Town and Court Reform and Local Controversy in Missouri
A chaotic column blends satire and localquirks from Mid Missouri. Readers react to Post Tribune letters, Don Russel wins in Chicago with a zephyr drink, Kay Childers triggers a hotel elevator mishap, and a dry town vamps on election day while readers critique the paper’s content. The piece mixes humor about prohibition era attitudes with snapshots of community life and media feedback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Missouri
Post ‘Tribune
Enon
Joba
Ater Dinter Drinks
Don Russel
Elnven Wine
Csgars
Russel
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
Don Russell
Kay Childers
Disery
Actio
Dutton
Public Power Debate on Missouri River Project Waste
Dexheimer explains that abandoning units would charge costs to the Missouri Valley account, with waste estimated at 22 percent of the Oahe Project totaling $46,610,000. After 13 years of planning, officials cite infeasibility, unsuitable irrigation, inundation by dam projects, and legal conflicts as reasons for abandonment, costing over a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexheimer
caig_ Fensen
Missouri Valley
Missouri River
Jensen
Oake
Bureau
Garrison
Gavins Point
Corps of Army Engineers
Local youth to receive engineering degree in August
The article notes Lionel Ives, a South Side gambler, and Marcus were involved in a bank shortfall case. It mentions Ives earning an engineering degree this August and references a statewide investigation into a $600,000 shortage linked to the Santa Moor Bank and Trust Co. The piece ties to a broader crime story, including a counted bank check and a kidnapping, with an air of ongoing inquiry and a final line about long-distance air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
Post-Tribune
Jefferson City
Lionel Ives
South Side
Marcus’. Ives
Southmoor
Banixdue University
Santa Line
Moor Bank & Trust Co
Dudley Thompson
ED Marcus
Chicago
Adamowski
DESEN
Commis Shones
Indiana School
Isposa
Benjamin
Marcus
Adamowssi
Adamows
Blarcus
Aj County
Southmoor Bank
Cortach
Adamowsii
Ee Som Ae Sonation
Leos Marcus
Priny County
Cotandenberger
Miss Missouri 1957 Pageant to Crown June 22
The Miss Missouri pageant will crown a new Miss Missouri 1957 on June 22 at the Chase Hotel in St. Louis. About twenty contestants from across the state, including eight from Southeast Missouri State College and one from Stephens College, compete for scholarships, trips, and appearances, with special guest Ann B. Davis and emcee Curt Ray.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Peter
Patrick
Chase Hotel
St. Bovis
Columbia
Wichita
Ann 3
B. Davis
Holywood
Schulizy
Bob Cummings
Commcee
Curt Ray
KMOX
The
Nine
Robert Hriang
Radio See Emox
Arthur Nielson
Rheinhard
Missouri Junior. ‘Chamber of Commerce
Adele Starbird
Washington University
Mildred Trotter
Norrie Passino
St. Louis
Cylvia Sorkin
Independence Man Convicted of Robbery
Louis W. De Poortere, 31, of Independence Missouri, convicted of second degree robbery and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. He faced charges tied to a January burglary at Mueller Truck and Darlomentt Co. in Independence alongside Gene Lee Hall and Raymond J. Bryan. Hall got two years. Bryan awaits trial on bond. The proceeding occurred in Judge Ben Terte’s court.
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Kansas City
Louis W. de Poortere
Independence
de Poortere
Mueller
Darlementt Co
Gene Lee Hall
Raymond J. Bryan
St. Louis
Hall
Bryan
Ben Terte
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Governor Hotel
Jeferson City
Reuniaon
Namie
Heminy
San Francisco
New York City
Deug Co
Miss Missouri
Totland
Zeeland
West Germany
Seap
Kiel
Aluma Kraft Aluminum
Wallan & Schnieders
Venetian Blind CO
W. McCarty
Tennysons
Penney’s
Dacron
Yunter
Penney
Penney Towncraft
Towncraft
Milan
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