Mexicoan's Mother Dies In Wreck
A fatal traffic collision on Highway 63 Route WW intersection in east Columbia kills Mrs. Nellie H. King 65 and passenger Mrs Jeraldine Bledsoe 38. The King car struck after stopping for a stop sign and spun, with two other passengers injured mildly. Survivors include husband and three sons, two daughters, a sister, and a grandchild. Funeral services set for Fulton.
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Norman Richardson
Nellie H. King
Amo
S. Jefferson St
Futton
Donald King
Mexico
Po Jen
East Columbia
Jefferson Phillip E. Griffith
Nevins
Rose M. Griffith
Deborah Flickerson
Walter E.hickerson
Mary Ruth Olebeare
Marsha2ll Lee Olebeare
Stock market roundup of trade on New York Exchange
Trading yesterday on the NYSE showed mixed results for major firms. A.B. Chance Co held bids near 22 with asks around 24, Commerce Bancshares moved 44 bid 45 ask, Vetteran quoted 19 percent bid with 2044 asked. Bobble Brooks closed at 12, up four. Dresser Industries rose to 29 percent with 6400 shares traded, Interco listed at 13014 with 1600 shares, Kaiser Aluminum fell 4 percent to 31 with 7000 shares. Ralston Purina traded 2134 down 34 for 4500 shares, U.S. Gypsum common at 6842 up 1 percent on 2600 shares, U.S. Gypsum preferred at 32 up 44 on 1110 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshares
Vetteran
New York Stock Exchange
Bobble Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Ralston Purina
U.S
Florida Man Charged In Scott Judy Death
Frank Leslie Knight, 32, arraigned in Magisterial Court on manslaughter and leaving the scene. Prosecution says his car struck Winfield Scott Judy on a county road February 24 off Route N. Judy died April 9 from injuries. Knight held on bonds totaling 3,500. captured near Orlando, Fla., and brought back to Boone County. Preliminary hearing set for September 18. attorney to be appointed.
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Columbia
Frank Leslie Knight
Clark Area
Boone County
Frank Conley
Knight
Winfield Scott Judy
Judy
Sturgeon
Orlando
Fla
Conley
Frank L
Bud
Elkin
Temple Morgelt
Auto hijack bill cited as major threat by industry
Guerrillas demand control of Jordanian power and threaten more than 100 hostages from three auto plants to crash air operations. Ford officials warn of economic impact as two buses with 22 British schoolchildren were hijacked yesterday.
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Ford
Farm Wife Dies While House Burns
Mrs. Ivan Hargis aged 69 died after a farm home burned hours before she and her husband were to deliver possession to new buyers and move to a retirement home near Lake of the Ozarks. The couple had sold a south Centralia farm to Mr. and Mrs. William Holzknecht of Hillsboro Illinois who were to take possession this morning. Firefighters fought the blaze until about 5 p.m. The victim, born December 16 1900 in Casey Illinois, was married in 1922 to Ivan H Hargis. Surviving are her husband a daughter Norma Lynch of Columbia a son Jack of Columbia a brother Harry Detrick of Phoenix Arizona two sisters Thelma DuWage Clinton Iowa and Rachael House California five grandchildren and a great grandchild. A daughter and two brothers preceded her in death. The Hargises had lived in Centralia since 1939 and she was a Presbyterian. Funeral services are planned Monday at Meador and Son Funeral Chapel Centralia with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery Cotunda. Friends may call tonight.
