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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1969
Page
1
Five Democrats backed by their committee plan to push a stricter federal cigarette advertising rule on the House floor this week. The 1965 bill would require health warnings on all ads and extend the rule to promotional materials, aiming to curb youth exposure and broaden the scope beyond packages.
The report notes Missouri plans a mule train in 1974 to mark the 180th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail. Democrats on the House Commerce Committee discuss pre-emption removal and allowing states banning cigarette sales to require notices in advertising.
A chaotic summary of a parade plan to ship mules and goods along the old Santa Fe route after a Waynesville couple died in a two car crash with a freight train near Richland. The report lists multiple traffic fatalities across Missouri including drivers Elvin C. Lee Shirley 44 and his wife Oleta 36 and others from Kansas City Kansas and Missouri towns. Several injuries are noted and the trooper log mentions a large weekend toll. The piece ties the crossing mishaps to the broader fatality count and notes hospital admissions and state highway incidents.
Brig. Gen. John G. Appel, longtime commander of the Deseret Test Center, moves to Washington to become director of plans in the deputy Army chief of staff for logistics. Col. Robert Mulkirow will lead the center until a successor is named. The Deseret facility coordinates joint service testing of chemical and biological warfare defenses.
The weather summary shows yesterday high 67 and low 48 with a record high 102 in 1952 and low 5 in 1941. Heaviest 24 hour rainfall 1.23 inches in 1925 with 3.627 inches for the month so far and 2.32 inches year to date. Barometer 30.04, humidity 58 percent. Sunrise 6:42, sunset 8:43. River readings include Kansas City 97 rising 14, Beanville 16.0 rising 1.5, Lefterson City 0.9, Hermann 18.9 rising, Lake of the Ozarks 7.8 rising 0.4.
In St Louis area two men and a woman were arrested in black Sunday demonstrations by Black Liberation Front and ACTION linked to the National Black Economic Committee demanding 500 million dollars in reparations from churches and synagogues.
Morning blaze at 511 West Elm Street apartment occupied by Marion Matthews caused extensive damage to a bedroom contents and other areas. Fire trucks arrived at 7 a.m. and extinguished the fire after the chest of drawers on a floor furnace reportedly ignited when the furnace was turned on. Despite the destruction indoors, firefighters said the building sustained no structural damage.
A five day forecast notes temperatures six to twelve degrees below normal with highs in the upper 80s and rainfall around two inches. Separate reports cover disturbances at churches where Mrs. Lloyd was arrested after a service, later released on bond, and two men arrested at Central Presbyterian for attempting to read a manifesto and disrupting a religious service amid a small protest by about 15 people at Christ Church.
Named to an arrangements committee were Gerald White of Olathe Kansas as chairman Elmer Newacheck of Larned Kansas Ernest Raywood of Council Grove Kansas Paul Atmos of Olathe Alfred Ortiz of Santa Fe and Bill Wheatley of Clayton
Jefferson City Post-Tribune establishes its long history and lists publishers and editors from 1927 to 1953. The notice names AL and Mrs Robert C Goshorn as founders, with William H Weldon, R L Rose as board chair, Joseph G Majersky as editor, and Kenneth Wm Johnson as managing editor. The paper, published daily except Sunday, details subscription rates and mailing costs for Missouri and surrounding counties.
Washington AP reports a brawl between senators over President Nixon's ABM doctrine. McIntyre and Brooke clash on a two-site Safeguard compromise while MeIntyre favors delaying deployment and stressing research. The dispute Deepens as lawmakers inch toward a near deadlock and a potential rift with the administration.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports a weekly traffic death log with 1 death for Saturday and 1 for Sunday, totaling 2 for the week. For the year to date, 602 deaths have been logged, compared with 622 at the same point last year.
In Birmingham England telephone booths with locks are being installed in apartment houses and each tenant will receive a key. The plan aims to deter vandals who damage over one thousand public telephones weekly in the Birmingham area.
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