20 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Daily Capital News
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1972
Page
1
Jefferson City will launch a six month program to reduce crashes at high risk intersections. The city will receive 24000 in federal funds to pay officers overtime for traffic patrols. Lt Col Lawrence Patton says eight cities share the nationwide funding.
Jefferson City council approves amendment for selling an extra vehicle and discusses County Court funds of 40 000 dollars for street improvements in Schumate Chapel Road area. It schedules a planning zoning and housing hearing for January 31 and reviews rezoning seven acres in Landwehr Hills subdivision and several two family lots.
David Means, 19, of 1117 Madeline Street, reported a late model Lincoln Continental with Warrensburg plates pointed a small caliber pistol at him on the Rex M. Whitten Expressway around 6:50 p.m. Means said he tried to pass the car, followed it to learn the license, then the two cars separated at Clark Avenue and McCarty Street. The other driver then pulled alongside at Capital Avenue and Cherry Street, warned that Means would be shot if he wrecked him again, and drove off.
Jefferson City Missouri AP Gov elect Christopher Bond waged a fight to expose Revenue Department records to the state auditor. The attorney general’s office appealed to the state Supreme Court after a circuit court ruled sales income and intangible tax files are confidential. Bond said he cannot perform his auditing duties. Judge James T Riley had held lawmakers aimed to keep tax data secret. Legislation has been proposed to let the auditor and cities with local sales taxes inspect records.
Twelve former Attica inmates were arraigned in Warsaw New York on 37 indictments from a special grand jury investigating the rebellion that left 43 dead. Innocent pleas were entered and the men were sent to Auburn State Prison for further proceedings as additional indictments were expected.
Dr. Paul L. Dumas Jr., 47, of Normandy, Mo., booked on a manslaughter charge after his headlights were off and his car ran a stop sign on Washington Avenue striking a vehicle driven by Henry DeViller, 64, who died at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. Dumas survived in serious condition after police say they tried to stop him shortly before the collision. In Kansas City a woman, Hazel Ragsdale, 74, hospitalizes with injuries from a fire that killed her husband Daniel Ragsdale, 91, at their two story home. house damaged severely.
The Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign in Jefferson City has $5,912 toward an $8,000 goal, ending Saturday. Volunteers ring bells for donations to aid needy families at Christmas. Six Moreau Heights School sixth graders led a door to door carol and fund drive raising $10 with 11 girls pictured: Kathy Snelling Kris Winget Cyndi Reine Pam Griffin Cheryl King Kelly Daniel Holly Vermillion Denise Winters Suzanne Burkett Judy Hillman Julia Bartlett.
Cole County officials invite City Council and Mayor Christy to a joint meeting to review buying 20 civil defense tone activated receivers to relay emergency messages from the sheriff's office. Receivers would serve outlying areas and schools, with potential countywide coverage near 100 percent.
State Auditor Christ opher Bond reported serious discrepancies in assessed valuations in Jefferson County and urged equalization to prevent tax inequities. The audit shows collateral pledged to Jefferson Trust Co. deposits deficient by 3 377 747 dollars. Travel and health center expenses were inadequately supported and payments excessive. Most officials complied with laws. On November 20, 1950, the U.S. Seventh Division reached the Manchurian border in Korea.
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