Local police report scattered incidents and hospital admissions
The Daily Record items note threats and a summons for 33 mph in a 20 zone. Audrain Hospital admitted multiple patients names include John Robertson Eva Lee Jackson and Wilbur Payton. Dismissals list many individuals. A 26 year old man, Dale Gaylord Raleigh of Laddonia, was treated for minor injuries after a one car crash on Highway 54 and issued four summons for careless driving. Police investigate a marijuana request incident at 12 a.m. Two men described as Negro 19 or 20 asked Kevin and Charles Darnell for a girl and offered marijuana. A stray cat found injured on Jefferson Road wears an orange collar. Weather forecasts predict clearing skies, cooler nights, and 60s highs with possible showers in east Missouri Wednesday.
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Matt
Stanley R. Norton
Route 5
Maxico
Bel- Normal
Slop Inc
Sim
Missourt
Missouri
Kevin
Charles Darnell
E. Liberty St
Darnell Brothers
Darnells
Charlotte O. Walls
W. Liberty St
Rodney Dale Buresh
S. Western St
Jefferson Rd
Highway Patrol
Dale Gaylord Raleigh
Route 2
Laddonia
Audrain Hospital
Highway 54
Audirain County
Route KK
Route K
Raleigh
Fires blaze across tinder-dry Southern California
Los Angeles reports fires burning through dry brush as winds whip dozens of fires into fast moving incidents causing extensive property loss. The situation worsens with gusty devil winds fueling rapid spread and high fire danger across the region.
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Los Angeles
California
Airmen Arrested In Orlando Drug Ring Case
Three men including two Mc Coy Air Force Base airmen were arrested on a $1 million drug ring charge. The operation sourced heroin cocaine marijuana and LSD from Guam Vietnam and other overseas points. Suspects Danny Throg Morton Peter Jefferies and James Bearveldt face possession and sale charges.
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Orlando
Ila
McCoy Air Force Base
Guam
Vietnam
Bob Tanner
Orange County
Salesmanship Cancels English Class Chore
In Charleston Baptist High School, 49 seniors avoided a term paper by selling magazine subscriptions. Teacher Jane Davis recalls the student’s request to raise 10,000 dollars to fund the senior trip, instead of the 4,500 dollars needed. She approved, believing 4,500 was unlikely and 10,000 impossible, and the pupils sold 10,000 dollars in two weeks, averaging about 200 dollars per student.
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Charleston
S.C
Baptist High School
Jane Davis
Stocks Show Mixed Trading With Record NY Volume
New York trading featured near record volume as analysts note a possible end to Wall Street’s lean days. Big Board turnover reached 20.47 million shares on Friday, with 21.34 million on Thursday, as institutions redeploy cash and small investors buy lower priced issues.
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Noah Bethel
A. B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshares
Wetteran
New York
Bobbie Brooks
Dresstt Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Ralston Purina
U. S
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Secer
Mrs. Noah Bethel Dies At Age 80
Mrs. Noah Bethel 80 of New Florence died suddenly at home Friday evening. Funeral services are Sunday at 2 p.m. Schlanker Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas Higgins officiating. Burial in New Florence Cemetery. She was born December 4, 1889 near New Florence to Michael and Mary Hart Lee. Survived by husband, five sons Irvin Carl Richard Donald of New Florence, Garland of Sullivan, two daughters Mary Mueller of Clayton and Naomi Burgess of Jonesburg, sister Bessie Grabstein, 16 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents and an infant. Member of New Florence Church of Christ.
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Montgomery City
Noah Bethel
New Florence
Schlanker
Thomas Higgins
Michael
Mary Alice Hart Lee
Bethel
Irvin
Carl
Richard
Donald
Garland
Sullivan
Mary Mueller
Clayton
Owen
Naomi) Burgess
Jonesburg
Bessie Grabenstein
Christan Church
Firemen Response At City Mall Over Flying Bugs
Fire engines rushed to Louisville City Mall after a report of smoke from the clock tower. Fire Capt. Theodore Pentrich ordered a 100 foot aerial ladder as firefighters found the stairway door locked. The smoke was thousands of small bugs drawn to flood lights around the newly installed tower.
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Louisville, Ky
Fie
City Mall
Theodore Pentrich
Audrain Dominates State in Cancer Drive per Capita Gifts
Audrain County leads Missouri in per person contributions to the Cancer Crusade with an average of 49.7 cents per resident during the 1970 drive. Total raised was $12,144.19, the largest in county history, announced at the Audrain ACS annual meeting at the Monterey Motel.
