Weather and river figures from The Daily Record forecast
Official 7:00 am readings show last 24 hours high 74 low 51. At 7 am 51. Forecast clears and cools tonight with lows in 40s, Wednesday sunny with highs 60s. Missouri showers southeast, clearing elsewhere, cooler nights, highs 60s to 70s. Extended outlook through Saturday calls for 60s north to low 70s southeast, varying lows and a chance of showers Friday. River stages shown for Kansas City 5.45 feet, Boonville 9.7, Jefferson City and Hermann listed.
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Abin
Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozark
ST. Louis
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Hospital Report Lists Numerous Admissions and Discharges
Audrain Medical Center reported a long list of admissions and discharges including Nora Hunt and Mary Beth Wagner among others from Mexico Thompson Perry and Vandalia. A newborn daughter was born at 7 06 a.m. weighing seven pounds eight ounces to Mr and Mrs Richard Bannister of Thompson. Several deaths and police reports followed along with magistrate and probate court items and Missouri livestock market figures.
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Audrain Medical Center
Nora Hunt
Glen E. Morris
Thomas Whitmarsh
Mary Beth Wagner
Raymond Shepard
Zelma Mathews
Willis Davis
Martha E. Miller
Mexico
Rhonda Johns
Thompson
Eddie S. Reynolds
Perry
Bruce Edward Guile
Eula M. Eaton
Centralia
Augustine Duthbert
Laddonia
Lutie Johnston
Beulah A. Suddarth
Vandalia
John J. Sprock
Ralph W. Simmons
Auxvasse
Paul Reagan Sr
Lewis Bynum
Vernon Stewart
William O. Morris Sr
Wellsville
Joel L. Helm
Middletown
Charles Richard
Paris
Adah Wilsey
Luther William Camp Jr
Montgomery City
Peter Stuckenschneider
Martinsburg
Vincent Laforest
Portland
Part of State Gets Some Rain
East central and southeast Missouri received thunder showers and locally heavy rain today as storms continued from the western part of the state overnight. Rain totals reached .97 of an inch at St. Joseph with reports of .50 at Columbia and Kirksville and .40 at Joplin and Vichy.
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Kansas City
Missouri
St. Joseph
Columbia
Kirksville
Joplin
Vichy
Assault Charge Follows Shooting
Roger Dale Sanders age 26 of Route 2 Madison was charged with felonious assault on Cory McNabb 20 of Route 2 Centralia after a late Monday incident. Sanders was arrested near Centralia about 11 40 p m after pointing a loaded shotgun and threatening to shoot, reports say. McNabb and Lewis Akers were working on a car when Sanders arrived and fired a rifle at times before officers found Sanders tied and the shotgun removed. A breathalyzer indicated a high alcohol count and Sanders is held in the county jail.
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Roger Dale Sanders
Madison
Cory McNabb
Centralia
Tom Osborne
Sanders
Audrain County
Harold Sulgrove
Lewis Akers
McNabb
Akers
Aker
Osborne
Sulgrove
Tornado Watch Issued For Central Regions
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for portions of central and northern Arkansas, southern and east-central Missouri, and southwest Illinois. The watch runs from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. CDT with potential severe thunderstorms, large hail, and damaging winds. The greatest threat lies along a line from west of Little Rock to north of St. Louis.
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Kansas City
National Weather Service
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis
Blue chips recover as Dow gains 0.42 to 944.42
On April 27 1971 blue chip issues rebounded from early losses while the noon Dow Jones average rose 0.42 to 944.42. Ford Motor advanced 2 to 67 after first quarter earnings rose 36 percent, while Standard Oil of Indiana fell to 65 flat for the day amid mixed sector results.
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New York
Ford Motor
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Fletcher Becomes NASA Chief In Nixon White House
Dr James C Fletcher, aged 51, leaves the University of Utah to head NASA in a White House ceremony with President Nixon present. He takes the oath from Judge James Belson as his wife and four children witness, along with space committee members. Fletcher previously organized Space Electronics and Space General, serving as president.
