Kemp Installed Optimists Head in Mexico Club Banquet
Dave Kemp was installed president of the Mexico Optimist Club at the Empire Club banquet. Lt. Gov. Vern Nesheim installed new officers including Dave Bell and John Blass as vice presidents and Bob Ligon as secretary. The retiring president Paul Lowther highlighted club profits and activities, including fundraisers, charity work, and a $400 Handi Shop gift, with Kemp stressing top club tiers for youth and state-wide pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Kemp
Mexico
Bill Woodruff
Bill Johnson
Gene Winters
Ernie Miller
Century Club
Lowther
Bob Sewell
Kemp
Dave Wilkinson
Ed Hodge
Blass
US warned of mineral crisis ahead
Indianapolis AP United States assistant Secretary of the Interior John Kyl warns a mineral and materials shortage will hit within five years, worse than the fuel crisis. He says many minerals are imported, recycling and reclamation are answers, and current technology yields only partial recovery from mines and wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
John Kyl
United States
Associated Press
Kyl
Kye
U.S
Ecevit Resigns Again Over Coalition Crisis in Turkey
Ankara AP Premier Bulent Ecevit resigns for the second time in two weeks after failing to form a coalition. President Koruturk will speak later as Cyprus policy and internal disputes with the Muslim Salvation party deepen a government crisis. Elections were tentatively planned for spring after a parliamentary compromise.
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Ankara
Turkey
Bulent Ecevit
Fahri Koruturk
Ecevit
Republican Peoples Party
National Salvation Party
Cyprus
Koruturk
Democratic
Oppositon
Mediterranean
Coloring Books Reward for Bank Robbery Sleuthing
Eight year old Jimmie Klinkner earned coloring books and junior police badges after helping police trace a bank robbery getaway car to a motel. Four suspects charged in the $15,000 holdup were identified by Jimmie's description. He hopes for a real badge and plans to be a policeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Jimmie Klinkner
Jimmie
Robert Hill Named Head of General Sales at A. P. Green
Robert W. Hill has been appointed manager of general sales regions for A. P. Green Refractories Co. He will direct national sales excluding steel accounts, with five regional managers reporting to him. Regions include Rocky Mountain Pueblo Colorado and others in Houston Birmingham Cherry Hill and central based here. Hill joined Green in 1959 and has held multiple sales roles including central region manager since 1971. He lives at 10255 Western Ave with wife Darlene and daughters Elizabeth and Jennifer and serves as a deacon at First Cristian Church.
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Robert W. Hill
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Robert FE. McIntosh
Mr. Hill
Rocky Mountain
Pueblo, Colo
Houston
Birmingham
Ala
Cherry Hill
N.J
U.S
Hill
The
Green Company
University of Missouri
Beta Gamma Sigma
Minneapolis
Pittsburgh
Mexico
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Bill Johnson
Western Ave
Darlene
Elizabeth
Jennifer
First Cristian Church
Cat License Costs One Dollar A Year In Carthage
Carthage city council extended a dog licensing ordinance to cats prompting protests from cat owners. The annual license costs one dollar with fines of five to twenty five dollars for violations.
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Carthage
Spinola Resigns as Portugal Faces Turmoil in Power Shift
Gen Antonin de Spinola resigned as Portugal’s president amid rising disagreements with leftists over postrevolution reforms. Gen Francisco Costa Gomes was named his successor by the Junta of National Salvation. Spinola cited chaos, alleged lawlessness, and a struggle between conservative and liberal factions as reasons for stepping down after clashes over a rally and policy pace.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonin de Spinola
Junta of National Salvation
Salazar
Spinola
Francisco Costa Gomes
Chest's Sale Of Rummage Nets $410
The Stuff N Things rummage sale at the National Guard Armory yielded 410 dollars for the Mexico Area Community Chest. Sponsored by three agencies, the event supported the drive toward a 55 thousand dollar goal. Chairs were Mrs. Joe Ehrhardt Mrs. Lewis French and Stan Erdel representing the Diabetes Association Child Care Center and Mental Health Association.