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King
Columbia
Nevins
Boone County Hospital
Clinton Bledsoe
de Soto
J. W
Emily Holmes
Hallson
Centralia
McCredie
Fulton
McCredie Methodist Church
Charles
Sturgeon
James
Donald
Mexico
Chester
Anna Mae) Tidball
O. A
Ada Ruth) Haverstick
Erle
Florence) Scott
Ivan Hargis
Lake of the Ozarks
Hargis
William Holzknecht
Hillsboro
Ill
Hargises
Camdenton
Harold
Norma) Lynch
Jack
Harry Detrick
Phoenix
Ariz
Thelma Du‘Wage
Clinton
Iowa
Rachael House
California
Margis
Meeber
Elieh
Hainois
Meador and Son
Donald Mattson Lourtaling
Memorial Park
Cotunda
Third Largest Corn Crop Forecast in U S History
The Agriculture Department pegs 1969 corn harvest at 44 billion bushels with an average yield of 73.9 bushels per acre, despite Southern leaf blight and drought. Secretary Hardin says a 2.5 billion bushel grain carry and robust export demand ensure ample feed for 1971, while noting later monthly forecasts may lower projections.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clifford N. Hardin
Hardin
Texas
South Dakota
Florida
New England
U.S
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missour
Chester Morris Dies Star of 30s and 40s
NEW HOPE Pa AP The actor famed for Boston Blackie dies at 69 in his hotel room Friday Bucks County coroner Dr Samuel Willard says death from barbiturate overdose under investigation Morris had been starring in The Court Martial of the Caine Mutiny at Bucks County Playhouse and acted in more than 60 films including 26 Boston Blackie movies for Columbia Pictures
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New Hope, Pa
Boston
Chester Morris
Morris
Bucks County Playhouse
Pennsylvania
Samuel Willard
Bucks County
Willard
Columbia Pictures
Hijack Victims From Amman Move To Cyprus And Beirut
The 66 flown to Nicosia along with 171 hijack victims were taken to Amman shortly after diversion. Twenty headed for Beirut were among 23 later driven to the capital Friday. Two Americans, Mr and Mrs Thomas Rogero of Knoxville, Tenn, remained in Amman under medical care for a heart condition. A second Amman to Nicosia flight was canceled, with a State Department spokesman citing nighttime takeoffs as the reason. Guerrilla notes aboard a BOAC jet threatened to blow up the plane, while a stewardess urged release and a flight engineer called the situation desperate. Red Cross officials in Geneva drew criticism from the captors but were mollified by Red Cross delegate Andre Rochat in Amman. A German Social Democratic leader planned to travel to the Middle East to assist.
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Nicosia
Amman
Beirut
Thomas Rogero
Knoxville
Tenn
Rogero
Aeart
State Department
Washington
West Germany
Britain
BOAC
Red Cross
Geneva
Andre
Rochat
Middle East
Air Marshals Program Expands as Guards Begin Training
First group of new air marshals arrived at two major training centers, mostly in their 20s and 30s, with ties to the Secret Service. They will wear civilian clothes and conceal pistols while touring Boeing jets and studying airline procedures. Training included firearms and hand to hand combat, while White House officials kept flight assignments secret. Nixon ordered broader electronic surveillance at 22 international airports and urged international cooperation to punish hijackers with extradition, funded by small passenger tax increases.
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Trans World Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Husky
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Federal Aviation Administration
White House
Nixon
Transportation Department
United States Flag Airlines
Congress
Chicken Barbecue in Rush Hill Saturday
Rush Hill Planned Progress sponsors a chicken barbecue at the Rush Hill Community Center with serving from 5 30 p m Proceeds fund maintenance of the center The organizing committee includes Mrs Marvin Davidson Miss Blanche Allen and Mrs Robert Riley
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Rush Hill
Marvin Davidson
Blanche Allen
Robert Riley
Gerald Terry to Study in Vienna Center
Gerald E. Terry of Mexico Route 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon F. Terry, will study this year at the Vienna center of the Institute of European Studies. He is a Missouri University junior majoring in Agricultural Economics and Psychology, a 1965 Mexico High School graduate, joining six centers in Europe offering undergraduate study with European professors and credit transfer.
