Weather and river updates from regional readings
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show last 24 hours high around 66 to 87, low near 61, with traces of rain. Forecasts call for thundershowers tonight, cooler Friday with highs in the 70s to low 80s, northerly winds, and a 40 percent rain chance tonight. Missouri lakes show varied levels with some above and others below normal. Kansas City and St Louis river stages listed. Admissions noted at Audrain Medical Center for multiple local residents.
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Coloer
Seansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme de Terre
Brockton
Table Rock
Beaver
Grand
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Hannibal
Louis
Capeirday
Dated notices from The Daily Record Morgue
The Daily Record reports births at Martinsburg Wellsville and Vandalia with times and parents. Dismissals list numerous patients and hometowns. Deaths include Bernita Hake and others. marriages licenses for Getzlaff/Wainscott and Harbit/Lewis. Highway patrol details a Vandalia crash on Highway 64 near Vandalla. Local court notes cover speeding fines and probate actions with named individuals and towns.
Missouri Livestock and Grain Market Report Summary
Missouri Livestock Market Center reports hog prices up to 1.25 higher with various weight ranges, sows steady to firm, boars 29-30. Cash grain prices listed for soybeans 5.98, wheat 2.93, corn 2.80, milo 4.05, with other regional quotes. National stockyards totals show hogs 4,000 head, cattle 1,600 head, and mixed prices across weights. Chicago futures open weak with soybeans, wheat, corn lower or steady. Dow Jones closes near 990 amid light trading. General Electric increases quarterly dividend.
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MNS
Roger Parker
MFA
Mexico
Fowles Grain Co
Laddonia
National Stockyards
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Dow
General Telephone & Electronics
Mrs. Shannon Potts Dies At Centralia
Funeral services for 88 year old Mrs. Shannon Potts will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Fenton Funeral Home with Rev. Cleo Kottwitz officiating. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery Mexico. She died Wednesday at Sherwood Arms Nursing Home after short illness. Survivor of twin sister Merrill Rutter and brother Sam Sayers.
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Centralia
Shannon Potts
Fenton Funeral Home
Cleo Kottwitz
The
Methodist Church
Order : of
Eastern Star
Terrill Sayers
Illinois
Melvin Sayers
St. Charles
Merrill Rutter
Potts
Sam Sayers
Lubbock, Tex
Million Bail Set for Kidnap Trio in Chowchilla
Three men accused of abducting 26 school children and their bus driver are jailed on one million dollars bail each. A preliminary hearing is set for August 26 for James Schoenfeld Richard Schoenfeld and Frederick Woods as prosecutors seek to limit open court sessions before trial. Lady Bird Johnson arrives in Madrid on a private visit after a London stop and plans to travel to Trujillo in western Spain.
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Calif
Justice Court
Howard C. Green
James
Richard Schoenfeld
Frederick N. Woods
Madrid
Spain
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
London
Granada
Trujillo
Funeral services for Robert Bradley Trower
Funeral services for nine year old Robert Bradley Trower of Farber will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Farber Baptist Church with Rev. Glen Foreman officiating. Burial is in Memorial Gardens Cemetery Vandalia. The boy was killed when a van driven by his mother overturned Tuesday on Route F five miles southwest of New London. His mother was seriously injured and listed in satisfactory condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital Hannibal. A sibling mare alan was treated and released from the hospital.
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Robert Bradley Trower
Robert Trower
Farber Baptist Church
Glen Foreman
Memorial Gardens
Vandalia
Waters Funeral Home
Robert
New London
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hannibal
Mare Alan
W G Bentley Dies At 38 Rites Friday
Funeral services for William G. Bentley 38 of Wellsville are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Myers Funeral Home Wellsville. He died Wednesday at Harry S Truman Veterans Hospital. Survived by parents Stanley and Nellie Bentley a son William Robert Woodson and sister Geneva Sue Hawkins. He was a Navy veteran. Visitation tonight 7 to 9 p.m. Burial in Wellsville Cemetery with Rev. Robert Stoddard officiating.
