City council signs contract for Missouri River Bridge approach
Jefferson City mayor and six aldermen approved an agreement with the State Highway Commission to design construct and maintain the south approach of the Missouri River Bridge on U S Route 54. The city will handle street lighting traffic control right of way and sanitary sewer work while the commission oversees storm sewer relocations and compensation for property owners. Early construction is underway as commissioners assess disputed compensation terms.
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State Highway Commission
Missouri River
Arthur W. Ellis
Thomas Rose
U. S. Rt. 54
Cole County
Ellis
Jefferson City
Richard Fowler
Rose
Gladys Fisher
Ralph Jobe Jr
Peter Kauffman
Theodore Schmidt
Forrest Scrivner
Monte Wilcoxen
Circuit Court
Douglas Defers Decision On Plea of Atom Spies
Supreme Court Justice Douglas postponed ruling on last ditch appeals to stay Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's upcoming execution. The Rosenbergs faced the electric chair in Sing Sing two days before their 14th wedding anniversary as pleas for clemency were pursued. President Eisenhower reportedly would not commute the sentence, while defense lawyers pressed for a stay and a new appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas
Julius
Ethel Rosenbeg
Harold B. Willey
Willey
Rosenbergs
New York
Sing Sing
Eisenshower
Bernard Loomer
University of Chicago
School of Religion
Eisenhower
White ‘House
America’s
William O. Douglas
Lockkeeper Prevents Disaster at Alton Dam
Alton June 16 a lockkeeper Arch Taylor lowered the dam gates to rescue a rudderless cabin cruiser drifting toward turbulent waters. Mr and Mrs Baron Sachett owners of the boat were aboard and unable to steer or exit the lock. The quick action kept the craft from sinking in the Mississippi River current.
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Alton
Lil
Alton Dam
Arch Taylor
Baron Sachett
Sachett
Pakistan Wheat Aid Bill OK'd by Senate
The Senate approved a bill to give drought affected Pakistan one million tons of U S surplus wheat. President Eisenhower had proposed the gift six days earlier and House action was expected to finalize the measure for August shipments. The aid comes from surplus stocks and, with transport, costs about 100 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Pakistan
America
Eisenhower
Congress
House
House Agriculture Committee
Jefferson City youth nominated for Boys State post
Bob Heidbreder of Jefferson City was named a candidate for secretary of state on the Nationalist Party ticket at the Boys State primaries held at Central Missouri State College in Warrensburg. About 475 high school boys attend as the weeklong program, sponsored by the Missouri Department of the American Legion. Governor candidates include David Morton of Kansas City for the Nationalists and another 16-year-old David Morton for the Federalists.
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Bob Heidbreder
Jefferson City
Nationalist Party
Boys State
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Missouri Department of the American Legion
David Morton
Kansas City
Federalist
Kansas
Weather summary for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Fair today and tomorrow with a high near 95. Temperatures rise through the day with readings around 61 at midnight and 73 by 10 PM. River forecasts show Osage and Missouri streams varying, with notable drops at Hermann and Jefferson City and lake levels around 52.6 at Lake of the Ozarks.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Missouri River
Kansas City
Osage
Lake of the Ozarks
St. Thomas Evceue
Conferees OK Controls Plan Two-Year Extension
Washington reports conferees agree to a two year extension of defense mobilization controls and create a permanent Small Business Administration with broad lending powers. The bill drops a 90 day wartime price and wage freeze and extends allocation powers for scarce defense materials to June 30 1955. Civilian controls will cover five metals including tungsten cobalt nickel.
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Washington
Senate House
No Progress Reported In SW Bell Pact Talks
In St Louis on June 16 negotiations between Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and CIO employees stalled after two weeks with little progress. The company cites its studies denying a wage increase while the union warns the fair raise must be settled at the table led by Frank P. Lonergan of District 6 CWA.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Frank P. Lonergan
Communications Workers of America
Missouri GI Killed In Grenade Accident
Two soldiers were killed at Camp Chaffee during live hand grenade throwing practice. Pvt. Jimmie J. Rainey, 20, of Carl Junction, Missouri, and Pvt. Melvin M. Sarracino, 21, of Grants, New Mexico, died in the incident. Captain John J. Mann, the camp public relations officer, confirmed the identities.
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FT. Smith
Ark
Missouri
New Mexico
Camp Chaffee
John J. Mann
Jimmie J. Rainey
Carl Junction
Melvin M Sarracino
Grants, N. M
Amendment defeat blocks full benefits for osteopathic hospitals
In St. Louis on June 16 the corporate board of Group Hospital Service Inc defeated an amendment that would grant full benefits to Blue Cross members using osteopathic hospitals. The measure failed 46 yes to 32 no, short of the 52 votes needed and the two thirds required.
