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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
3
Piggott Arkansas officials announced elaborate Fourth of July festivities led by general chairman Biffle and secretary Payne. The program expects President Truman to attend if conditions permit as preparations focus on welcoming visitors to the Sagebrush State town.
PIGGOTT Ark June 16 AP Failure to pay court costs will send two Clay county youths to the Arkansas penitentiary for seven years each. Eugene Bartley 21 and Hartan Jones 22 were convicted in 1945 for the death of Fre H Ivens 48 of Corning. Ivens body was found in flood waters of Black river near Corning June 15 1943. After verdict Judge Harrison suspended sentences and freed them on 5000 bonds on condition they pay costs. Costs were never paid and Dalton located them in Los Angeles and Monroe La and brought them back. Sheriff Dalton said they would be transferred to the Tucker State prison farm to begin sentences as soon as possible.
A regional labor clash delays work on a coal to oil conversion plant in Louisiana, with AFL unions fighting over which group lays sewer pipes. About 75 percent complete, the project faces a weeklong standstill since June 11, as a 100-man picket line and a single shot fired during a walk through test the tension. Deputy Sheriff Charles Dunn notes threats of more trouble if the standoff continues.
The Missouri House, by a 67 to 17 vote, retained township government as 23 counties still use the system. After hours of debate lawmakers from township counties spoke on the issue as others weighed in on the matter.
Missouri report: Congressman George H Christopher, Butler Democrat, touted the Brannan farm program as abundant for all, contrasting it with the old plan he says wasted food. He spoke at a National Agriculture Association board meeting in Kansas City.
Jefferson City Elks selected eight boys for a two week all expenses paid trip to Camp Nih Ka Gahah south of Joplin. Everett Johnson Kenneth Buehler Bill Tellman Bob Paden Jimmy Johnson Bob Mackie LeRoy Mode and Warne benches of Lake Ozark also chosen. The group will travel from Jefferson City to Kansas City on Sunday before continuing to the camp.
Maurice G. Roberts will retire as vice president and general counsel of the St. Louis San Francisco railway on July 1. Eugene G. Nahler of St. Louis will succeed him as general solicitor, the Frisco announced.
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