Local Bridges Among 521 Listed As Inadequate
Missouri State Highway Department study lists 521 bridges on primary rural highways as inadequate for current traffic. In Cole County five bridges are flagged on US 50 and US 54, including a 427 foot span over Rising Creek and a 53 foot span on Highway 50. Most inadequate bridges date from the 1920s and fail primarily due to design capacity.
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State Highway Department
Missouri
Cole County
U.S. 50
Jefferson City
Moreau River
Rising Creek
Sanfords Creek
Osage River
Howard
Boone County
Rocheport
Fair Weather Forecast for Jefferson City Area
Generally fair through Friday with little change in temperatures. High near 90 today and low around 70 tonight. No significant precipitation in the past 24 hours with 3.59 inches this month and 13.16 inches year to date. River stage shows slight variation near Jefferson City.
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Jefferson City
News-Tribune Weather Bureau
Yesterndy
Memorial Airport
Efferson City
Dalton Announces $22 Million Missouri Gas Pipeline Plan
Governor Dalton heard details of a 240 mile 24 inch gas line proposed by Oklahoma-Illinois Gas Pipeline Co. to serve 19 towns in southern Missouri and Fort Leonard Wood. The $22 million project would cost $33 million including franchise connections, create tax revenue, and aim for FPC approval with construction possible within months after approval.
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John M. Dalton
Missouri
Ft. Leonard Wood
Oklahoma-Illinois Gas Pipeline Co
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Bolivar
Bourbon
Crocker
Cuba
Dixon
Eldorado Springs
Humansville
Lebanon
Owensville
Richland
Rolla
St. Clair
St. James
Steelville
Stockton
Sullivan
Union
Washington
Waynesville
Arkansas- Missouri Power Co
Buffalo
Oklahoma Gas Fields
St. Louis
Illinois
East St. Louis
Oklahoma
Byron Spencer
Arthur J. Doyle
United Nations grants independence to Rwanda and Burundi
The U N General Assembly voted 93 to 0 with 10 abstentions to grant independence to Rwanda and Burundi from Belgium’s trusteeship, effective July 1. The assembly urged Belgian troop withdrawal by Aug 1, while preserving sovereign rights of the two new states. Burundi seeks troop exit. Rwanda has not yet stated its preference.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Rwanda
Burundi
U.N
Ruanda-Urundi
Belgium
Iceland
Cuba
Yugoslavia
Appointments Made To Nursing Board
Gov John M Dalton announced two new appointments and a reap pointment to the state Board of Nursing. Alma F Van Matre of Springfield was reappointed to a term ending June 1 1965. Lucille F Ferry of Nevada named to succeed Elizabeth McIntosh of St Louis whose term expired. Mary Ruth Cuddy of Springfield named to a term ending June 1 1965. McIntosh was a registered nurse and Van Matre a licensed practical nurse.
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State Board of Nursing
John M. Dalton
Springfield
Lucille F. Ferry
Nevada
Elizabeth McIntosh
St. Louis
Mary Ruth Cuddy
McIntosh
van Matre
Nationalist Jet Flights Warn Reds Over Quemoy
In Formosa waters tools of air defense reported waves of Nationalist jets over Quemoy as a warning to the Reds against a new attack. Nationalists claimed air battles and downed 33 planes, with one loss in a collision, amid a mainland buildup near Quemoy.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Defense Ministry Information Service
Formosa Strait
Mexican Labor Unions Plan Large Kennedy Welcome
In Mexico City major labor unions urge members to line streets and officials grant a day off. Students receive a holiday as President Kennedy arrives for a goodwill visit amid security mobilizations. Blas Roca’s secretive Cuban visit adds tension but he says he came to avoid agitation.
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Mexico City
Kennedy
Blas Roca
Roca
Communist Party
Uruguay
Mexico
Alle
Jairport
Los Pinos
White House
Estes Hearing Opens on Estes Operations and Accountability
Senate investigators opened hearings into Billie Sol Estes multi million dollar operations. Horace D. Godfrey of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service testified he joined the Kennedy Administration to reform the department after eight years of neglect. Detective Paul Kamerick told of warnings about illegal cotton allotment transfers and blamed bureaucratic inefficiency as a partial cause.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Horace D. Godfrey
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Kennedy
Godfrey
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Paul E. Kamerick
Kamerick
FBI
Subcommittee
Pecos
Tex
Gallatin Fire Destroys Hotel in Missouri Town
A fire destroyed the Elbert Hotel in Gallatin Missouri causing about 200000 in damage. Fire Chief Edward Elbert reported less than half the loss was insured and flames spread from the electrical shop to other ground floor tenants. Fire crews from Cameron and Hamilton aided Gallatin to control the blaze. Two elderly men were rescued from an iron balcony as flames overran an interior stairway.
