Missouri woman prison head stabbed. facility cut population
Tipton Missouri AP report details Caro Lyn Atkins, superintendent of the Missouri Correctional Center for Women, stabbed eight times by an escaped inmate. The Department of Corrections reduced the center population by 35 percent, moving 44 inmates to other facilities amid overcrowding and security concerns.
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Tipton
Carolyn Atkins
Missouri Correctional Center For Women
State Department of Corrections
Jefferson City
Chillicothe
Corrections Department
Elvis's Traffic Citations Dropped in Memphis Court
Elvis Presley had traffic citations dismissed in City Court after authorities could not determine if the three wheeled machine he rode counted as a car or a motorcycle. Assistant City Attorney Art Shea Jr said charges could not stand until classification is resolved. Presley had been cited for missing motorcycle registration and license validation.
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Presley
Asst
Hyphenated Last Name Allowed For Child in New Hampshire
After 15 months of battling bureaucracy a New Hampshire couple won permission to hyphenate their child’s last name with the mother first Aaron Matthew Eder Linell Born July 24 1974 Paula Eder and Christopher Linell Jr faced clerical refusals and court denial before the state Bureau of Vital Statistics changed the birth certificate to conform to the parents wishes The couple pursued legal and gubernatorial guidance aided by the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union and the attorney general’s office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord City
Ms. Eder
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Eder Iinell
Linelller
Concord
Marjorie B. Foote
Eder
Hillsboro
Nicholas G. Copadis
Copadis
Aaron
New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Attorney General's Office
Drugs Caused Girl's Coma Since April
Ka ren Quinlan, 21, lapsed into a coma last April from an apparent overdose of alcohol and drugs. Sussex County prosecutors say the condition results from innocent use of substances, with no crime. Her father seeks court permission to disconnect a hospital respirator as doctors see no recovery. A Morristown hearing opens Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Quinlan
Morristown
Daggett
Denville Hospital
Miss Quinlan
Cranbury Lake
New Jersey
Matlovich Seeks Continued Fight After Air Force Ruling
T Sgt Leonard Matlovich an acknowledged homosexual lost initial bid to stay in the Air Force but vows to press on. An administrative discharge board at Langley Air Force Base recommended a general discharge for being gay after more than four hours of deliberation. He pledged to continue his campaign, saying he will cross any stream to remain in uniform as supporters voiced hope for humanity’s victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Leonard P. Matlovich
Air Force
Langley Air Force Base
Matlovich
Scout Bill Baker Named Runnerup in Public Speaking Contest
Eagle Scout Bill Baker son of Mr and Mrs John G Baker of 1405 S Western Ave was runnerup in the Great Rivers Council Boy Scout public speaking contest He will serve as alter nate to the winner Mike Monaco in regional competition later this year and in presenting the annual Boy Scout report to Gov Bond next February Representing the Little Dixie District in the council contest part of the 1976 national public speaking event co sponsored by Boy Scouts of America and Readers Digest Assn The council selections were headed by Deputy Secretary of State Jim Dowd Russell Carmichael of Hannibal won first in Explorers Cathy West Camdenton was runnerup Baker belongs to Troop 38 Mexico and comes from a strong Scouting family with brothers James and father active in the troop committee His mother a longtime Girl Scout leader and his sisters Anne and Janis are also long time Girl Scouts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Baker
John G. Baker
S. Western Ave
Great Rivers Council
Baker
Mike Monaco
Jefferson City
Bond
Little Dixie
Boy Scouts of America
Reader's Digest. Assn
Jim Dowd
Russell Carmichael
Hannibal
Cathy West
Camdenton
Young Baker
Presbyterian Church
Mexico
James
New Centers Prepare for Open House in Mexico
Plans are set for Sunday September 28 from 1 to 4 p m to view the new Senior Citizens Center at 606 B Park St and the Courtney Child Care Center at 716 F Breckenridge St The child care center costing 118000 will house 40 children ages 2 to 7 and serve children of working mothers The Senior Citizens Center cost 80000 with a wide activity area and a daily luncheon service Furnishings totaling 3600 were added after late summer completion Both facilities were built under the Housing Authority modernization program in Mexico
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens Center
B. Park St
Courtney Child Care Center
F. Breckenridge St
Senior Citizens
Mexico
Housing Authority
John Thomas Clithero Dies at 85 in Farber
Farber resident John Thomas Clithero, 85, died Friday night at Tri-County Nursing Home after two months there. Born May 3, 1890 in Gazette, he was among nine children of John A. and Betty Henderson Clithero. Funeral service set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Farber Baptist Church with Rev. Glen Foreman officiating. He married Maude Fowler on April 2, 1914. she died in 1957. Survivors: daughter Olene Holbrook of Farber, two grandchildren, Sterling Holbrook Jr. of Farber and Virgil Lee Metcalf of New York, three great grandchildren, and brother Joe Clithero of Vandalia. Visitation tonight 7–9 at Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farber
John Thomas Clithero
Tri- County
Farber Baptist Church
Glen Foreman
Gazette
John A
Betty F. Henderson Clithero
Maude F. Fowler
Vandalia
Clithero
Sterling (Olene) Holbrook Sr
Sterling Holbrook Jr
Virgil Lee Metcalf
New York
Joe Clithero
the Waters
Mrs. James Dies at 96 in Centralia Rites Scheduled
Mrs Metdie May James age 96 of Centralia died Friday at Sherwood Arms Nursing Home. Services set for Sunday at 1 pm at Meador and Son Funeral Chapel, Centralia. Burial in LaPlata Cemetery. She was born July 21 1879 in Kirksville daughter of George and Catherine Bailey. She married Thomas A James who died in 1956. Survived by two stepchildren and seven step grandchildren. She was a Nazarene and once kept parakeets and canaries.
