Senators Seek Haig Hearing to Clear Air on Role
Washington AP reports pressure for Senate hearings on General Alexander M. Haig Jr. as supreme allied commander in Europe. Senator William Proxmire urged White House staff to appear before the Armed Services Committee to clarify his role in the Nixon administration, with influential senators joining the call to Chairman John C. Stennis.
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Senate
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Europe
William Proxmire
Dwis
White House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Proxmire
John C. Stennis
Byrd
Hughes
Attorney General
Stennis
ST. Louis
William Hungate
Missouri Democrat
Milton J. Bischof Jr
Hungate
Congressional Committee
Bischof
St. Louis County
Missouri
Architects Payoffs Alleged In Hearnes Era State Jobs
St Louis Globe-Democrat reports architects and engineers who won state contracts under former Gov Hearnes gave political donations in return. Ralph Oberlechner said he contributed 10 000 to 12 000 to the Democratic party over 12 years to keep state work flowing. Grand jury testimony also cited Delbert Houtchens and Rudolph Zatezalo. U.S. Attorney probes possible kickbacks and beneficiaries.
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Kansas City
Warren E. Hearnes
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Stanley C. Diemler
Hearnes
The
Globe- Democrat
Diemler
Ralph F. Oberlechner
John M. Dalton
Oberlechner
Democratic Party
Delbert Houtchens
Rudolph E
Zatezalo
Christopher Bond
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Todd Paden Injured in Hayloft Fall
Nine year old Todd Paden son of Mr and Mrs Omer Paden Route 5 Mexico is hospitalized at Audrain Medical Center in room 310 with a broken leg from a hayloft fall on September 13 He will undergo traction for several weeks to recover the injury and return home after treatment
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Todd Paden
Omer Paden
Route 5
Mexico
Audrain Medical Center
Kidney donor card to accompany Oklahoma licenses
Oklahoma driver license applicants will register to donate kidneys at death. The program, a first of its kind, links donor cards to a central distribution point through the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety and the Kidney Foundation of Oklahoma. Donor cards allow specifying organs or indicating body donation.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
Kidney Foundation of Oklahoma
Dr Richards Scholarship Fund Created
The Dr C E Richards Memorial Scholarship Fund established by Second Baptist Church of Mexico honors the late pastor Dr C F Richards who led the church 32 years. A $100 scholarship will be awarded yearly to a graduating senior planning further study, funded by the church anniversary fund and donations.
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Dr. C.E. Richards
Second Baptist Church of Mexico
C.F. Richards
Second Baptist Church
Western Bible College
Dr. Richards
Jewett Henderson
Ezra Goodwin
David Kelly
Jasper Reaves
William Duncan
Fate of Three Gunmen Unclear in Damascus
Syrian government moved to shield the Palestinian cause amid the Dutch Japanese Red Army embassy seizure. Three gunmen who invaded the Dutch embassy in The Hague and a freed ally were kept by the Palestine Liberation Organization while decisions on their next destination were awaited. Later a statement said they were delivered to Syrian security authorities with their weapons. No destination or custody details were announced. The Japanese Red Army members arrived in Damascus after an 18 hour trip, surrendering with $300,000 in ransom and pistols.
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Damascus
Syria
Red Army
Netherlands
Hague
Palestine Liberation Organization
United Nations General Assembly
Aden
New Pastor Named for Wesleyan Church in Mexico
The Rev and Mrs Darrell Hansen and children Lori Ann and Russell have moved to Mexico where he becomes the new pastor at the Wesleyan Church located at 927 S Muldrow. Hansen, born in Weippe Idaho, studied at Wesleyan College in Bartlesville Oklahoma and was ordained in Portland.
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Darrell Hansen
Russell
Lori Ann
S. Muldrow
Mexico
Wesleyan Church
Mr. Hansen
Weippe
Idaho
Wesleyan College
Bartlesville
Ohlo
Portland
Baker and Weicker push tighter CIA oversight
Senator Howard Baker and Senator Lowell Weicker announce a bill to strengthen congressional review of the CIA and other intelligence agencies. They cite abuses revealed in Watergate hearings and accuse the CIA of stonewalling. The proposal would supplement, not replace, current oversight by senior House and Senate committees.
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Senate
Watergate Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Howard H. Baker
Rtenn
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Congress
Baker
CIA
Armed Service and Foreign Relations Committees
House
Rotarians To Hear Lumpkin On Stocks
Rotarians invite members to a luncheon at the Mexico Country Club where Tony Lumpkin will discuss The Stock Market. Bradford Brett serves as program chairman and introductions are planned.
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Lumpkin
Tony Lumpkin
Rotary Club
Mexico Country Club
Bradford Brett
Martha Mitchell: shy no to Nixon pardon and memoir plans
Martha Mitchell, arriving in London for a BBC interview, calls herself shy and says her marriage to Richard Nixon collapsed politically. She questions Nixon illness reports, rejects Ford pardoning him, and reveals she will publish her Watergate version over the next six months.
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London
Martha Mitchell
Richard Nixon
Ford
Nixon
Brunswick Man Killed on I-70 Involving Truck Car
A Brunswick man was killed and three injured in a I-70 crash near Williamsburg at 1 30 a m The truck driver Forrest D Joseph 53 died His wife Lois 48 and daughter Patricia 24 were admitted to Callaway County Hospital Fulton as was car driver Mary Patricia Clardy 34 of New Florence None were seriously hurt Clardy car eastbound overtook a truck towing a car struck a vehicle veered across the median and hit the Joseph truck
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Brunswick
Williamsburg
Forrest D. Joseph
Lois
Patricia
Callaway County Hospital
Fulton
Mary Patricia Clardy
New Florence
Highway Patrol
Clardy
Joseph
Fund Drive For League Continues
The annual campaign for funds by the Mexico Audrain County League of Women Voters continues through Sept 23 with Mrs. William Merritt as finance chairman. Donations support educational efforts and public publications Need Help and Voter's Primer. The league remains non partisan and aims to inform voters about candidates and government.
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Mexico-Audrain County
League
League of Women Voters of
Missouri
New Claimant For Pogo Title
South St. Louis boy Stephen Estes reports a 20,003 jump pogo run in 3 hours 55 minutes, challenging the Guinness record. Earlier, Mexico's Danny Wehlewald had 12,170 jumps but a 1973 mark of 14,325 stands, while his 11,480 foot distance may also enter the next Guinness edition.
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South St. Louis
Mexico
Danny Wehlewald
Stephen Estes
St. Louis
Guinness
Danny
Luxury Liner France cancels final Atlantic crossings
Paris AP reports the French Line canceled the luxury liner France's final Atlantic crossings, affecting more than 6,000 passengers who had booked the nostalgia voyages. The cancellation ends plans for the ship's farewell voyages.
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Paris
France
Four Remaining Trips End After Crew Refusal
The liner was sent into retirement after the crew refused to permit movement since last Thursday, halting operations. The dispute left four trips unused as maintenance and safety concerns prompted the ship's withdrawal from service.
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