Centralia Man Jones Found Slain in Arkansas Trailer
The nude body of Centralia trucker Billie John Jones, 39, was found in his Perry County Arkansas trailer with throat slashed and six upper chest knife wounds. Robbery is suspected. all personal property missing. Jones, returning from a business trip in Louisiana, lived in Centralia. Funeral set for Meadow and Son in Centralia with burial at Glendale Memorial Gardens. He leaves wife Wanda Quinly, a son Billy Ray, stepchildren Darrell Rivers and Denise Rivers, and several siblings. He served in the Korean War and belonged to the Centralia CB Radio Club.
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Centralia
Billie John Jones
Perry County
Ark
Jones
S. Collier St
Associated Press
Merle Allison
Allison
Columbia
Jerry Colvin
Iowa
Arkansas
Arkansas Highway Patrol
Mexico
Audrain
Little Rock
Arkansas 60
Conway
Meadow and Son
Fred Nieger
Glendale Memorial Gardens
Mr. Jones
Olean
Ray J
Erma Klindt Jones
Jenkins St
Wanda Quinly
Billy Ray Jones
Darrell Rivers
David Knipp
Auxvasse
Michael Littrell
Martinsburg
Gerri Lee Jones
Patricia Sue Wilkerson
Denise Iynn Rivers
Earl Jones
Kathleen, Ga
Lawrence Thurman
Harold Camron
Kansas City
Steve Righter
R. Della Spink
Perry
CB Radio Club
Burlington Asks To End KC Runs
Burlington Northern seeks ICC permission to abandon service between Francis Station and Mexico on the ICG route, with through St Louis to Mexico retained on BN rails. ICG will continue service from St Louis to Mexico and to Kansas City, while local industries in Mexico rely on BN to ICG transfers. Protests should be filed with the ICC. Missouri Public Service Commission to receive copies for possible intervention.
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Burlington Northern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Mexico
Audrain
Missouri Public Service Commission
Burlington
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Francis Station
Burlington Northern
St. Louis
Francis
ICG
W.R. Clark
Ilinois Central Gulf
Burlington Zephyr
C&a
GM &O
Clark
Old Monroe
A.P. Green Refractories Co
MFA
Wetterau and Kaiser Refractories
Washington, D.C
Robert L. Gilmore
Weather warms up with scattered showers in Missouri
Missouri sees showers in the Bootheel with the rest of the state mostly hot and dry. Expect thundershowers in the extreme southeast and clear to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s, with cooler near 90s later in the week and widespread heat elsewhere.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Bootheel
Cape Girardeau
Springfield
Phoenix
Ariz
County Receives Federal Funds for Bridge Replacement
Audrain County will receive 52490 in federal highway trust funds via the Missouri highway department with 30 percent local match of 22495.71 totaling 74985.71 for bridge work. Judge Glenn Barnes says four to five bridges may be replaced and district road groups may apply by May 8 with plans reviewed May 13 by the county court and state highway commission.
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Audrain
Missouri
Audrain County
State Highway Department
Glenn Barnes
Barnes
State Highway Commission
Odoran Gas Lines Stirs Saturday Night Alarm
Gas odorant entered Missouri Power and Light Co lines after a Panhandle Eastern surge, alarm rising Sunday as crews checked calls. MPL officials cautioned no danger but noted possible leaks while investigating the root cause and full report.
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Odoran
Mexico
Missouri Power and Light Co
Jerry Brown
MPL
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Kentucky Street
Mr. Brown
Judge Jails Kunstler For Contempt At Little Trial
Activist lawyer William Kunstler was jailed briefly for contempt after being blocked from joining the defense in the Joan Little case. Judge Hamilton Hobgood ordered two hours in jail and barred him from the trial area following a confrontation in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Kunstler
Raleigh, N.C
William Kunstler
Joan Little
Hamilton Hobgood
Miss Little
Hobgood
North Carolina
Wake County
Kuntsler
Chicago
B B Daniel Turns 100 on Farm East of Centralia
Centenarian Brish B Daniel celebrated his 100th birthday at an open house in Mexico with daughters Mrs James F Frances E Cox and Miss Lillian A Daniel present. The Centralia area farmer born near Centralia, never used tractors, enjoys gardening, and remains active despite deafness, with a long family history and nine great‑grandchildren.
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James Riley
Lou William Broaddus Daniel
Centralia
Fay Brish Brown Daniel
Brish
B.B
Stribling House
Mexico
James F.frances E. Cox
Lillian A. Daniel
Mr. Daniel
Pearl I. Gillaspie
Daniel
Eldred
James
Bessie Lee) Beatty
Cox
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