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Centralia
Metdie May James
Sherwood Arms
Meador and Son
LaPlata
James
Kirksville
George
Catherine Griffin Bailey
Thomas A. James
Arthur James
Shelbina
Ruth McGlashown
Kirkwood
Robert J. Herschel
Columbia
Church of the Nazarene
Kuralt slams anchormen for glib style over substance
CBS News correspondent Charles Kuralt criticizes most television anchors asglib and highly paid yet unable to edit or write. He warns that society depends on an informed citizenry and says substance in an anchorman matters more than style.
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Dallas
CBS News
Charles Kuralt
Missouri Weather and Notices Update
Local 7:00 a.m. report shows clear to partly cloudy skies and cool conditions. Forecast: highs in the 60s to low 70s, lows in 40s to 50s, with little precipitation through Wednesday. In health news, Audrain Medical Center lists admitted and discharged patients, births, and deaths including John Thomas Clithero and Merdie May James.
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Missouri
Bootheel
John Thomas Clithero
Merdie May James
Public Safety Briefs Record Multiple Local Incidents
No injuries in a three car collision at Western and Whitley at 3:04 p.m. Friday involving Harriett P. Green and Orvil H. Rise Jr. Mrs. Jane Klotz reported a knocked down brick incinerator behind her home. A man reported a car break in and attempted theft of a tape deck and radio. One car accident on Route 1 northeast of Mexico involved Dennis M. Glascock with minor damage. Grain prices listed by MFA and Fowles Grain Co.
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Western
Whitley
Harriett P. Green
Ringo
Orvil H. Rise Jr
W. Vine
Jane Klotz
S. Missouri
Stephen Head
S. Western
Highway Patrol
Dennis M. Glascock
New London
Mexico
Fromme Woman Agrees To Trial
Lynette Fromme must undergo a psychiatric examination before trial or self-representation. Judge MacBride ordered the exam to assess her state of mind after she pleaded innocent to attempting to assassinate President Ford. The trial date remained set and Fromme requested tape recording of the proceedings.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette
MacBride
Fromme
Charles Manson
Ford
Miss Fromme
James Richmond
Musicians Strike Shuts Broadway Nine Shows Dark
Broadway theater activity stalls as 300 pit musicians strike, shuttering nine musical shows. talks break with Local 802 and League of New York Theaters and Producers far apart. 10,000 empty seats and 750 theater workers out. Musicians demand wages rising from 290 to 450 dollars weekly over three years amid live-darkened Great White Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Vincent OD. McDonnell
American Federation of Musicians
League of New York Theaters and Producers
Metropolitan Opera
Stocks See Mixed Moves Across Markets and Exchanges
In over the counter trading yesterday Commerce Banc shares bid 18 percent and asked 19 percent Wetteran bids 14 percent asks 15 percent On the New York Stock Exchange yesterday Robbie Brooks closed at 2 percent unchanged with 1000 shares traded Combustion Engineering rose 43 percent up 1 with 12 200 Dresser Industries up 1 percent 47 900 Emerson Electric 33 percent unchanged 64 900 Interco 3154 up 1 800 Kaiser Aluminum 2854 up percent 2000 Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 26 percent up percent 11 200 Ralston Purina 42 percent up 1 26 500 US Gypsum common 17 percent up percent 9 900 Wal Mart 12 percent up percent 17 100
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Commerce Bancshares
Wetteran
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal- Mart
Bicentennial Profiteers Condemned By Missouri Panel
Springfield AP report says Missouri Bicentennial Commission condemned foreign commercial profiteers exploiting the celebration. A resolution by State Sen Ike Skelton gained preliminary approval, accusing some foreign firms, especially Japan, of making bicentennial souvenirs and trinkets for American sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
America
Missouri Bicentennial Commission
Ike’ Skelton
Lexington
Japan
Hollenberg baby born at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs John D Hollenberg of New Florence announce the birth of a six pound six ounce son at 11 45 am Friday at Audrain Medical Center. Grand father is employed at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft in St Louis. Senior Luncheon Service menus listed for next week with daily dish details and a reservation phone number 581 7743. Free transportation is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrain Medical Center
Jessie M. Harris
Grace G. Conover
Wallace L. Harvey
Bill W. Mattox
E. Raymond Jackson
Vera Britt
John M. Stone
Brian K. Brown
Mexico
Billy Joe Heaston
Farber
Edith H. Barlow
Bellflower
Virgil Atkins
Shelbyville
Ethel D. Morris
Wellsville
Kent 5
Dye
Mary C. Gollon
Laddonia
John D. Hollenberg
New Florence
Eddie Barton
Paris
Champ C. Smith
Mathew Lucas
William A. Goff
Gladys Henning
Raymond Hake
Linwell H. Amos
James L. Hoffman
Centralia
George W. Woodroof
Bernice Waggoner
Gene Maupin
Fulton
Audrain’ Medical Center
Hollenberg
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft
St. Louis
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