Rural Missouri Hails Gas Tax Increase Hope
A Missouri Farmers Association official told the Senate roads and highways committee the gasoline tax hike is the hope of rural Missouri to get out of the mud. He argued the bill would still leave Missouri with a low gasoline tax and stressed the urgency of an emergency clause to take effect immediately after passage and governor approval.
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Missouri Farmers’ Assection
Supreme Court Denies Slaying Wife Appeal in 1946 Case
The Missouri Supreme Court denied Henry Louis Smith's appeal after he was convicted of murder in St. Louis for the 1946 arson fire that killed his wife Georgia, her niece, and an occupant. The court ruled trial evidence of a prior fire supported all elements of the crime and the defendant's guilt beyond question.
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Supreme Court
Covered Bond Wagon To Visit City Friday
A covered wagon reminiscent of the gold rush days will visit the city Friday as part of the Treasury Opportunity Drive. Thorpe J. Gordon, chairman of the Cole County U S Savings Bonds committee, announced the visit and related details.
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Blackberries Expected to Sweeten Hill Folk This Summer
Rolla residents anticipate a record wild blackberry crop with mid July ripening in the Ozarks. Oldtimers predict hundreds of gallons harvested for jelly and jam, as families move into berry patches and sell to city buyers avoiding scratches from picking.
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Programs Planned During Stay of the Covered Wagon
Arnold Gould, manager of the Capitol theater, would supervise special programs during the stay of the covered wagon. He said he would announce full details soon. A century ago the finest railroad trains traveled at 15 to 20 miles per hour.
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Four Power Talks Center on German Peace and Austrian Pact
Foreign ministers in Paris push toward an Austrian peace treaty and a limited German trade accord. They aim to salvage progress amid West East tensions while leaving German unification to deputies. Western rail workers referendum and Trieste election favor Italy. Turkeys and Sweden discussed base access with the U S. MacArthur defends Japan policy as Moscow blasts unions.
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Missouri Prisoner Guilty In Stolen Car Transport
AP reports from Springfield and other Missouri cities detail Decuslas Johnston and accomplices pleading guilty in federal court to transporting a stolen car across state lines. Arrested May 27 in Lebanon, the car was stolen in Decatur Alabama. Sentencing deferred 30 days. others pleaded to similar charges and faces later sentencing.
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Deep Freezer Unit Preserves Ancient Mammals Displayed
In New York a home-type deep-freeze unit preserves 15 000 to 400 000 year old meat from Alaska. Fossils including a baby mammoth horse musk ox and a giant bison go on display at the American Museum of Natural History. Specimens from the Yukon near Fairbanks were found in gold mining operations last fall and transported by refrigerated cars.
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Seek Treatment Of Degenerates Seek Treatment Of Degenerates
Senate fee approved a bill to treat men and women with criminal sexual tendencies at State Hospital No 1 Fulton. The idea aims to provide treatment rather than mere fines or jail time. Edeal T. Feinstein, a St. Louis lawyer, urged rehabilitation. The criminal justice committee also heard witnesses on a proposed 2 cent cigarette tax to fund Kansas City schools, with no action taken and another hearing set for next week.
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St. Louis
Divorce filing in Weber case cites general indignities
Weber yesterday filed for divorce from her husband in Lohman Missouri. They married in 1838 and have one child, Una Margaret, aged seven. She seeks alimony of sixty dollars per month. The article notes a locomotive in England first ran in 1525 covering nine miles in sixty three minutes.
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Heat Fatal to 12 In New England
New England reported 12 heat related deaths over two days with no relief in sight. Humidity worsened conditions in the eastern hot belt while showers offered brief relief in the Midwest. Temperatures reached into the 90s with a 107 degree reading in Las Vegas. A 19th century note recalls the first American railroad was horse drawn in 1828 to haul granite for the Bunk Till monument.
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