Trial continues over finger amputation by Viet Cong prisoner
Prosecutor Maj. William Eckhardt outlines plan to prove finger severing was deliberate during questioning of a Viet Cong suspect. Frederick Widmer identifies Capt. Kotouc as the officer who cut the finger after a prisoner failed to answer questions. Witnesses describe the suspect forced to press his finger on wood as Capt. Medina, now jailed for murder, supervised. James Flynn cannot identify the officer.
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William Eckhardt
Starkville
Mass
Frederick Widmer
New Kensington
Kotouc
Widmer
Medina
Ernest Medina
Montrose
Colo
C Company
Ft. McPherson
James Flynn
Rochester
Minn
William K Pilcher Dies at 75 in Centralia
William Kelly Pilcher 75 a retired trucker died Monday at his home on Centralia Route 2 after a stroke four years earlier. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fenton funeral home with Rev. Donald Mattson. Burial will be at Glendale Memorial Gardens. Born November 1894 southeast of Paris he moved from Mexico 25 years ago and belonged to the First Christian Church the American Legion and WWI veteran. He married Ruth Forester Bybee in 1943. survivors include a son a daughter a stepson a stepdaughter 12 grandchildren and several siblings.
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Centralia
William Kelly Pilcher
Fenton Funeral Home
Donald Mattson
First Christian Church
Glendale Memorial Gardens
Paris
Edward Pilcher
Mexico
Cole Camp
Theodore Pilcher
Taylor Peck
Miss Atha Grafford Dies at 94 in Vandalia
Miss Atha Grafford 94 died at 5 15 am at B and W Nursing Home in Wentzville. She fostered 94 children in St. Louis and Olney and appeared on Ralph Edwards This Is Your Life. Born June 1 1877 south of Vandalia she lived in Vandalia and Olney and had relatives including Minnie Grafford Gladys Potter Mabel Grafford and Oscar Grafford. Funeral services are pending at Waters Funeral Home.
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Vandalia
Miss Atha
Grafford
B and W
Wentzville
Miss Grafford
St. Louis
Olney
Ralph Edwards
Daniel and
Elizabeth Maiden Grafford
Oscar Grafford
Opal Grafford
Iowa
Edna Lunte
The
Waters Funeral Home
Perry Relatives Attend Funeral for Sheila Shields
Relatives from Perry attended funeral services in Lamar for 14 year old Sheila Shields who was killed in a car crash near Lamar on April 18. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Steve Drake Mrs. Charles Poyser Richard and Carolyn Yoyser Mrs. Burnesta Clark and Donald and Sue Ames. The girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shields, suffered a crushed skull in the accident which also injured four others a mile south of Lamar. Mr. Shields found the scene about three hours later while searching for his daughter.
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Perry
Lamar
Sheila Shields
Steve Drake
Charles Poyser
Richard
Carolyn Yoyser
Burnesta Clark
Donald
Sue Ames
Shields
Jim Shields
Bethlehem Steel Sees Higher Profits Yet Unsatisfactory Return
Bethlehem Steel Corp, the nation’s No. 2 producer, announced first quarter 1971 profits up 17 percent from 1970 with net income of $33.1 million or 75 cents a share and sales of $772 million. Board Chairman Stewart S. Court said the 5.9 percent return on investment is unsatisfactory, only half the average for manufacturing industries, despite higher profits.
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Wilmington
Del
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Stewart S. Court
Bethlehem
Margaret Cowdray Admitted to Phillips Home Mokane
Mrs. Margaret Cowdray of Mokane has been admitted to Phillips Home.
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Phillips Home
Margaret Cowdray
Mokaneé
Grenade Wounds Seven in Saigon Bar Attack
A grenade exploded in a downtown Saigon bar wounding at least seven people, including two U.S. servicemen. The bar patrons were Vietnamese and American soldiers. Police say a South Vietnamese paratrooper hurled the grenade after a dispute there.