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ST. Louis
Blue Cross
Group Hospital Service, Inc
Mueller Named Roscoe Enloe Commander
E H Mueller of 1213 E McCarty St was elected commander of Roscoe Enloe Post No 5 American Legion. Bailey Maves succession followed by Charles W Mickey as senior vice commander and Ralph Rose as junior vice commander. Eleven officers named including W A McDaniel George Fitzgerald and Harold Baker Jr. Fourteen delegates chosen for the state convention in Joplin July 17. Scrap drive set for July 12 and July barbecue planned. installation in August.
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E. H. Mueller
E. McCarty
Roscoe Enloe
American Legion
Bailey Maves
Charles W. Mickey
Ralph Rose
W. A. McDaniel
George Fitzgerald
Phil Dalimeyer Jr
William Hirschman
James Clardy
Harold Baker Jr
Harry Goldammer
Sue Lozier
J. G. Majersky
Edgar Schultz
Jack Schenewerk
Land Roy Cobble
Herbert Huber
Melvin Whiteside
Ralph Turner
Joplin
Sanitary landfill demonstrations slated in Missouri
Dr. James R. Amos announces four sanitary landfill demonstrations in Missouri during June at Macon, Rolla, Cape Girardeau, and Sedalia. Hosted by the Division of Health to show disposal methods for city officials and others. The event aligns with House Bill No. 60 prohibiting feeding uncooked garbage to swine after July 1, 1953.
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James R. Amos
Division of Health
Missouri
Macon
Rolla
Cape Girardeau
Sedalia
67Th General Assembly
U S Steel Raises Prices And Wages
U S Steel Corp increases steel prices by about four dollars per ton raising base steel to around 120 dollars per ton. The move follows an eighty two cent hourly wage increase for about 170000 workers who earned 2.06 to 2.16 dollars an hour.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Actress Gwen OConnor wins divorce custody in bid
Los Angeles reports that on June 16 Mrs. Gwen O'Connor obtained a divorce from Donald O'Con nor. She won custody of their daughter Donna age six and received an Irish wolfhound named O flynn as the pet.
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Los Angeles
Gwen O'Connor
Donald O’connor
Donna
O'Connor
O'flynn
Allied and Red truce talks recess after first week
Allied and Red truce delegations met briefly in Munsan for the first time in a week and recessed subject to call. The main focus is establishing a truce line and moving to a cease-fire as staff officers continue detailed mapping and prisoner exchanges.
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Munsan
U. N
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Peiping
Seamen Issue No Work Edict Hits Atlantic Shipping
The CIO National Maritime Union issued a no contract no work edict in New York as 40,000 NMU members face undetermined wages and working conditions. Curran warned a strike was not confirmed, yet ships in port risk lacking crews for sailing, delaying the United States liner at Norfolk for drydock.
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New York
CIO National Maritime Union
Atlantic
Gulf
NMU
Joseph Curran
Curran
United States
Norfolk
Eight Central Missourians to Return From Korea Thursday
Eight area servicemen from Central Missouri are among 1,903 Army personnel aboard the transport Gen. Mark L. Hersey headed to San Francisco from Korea. The group includes Col. J. B. Johnson of Jefferson City, Pfc. Elton L. Sulthaus of Bay, Cpl. Arshel M. Robinett of Brumley, Sfc. George W. Welch of Bland, and others from Columbia, Sedalia, and California.
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Jefferson City
Mark L. Hersey
San Francisco
Korea
Col
J. B. Johnson
Buchanan St
Billy G. Andrews
James H. McDow
Columbia
Robert L. Blanks
Rt. 3
California
Kenneth D. Goulder
Sedalia
Arshel M. Robinett
Brumley
Elton L. Sulthaus
Bay
Sfc
George W. Welch
Bland
Burning tanker beached after 16 hour menace in Vancouver
A gasoline laden tanker, stranded near Vancouver harbor after 16 hours of menace, posed a potential bomb danger. Marine officials later expressed confidence the high octane cargo would not explode, avoiding a larger catastrophe.
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Vancouver
B. C
Hennings Urges Ike to Act Against Book Burning
Senator Hennings of Missouri urged President Eisenhower to act against what he called a campaign to remove or destroy books. He linked the issue to McCarthy and State Department actions, saying administration leaders must stop book burning in libraries. McCarthy claimed he has burned no books and disputed the criticism.
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Hennings
Ike
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
State Department
Linn Youth Dies in Accidental Shotgun Mishap
Funeral services are set for 10 year old Larry Gene Otto of Linn who died when a shotgun discharged at home. He was struck between the eyes and died almost instantly. The incident occurred as a brother prepared the gun for a hunting trip on a farm south of Linn. He was a student at St. George's School.
