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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1963
Page
1
The Senate approved the aid package 60 to 25 after amendments sparking a partisan clash. Major changes included a $27 million meat program allocation and reductions to economic development and allied support funds. Opponents pushed to cut direct aid and restructure the package amid deliberations on economic assistance.
The trial of 22 defendants, including a chief camp pharmacist, for murder opens under Chief Judge Hans Hofmeyer. Proceedings expect 250 witnesses, many Auschwitz survivors, with potential life terms. documents found on V E day spurred the case.
Governor Dalton reappointed Henry Bradley of St. Joseph News-Press and Ganette Co. as executive on the Highway Commission. Roy E. Maves of Carthage was also appointed, with a term ending December 1, 1967. Both appointments refresh terms stemming from earlier selections in 1961 and 1937.
Gev John Muvanon appointed Wiliam E. Tinton to a seat on the Board of Elections in Jefferson City, replacing the late Robert K. Mehernay who died in a light aircraft crash at the Jefferson City airport. In Fulton, Diana Lewis, a grade school pupil, fractured her wrist after a mishap at a festival.
Guardsmen were demobilized November 20 after a series of explosions left no injuries. Arrested were 2nd Lt. James T. Perkins 27 of Holt Alabama who posted 5000 dollar bond, Sgt Norman R. Dantel of Fairfield, and Cpl James T. Maxwell 27 of Tuscaloosa who also posted bond. The fourth man identified as 1st Sgt William E Roughton of Langdale was being questioned. Perkins and Maxwell faced charges for the November 16 blast near Rovilla Lewis home. Daniel faced the November 19 blast near Mary Burke Hall. Perkins said he would not speculate on motive.
Dexter Davis, 34, a St. Joseph industrialist, plans to organize Young Democrats of Missouri to back Warren Hearnes for governor. Davis, Buchanan County finance chairman for Gov. John Dalton in 196, is a colonel on the governor’s honorary staff and heads Cattle Finishing Inc. He also chairs Anchor Serum Co. and Research Laboratories and is with Philips-Roxane. He founded Dex Inc and is brother to U True Davis Jr., U.S. ambassador to Switzerland. His father, True Davis Sr., was a longtime State Board of Education member and past president.
A coroner's jury ruled the death of Jefferson County prosecuting attorney William B Milfelt accidental. Milfelt, 51, was found dying from a chest wound in an apartment next to his law offices after a rifle slug pierced a closet door.
Police report a trucker named Ingie told officers he picked up Cooper near Veedersburg two miles west of Crawfordville at 6 p.m. Wednesday. They began quarreling near the location where Cooper was later found. Cooper’s wife reportedly had a relative complete a two year form in December 1954 at the Our Penitentiary in Kansas City.
Memorial E Grant Col L B Adams Hollis Ketchum Everett Marten Norman Reichard Alan Becker Roy Meyer Richard Rousselot and Col Mike Hockaday praise Hawkins a Westminister College Fulton Missouri and University of Missouri law grad known for community service. He serves Grace Episcopal Church Vestryman and Junior Warden co chairs the Annexation Committee past Cole County Bar Association president and Missouri National Guard captain. His wife Elizabeth Hunter and three children Barbara Katherine and Bob II are noted.
INDEPENDENCE MO AP A signed color photograph showing John F Kennedy Harry S Truman and Lyndon Johnson in a three way handshake will be returned to the Truman Library Miss Ethel Noland Truman cousin said it belongs to history and should be viewable by all She noted Kennedy inscribed To Harry Truman and Johnson inscribed To Mr Democrat and Mr America and that Truman agreed to take it back soon The note also mentions historical food spending data from 1932 1942 and 1947
George E. Davis of the Jefferson City Employment Security Office headed a list of five honored for 20 years of service with the agency. He received an award certificate and pin from DES director LeRoy Schantz at a DES Club meeting, with recognition also from the federal government and Gov. John M. Dalton. Other honorees include Florice L. Eichler, James J. Garth, John P. Gleason, and Mrs. Marie Maxwell, as part of a larger salute to workers with 25 years of service from the U.S. Employment Service. The ceremony named 12 Jefferson City central office staff among those cited, with many listed by full names and addresses. The program also noted 15 and 10 year awards for additional employees and several named honorees across Missouri.
Christmas observances at Central United Church of Christ feature a 9 13 a m pageant Lift Up Your Voices directed by Mrs T C Hersimann William Carlyle and Miss Eienor Vieth with choir. Christmas Eve candle service and carols at 7 30 p m directed by Carl E Burker and Mrs L A Updegraft. Christmas Day 19 a m service with sermon by Rev Robert Herrmann on Gods Christmas Gift to Us.
The Jefferson City Post-Tribune publishes daily and Sunday editions with delivery details and subscription rates. The notice lists Associated Press copyright, address, and service options, plus rate structures for Cole county and surrounding regions and mail subscriptions across Missouri and the United States.
Dr Annis argues for responsible citizenship and free speech while rejecting the King Anderson plan to fund elderly medical care through Social Security. He criticizes higher taxes to cover rich and poor alike and endorses Kerr Mills style matching funds to provide timely aid to those in need.
Hellas and Senior High School students will join a statewide January drive to raise funds for the National Foundation through a door-to-door bread sale. Interested students should contact Phyllis Borgel or Cathi Wilson. G Douglas Schellman of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, a mechanical engineering senior, is appointed corresponding secretary of the Theta Tau student chapter.
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