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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1966
Page
1
Police report vandals damaged city limit and no parking signs on Madison Street for three nights. Signs were pulled, then left at the same location. New signs will be purchased. investigators pursue leads with no arrests yet.
Police report a thief raided the American Heritage Wax Museum in Scottsdale Arizona taking three flags a Mexican flag a Confederate flag and a hand sewn Spanish royalist flag.
In heavy seas near the North Atlantic a 70-foot yawl with 10 people aboard sent a distress call. The Petrel reported 360 miles southeast of New York with masts gone and radio dead, while the German ship and the Coast Guard near 66 and 70 miles away moved to assist, aiming to reach the yawl by 1 p.m. local time.
Mrs Powell again refused to testify before a congressional investigating committee chaired by Wayne Hays of Ohio about payroll and travel expenses. She holds a $20 000 a year position on her husband Adam Clayton Powells staff and lives in Puerto Rico. Hays says this was her last chance and he will seek her removal.
Harry A. Thurston retires after 47 years with Missouri Pacific Railroad dating from 1919. A subcommittee reports on Thurston while legal action looms over Mrs Powell who did not attend a key hearing in San Juan, despite airline tickets provided for her and her son. The incident intertwines with a storm at sea involving the Cotswold and Hille Oldendorff, and Coast Guard efforts near Floyd Bennett Field as a yawl, the Petrel, faced equipment failures.
Missouri Supreme Court wholly affirmed Judge Riley's decision upholding a $31 million 1965 tax assessment against Norfolk and Western Railway Co. after hearings by the State Tax Commission. The railroads challenged the assessment of rolling stock and property, while details include involved judges, commissioners, and personnel with ties to Jefferson City and ongoing appellate actions.
The Cole County Sheriff’s Office investigates the theft of 18 televisions valued at $85 from Miss Maxine Zimmer’s Boonville Road home. Deputy LeRoy Smith says the break in likely occurred Wednesday night and was not noticed until Thursday afternoon. The inquiry aims to assess irregularities in funds handling and to tighten procedures.
Powell Phelps owner of Sav-Mor stores in Jefferson City says a Sav-Mor Food Center is tentatively planned to open in West Columbia in April. He notes a lease on a building at the Roman Forum Shopping Center is under construction but a move to the new site is not yet certain.
Public notices list publishers executives and mailing details for the Jefferson City papers established in 1868 and 1908. Subscription rates are shown for City Missouri and nationwide delivery. The item includes staff roles and postal classifications.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports burglars pried open the front door to enter the store and stole cash from a cash register. No arrests have been made.
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