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Myers Funeral
William G. Bentley
Bentley
Columbia
Stanley
Nellie Bentley
William Robert Woodson
St. Louis
Geneva Sue Hawkins
U.S. Navy
Myers Funeral Home
Robert Stoddard
Wellsville Cemetery
Arson Suspected in Missouri Border Fire at Outpost
An explosion and fire leveled Billy Lous Outpost at the Kansas Missouri border near Missouri 171. Fire officials consider arson plausible as two 1,200 gallon tanks and a large building were destroyed. Investigators from the Missouri State Fire Marshal's office are probing the blaze. No injuries.
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Kansas- Missouri
Missouri
Fire Department
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Carl Junction
Missouri State Fire Marshall
Billy Lou
Ford Sees Third Veto Override This Year
Washington AP reports President Ford suffered another veto override as Congress passes the coal leasing bill. The override raises Ford's total veto battles to 10, second only to Truman, with Johnson holding the record at 15. House 316 to 85, Senate 76 to 17 approve.
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Ford
U.S
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Andrew Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Interior Department
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Senate
Truman
New Beirut Cease Fire Declared Amid Civil War Fighting
A fresh cease-fire in the Lebanese civil war began in Beirut after a night of intense fighting. Two hours after the deadline, only scattered gunfire was reported as right-wing Christian forces claimed control of the Nabaa district in eastern Beirut.
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Lebanon
Christan
Nabaa
African Students In Protest March in Soweto
In Soweto police fired into the air to break up a student march as confrontations with protesters left three killed in clashes amid widespread racial rioting in June.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Acene
Swim cards for Red Cross test passers at Plunkett Park Pool
Advanced beginners who passed the Red Cross swimming test at Plunkett Park Pool may pick up their cards at the pool any day from 1 to 6 p.m. after Aug. 6.
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Red Cross
Plunkett Park Pool
Girl Held For Forged Prescription
Donna Reed, 19, of Allenton, Mo., arraigned in Audrain County on forgery and possession with intent to utter a forged instrument. Bond set at 1000 dollars. She and two men were detained after attempting to obtain drugs with a forged prescription at a Super TM X Drug store Wednesday afternoon. Van Wayne Offord, 26, of Robertaville was held overnight. William Wesley McDaniel, 29, of Villa Ridge released after questioning.
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Allenton
Audrain
Miss Reed
van Wayne Offord
Robertaville
William Wesley
McDaniel
Villa Ridge
Lawbreakers' 39000 Fines Go To Schools
Audrain County treasurer Mrs. Hattie Wood mailed checks totaling 39805.62 for fines and penalties collected in the year ending June 30. Mexico schools received 23592.97, Van-Far 7104.54, Community A4 4150.46, with other apportionments to Centralia 2642.23 Wellsville Middletown 153.068 North Callaway 107.73 Paris 62.37 Hi-Way R23 907.20 Sturgeon 997.92 and Middle Grove 187.11 based on county student enrollment.
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Audrain County
Mexico
van- Far
Community
Centralia
Wellsville-Middletown
North Callaway
Paris
Hi-Way
Sturgeon
Middle Grove
Reagan and Schweiker courting split Republicans
At a news conference in Washington Reagan defended choosing Schweiker as a running mate to unite party factions, while Mississippi delegates praised him yet called him liberal. Schweiker argued his liberal voting record is overstated amid regional and Northeast split concerns. The NYT notes Beckwith, Abraham Lincoln’s last surviving great grandchild, was granted a divorce over adultery amid medical disclosures.
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Clay Files Suit For $2 Million
U S Rep William L Clay of St Louis has filed a libel suit seeking 2.5 million against the parent firm of the St Louis Globe Democrat. The case in St Louis Circuit Court cites a Dec 10 1974 narcotics story and an Aug 5 1974 editorial as libelous. The Herald Company of Syracuse publisher G Duncan Bauman and editors are named alongside reporter Dennis J McCarthy.
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U.S
William L. Clay
D-Mo
Globe-Democrat
Clay
Washington
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Herald Company
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N.Y
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Dennis‘ J. McCarthy
Kissinger Callaghan Discuss Africa Peace Efforts
London AP dispatch reports Secretary of State Kissinger and Prime Minister Callaghan discussing African issues. They seek a peaceful solution to racial problems in southern Africa and assess Rhodesia and Namibia disputes as South Africa resists independence amid UN pressure.
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