democratic Front
International Hotel
Seven Hills
Irbid
Jarash
Tibid
Mashour Haditha
Yasir Arafat
Haditha
Lester Stowers
Chamber of Commerce
Raven Stull
Mattingly Co
Optimist Club
Richard Vance
The
Popular Front For the
Liberation of Palestine
el Khana
Mrs. Pluma Godager
Aux
Monroe County
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