Flood aid bids total 2.23 million as Missouri towns seek relief
Missouri civil defense director Dean Lupkey reports 39 subdistricts filed flood disaster relief applications totaling 2,230,570 dollars, twice the allocation. Federal aid covers public facilities repairs with a 1,250,000 dollar state share. requests range from 825 dollars in Gasconade to 1,012,934 in Atchison.
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Lew Larkin
the Star
Jefferson City
Missouri
Dean Lupkey
Missouri Civil Defense Agency
Lupkey
Civil Defense
Gasconade County
Atchison County
Federal Director of Civil Defense
Moniteau County
Andrew County
Scott County
Caldwell County
Mississippi County
Buchanan County
Ray County
Lincoln County
Canton
Nodaway County
Ste. Genevieve
Chariton County
St. Charles County
Clarksville
Montgomery County
Mill Creek
Corning
Clark County
Boone County
Cooper County
Craig
Woolridge
Agency
Carroll County
Morgan County
Mercer County
Worth County
Livingston County
Gentry County
Pettis County
City of Princeton
Holt County
Pattonsburg
Vernon County
Platte County
Wainwright- Steedman
Knox County
DeKalb County
Dowell Sentenced After Altercation With Police
William A. Dowell, 39, of 818 Wyandotte street, was sentenced by Judge Earle W. Frost to 120 days on the municipal farm for biting an officer after arrest. He received 90 days for resisting arrest and 30 days for tearing a shirt, with $5 court costs. a disturbing the peace charge was dismissed at his wife Edna Dowell’s request. Patrolman Robert P. Derks testified Dowell bit him and tore the shirt during the scuffle at the police station. Dowell admitted drinking and losing his head. Dowell’s wife, 38, also faced a $5 costs as the disturbing the peace charge was dismissed. she was held in jail until costs are paid.
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Earle W. Frost
William A. Dowell
Wyandotte Street
Edna Dowell
Robert P. Derks
Dowell
Hewitt McCrorry Denies Fatal Club Stab Attack
Hewitt McCrorry testifies he did not attack Joseph Woodside at the club. The defense argues the fatal stab wound was not caused by him and disputes the violence details presented at the trial.
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Hewitt Dock McCrorry
Joseph Woodside
Former bartender testifies in murder case at VFW club
Hewitt Dock McCrorry 37, ex bartender at Eddys, denied killing 19 year old Joseph Woodside in a November 9 1958 scuffle at the VFW club in Kansas City Kansas. He testified Woodside assaulted him and described a struggle ending with Woodside's removal from the basement club rooms.
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Hewitt
Dock) McCrorry
Eddys
Joseph Woodside
Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City
Kansas
Plunketts to Celebrate Golden Anniversary at Family Reception
Mr and Mrs Harvey Elliott Plunkett of 1413 Home Avenue Independence will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 3 to 5 pm Saturday at the home of their daughter Mrs L Garratt Holland in Lake Lotawana The couple have lived in Independence 44 years.
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Harvey Elliott Plunkett
1413
Home Avenue
Independence
L. Garratt Holland
Lake Lotawana
Plunkett
Paul Burgess Retires After 34 Years in Railroading
Paul Burgess of 1429 South Thirty-fourth street retires after 34 years in railroading. He served as an eastern division conductor for the Santa Fe railway, beginning in 1924 as a brakeman and earning a 1942 promotion to conductor.
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Paul Burgess
South Thirty-fourth Street
Santa Fe Railway
Eastern Division
Burgess
Midland Valley, Railway
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Deaths Over Missouri Rich Hill Man Mudd 76
Robert A. Mudd 76 retired Missouri Pacific station agent at Panama and Irwin Missouri died. Surviving wife Mamie Mudd and brother Roy Mudd Overland Park Kansas. Services will be Thursday.
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Missouri
Rich Hill
Robert A. Mudd
Missouri Pacific
Panama
Irwin, Mo
Mamie Mudd
Roy Mudd
Overland Park
Kas
Raytown Retains $1.23 Tax Levy and approves sewer contracts
The Raytown tax levy remains $1.23 per hundred dollars. 75 cents for general purposes and 48 cents for sewer bond payments. The council approved sewer invoices, a 20 year lease for a sewer lagoon, contracts with developers for sewage disposal, a blasting permit system, and asphalt resurfacing on Blue Ridge Boulevard after confirming trench backfill was properly completed.
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Raytown
Ray Heavenhill
Torison Construction Company
Heavenhill
B. L. Oliver
Blue Ridge Boulevard
Fifty-fourth
Sixty-third and
Elm Streets
An Extra Pair for General Wear Glasses
A brief note promoting an extra pair of everyday glasses with sturdy frames and hardened lenses for practical daily use. It emphasizes the value of having a spare option to ensure reliable vision daily.
