Tragic shooting spree ends in family deaths in Missouri
In St. Joseph Daniel Woolridge, 15, armed with a .22 rifle, killed his father Ossie Woolridge, mother Doris Woolridge, and three siblings during a Sunday attack at their Riverside home. Police say Daniel fled, later turning himself in after viewing The Wrong Man. Prosecutors report the youth showed no apparent emotion in his statements. A city election and a constitutional pay raise also dominated local news that day.
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ST. Joseph
Verne Starmer
Ossie _Wootridge
Steen
Insteler
Mrs. Woolridge
de, Jores
Paul
Foer
Doris
Starmer
Mr. Smith
Daniel Woolridge
Alfred ‘Biichcock
Frank “Conneté Jr
Failor
Don Conroy
Daniel
Labpeapeas
Woolridge
Joseph Woolridge
Kansas
Hartsburg Files Katy Argument
Investigators said the boy had involvement related to an argument with Katy, details continued on page 2 column 2 of the Hartsburg filing.
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Hartsburg
Battle over Harri j oburg ambulance line drags on
Boone County officials and a local law firm clash with rail interests as the Missouri Kansas Texas Pail Milton Woolridge challenges station operations. The controversy centers on the impact of closing the rail station on public service and drought era test cases pending before the State Public Service Commission. Weather forecast: mostly cloudy with showers and possible thunder, high near 70, tonight low around 60.
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Harri Joburg
Boone County
Missouri
Kansas
Texas Pail
Milton Woolridge
Toad Co
Doris
Herrie Smith
Columbia
Orr and Sapp
Hartsburg
State Public Service Commission
Thel
IM K-F
St. Louis
Con
M-K-T
Divi Cion
Team to Inspect Training Location City for Reserve Center
An inspection team will visit Columbia Hannibal Kansas City Maryville and Jefferson City from June 3 to 7 to review sites for an Army Reserve Training Center. The Jefferson City suboffice at 411 Madison St hosts two reserve units and oversees a two-county area. No link to the planned National Guard armory.
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Suart Symington
Post-Tribune
Semington
W. H. Tier
Fifth Army
Columbia
Hannibal
Kansas City
Maryville
Jefferson City
Army Reserve
Jefferson ] City
Tu. Ss Arig ‘Military District
Missouri
Matison ‘St
State Selective Service Office
Ewe
Field ‘Artillery
Ifice
National Guard
Figure in Hodge Case Slain in Mobster Style
CHICAGO Leon Marcus a key figure in the Orville Hodg scandal carried more than 300000 in cash and checks when he was slain in gangland fashion last night Marcus 61 a former majority stockholder in Southmoor Bank and Trust Co was killed by ambush police reported today
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Chicago
Leon
Marcus
Orville Hodg
Southmoor Bank & Trust Co
Final Leg Of Session Under Way
The Missouri Legislature opens its fourth month of a five month session amid heavy work. Over 400 bills were introduced in the two houses but about 20 have reached the governor, who has signed all that arrived. The article notes ongoing parliamentary proceedings, awards, and upcoming elections with major measures awaiting action.
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Missouri
James T. Blair
Vollegeary
David A. Brown
Beck
Elmerine Ave
Els Newham
Moreau
Alma Mack
Othe City
Cherry St
Art Club
Park Board
Fergency Fund
Intel
Cole County
County Art Exhibit Opens With Record Entries Expected
The third annual Cole County Art Mission Exhibit at the Service Men’s Center in Jefferson City draws a record field with 324 entries by noon today, surpassing the 1956 mark of 102. Sponsored by the Jefferson City Art Club and Park Board, the show features amateur, amateur adult student, and professional categories with prizes. Judging is tomorrow by Thomas Russell of the Kansas City Art Institute, and public viewing runs from noon tomorrow to noon Wednesday. Entries are being received and hung under the direction of a committee led by Nathaniel S. Cole.
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Henry W. Els
Capitol Ave
Jefferson
Claude E. Short
Lafayette Sr
Louis G. Rackers
Bald Hill
Rackers
Citr
Nelson
Vincent
Main St
R. H. Jordan Jr
St. Mary’s Blvd
Jordan
John B_. Sturm
Bolivar Sr
Arthur W. Ellis
Jefferson City
Bi-Partiisan Board of Education
Russell A.hinklin
Forest
Harrison Gentry
Tvo
Service Men's Center
Monroe’St
Elmer Ott Sr
Moreau’ Dr
Donald Bunker
Houchin Sb
News-Tribune
Cole County Art Mission
Service Men's Cent
Monroe Sties
Jefferson City Art Club
The
Park Board
Thomas Russell
Kansas City
Art Institute
Lander
Nathaniel S - Cole
Funior
Federal payroll hits record high in January
Senator Byrd announced the federal payroll reached a January peak of 1 billion dollars. Regular civilian workers earned 989.549 million, while payrolls for foreign nationals employed by U.S. agencies abroad totaled 16.7 million. The statement came as he chairs the Senate House Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Expenditures.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
House Committee On
U. S
Surprise Dinner Unites War Prisoners of World War I
Ex war prisoners from Ava Missouri reunite at Lohman dinner in Southwest Missouri. Robert Spurlock and Omar Twitty, both former prisoners, meet for the first time since capture aboard a train bombed in Europe. Spurlock and Twitty, natives of Ava, are now in the Army with Twitty serving at Fort Leonard Wood. The gathering was hosted by Archie Schrader and family. Spurlock's wife and two daughters attended.