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Gerald E. Terry
Leon F. Terry
Route 2
Mexico
Vienna
Institute of European Studies
Terry
University of Missouri
Columbia
Austria
England
France
Germany
Spain
Tradi
Ion
Dysentery Outbreak Traced To Luau Poi
Maui Hawaii health officials traced the worst dysentery outbreak to poi served at a family luau. A shigella contamination affected over 4 500 residents, far exceeding prior four year counts. Epicenter noted by epidemiologist Lloyd Guthrie as the prime cause and the outbreak subsided after measures.
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Wailuku
Maui
Hawaii
Poi
Luau
Slate
Lloyd Guthrie
Nixon Talk Won't Work Says Leaders In Washington
President Nixon faces Democratic resistance as leaders McCormack and Mansfield dismiss talk of making Congress a campaign issue. A special message pressures action amid high unemployment and interest rates, while autoworker strikes loom at GM Chrysler and Ford with wage disputes and possible plant walkouts near Toronto.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
UAW
General Motors
Chrysler
Moseek
Ann Shana
Four MU women pledge sororities after rush week
Four Audrain County girls pledged sororities at the University of Missouri at the close of rush week. The Mexican residents include Miss Sarah K Seigreich in Kappa Kappa Gamma Miss Linda Jane Fuemmeler in Delta Delta Delta Miss Nancy Anne Ollig in Alpha Phi and Miss Joy Culwell of Vandalia in Sigma Kappa.
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University of Missouri
Sarah K. Seigreich
Mexico
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Linda Jane Fuemmeler
Delta Delta Delta
Nancy Anne Ollig
Alpha Phi
Joy Culwell
Vandalia
Sigma Kappa
UAW Back To Bargain With GM After Rejected Offer
DETROIT AP United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock returns to the bargaining table after rejecting GM's contract proposal. GM says its offer would raise the average factory worker's annual wages to more than 12000 within three years, but Woodcock says it lacks sufficient wages and benefits.
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Detroit
Leonard Woodstock
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ky to rejoin Paris talks as U S troop pullbacks begin
Saigon AP reports Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky plans to return to the Paris peace talks after an 18 month boycott. Meanwhile the U S announces the first withdrawals from the 1st Marine Division, cutting American strength in Vietnam by about 1,400 as part of Nixon's plan to drop total forces to roughly 284,000 by spring. Fighting continues on three fronts with an attack near Fire Base O'Reilly repelled. eight enemy and two U S killed, five wounded. A Marine aviator was shot down and listed as missing south of the base.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Paris
U.S
U S. 1St Marine Division
Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thien
Indochina
O'Reilly
South Vietnam
Laos
U.S. Marine Ad
Powerline Kills 3 on St Charles Farm
Three men died in a freak electrocution on a St Charles County farm when corn picker operator George D Dunkmann touched a 72 000 volt line. Russell Omo hundro and neighbor John R Cobb were also killed while trying to aid him.
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ST. Charles
Farma
St. Charles County
Robert Glenn
George D. Dunkmenn
Glenn
Russell G. Omohundro
Elsberry
Ohn R. Cobb
Dunkmann
Youths Lead Law To Explosive Cache Found Near Osage Beach
Four youths led highway patrol to a cache of 62 dynamite blasting caps and 160 primers in Lake of the Ozarks State Park near Osage Beach. Suspects Roger Golden and Darrel Evans, both 19, disclosed the cache after ties to a Jeffer son City break-in surfaced. Officers later found 40 primers and 20 caps in a Lake Ozark house, with explosives moved to a Fort Leonard Wood bunker by an Army demolition team.
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Lake Ozark, Mo
Lake of the Ozarks State Park
Osage Beach
Roger W. Golden
Eldon
Darrel E. Evans
Lake Ozark
Jefferson City
Robert Hickman
Urban Smith
Fort Leonard Ree
Birth Announcement for Mark Allen Zimmer schied
Captain Mark Zimmerschied and Mrs Ray Zimmer schied of Barksdale Air Force Base Shreveport La announce the birth of their son Mark Allen born August 31 weighing six pounds 15 ounces The family includes a son Timothy Ray two grandparents William George of Middletown and great grandmother Pearl Marshall of 1014 West Emmons Street Mexico The mother is Patty George of Middletown.