Pakistan Announces Second 5 Year Plan For Growth
President Ayub Khan unveiled Pakistan's second five year plan in Rawalpindi on June 22. The plan, costing 3.991 million dollars, will start July 1 with 2.31 million dollars raised domestically and the rest from foreign aid. It aims to lift grain production by over 20 percent and includes construction of two steel mills and expansion of heavy and light engineering.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
Ayub
City Actions and Zoning Approvals in Raytown Area
The council awarded a Midwest Pre core bid of 30400 dollars. Mayor LeRoy Cox gains authority to appoint a police judge during Judge Art Smith’s medical absence. Zoning changes from single family R-1 to R-2 and C-1 were approved for land east of Raytown Road between Seventy-first Street and U S 50. Junior Chamber of Commerce may build two ovens and paint shelterhouse in the city park. Two door-to-door solicitation requests were denied.
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Midwest Precore
LeRoy Cox
Olice
Art Smith
Still Leads Council Former Archie Mayor Re elected
Herman Wright, former Archie mayor in Cass County, was re elected president of the Cass County Health and Welfare council at a Harrisonville meeting. Susan Jenkins of the Kansas City Area Hospital association spoke on hospital construction and a proposed new general hospital in Harrisonville. Other officers elected: Mrs. William Garrison vice president and Mrs. Ann Brock secretary treasurer.
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Herman Wright
Archie
Cass County
Cass County Health and Welfare Council
Methodist
Harrisonville
Susan Jenkins
Kansas City Area Hospital Association
General Hospital
Regional Health and Welfare Council
United Campaign
William Garrison
Pleasant Hill
Ann Brock
Fine levied on sheriff candidate Milton Thomson
A sheriff candidate Milton Thomson was fined 300 and ordered to surrender his driver’s license for one year as part of the judgment. The action highlights the election context and the official penalty.
Thomson appeals drunken driving conviction in Johnson County
Milton M. Thomson a 44 year old Democratic sheriff candidate was fined 300 dollars and ordered to surrender his license for a year after a Johnson County District Court jury found him guilty of driving while intoxicated. He posted a 2200 dollar appeal bond and appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court citing trial error and prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton M. Thomson
Johnson County
Thomson
Earl O’connor
Kansas Supreme Court
Herbert Walton
K-10
Neiman Road
Walton
Kemper
O’connor
Thundershowers General Across U S Regions
Scattered thundershowers moved across the Plains upper Great Lakes Mississippi Valley and Atlantic coast states early today. The Associated Press reports widespread thunderstorm activity affecting multiple regions.
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Plains Area
Upper Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast States
Temperature as clue at Ashe trial in poker robbery
The January 11 temperature between 38 and 40 degrees figured in Bobby Ashe’s trial as a shirt sleeve stroll near Unity Village during a poker game robbery case. Prosecutors cited the crisp morning to suggest motive or whereabouts for the 28 year old defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Fred Ashe
Theodore J. Furry
Ashe
Unity Village
Jackson County
Robbery Case In Grandview Ends With Acquittal For Ashe
A Sunday morning heist in Grandview led to Ashe and three companions fleeing on foot after a guard stopped a car at Unity Village. Ashe was found not guilty May 3 of a first degree robbery charge. five similar charges remain. The other three defendants were convicted. The trial occurs in Circuit Court before Judge J Marcus Kirtley.
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Grandview
Ashe
Unity Village
J. Marcus Kirtley
Cowboy actor Wild Bill Elliott wife seeks divorce
Los Angeles June 22 The wife of cowboy actor Wild Bill Elliott has sued to end their 33 year marriage. Mrs Helen Elliott 54 accuses 56 year old Elliott of cruelty in a divorce complaint. The couple wed February 6 1927 in Santa Barbara California and separated December 1 1958. They have no children.
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Los Angeles
Wild Bill Elliott
Helen Elliott
Dial BA 1 550G to place Star Want Ads
Classified ad line offers 5 cent daily savings for three or more consecutive days. Encourages readers to place Star Want Ads via dial number BA 1 550G.
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Eels
Kingsport
Tenn
McCrorry
Richard Dean Roberts
Woodside
Wyandotte County
Harry G. Miller, Jr
Fat Boy
David McClain
Thirtyninth Street
State Line
Harvey Plunketts
Shep \Gieul
Early Bird
Glass & China House
51St & Brookside
Troost
Hardy
New York
Town House Hotel
K. C
C. H. Gerry's
Prairie Village Medical
Toy Shop
Grand Avenue
Baltimore
Council
Kansas City Star
Milton Thomson
U. S
The
Associated Press
Ashe Trial
Defendent
Midwest
Mink Breeders Assn
Jones Coat Salon
Prairie Village
the Palace
Women’s & Girls
Mocs
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