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Lohman
Robert Spurlock
Locust ‘Sty
Omar’ Twitty
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ava
Douglas’ County
Missouri
Tne
Archie
Schrader
Schrad
Twitty
Colbert Spur
Germany
Spurlock
Bers
Europe
Mary Carol
Ohio “St
Mrs
Advica
Missouri Libraries Association regional conference highlights 50 years
The Missouri Libraries Association held a Jefferson City meeting themed Past and Future at the Missouri Hotel. The event included a luncheon co-sponsored by the Capital City Rotary Club and the Jefferson City Library Board and featured speeches by Mrs. Ivan Byrd and others. The program planned workshops to boost library services while noting payroll figures and a budget discussion.
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Missouri
Thomas D. Graham
Missourij
Missouri Libraries
Jeffer
Son City
Cole County
Capital
Jefferson
Rotary’ Club
Ivan Fuller
Thismonth
R. J. Irvin
Roy Cherry
Brary
Lakin
Norris Steenberger
Ernest
Jefferson City
Charles Ly
Levy
Clark Leslie
T. F.reynolds
Byrd
Fekete
Mary ‘Beth Jaycee
Eison-Snyder
Rower’s
Matis
Parkville Leader to Speak at Jefferson City Meeting
Parkville Principal Beagle, named to head a Missouri traffic and parking study, will address the Jefferson City Greater Committee session at the Missouri Hotel at 7 30 pm. The full committee and seven special groups will review city traffic plans and a belt highway with June 1 deadlines and a potential fall bond issue.
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Jefferson City
Hellas High School
Beagle
Rex
M_Whitton
Washington St
Whitton
Doll
Dok
Theity Council
Nine Die In Langley Plane Crash Near Dixson Tenn
Langley Field Virginia based TB25 trainer bomber crashes eight miles south of Dixson Tennessee en route to Memphis. Nine killed and two survivors report eleven aboard the World War II vintage aircraft. Lt Col King Matthews confirms the fatal count.
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Dicqson
Tenn
Langley Field
Mtles
Here
Memphis
King Matthews
Tennessee Air Terminal Guard
Matthew
Showers In Prospect For City Mid Missouri
Weather forecast for Jefferson City and the Mid Missouri area calls for showers and scattered thunderstorms today with mild temperatures through tomorrow. At noon today the temperature was 62 degrees. Weekend rainfall was heaviest in Southwest Missouri with Carthage reporting 1.57 inches from Sunday through Sunday night.
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Raln
Jefferson
Memorial
San Missouri
Kansas
Boonville
Fermann
Osane Rivers
Ocarke
Jefferson City
Mid-Missouri
Capital City
Missouri
Carthage
Springfield
Sedatia
Columbia
Kirksville
Rollah
West Plains
Iranian Minister Plans to Step Out
Sources say Prime Minister Hus Selx Ala will resign after a desert bandit massacre that killed Anita Carroll her husband Kevin and two Iranians, with a new leader to be proposed to stabilize the government and curb banditry. The U S Point Four program in southeast Iran remains suspended pending better action to root out desert bandits.
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Terran
Trant
Tamian
Hus+ Selx
Ala
Konrad Adenauer
Tehran
Adenand
Iran
Anita Carroll
Kevin
Brewster Wilson
Near Hasi Foundation
Library services spelled out here at Rotary Club
Charles W. Reynolds of Farmington outlined specialist library services at the Jefferson City Rotary Club luncheon. He described roles such as children's librarian young people's librarian adult reading counselor audio visual librarian bookmobile librarian and cataloging librarian and explained how public libraries serve today. Guests included Central Missouri Library Association members state officials legislators and visiting Bovarians.
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Charles W. Reynolds
Farmington
Missouri State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Todaay
Reynolds
Jefferson City
Central Missouri Library Association
Fleming Succeeds Harp As Jefferson City Principal
Marvin Fleming, 37, longtime Parkville High School principal, today accepted the post of principal at Jefferson City Senior High School and Junior College. The Board of Education chose Fleming from a field of 25 prospects after screening seven finalists. Fleming will replace the late John A. Harp and begins duties in July, with the board praising its thorough candidate review and confidence in his leadership.
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Marvin Fleming
Parkville
Jefferson City
Fleming
Joe Nichols
Tis
Board of Education
Mnal
Nichols
Russell Rinklin
Akernach
Benes
Tenevas
Pleming
Cen
Missouri
Col
Kansas State of Maniasts Kan
Colorado University
Boulder
Colo
Amaret
Franco Displays U.S. Military Gear Parade in Madrid
General Franco showcased U.S. supplied military equipment on Victory Day marking 18 years since the civil war. Thousands watched Castellana avenue as tanks jeeps motorized artillery and other weapons passed. About 100 aircraft flew overhead including jets trainers and bombers built in Spain with German designs while the U S Strategic Air Command aims to complete bases under a Spain U S agreement.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
U.S
Castellana’ Avenue
Sabre
Heinkel
Junker
Spain
Air Command
United
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