City youth injured in local crash prompts patrol report
A Jefferson City youth aged 19 suffered serious injuries in a one car crash early today as Missouri Highway Patrol reports list eight traffic deaths in the last 24 hours. In Springfield, John Hart, 18, was killed in a head on collision on a city street. Another driver, a 33 year old Springfield woman, faced negligent manslaughter charges suspected of DWI. Roy Allan Ridgenberg, 33, was listed in satisfactory condition after his car struck a bridge abutment on US 50 in Gasconade County. Stephen R Medien, 20, of High Point, was seriously injured when his car left Mo 87 and hit trees and a fence north of Route C. The patrol notes year-to-date traffic deaths at 630, with last year at the same date 645.
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Highway Patrol
John Hart
Springfield
Roy Allan Ridgenberg
Charles E. Still Hospital
Ridgenberg
U.S. 50
Gasconade County
Stephen R. Medien
High Point
Moniteau County
Still Hospital
Missouri Highway Patrol
Maddox resigns as Missouri commerce chief after governor's request
Henry Maddox, 8 year director of commerce and industrial development in Missouri, says he will resign at the commissioners' pleasure after Gov. Christopher S. Bond urged a new appointee. Maddox notes broad job gains since 1965 and recently spoke at a Japan seminar on investing in the U.S.A.
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Jefferson City
Henry Maddox
Commerce and Industrial Development
Christopher S. Bond
Maddox
Bond
St. Louis
Missouri
Japan
William C. Phelps
U.S.A
Osage Basin Plan Deemed Infeasible by Army Corps
Lt. Col. James W. Peck told a Harrisonville public meeting that the 1967 Osage River Basin flood control plan is economically infeasible. He proposed nonstructural measures including watershed treatments flood plain regulation flood proofing and timely flood forecasts with evacuation as the workable solution. The plan would be local and guided by Missouri Water Resources Board reports, while sedimentation and logjam issues would be studied for feasibility.
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James W. Peck
Kansas City
Army Corps of Engineers
Peck
Harrisonville
Osage Basin
Osage
Missouri Water Resources Board
State officials eye fuel crisis and new car pool
State purchasing agent Herbert C. Damron says officials will hold a special Energy Task Force meeting to study purchasing gasoline and fuel oil if suppliers cannot meet demand. One bid for gasoline to St Louis State School signals shortages. alternatives include reducing vehicles and buying smaller cars without air conditioning.
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Governor's Energy Task Force
St. Louis State School and Hospital
Darron
Office of Administration
Brezhnev Opens Paris Talks With Pompidou
Brezhnev held a three hour chance for follow up talks with French President Pompidou opening two days of discussions in Rambouillet. France seeks sovereignty in defense policy while considering a Paris led super East West summit and broader European security steps. The talks aim to reassure Paris that decisions remain shared and not US driven.
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Georges Pompidou
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Brezhnev
Soviet Union
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Pompidou
United States
Helsinki
Finland
Marie Antoinette Boudoir
Rambouillet Chateau
Russia
Charles de Gaulle
China
Peking
Michel Jobert
State earnings predicted from old age fund investment
State Treasurer James I. Spainhower said Missouri will earn more than 25000 from the first investment of the Old Age and Survivors' Insurance Fund. He invested 2,794,902 in U.S. Treasury bonds on June 22 and expects 25000 by August 9. The legislature passed a bill granting him authority to place the funds in an interest bearing account, potentially adding 150000 to 200000 yearly.
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James I. Spainhower
Missouri
U.S. Treasury
Spainhower
Tuition gift for Clifton girl after dress dispute
Thirteen-year-old Eleanor Stacy faced exclusion from eighth grade graduation due to a pastel yellow dress. Missouri farmer Dean Bolton pledged four years of college tuition and offered to buy a suitable dress after a front page story prompted national sympathy. The Stacy family awaits a school board hearing on July 18 to address the principal's decision and seeks to keep generous gifts.
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Bolton
Clifton Elementary School
Eleanor
Stacy
Senate names two assistants to professional staff
The Missouri Senate announced the appointment of two assistants to its professional staff effective July 1. Arthur Betts, 69, will serve as special consultant to the Appropriations Committee and previously directed the Legislative Fiscal Affairs Committee. John Hall, 33, becomes a Senate administrative assistant focusing on investigations with a $12,000 annual salary, coordinating with the Republican caucus. Cantrell offered House Appropriations aide role but undecided.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Betts
Legislative
Missouri
Arizona
Legislative Research Committee
John Hall
Senate
Hall
Richard Webster
R.carthage
Republican Caucus
Lucky” Cantrell
Overland
House Appropriations Committee
Cantrell
State Capitol
Kansas City
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