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LINN
St. George's Church
Bernard Tempe
Larry Gene Otto
Larry
Herbert H. Otto
Ralph
Robert
Herbert Jr
James
St. George's School
New Theft Reported To Capital City Police
A pair of dark green fender skirts were reported stolen Monday night from Nebel's Used Car Lot on Highway 50 West. Police note this theft is part of a string of auto accessory and car contents thefts reported to local police in the past month.
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Nebel
Highway 50 West
Two More Union Officials Indicted by Grand Jury
Federal grand jury in St Louis indicted union figures George E. Seaton and Henry Schmidt for anti racketeering violations. Seaton faces extortion charges tied to a $28016 payout from a crude oil pipeline builder alongside Lawrence L. Callanan and six others. Schmidt and another official are accused of extorting $1800 from two crude oil pipeline builders.
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St, Louis
George E.seaton
AFL Steamfitters
Henry Schmidt
AFL
Seaton
Lawrence L. Callanan
Steamfitters
Schmidt
Prices fall for Hampshires at ninth Midwest Show and Sale
In Sedalia on June 16 the ninth annual Midwest Stud farm Show and Sale closed. Hampshire prices averaged $98, down from $117 in 1952 by about $19. Corriedales Shropshires and Oxfords largely held steady with 1952 levels.
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Sedalia
Hampshires
Corriedales
Shropshires
Oxfords
Moberly approves revenue bonds to modernize sewage plants
Moberly voters approved a $570,000 revenue bond issue to modernize two 25 year old sewage disposal plants by a margin near 3 to 1 in a special election. The tally was 1,277 in favor and 467 against across eight precincts.
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Moberly
Sporadic Encounters After Red Offense On Finger Ridge
Allied forces held the line on the East Central Korean Front as a major Chinese attack waned. South Korean counterattacks reached Finger Ridge but fighting continued in waves with heavy artillery and air strikes. reports varied on control of Finger Ridge and Kyoam Mountain positions near the Pukhan River.
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Seoul
Parallel 38
Finger Ridge
U. S
Republic of Korea
Roks Hadeen
Roks
Pukhan River
Christmas Hill
Finger Ridge i
Kyoam Mountain
Kyoam
Pukhan
Kumsong
Slack believed on way out as tax prosecutor
Washington reports say Ellis N. Slack a 52 year old tax prosecutor under fire from a House investigating group is being pressured to leave the Justice Department. Slack testified before the House judiciary subcommittee about the St Louis IRS bureau scandal and intervened in 1950 to dismiss cases against three Nashville men.
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Slack
Ellis N. Slack
Justice Department
Brownell
Brownjell
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Truman
Nashville, Tenn
Isadore Alford
Herbert
Manuel Eskind
U. S
Nashville
Missouri governor signs sheriff mileage bill and city manager move
Gov. Phil M. Donnelly signed a bill boosting sheriff mileage pay to seven cents a mile for prisoner transport. He approved a measure allowing Joplin to appoint a non resident as city manager under a city manager system. Other enacted acts set highway engineer salaries at 4000 per year for certain counties and daily rates for others, and grant engineers authority to set vehicle weight limits on county roads and bridges.
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Missouri
Phil M. Donnelly
Joplin
Buchanan, Greene
Jasper County
Four Cole Countians to Attend PMA Meeting in Potosi
Four Cole County residents will attend a 15 county Production and Marketing Administration meeting Thursday in Potosi Missouri. Otto J Freshley county PMA chairman said a state PMA office representative will explain listing of wheat farms showing how to determine wheat acreage allotments for the 1954 crop. Attending besides Freshley are Anton Siebeneck Wardsville vice chairman Harold Shikles Russellville committee member and Althea Nivens PMA chief clerk.
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Potosi
Otto J. Freshley
PMA
Freshley
Anton Siebeneck
Wardsville
Harold Shikles
Russellville
Althea Nivens
Bethany approves $65,000 pool bond in vote
Bethany voters approved a 65000 bond issue for a municipal swimming pool with 530 favorable and 119 opposed in the June 16 election.
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Bethany
Polio Patient Judith Hall Improving at University Hospital
Miss Judith Hall fourteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Hartford Hall north of Ashland was reported in satisfactory condition and improving at University Hospital in Columbia last night. She had been in critical condition earlier and is the first patient there to receive gamma globulin, a polio fighting serum derived from human blood.
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Judith Hall
Hartford Hall
Ashland
University Hospital
Columbia
Miss Hall
Princeton graduates deliver Latin salutatory with cue cards
Spectators at Princeton University's 206th commencement heard a salutatory in Latin. The class laughed and applauded as if fluent, but copies with stage directions told them when to laugh and cheer, revealing the students anticipated every nuance. Sic transit gloria Princeton.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
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U. S. Steel
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J. W. Hill
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Kimpo
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Struce
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Challenge Sabres
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Federal
George H. Moore
Cole
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