Local Weather and County Reports From Audrain County
Weather readings show high 46, low 32, 7 a.m. 39, with April precipitation totals and forecasts for Zone 5 Missouri and Kansas City area. Lake of the Ozarks and river levels listed, plus hospital admissions and dismissals in Audrain Medical Center. Sheriff’s reports note vandalism at the 4‑H building last night with glass broken and entry not completed.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Two Minor Crashes Reported in Mexico Wednesday
The Daily Record public safety report notes no injuries or arrests from two minor accidents in Mexico. At 11:23 a.m. on W Jackson Street a backing Alice Erisman and Pauline Seelow collision caused minor damage. at 9:01 p.m. Claude Higbee backed into Mary Cline’s parked car with minor damage. Several other incidents and court actions are listed, including city and circuit court outcomes and local auctions.
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Mexico
W. Jackson St
Alice Erisman
Woodlawn St
Pauline Seelow
Claude Elmer Higbee
Fairground Ave
Mary E. Cline
Kentucky St
Higbee
Cline
Mildred Thurman
Route 1
Montgomery Ward
West Jackson St
Price Of Gold Jumps Over One Dollar In Europe
The price of gold rose by more than a dollar an ounce in London as the dollar weakened. The advance followed reports that the U.S. Senate approved an amendment allowing American citizens to buy and hold gold for the first time since 1934.
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London
Europe
U.S. Senate
Wall Street Weakness Deepens. Dow Dips to 920.91
Inflation worries and higher interest rates push the Dow Jones industrial average down 4.14 to 920.91 at noon, with declines outpacing advances on the NYSE and the broad index slipping to 57.64. Analysts say inflation fears remain the dominant factor as trading remains steady and investors reassess valuations.
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A.B. Chance
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Hastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal-Mart
New York
Wall Street
Dow
School Board Considers Tenure and Staff Reappointments
The board discussed non tenure teachers, tenure projections, and planned 20 percent fifth year starters. Superintendent Thomas noted no expected heavy turnover as applications exceed vacancies while rehire list spans numerous names across districts.
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Eunice DesCombes
Edna DeVault
Ava Donovan
Maclean DuBus
Maurine Duffy
Maxine Edwards
Marvyda Elliott
Edward Fuhrer
Jean Fulkes
Linda Galloway
Joseph Gardner
Josephine Glover
Bobby Gooch
Anna Margaret Griffin
Viola Halpin
Mary Harris
Telitha Harvey
Meda Holtman
Kathleen Houf
Lois Lingworth
Betty Jaeger
Margaret Jennings
Mary Lou Lackey
Margery Lesar
Robert Ligon
Irma Logan
Lillian Long
Martha Sue
Nada Lynch
William Maloney
Gerald McFarland
John McMickle
Jean Mollet
John Mulgar
Anita Murphy
Robert Murta
Sylvia Ollis
Ruth Olson
Vera Washburn
Jane Webster
Ron Whittaker
John Willer
Thomas
Howard Copeland
Frank Sutton
Pearl Bass Dies in Laddonia at 49
Mrs. Pearl Bass 49 of Laddonia died Wednesday at Tri-County Nursing Home Vandalia where she had been a patient. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday at Laddonia Christian Church led by Rev. Marion Rowlen. Burial in Laddonia Cemetery. Visitation after 4 today at Wilkey-Bienhoff Funeral Home. Born near Martinsburg June 18 1903 to Charles and Emma Huffman Edwards. Married Harry Bass Sept 6 1922. one daughter died in childhood. Survived by husband at home and two brothers Carl Edwards Corder Mo and Francis Edwards Oak Grove.
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Laddonia
Pearl Bass
Tri-County
Vandalia
Mrs A R Dunn Dies At 91 In Nursing Home
Emma I. Dunn 91 died at 5:30 a.m. at Coldwell Nursing Home after entering March 2. Funeral services pending at Browning Funeral Home, Fulton. Born November 17, 1885. Survived by daughter Sara K Duncan of Biloxi and grandson Quirey Duncan of Little Rock. nieces and nephew include Mrs Ralph Ward Miss Bessie Denton and Ken Denton.
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A.R
Emma I.) Dunn
Coldwell Nursing Home
Browning
Fulton
Sara K. Duncan
Biloxi
Qeirey Duncan
Little Rock
Ralph Ward
Bessie Denton
Ken Denton
Funeral Services for Mrs Selma Berry in Fulton
Funeral services for 57 year old Mrs Selma Berry of Fulton were held yesterday afternoon at Arnold funeral home with Rev Larry Etherton of Union Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Music by organist Mrs John W Willer and vocalist Mrs John M Conner. Pallbearers included Melvin Hamilton Bruce Loyd J C Kessler from Mexico Bill Berry from Nevada Jim Evans from Vandalia and Darrell Gish from Fulton.