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Gallatin, Mo
Elbert
Gallatin’s Square
Edward H. Elbert
Cameron
Hamilton
Gallatin
U.S. Announces Two More Nuclear Tests
The United States disclosed two new nuclear tests with one atmospheric detonation near Christmas Island and an underground shot at Nevada. The air blast yielded about a megaton, the Nevada shot in the intermediate 20 000 to one million ton range, as officials noted. Two workers suffered minor scratches from debris in a Johnston Island high altitude test on June 20.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
Johnston Island
Kennedy Backs Six Orbit Space Mission This Summer
NASA moved toward a six orbit Earth flight this summer with Navy Cmdr Walter Schirra Jr as the prime astronaut and Air Force Capt L Gordon Cooper as backup If needed The mission could last nine hours with Cape Canaveral as the liftoff point and Pacific landing due to daylight recovery needs Officials hedge that the flight may be fewer orbits depending on events before and during the mission
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Washington
United States
Mid- Pacific
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
U.S
Pacific
Atlantic
Midway Island
Midway
Schirra
Tough Diplomatic Job Facing Rusk In Portugal Stop
US Secretary of State Dean Rusk winds up a 10 day European tour with Portugal as talks focus on renewing the Azores base agreement. The session with Prime Minister Salazar’s government centers on bases funding and broader Africa policy amid Goa and Angola tensions.
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Rusk
Portugal
Lisbon
Dean Rusk
United States
Paris
Bonn
Rome
London
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
U.S
Azores
Goa
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
India
Africa
Angola
Franco Nogueira
Salazar
College Aid Bill Stalled by Supreme Court Ruling
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court ruling against school prayer delayed Congress as Sen. Morse postponed a conferees meeting to reconcile House and Senate versions of college construction aid. The court’s 6 1 decision prompts study before the July conference. House plan offers 180 million in grants and 120 million in loans. Senate plan provides 300 million in loans only.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
House
Morse
New York State
New York
Osage City Fire Destroys Farm Storage Building
A storage building owned by Eugene Goser in Osage City was burned Wednesday afternoon, with damage about 4000 dollars. The blaze began around 3 p.m. and destroyed the structure containing corn and farm machinery. Origin undetermined but possible arson. a partially burned cigar was found nearby earlier. Mrs. Goser noted the building held no hay and was not wired for electricity.
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Osage City
Eugene Goser
Bad Check Artist Moorman Captured Near St Louis
FBI arrested 46 year old Charles Bartley Moorman a prolific bad check writer with many aliases in University City Missouri. He faced warrants from Albuquerque and Memphis for interstate fraud and carried printing gear identity cards and funds skimming through purchases in several states.
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ST. Louis
FBI
University City
Charles Bartley Moorman
Moorman
Albuquerque
N.M
Memphis
Calvin Howard
United States
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Prison Security Tightened After Escape Attempt
Missouri penitentiary guards were ordered to heighten security after six death row inmates attempted to escape. Col. James D. Carter and Warden E. V. Nash led a meeting with captains and lieutenants, citing complacency and laxity. Enhanced bar checks, stricter prisoner counts, and more thorough area inspections will be implemented.
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Missouri Penitentiary
James D. Carter
State Corrections
E. V. Nash
Carter
Nash
Convicts Prolong Protest on Pennsylvania Water Tower
In Pittsburgh 13 Western State Penitentiary inmates staged a sit down on a water tower with 12 others joining. James Pletcher and Alfred Nardi Jr. climbed down while Nardi and Pletcher had left the tower. officials refused to coax the remaining men down as a dispute over alleged brutality continued. Warden James Maroney defended ammonia gas used to quiet inmates while denying brutal treatment.
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Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
James J. Pletcher
Alfred Nardi Jr
Nardi
Pletcher
Arthur T. Prasse
State Bureau of Corrections
Harrisburg
Robert Payne
Washington, D.C
Payne
James Maroney
Kennedy Defends Islands Near Formosa Policy
President Kennedy stated U S policy in the Formosa area remains unchanged and that the United States will defend Quemoy and Matsu if attacked and will back forces against a broader assault near Formosa. He also urged home prayers and pressed Congress on a new trade bill amid questions on school prayer.
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Washington
Kennedy
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
U.S
Formosa
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Foremosa
Pescadores
Convicted Red Spy Soblen Vanishes Before Life Sentence
Dr. Robert A. Soblen, a convicted wartime Soviet spy, disappeared on the eve of beginning a life term. The FBI hunted him as a fugitive with possible Cuba ties while his lawyer warned he may be dead or incapacitated from leukemia.
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New York
Robert A. Soblen
FBI
Cuba
William B. Herelands
Dr. Soblen
Soblen
Dina
Washington Heights
Upper Manhattan
U.S. Supreme Court
Jack Soble
Office of Strategic Services
Baseball Scores From National League and American League Card
National St Louis 4 8 Chicago 0 0 San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 6 New York 5 10 Los Angeles 2 Milwaukee 1 (6) Only games scheduled. American Ravens City 4 Washington 1 New York 7 Minnesota 3 Detroit 4 Cleveland 0 Los Angeles 3 Boston 0 Baltimore 3 Chicago 1
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St. Louis
Chicago
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
American Ravens City
Washington
Minnesota
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
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Reds
Pennsylvania
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