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Audrain County
Audrain County Unit
ACS
Monterey Motel
Harry Dandy
Missouri Cancer Society
Connie Pickering
Dandy
Missouri Cancer Crusade
Charles Stribling III
Pickering
William Moore
Mexico
Robbi Sutton
Vandalia
Fred Kohl
Moore
Fred Wulf
William Nowell
H. Pater Ekern
Woodrow Lee
Revival Services At St Paul C M E Church Begin Monday
Revival services start Monday at 7 30 p m at St Paul C M E Church with Evangelist Rev Melvin Harrison of Jamison Memorial C M E Church Kansas City also a noted musician Special singing will be featured throughout the week Rev C A Trotter is the church pastor
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St. Paul C.M.E
Melvin Harrison
Jamison Memorial C.M.E
Kansas City
C. A. Trotter
Calley Loses Plea For Civilian Trial
U S District Judge Aubrey E Robinson dismissed Lt William L Calley Jr s suit claiming entitlement to a civilian trial for My Lai killings The ruling ends Calley s bid for a three judge civilian panel and Army court martial proceedings remain paused while appeal is pursued
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Washington
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
U.S
Aubrey E. Robinson
Calley
Army
Irrelevant OCR text mixed with political remarks in Nevada and Alaska
A garbled Washington report mixes stray numbers and names like Spiro Agnew Walter Hickel and Richard Nixon with stray references to taxes and a metal check. The piece drifts through policy polarization rioting and calls for national unity framed by Hickel remarks and a Nixon letter.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Walter J. Hickel
Hickel
American Association of Student Governments
Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Republican Party
Winston S. Churchill
Nixon
Kissinger Aims to Halt Ky Washington Visit
Paris reports say Henry Kissinger plans to urge Nguyen Cao Ky to cancel his U.S. Washington trip while Ky travels from Paris to the United States for a March for Victory rally scheduled in Washington. Ky may reconsider after talks with Saigon officials and U.S. diplomats.
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Paris
Nixon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Washington
United States
Henry Kissinger
U.S
David K. Bruce
Bruce
Saigon
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
William P. Rogers
Rav
Carl McIntire
Police Pursuit Ends With Car Wreck In New Hampshire
Gunman Gilday led police on a high speed chase through New Hampshire after wounding Lowell officer Edward Morris. He hijacked a car driven by Vincent Coyne, forced it toward New Hampshire, and sped at up to 100 mph before a crash near Atkinson. A Dover gun dealer identified Gilday from photos as a gun buyer. BranDeis pledges scholarships for the officer’s eight orphaned children. Memorial fund for the Schroeder family received over 14000 in 24 hours.
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Edward Morris
Lowell
Gilday
Wilmington
Vincent Coyne
New Hampshire
Tone Coyne
Atkinson
N.H
Dover
Brandeis
Charles I. Schottland
State Street Bank and Trust
Schroeder
Hostesses Picket At Municipal Air Terminal
About 60 hostesses picketed Kansas Citys Municipal Airport warning the public a strike may be called against Trans World Airlines October 19 if their wage dispute is not settled A spokesman for Airline Stewards and stewardesses Association Local 560 said in Chicago that the one day demonstration was made in the nations major airports.
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Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association
Local 560
Chicago
Fewer New Tuberculosis Cases Reported in 1969
Atlanta report from the Center for Disease Control notes 39,120 new active tuberculosis cases in 1969, an 8.2 percent drop from 42,623 in 1968, indicating a continued accelerating decline in the disease.
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Atlanta, Ga
United States
Center For Disease Control
Drugists Urged to End Cigarette Promotion in Massachusetts
Massachusetts 1700 pharmacists urged by the state association to quit all promotion advertising and sale of cigarettes. Directors adopted a resolution calling pharmacists acting as health team members to examine their conscience with a view to terminating all cigarette promotion and sale.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association
Bank Shutdown Spreads In Ireland
In Dublin AP reports a bank shutdown in Ireland prompts the public to seek cash from bar tenders druggists and grocers and threatens to spread to Northern Ireland. union leaders weigh calling out 3,000 affiliated staff across six counties. since April 30 one week 6,500 workers idled due to a 25 percent pay hike demand on salaries from 30 to 60 dollars.
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Dublin
Ireland
North
Britain
Ranke Clarke
Eire
DePugh Found Guilty on Nine Firearms Counts
Robert DePugh of Norborne Missouri leader of the Minutemen was found guilty on all nine counts of violating federal firearms laws. Judge H earle Payne ordered sentence for Oct 9. Jury of eight women and four men deliberated under two hours after FBI found weapons and explosives at a Truth or Consequences New Mexico area house serving as Minutemen HQ.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Robert DePugh
Norborne
Minutemen
U.S. Dist
Hearle Payne
DePugh
FBI
N.M
Walter Peyson
Williamsburg
Police Stage Fake Fire Scene To Nab Chasers
In Franklinton North Carolina police set up a pretend fire and rescue scene to catch ambulance and fire truck chasers. About 300 motorists attended while many moved on when they realized it was staged. Officers issued roughly 40 citations for blocking emergency vehicles and tailing too closely.
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Franklinton
N.C
Beautiful Things Stolen From Shirley MacLaine
London AP report notes thieves raided Shirley MacLaine hotel suite stealing a stash she called a life saving of beautiful things. Miss MacLaine valued the items highly and said part of the collection was insured.
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London
Shirley MacLaine
Miss MacLaine
Cinema City
Bitien
Round House
Shirley P
McLaine
Soviet submarine bases in Cuba shift balance of power
The piece notes that Soviet nuclear submarines could strike the United States from Cuba with 13 boats armed with 16 missiles each and 15 more building, enabling longer on-station deployments. It contrasts past limits with current U2 reconnaissance evidence of Russian activity at Cienfuegos, cited as proof of strategic base use.
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U.S
United States
Cuba
U.S. Polaris
Holy Loch
Scotland
Rota
Spain
Guam
Ciesfuegos
Suba
Mexico Ledger Classified Rate Notice Assembly
The Mexico Ledger lists mailing and carrier subscription rates for Mexico and area towns. Rates shown include 2.00 per month by carrier and 12.00 per year, with six and three month options. The notice references Audrain and adjoining counties and indicates publication details at 300 N Washington St Mexico Missouri 65265.
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Mexico
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