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Selma Berry
Fulton
Arnold Funeral Home
Larry Etherton
Union Baptist Church
Church
John W. Willer
John M. Conner
Melvin Hamilton
Bruce Loyd
J.C. Kessler
Mexico
Bill Berry
Nevada
Jim Evans
Vandalia
Darrell Gish
ICG Freight Hearing Set for Jeff City
The Missouri Public Service Commission hearing on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight agency service modification moves from Glasgow to Jefferson City. The session runs April 11 and 12, starting at 10 a.m. on April 11 in the PSC hearing room.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Glasgow
PSC
Fresh Waiver Consideration for State Personnel Director
Bond urged waiving consideration for a director post in favor of Ed Haynes citing need for fresh perspective. Godar Brettschneider and Haynes discuss merit system roles while James notes 27 federal recommendations and a pilot plan to fire incompetent workers. Haynes favored for outside experience, improving Missouri merit system amid reorganization efforts.
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Bond
Godar
Ed Haynes
Brettschneider
Haynes
Newell
James
Kid Godar
Personnel Advisory Board
Cox
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Missouri
Senate
Senate Overrides Bond Veto On Zero Base Budget Bill
AP reports the Missouri Senate voted 25 to 7 to override Gov. Christopher Bond's veto of the zero base budgeting bill. The measure requires agencies to justify expenditures from a zero base, replacing the current rule of only justifying over the previous year’s approved expenses. The bill moves to the House, where a two-thirds vote of 109 is needed to pass into law.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Christopher S. Bond
Senate
Bond
Donald Manford
D-Kansan City
House
Retiring choirmaster recalls county chorus and teaching life
The speaker, a long time music educator from Ames Iowa, reflects on directing a county chorus of farm women who performed Easter and Christmas cantatas. She thanks her training at a now-defunct Ames conservatory and credits family and church work for sustaining her career. She mentions degrees from Colorado Iowa High School and University of Missouri, and notes Dr Sutton praising a local high school art exhibit.
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Ames
Iowa
Colorado
University of Missouri
Sutton
Price fix call after sharp March wholesale surge
AFL-CIO leader Meany called for strict food price controls as wholesale prices rose 2.2 percent in March, yielding an annual rate of 26.4 percent. He urged Americans to act amid a nationwide meat boycott, noting the Bureau of Labor Statistics report before it reflected boycott effects.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Money cleaner than tableware in Memphis study
A yearlong study by Memphis and Shelby County health officials found 150 restaurants and food stores where dollar bills carried more bacteria than knives and forks. Director Don Daffron said the money was relatively clean, averaging 8,686 organisms per half side on $1 bills, less than utensils checked by inspectors.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Shelby County
Don Daffron
Daffron
Nationwide Meat Sales Drop Amid Boycott Impasse
Meat sales nationwide fall sharply with some grocers reporting a 40 percent drop and packing houses at 70 percent, while retail prices stay steady. Grocers and butchers complain of weak demand, yet industry officials note overall spending remains similar as money shifts to poultry and fish.
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Dudley Lehew
Associated Press
J. Luther Binds
Hinds Meats
Los Angeles
Crosstown
Les Whisenhut
Hinds
Frank Register
National Association of Retail Grocers
Senate backs anti impoundment and spending cap on budget
The Senate approved two amendments to a budget bill, 70-24 for anti impoundment limits and 88-6 for a $268 billion spending ceiling starting July 1. Sen. Ervin argued the changes restore Congress purse powers while Sen. Tower warned of reduced executive tools for inflation. The bill also contemplates tying Byrd’s Hanoi aid ban and devalues the dollar amid a February monetary crisis.
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Congress
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Ervin
John Tower
R-Tex
Byrd
U.S
Hanoi
OATS Bus Schedules Trips for Seniors to St Louis and Ice Capades
The OATS bus announces trips for senior riders, including a Saturday visit to St Louis with dinner in Columbia before the Ice Capades. Reservations call 581 3238. The schedule also lists trips to Ice Capades in Columbia on April 14 and transportation from Laddonia Farber and Vandalia, plus weekly grocery days and a Sunday church day.
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St. Louis
Columbia
Mexico
Laddonia
Farber
Vandalia
Floods Remain A Hazard On Missouri Rivers
Men from the 2175hh Police Company based in Hannibal and guardsmen from the 3175th Military Police Company have curtailed activities at Hermann as flooding continues to affect the Missouri river system.
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Missouri
Hannibal
Hermann
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