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Ray Zimmerschied
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Mark Allen
Timothy Ray
William George
Middletown
Pearl’ Marshall
W. Emmons St
Mexico
Weas
Patty George
Middlet
Bombs Found in Minneapolis and Tyler Texas
Two bombs were found in downtown Minneapolis, one at a parking ramp and another inside a briefcase at a cafe’s checking counter. police removed and detonated them in a vacant field. In Tyler, six persons were arrested in a plot to blow up the city public schools administration building, with 26 homemade fire bombs seized from a residence east of the city.
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Minneapolis
Pallee
St. Paul
Tyler
Tex
Harlan Long
City Public Schools Administration
FBI
East
Texas
Funeral services for Mrs Birdie Keeling at Arnold Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs Birdie Keeling will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Arnold funeral home conducted by Rev. Frank L. Park of the First Baptist Church. Burial follows at Elmwood Cemetery with music by Mrs. John W. Willer. Pallbearers: Ferris Mundy, Robert Lee Surls, Rolla Surls, Clifford Downing, John Hawkins, William Wyss.
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Keeling
Birdie Keeling
Arnold Funeral Home
Frank L. Park
First Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
John W. Willer
Ferris Mundy
Robert Lee Surls
Rolla Surls
Clifford Downing
John Hawkins
William Wyss
Howdeshell Rites At 3 30 Pm Today
Last rites for Russell Howdeshell will be at 3 30 p m today at Arnold funeral home. The Rev Martin Jones of Friendship Baptist Church will officiate. Burial follows at Edgewood Cemetery in Cyrus with Mrs John W Willer as organist and pallbearers including Robert Shulse Wallace Burdett J D Edmonston Ross Barber and Melvin Tman.
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Howdeshell
Russell Howdeshell
Arnold Funeral Home
Martin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
Edgewood Cemetery
Cyrene
John W. Willer
Robert “Shulse
Wallace Burdett
J.D. Edmonston
Ross Barber
Melvin Tman
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Thomas Rogers
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Joe McCallister Sr
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Kate Moss
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Otis Luckett
Wellsville
Roger G. Batsell
Anna May Hardwick
Joe Walker
James H. Hoover
Mokane
James T. Semasters
W. Love St
Clay St
Jay
Lemasters
Wayne Crigler
Crigler
W. Monroe St
Olive
Charles C. Hamilton
Kentucky Ra
Donald Wayne Patton
Concordia St
Hamilton
Patton
Jeritta W
Dooley
St. Louis
Arthur Rowe
Miss Dooley
W. Jackson SL
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Rowe
Fey
E. Jackson St. William
L. Volker
Tommy Sullivan
Magistrate Court
Gary Kenneth ‘Adams
Ruth Ann Slottag
Lan Oloerly
Herman Robert Kobusch
John Edward Steenhoek
Maupin Funeral Home
Callaway Memorial Gardens
Alberto Mateo Fitz
Speedine
Sue
Scott Judy
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Kennedy International Airport
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Hussein
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TWA
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Gerald Terry
Luau Poi
Ou van Snalg
Ohsawa
Toronto
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Woodcock
Ford Motor Co
Woddcock
St. Charles Farm
Mark Zimmerschied
Little Dihie Drive
Butch Cassidy and the
Panavision
el Camoral
Panc Ay Eas
Juicy Comedy
Wanda Hale
N.Y
Frankovich Proquesion
Nataliewood
Robert Culp
Bob & Carol
Ted
Alice Elliott Gould
Pyan Gannor
Pau
Marsa
Nic
Gavan Peder
Quai
Malta
Matiuves
John Wayne
Chisum
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