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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1955
Page
3
The Census Bureau preliminary results show about 38 million Americans smoke regularly with men outnumbering women by nearly 21 percent. About 2.1 million have quit in the past two years, and a fuller report is due in several months.
The article reports a New York police update on five Italians sought in the Queens Chase Manhattan Bank holdup, with identities provided and a Rome follow-up. It also covers an Explorer swimming meet at Lake of the Ozarks, listing numerous Boy Scout participants and results by troop and event.
Fourteen delegates from the Deffecson City Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation plan to attend a world sweeping convention at Comiskey Park in Chicago June 22 26. A total of 40000 is expected from the middle west. A L Hammen presiding minister here heads the delegation.
The Missouri State Highway Commission launches a Rolla study to measure economic impact of relocating U S Route 68 and the former Route 66 corridor. Merchants will provide twelve years of pre relocation business data and later post relocation statistics. Data will remain confidential and used for statistical analysis to assess land values and traffic shifts.
The text lists convention cities in the United States, Canada, and Europe including Chicago Vancouver Los Angeles Dallas New York London Paris Rome Nuremberg Stockholm The Hague and notes preparations to send over 4500 delegates from the United States and Canada to European assemblies. Delegates from Western America Africa Australia and the Far East will also attend in Europe.
Mrs Perle Mesta former US minister to Luxembourg told Foreign Correspondents Club the United States is not ready to have a female president. She cited Russian Amazons doing heavy work and described Japan as wonderful and charming.
Conejos County officials identify DA investigator Jerry Armijo as the husband who killed 31-year-old Virginia Armijo and then killed himself two days later. Deputy Prosecutor Gordon Rowe said Armijo admitted killing his wife near their home in La Jara Colorado before taking his own life in remorse. The inquest followed reports that the couple was approached by unknown assailants as they stood outside their home.
About 200 Local 303 CIO Soft Drink Workers Union members rejected a five year contract offer after a wage dispute sparked a strike that began June 1. Twenty firms were involved, nine reached temporary agreements, federal conciliators may set another meeting tomorrow, and the union seeks a $2.39 hourly wage for bottlers.
Alyce Doucette, 24, dies of a heart attack during her own wedding dance in South Rustic Blanted. The tragedy follows a temporary wage settlement and a village dispute over a 40 cent wage boost, with details of the wedding party and nearby firms involved.
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