Drought Threatens Farms and Fish in Cole County
Continued drought in southern Cole County worsens prospects for crops and raises risk of fish kills in polluted streams and ponds. Rainfall remains far below normal while officials warn widespread aquatic growth and oxygen depletion could threaten fisheries. corn stands look healthier but require rain soon.
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Cole County
Missouri State Water Pollution Board
U. S. Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Smith
Jobless list jumps in Mid-Missouri May 1971 unemployment figures
Missouri Division of Employment Security reports May 1971 unemployment payments statewide fell to $7.18 million from April’s $9.23 million, with initial claims down to 23,903. In Mid-Missouri the four county area Boone Callaway Cooper Howard saw payments rise 59 percent year over year, while Jefferson City and Columbia offices showed mixed shifts in relief disbursements.
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Missouri
Mid-Missouri
Colt Clams
Jumbia
Missouri Division of Employment Security
Jetterac
Herman Julien
Jefferson City
Columbia
Julien
May
Cole
Miller, Moniteau
Osage
Boone, Callaway, Cooper and
Howard
Raids and clashes stretch Vietnam front near Khe Sanh
U S B52 strikes hit North Vietnamese targets along the Laos frontier to the northwest of Khe Sanh and near the A Shau Valley. A separate five hour skirmish south of the DMZ left several North Vietnamese casualties and US losses. Abrams ordered Da Nang off limits to US personnel amid tensions. Cambodian forces report heavy fighting around Kompong Ampil as Vihear Suor Marshes see intensified combat.
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Saigon
U.S. Boz
Laos
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
A Shau
U.S
Dmz
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
da Nang
Phnom Penh
Vihear Suor
Kompong Ampil
Mot
Phnom Ning
Cole County
Richard Busque
Rolla
Carpenter dispute briefs due in wage quarrel case
The Jefferson City Contractors Association and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters move toward a settlement with briefs filed for federal labor arbitration. Final arguments were to be presented to Referee Rev. Leo Brown in St. Louis. Carpenters seek a 10 cent raise by April 18 and 20 cents by October. a two day walkout occurred in April, ended after a restraining order by Judge James T. Riley. Brown is to rule soon, expected to settle the dispute.
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Jefferson City Contractors Association
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Leo Brown
St. Louis
Brown
Carpenters
Circuit Court
James T. Riley
Skullduggery hits collector fees bill in Missouri
State Rep. George W. Parker charged political skullduggery in the Missouri House Fees and Salaries Committee after Boone County Collector Woodrow Wilson received reduced commissions. Auditor Kit Bond cited a statute misalignment causing the lower pay. Parker proposed a salary plan for collectors, which passed a committee vote but was killed before the session end. He vowed to reintroduce the measure in 1972.
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Associated Press
George W. Parker
Columbia
House
Boone County
Woodrow Wilson
Parker
Missouri
Cosmonauts collect medical samples amid weightlessness study
Three Soviet cosmonauts on the fifth day aboard the space lab perform blood tests and heart function analyses as they study how zero gravity affects bone calcium. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev report feeling well while continuing medical experiments.
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Moscowap
Soviet Space Laboratory
Tass
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Volkov
Patsayev
Dobrovolsky
Election set June 29 for O'Connor's seat
Gov Warren E Hearnes ordered St Louis County election officials to set June 29 to select a successor to Rep Patrick J O'Connor who died June 6 at Bridgeton after a throat abscess. The vote will fill the 36th district seat the four term representative held. Republican committees will submit nominees.
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Warren E Hearnes
Board of Election Commissioners of
St. Louis County
Patrick J. O'Connor
Bridgeton
O'Connor
Republican Party
YMCA Coffee House Opens Saturday for Teens
The YMCA will host a Teen Coffee House this Saturday June 12 from 8:00 to 11:00 P.M. at the Y Center in the rear of the 100 block of East High. Candlelight songs music and dancing are planned. Admission is free with refreshments available at a charge.
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YMCA
Y Center
East High
Conservation department earns top honors at national info conference
The Missouri Conservation department led national wins at the American Association for Conservation Information conference in Springfield. Herschel Bledsoe won his category for Woody and the Tall Timber Trio, while Glenn Chambers’s Return of the Wild Turkey took second in film.
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Missouri Conservation Department
American Association For Conservation Information
Springfield
United States
Herschel
Woody
Bledsoe
Missouri
Woody and
The
Glenn Chambers
Chambers
Bill Steel
Jaméex Keefe
Department of Conservation
Nebraska
Texas
Wyoming
Area students named to dean's honor roll at NE Missouri State College
Seven area college students earned Dean's Honor Roll for the 1971 Spring semester at Northeast Missouri State College. Jefferson City recipients include Elaine Bode Janet Gevecker Patricia Goeke and Mark Wilson. Also honored are Marcella Crump Ashland Sherry L Painter Mokane and Brenda Rouse Versailles.
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Area
Northeast Missouri State College
Elaine Bode
Janet Gevecker
Pastricia Goeke
Mark Wilson
Jefferson City
Marcella Crump
Ashland
Sherry L. Painter
Mokane
Brenda Rouse
Versailles
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Rose
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Mike
Carrie Ae
Unity BN ‘Avalt Bureau of Circulations
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Northern Front
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
James D’entrement
Fuller
Phelps County
Busque
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Hiwa Drive-In
Missouri Blvd
News Tribune
Police
Missouri State Highway Patrol
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St. Mary's Memorial
Jefferson City News-Tribune
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Christopher
Kit) Bond
Boone
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Bond
Earth
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Russellville
Linda Payne
Herold Payne
Nelson
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Holiday Inn Proudly
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RCA
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Monroe
Don Wooldridge
Joel Vance
Area College
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Jose Ferrer
Anthony Quaile
Claude Rains
Arthur Kennedy
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