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National Guard
Mexico Area
Joe Ehrhardt
Lewis French
Stan Erdel
Central Mo
Central Mo. Diabetes Association, Courtney Child Care Center
East Central Mo. Mental Health Association
Chest
Don Dempski
Monitor wreckage may be sanctuary site
Washington AP reports the government weighs designating the Monitor wreckage as the nation s first marine sanctuary to protect the Civil War ironclad. The Monitor and Merrimac clashed in March 1862, with the Union ship sinking nine months later near Cape Hatteras after a gale. Merrimac was scuttled by Confederates.
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Washington
Monitor
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Ford Urges World Action On Problems
President Ford told global financial officials that world economic troubles are serious and complex yet solvable through international cooperation. He urged solutions serving broad interests with more cooperation and growth, noting worldwide inflation, commodity disruptions, and hindrances to progress, and emphasized leadership by the United States. Accords from Bretton Woods shaped a postwar monetary system still evolving as the IMF seeks a replacement.
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Washington
Ford
United States
World Bank and International Monetary Fund
America
Bretton Woods
N.H
IMF
West Missouri Oil Again In Speculation
West Missouri oil prospects spur renewed activity as new methods replace past failures. Shell Oil drilled 40 Vernon County wells in the mid 1960s with limited success. An inert gas and steam injection system tested in Texas will be tried locally. Oilwell Service Inc. reports 40 barrels daily from nine West Texas wells and has bought 5,800 acres of Missouri leases. An official suggests a potential vast crude pool between Kansas City and Joplin.
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Nevada
West Missouri
Shell Oil Company
Vernon County
Texas
Oilwell Service, Inc
Houston
West Texas
Missouri
Kansas City
Joplin
Mother says Reds want cash to free PW son
A widow in Evanston says two Communist agents demanded between 25000 and 500000 dollars for proof her son Lt George D. Macdonald is alive and to begin negotiations for his release as a prisoner of war in Laos. She identified a photo as her son after a Mexico City meeting. Officials note prior POW reports are unverified. A second item notes Joplin officials weighing next move after voters rejected a 4.9 million civic center bond.
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Evanston, Ill
Laos
Jean Macdonald
Mexico City
George D. Macdonald
Air Force
Paul Lindstrom
Lindstrom
Mexico
Southeast Asia
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Christian Defense League
Vientianne
Thailand
Macdonald
Ford
Kissinger
Joplin
Atlanta Ex Mayor Receives Lyndon Johnson Award
Lady Bird Johnson and daughters presented the Lyndon Baines Johnson awards to former Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen and Franklin A. Thomas of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. Each received $12,500 for substantial contributions to mankind. Mrs Johnson praised Allen for using political tools to drive change in Atlanta.
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New York
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Johnson
Lucy Nugent
Lynda Robb
Ivan Allen
Atlanta
Franklin A. Thomas
Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp
Allen
Thomas
Four Mexico City officials attend Missouri league meeting
At Muny Meeting four Mexico city officials join a three day Missouri Municipal League conference in St Louis. City Manager Neil Nielsen City Clerk Sheryl Ligon and Councilmen Harold Enslen and Leonard Snyder attend the opening session at Stouffer's Riverfront Inn today.
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Mexico City
St. Louis
Neil Nielsen
Sheryl Ligon
Harold Enslen
Leonard Snyder
Stouffer's Riverfront Inn
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Gilman
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South Dakota
Black Hills National Forest
David S. Johns
Donald G. Gilman
Routt National Forest
San Isabel National Forest
Colorado
Cynthia
Lisa
Scott
American Legion
Legion Hall
Robert Hill
Green
Lawrence Drug Store
Lawrence Drugs
Goncalves
Antonio DE Spinola
Aed
Dena Minnick
Clark
Sanitone
Civic Center
Ken Smith
T.V. & Stereo
Mexico TV
Gibson
Epephone
SG Systems
MSA
TV & Storen
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