Peak of flu cases still weeks away
The Hong Kong flu variety was confirmed in 16 states plus DC and Puerto Rico as outbreaks spread across 30 states. Notables including Vice President Humphrey Cardinal Cushing and Governor Hughes fell ill, with schools and hospitals tightening controls and absences rising. A New York firm gave workers orange juice with cognac after noon to stay on the job.
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New Jersey
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Los Angeles
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Chicago
University of Chicago
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Portland
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New York
Edward Gottlieb and Associates
Weather summary and river stages for Missouri region
Weather report notes yesterday high 43 and low 28, record highs 66 in 1962 and low 2 in 1943. Precipitation trace in past 24 hours, 0.45 inches month to date, 24.66 inches year to date. Relative humidity 57 percent. Sunrise 7 20, sunset 4 24. River stages show Kansas City 6.0 feet fall, Boonville 3.3 feet fall, Jefferson City 5.9 feet fall, Hermann 1.1 feet fall, Lake of the Ozarks 4.8 feet fall.
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News Tribune Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Missine Hermann
Lake of the Ozarks
Supreme Court Draft Rulings Question Conscientious Objectors
The Supreme Court issued rulings on conscientious objectors and draft classifications amid Vietnam War tensions. It barred punishment for antiwar views by exempt groups and narrowed the power of draft boards to force induction, while leaving core issues unsettled for draftees challenging classifications or seeking deferments.
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Stapleton honored for highway efforts in Nevada
NEVADA Mo AP Stapleton chairman of the Mill South Highway Commission and Roy E Mayes Sr vice chairman were slated to receive plaques for efforts to speed Highway 71 bypass work. Wilbur Stegner district engineer told about 50 Missouri association members that bids will be sought in February on a three mile section between Nevada and Highway M.
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U .S. Highway 71 Association
Stapleton
South Highway Commission
Roy E. Mayes Sr
Wilbur Stegner
Missouri
Gideon Houser Wins Major Burridge Trophy at Capital Toastmasters
Gideon Houser was named winner of the Major Burridge Trophy at Capital Toastmasters Club on Monday night. His speech was titled What Is Christmas and the program was hosted by toastmaster Harry Goldammer with Charlie Michael as general evaluator and Otto Budi Pohl leading table topics.
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Burridge
Capital Toastmasters Club
Harry Goldammer
Charlie Michael
Otto Budi Pohl
Negotiators argue over table shape for Vietnam talks
Kiem, identified as foreign minister of the Viet Cong National Liberation Front, arrives in Hanoi with North Vietnam and South Vietnam on equal footing. The table design becomes the central dispute, signaling the status of the NLF. Hanoi favors square, then round. U.S. proposes a divided doughnut table as the latest compromise.
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Hanoi
United States
Saigon
Kiem
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
U.S
Christmas Message from Gen Abramis Amid Vietnam War
Gen Abramis asserts victory over the enemy in Vietnam as Nixon and Romney prep housing plans. U.S. and South Vietnamese casualties are reported with heavy bombings along the Cambodian border and at Ban Me Thuot. Nixon meets GOP leaders and Eisenhower, while Dirksen hints at treaty positions before Johnson actions.
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Creighton W. Abramis
U.S
Vietnam
Billboard Controversy and Parking Ordinances Move Forward
City council considered a new bill to raise weight limits for billboard trucks to twelve thousand pounds, with the plan dying there. The session also advanced six parking and traffic ordinances, including Bill No. 88 authorizing further actions.
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Law bills move as lawmakers cite crime concerns
The Missouri senate committee advanced bills on parking restrictions on Williams Lafayette Broadway Jefferson streets and vacating Stanford Street while zoning changes along Highway 54 and Sunset Lake Read were approved. Lt Gov Eagleton spoke as members noted efforts to raise quality in law enforcement and criminal justice amid fiscal constraints and heritage hill subdivision acceptance.
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Missouri
Heritage Hill
Stolen auto found with flat tire
Police recovered a vehicle reported stolen from Urban A. Strope Route 4 Saturday at Jefferson Plaza. The car was found Monday near Buena Vista 1805 by Herbert Knoll Sr. The council adjourned out of respect for former city councilman Wade W. Condit who died Sunday.
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Route 4
Jefferson’ Plaza
U.S
Vietnam
Herbert Knoll
Senate
Dirksen
Buena Vista
Wade W. Condit
Lights recommended in annexation areas for new lamps
Lawrence Haake, chairman, reported the Utilities Committee favors six new 11000 Lumen Mercury Vapor lights in Areas B D and F along Southwest Boulevard and Jefferson Street West outer roadway of Highway 54. Estimated cost to the city is 324 per year or 27 per month per light. The plan anticipates replacing 51 privately paid dusk to dawn lights by the city starting Jan 1 with total city expense about 5148.96 annually.
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Lawrence Haake
Highway 54
Ellis
Missouri
Total Power and Light Company
Dations
Haake
Southwest Boulevard
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