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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
1
A faculty report to the University of Missouri’s board projects total enrollment rising from 35,849 in 1967 to about 76,000 in 1978, with graduate enrollment up about 252 percent to 18,600. It urges broad access and campus specialization, noting nursing demand and medical center expansion.
The 1969 farm program keeps acreage controls at 45 percent of output and seals price supports with direct payments and loans. Freeman announced payments for corn 30 cents a bushel sorghum 58 cents per cwt and barley 20 cents a bushel with Diversions and incentives for idle land.
Jefferson City police arrested Robert Howell after teller Jo Antt Laux at Exchange National Bank reported a man cashed two checks made out to him both signed by David Schmitz. Howell, charged with forgery, was found with a Schmitz checkbook and identified by the teller. Schmitz said his checks were stolen from his car on West High Street.
A 68 year old man was stabbed to death by a robber in a grocery store west of Wentzville Missouri. St. Charles County sheriff's officials said the attack occurred Thursday night. The investigation is ongoing and no suspect information was released.
The Jefferson City Post Tribune outlines its long history since 1908 and lists publishers and staff including MR and MRS ROBERT C GOSHORD, ROSE board chairman ROBERT BLOSSER and JOSEPH G MAJERSKY. It notes publication nightly except Saturdays by News Tribune Company, 710 Monroe Street, Jefferson City.
Five day forecast shows below normal temperatures for Missouri with highs in the 30s to 40s and precipitation up to an inch. In a separate incident, George T. Hill of rural Wentzville died after a knife attack during a robbery attempt at a St. Charles hospital arrival. Deputies found the store cash drawer open and empty with no loss estimated.
The State Division of Welfare reports November changes across major programs. Aid to the Aged totals 6,596,599 dollars with 94,282 on the rolls, average grant 72.34 dollars. Aid to Dependent Children rises to 3,178,787 with 127,603 on the rolls and an average per family of 109.61 dollars. Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled totals 11,292,086 with 17,752 on rolls and an average grant of 73.83 dollars.
U S Navy intelligence unit began exhaustive interviews with more than 100 crew members of the USS Pueblo after doctors reported no serious defects aside from malnutrition. Investigators seek exact capture details, capture location, and any equipment left intact as the ship remained in international waters during the North Korean seizure.
Miss Elaine Strope and Miss Alice Luebbering talk with Bill Olive of Charles E Still Hospital during Operation Native Son at the Governor Hotel. About 20 college students attended the event seeking employment prospects.
Cole County tax deadline approaches with Saturday hours 8 a.m. to noon and regular hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Delinquent charges rise after December 31 with 3 percent added and 1 percent per delinquent month after January. Collector Bert Koester hopes to exceed 70 percent by closing Saturday and expects about 95 percent collected by deadline. Residing taxpayers face a 1968 tax bill totaling 3,197,147.87 dollars.
AP report from Atlanta says flu season peak is still ahead as influenza cases and pneumonia deaths rise. CDC officials note infections more than doubled in late December across numerous states. Major health authorities, including SENC. and INCDC, attribute growing regional illnesses to the spread of the influenza virus.
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