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Saigon
U.S
Behavior Patterns on PTA Program at McMillan School
Dr. Charles M. Hord of Lincoln University will join a Mexico High School counselor and Van-Far R-6 district counselors for a panel on The Psychology of Dealing with Behavior Patterns of Different Racial Backgrounds at McMillan School tonight. The final McMillan PTA meeting begins at 7 30 p m in the auditorium with program chairs Mr and Mrs Jack B Viar H O Tolson will moderate and Mrs Dick Gima will assist. All Mexico school parents and teachers are invited to attend and a Q A period will follow.
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Charles M. Hord
Lincoln University
Jefferson City
Mexico
Van-Far
McMillan School
McMillan Pta
Jack B. Viar
H. O. Tolson
MBS
Dick Gima
Vandalia
Hord
Camp Exams for Scouts Sunday at Armory
Physical examinations for all Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts attending camp this summer will be held Sunday at the Armory, starting at 2 p.m. Doctors and nurses volunteering their services will conduct the exams, with typhoid vaccination required for full series or annual booster. Scouts should bring a urine specimen for lab analysis. Gerald Barlow organized the effort at Audrain Medical Center.
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Mexico
Gerald Barlow
Audrain Medical Center
Rivers
Barlow
Sulgrove to Work On Accounting For Sheriffs
Sheriff Harold Sulgrove named as chairman of a Missouri Sheriff's Assn project to create a uniform accounting system for sheriff offices in coordination with State Auditor Christopher Bond. Appointed by Pettis County Sheriff Emmett W. Fairfax, president of the association, with two more members to be named April 29. Bond said the goal is to ease accounting and reporting for sheriffs so they can focus on office duties.
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Harold Sulgrove
Missouri Sheriff's Assn
Christopher
Kit) Bond
Emmett W. Fairfax
Pettis County
Bond
Fairfax
Sulgrove
Sheriff's
Hoffa Appears in Federal Court Without Comment
James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters, arrived at a New York federal court and refused to discuss the reason for his visit. Prosecutors would not comment on the investigation into alleged pension fund misuse as two marshals escorted Hoffa from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
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NEW York
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U.S
Hoffa
Lewisburg
Zeiglers Welcome Daughter In St Charles Birth
Mr and Mrs Roy L Zeigler of St Charles welcome a daughter born yesterday at 2 20 pm weighing seven pounds ten ounces. They also have a son Todd Logan aged 3 percent. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Harold G Zeigler of 111 Josephine St and Mr and Mrs Charles Hockermeyer of St Charles.
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Zeiglers
Roy L. Zeigler
St. Charles
Todd Logan
Harold G. Zeigler
Josephine St
Charles Hockermeyer
Columbia Dentist Killed In Highway 63 Collision
A head on crash on Highway 63 near the Business 63 interchange killed Dr. David Dean Morris, 38, a Columbia dentist, and injured six others. The southbound car carried six passengers. Morris swerved to avoid the impact, and several victims were treated at Boone County Hospital and University Medical Center. Morris had moved to Columbia from Kansas City in 1961 and was a former president of the Columbia Dental Society.
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Columbia
David Dean Morris
Route 4
Boone County Hospital
Todd Smith
Woodstock Trailer Court
Carol H. Erbschloe
Overland
Joseph H. Erbschloe
Morris
Kansas City
Columbia Dental Society
Missouri Legislature Debates Pay Raises and Tax Rules
The legislature advanced bills on Monday including higher pay for state public service commissioners and corrections officials. It also considers tax rules for employer paid insurance premiums and a proposal to create a commissioner of administration to oversee state agencies under the governor.
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Corrections
Public-Service ‘Commission
Missouri Senate
Schaffner
John C. Danforth
Danforth
House
Senate
John W. Joynt
D-St. Louis
State Departments Committee
Joynt
Governmental Reorganization Commission
Wanda Breaks Up Manila Ravages Philippines
Tropical storm Wanda weakened in the South China Sea after devastating the Philippines where it killed at least 26 people and displaced thousands. The storm damaged key sugar, rice and coconut lands across the region.
