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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1960
Page
7
P Hallford aged 91 father of Mrs Clyde Garvin of South Ten Mile drive died Tuesday in Porterville California Services will be held Saturday in Clinton Missouri
Elizath Sturm daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen Sturm of St Louis died at birth in a St Louis hospital. Graveside services were scheduled for Resurrection Cemetery today. Paternal grandmother is Mrs H J Sturm of Jefferson City and maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Edward Faith of St Louis. Store manager Wayne Looten named manager of A P Foods in Louisiana. He is son of Ed Looten of Henley and son in law of Mr and Mrs Llord Sestag. Henley
Local guide shows a dense TV schedule for June 1 and 2 including CBS and ABC offerings. Highlights include The Millionaire, Weather Reports, The Red Rowe Show, Captain Rangoroo UBS, and Let's You All confirm time blocks across news, dramas, westerns, games and variety shows with multiple stations and repeats.
A fragmented radio page lists KWOS programming and weather segments, includes mentions of Sparta, Moulbay, and San Francisco. Names like Jim Fuwards Edwards and Curt Brown appear amid sports notes and market updates. The piece references Cardinals versus San Francisco and a variety of show times.
Four year contracts were signed today by the Teamsters and Laborers unions and the Heavy Construction Assn in Kansas City. Hoisting Engineers Local 101 rejected a proposed contract. Wage increases include immediate and staged boosts, welfare fund changes, and dates through 1964, with no new talks scheduled. Also notes the birth of Tracy Lynn Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Willis.
The listing outlines KLIK 950 AM Wednesday and Thursday programming with news at 6:00 and 1:00, farm news and interviews, weather updates, market analysis, sports briefs, music blocks, and special segments like Town Crier and Trading Post. Multiple time slots feature Missouri news, weather, and community programming.
Barbara Moore, 56, an English physician and the first authorized pedestrian on the Kansas Turnpike, hopes to cover the last 27 miles to Kansas City today after a 20 mile leg halted by snakes near Lawrence. She trooped to a Kansas City hotel overnight, citing a meatless, calorie-light diet as key to endurance, while keeping June 10 as a tentative New York arrival despite a near 2000 mile journey.
Indiana officials demand a ban on bootleg scaffolds after a collapsible stand killed two fans and injured 82 at a recent event. Fire Marshal Foster will meet Speedway leaders to press for safety, while A G Steers labels the makeshift stands illegal without Administrative Building Council approval. Speedway officials argue enforcement is impractical, but VP Cloutier promises strict inspections and notes existing liability coverage for potential suits.
Lawrence Hazel was named valedictorian and Miss Lenora Reifstock salutatorian at Ashland High School commencement Friday night. Awards were given by Supt. Page IR Pendleton, with many honors including Danforth and American Legion awards, Best Girl Athlete, Best Typist, and Best Citizen. Thirty-one seniors graduated. 54 eighth graders received diplomas. school enrollment 387.
ST LOUIS AP One of two youths critically injured in a one car accident near Rolla Missouri Saturday night died today at City Hospital St Louis He was Elias M Dunn 18 of St Louis Dunn and 20 year old Bobby Dale Black of Black Mo suffered skull fractures Black is still in critical condition Another passenger Robert P Colweil of St Louis escaped serious injury Authorities said the car driven by Black failed to make a curve at high speed and overturned on Highway 32 near Rolla between Rolla and Jefferson City.
Washington AP A Jefferson City scientist Dr Peter King associate director of research for materials at the Naval Research Laboratory received the Distinguished Service Award for developing a long range detection system based on chemical analysis of air samples at various locations and altitudes. The system remains in use and the award was announced by the Navy.
A compact weather note surveys temperature readings across the United States, highlighting regional highs and lows. It notes notable deviations, with emphasis on major cities and typical seasonal patterns for the period covered.
AP market notes report wholesale and consumer egg prices across Kansas City and St Louis, with various grades and weights for butter, poultry, and meat. Livestock movements show hogs, cattle, veal, and lamb prices, plus stockyard activity in National, St Louis, and Kansas City markets, highlighting price ranges and firmness.
National Missouri T. V. Inc. seeks FCC approval to sell WDAF-AM-FM-TV Kansas City to Transcontinent Television Corp. for 9.75 million dollars. Transcontinent already runs WGR-AM-FM-TV Buffalo and WROC-TV Rochester and EKFMB-AM-FM-TV San Diego plus KERO Bakersfield and holds a controlling stake in WNEP-TV Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Local notices detail probate matters in Cole County Missouri including settlements, administration appointments, and letters of testamentary for multiple estates with dates in 1960.
Two Seattle girls, Bat Vonnie Bracing, 17, and her sister Vickie, 16, earn travel funds in small 50 cent installments. They plan a trip to Europe with their parents, having visited Europe four years ago and enjoyed it enough to return. They earned the money by sitting, clerking, and working in public service jobs. They expect to be away about two years.
Progress Officers from MidMissouri towns plan an annual conference at McClung Park on June 9. Homer Ferguson of Missouri Power and Light says registration at 9:30 a.m. will open the day with a keynote by Troy’s Kemper Lumber Co. representative Charles Kemper. Lunch follows with talks on community development and economic progress led by C. L. Harper and a panel including Dunn, McClellan, Tellman, Swain Mckane, and Thomas. The session ends at 3:30 p.m. after a film Entreprise.
New York AP reports full page newspaper advertisements backing Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination appearing in 15 cities nationwide. The notices headed London AP This marriage Who Shall Lead Us are signed by 181 persons including Govs. Price Daniel of Texas and Buford Myre. Bellinger case details are summarized with remarks by a divorce court judge about Mrs. Bellinger’s alleged affairs and political discussions with the Communist party since 1957.
The ad targets John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts asserting youth and inexperience when contrasted with Senate Democratic leader Sam Rayburn. It urges Louis Johnson, former defense secretary, to promote a nationwide telegraphic and letter appeal to Johnson to become an active candidate for the nomination.
A Kidder, Missouri man, John M Brateher, 70, was killed when his pickup truck stalled on a railroad crossing and was struck by a Barrington Railroad passenger train. The accident occurred at a Kidder crossing, with investigation ongoing.
Kansas City Kansas mayor Paul Mitchum says a protest will be filed with the Census Bureau over a preliminary report showing the city’s population fell by about 8,209 in ten years. Officials say the federal count is not yet complete and that Wyandotte County assessors report a higher figure. Kansas City Missouri officials plan a quick recount to verify numbers.
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