Capture of Two Men Ends Massive Hunt
Three young men fled after robbing Cunningham's Grocery near Marshall on Wednesday. Leon J. Haselhorst Dale E. Gaddis and Bill Monteer were captured within hours after a long Central Missouri manhunt. Monteer faced armed robbery charges in Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon J. Haselhorst
Dale E. Gaddis
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory System
Sedalia
Missouri
Bill Monteer
Belton
Otterville
Smithton
Emmett Fairfax
Monteer
Saline County Sheriff's Department
Marshall
Cunningham
Old Highway 40
Marshall Junction
Dorothy Cunningham
Democrat-Capital
Joe Dayringer
Fairfax
Smithton-Bahner-Mora
Ford
Viet forces advance as U S weight shifts in Vietnam
Secretary Rogers says Saigon troops are taking on more combat role and training ARVN accelerates. He declines to forecast Midway withdrawal timing as Nixon and Thieu discuss a possible 50 000 troop pullout. He emphasizes U S support for a flexible Saigon backed peace path.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
U.S
Rogers
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
ARVN
Army of the Republic of South
Senate
Thieu
Soviet Union Hosts International Communist Conference
In Moscow Brezhnev welcomes delegates from 75 parties at the Kremlin as the first world Communist gathering since 1960. He calls the conference an important step toward unity and against imperialism despite boycotts and ongoing party divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
St. George Hall
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
China
State Fair Catalog Released Expands Beyond 1968
The 1969 Missouri State Fair catalog, prepared under last year’s budget, arrives by mail showing 336 pages up from 320. A $148,875 cut in a Senate version of the fair budget has lawmakers and officials pressing to restore funds. Dexter Davis warned final approval may slip to June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Printing Office
State Senate
House
Senate
Jefferson City
Dexter Davis
Sedalia Man's Son Killed in Vietnam Battle
The son of Anthony A. Vitch of Sedalia, Sp. 4 Ralph A. Vitch, 20, was killed in action in Vietnam on May 25 after being missing in action. He served with the 101 Airborne Division, was born March 4, 1949 in Tampa, Florida, and is survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister. Funeral services are planned in Tampa with burial to follow.
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Sedalia
Vietnam
Ralph A. Vitch
Anthony A. Vitch
Royal Blvd
Vitch
101 Airborne Division
Tampa
Fla
Betty R. Vitch
Anthony Vitch
John Allen Vitch
Carl Martin Vitch
Sacramento
Calif
Helen Louise Murphy
Kingfisher
Oklo
Marsicano Funeral Home
Weather Outlook: Clouds and Showers Ahead for Weekend
The forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy conditions Friday and Friday night with a slight chance of afternoon or nighttime thundershowers. Highs Friday expected in the mid-80s to low 90s, with a cooler Saturday under partly cloudy skies.
Sedalia Veterans Remember D-Day In Normandy
Two Sedalians Ralph Baker and Edgar Orton recount their Normandy D-Day experiences aboard LST 53 and the destroyer USS Kendrick. Baker describes landing on Omaha Beach amid heavy seas and earlier delays, while Orton details shelling duties in the English Channel as Allied troops stormed the coastline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Omaha Beach
Normandy
Europe
D-Day
Ralph Baker
East Seventh
Edgar Orton
VFW
Baker
Navy
Landing Ship Tank
LST
Urton
Kendrick
English Channel
Pittsburgh
LST 53
Ohio
Mississippi
New Orleans
Boston
Plymouth
England
France
Jets crash leaves scattered bodies near Monterrey
A 727 jet carrying 72 passengers and seven crew crashed near Friar's Mountain, Monterrey. U.S. consul-general confirms at least three Americans on board, including James Hanson of Peoria and Charles Bernard of B F Goodrich, with reports that no survivors remain. Mexican rescue teams faced difficult conditions as they searched a deep canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Edward A. Jamison
Monterrey
James M. Hanson
The
Cat
Erpillar Tractor Co
Peoria
Ill
Charles Bernard
B. F. Goodrich Co
Ross Plumb
Hanson
Mexico City
Carlos Ambia Reyes
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Carl West
Kansas City
West
Joseph L. Cunningham
Saline County
Ralph E. Butsler
Versailles
Democrat- Capital
Loldup
Highway 135
Butsler
Ray Skinner
Falcon
Highway Patrol
Viet
Nist
State Fair
Ralph Jones
Democrat
Capital
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Weach
VFW Club
George E. Rodgers
Alpine Rescue Squad
Rafael Osuna
Fernando Garcia
Cras
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