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Manila
Wanda
South China Sea
Philippines
Judge to Rule on Herbicide Wildlife Kill
A Jackson Missouri circuit judge will rule Friday on a motion to dismiss charges of herbicide poisoning of fish and wildlife by the Little River Drainage District. The case stems from two large fish kills in Cape Girardeau and Stoddard counties reportedly caused by spraying a herbicide fuel oil mix. The district faces possible fines up to 500 dollars on each of two counts if convicted.
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Jackson, Mo
Little River
Cape Girardeau County
Cape Girardeau
Stoddard
W. Osler Statler
Antiwar protestors allowed inside draft headquarters
A small group demonstrated at the national draft headquarters with four admitted to meet Selective Service staff. Police reports warned some protesters might invade offices. Merle Snyder 18 of Goshen Ind led the four who aimed to persuade officials to quit the draft. The crowd outside numbered about 150 and the protest remained peaceful.
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Washington
National Draft Headquarters
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Public Information
Merle Snyder
Goshen
Ind
Snyder
Peoples Lobby
Pemiscot County
Orton
Missouri Supreme Court
Prohibition
Hazel
Alabama Sues 13 Big Industries Over Air Pollution
Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley filed suits in Jefferson County Circuit Court against 13 major industries accusing them of endangering public health by polluting the air under the ancient nuisance laws. Birmingham’s air particulate count spiked to 607 micrograms per cubic meter before rains eased the crisis, with the national urban average at 97. Defendants include U.S. Steel, U.S. Pipe and Foundry, Republic Steel, Vulcan Materials, McWane Cast Iron Pipe, Clow Corp, H.K. Porter Co, Lohe Star Cement, Alpha Portland Cement, Universal Cement, Woodward Co, and Alabama By-Products.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Bill Baxley
Baxley
Jefferson County
George Hardy Jr
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Steel
U.S. Pipe and Foundry
Republic Steel
Republic Steel Enterprises
Vulcan Materials
McWane Cast Iron Pipe
Clow Corp
H.K
City Council Tackles Park Board and Sidewalk Issues
The council approved a four percent raise and noted it is .20 above last year's 5.94 hundred. Kaiser Refractories official Fred Mertens and Charles Lovell of an x ray center were named to the Mexico park board, completing its membership. Nielsen reported Missouri Cities Water Co. file at city hall. Tolson relayed a call from Curtis Kelly about a sidewalk in front of his Park Street home. Kelly pressed for replacement during urban renewal. officials say the walk was deemed usable and will not be replaced. City manager and engineering staff will discuss with Kelly next Tuesday. All councilmen attended except Warner Williams.
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Fred Mertens
Kaiser Refractories Co
Charles Lovell
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico Park Board
Park Board
Nielsen
Missouri Cities Water Co
Herman Tolson
Curtis Kelly
Park St
Kelly
Council
Mexico Housing Authority
Nielson
Snyder
Tolson
Warner Williams
John McCormack's Widow Dies In Dublin At 84
Lily Countess McCormack widow of famed tenor John McCormack died in a Dublin nursing home at age 84 after years in New York. She will be buried beside her husband in Dean's Grange cemetery Dublin following holiday visits to Ireland.
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John McCormack
Dublin
Ireland
Lily
McCormack
New York
Dean's Grange
Joplin Teacher Wins Return to Post in Settlement
In Joplin Missouri a high school teacher, Galen McKinley, reaches a settlement to regain his job with full tenure, sick pay and retirement benefits effective September after suing over civil rights. He waives back pay to May 1970 and drops a libel suit, while limiting CTA leadership roles for years.
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Joplin, Mo
Galen McKinley
Joplin
McKinley
Community Teachers Association
Elmo B. Hunter
Hunter
CTA
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Andrew Picklow
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MFA Exchange
Highway 54
John D. Goslin
Tripoli St
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Goslin
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Highway 19
Vandelft
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Matthews
Warren Randall Sims
Craig St
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Rte. 1
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Salmons Trailer Court
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Rte
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Leslie John Freyer Jr
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Bowling Green
Harold D. Willingham
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Quincy
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Granite City
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Jim Cafer
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
MO. Dept. OF AG
Marty Ischroeder
Chicago
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