Plan For New Traffic Signs In Mexico City Council
A plan to seek federal funds for renovating and replacing city traffic signs faces the Mexico City Council. An inventory by a consulting firm with city staff shows which signs need replacement or addition, with total estimated costs of 16890 dollars for 650 signs and 950 posts. 15201 dollars may come from the Missouri Highway Safety Department via the Federal Highway Administration. city matching funds amount to 1689 dollars. The agenda also includes sewer approval for Huntington Park Subdivision No. 3 and an ordinance to issue tax bills for permanent street construction on Fairgrounds and Omar Streets with front-foot charges varying by lot.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Missouri Highway Safety Department
Federal Highway Administration
Huntington Park Subdivision
Fairgrounds
Omar Streets
Fairgrounds Street
Omar Street
Newman
Barrett Street
North
Kentucky
Rolling Hills
West Street
Hazel
Yale Street
Public Safety Department
Ed Hodge
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Illinois, Central, Gulf
ICG) Railroad Co
A. P. Green
Liberty Street
Morris and
Liberty Streets
Audrain 4-H Fair closes with fireworks and Bicentennial events
The Audrain County 4-H Fair ends its four day run with an 11 45 p m fireworks display as a full Friday agenda unfolds. Riders Michelle Monk and India Melson led in multiple horse classes while many residents from Mexico Paris and Thompson won firsts. City council planned zoning changes parking restrictions and liquor license hour adjustments with talks on a Rolling Hills subdivision and new land leases for public works storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrain County
Michelle Monk
India Melson
Mexico
Miss Monk
Miss Melson
4-H
Cindy Millard
Paris
Sheila Dean
Thompson
Donna Gibbons
Lloyd Murphy
Cindy Maxwell
Penny Stuart
Gina Shellabarger
Greg Hinze
Greg Stuart
Leslie Fennewald
Derren Ball
Cheryl Millard
Richard Berrey
Bobby Stanford
Citizens Savings
4 H Foundation
Arthur Kroeger
Reagan Backers Urge Open Ballot Over Schweiker Nomination
Conservative Reagan supporters push for an open vice presidential ballot at the GOP convention to dump Sen. Richard Schweiker if Reagan wins the nomination. Ford accelerates search for White House spokesman as Carter plans Washington trip after a Plains weekend.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Reagan
Ford
White House
Ron Nessen
Ford Associates
Nessen
Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Senate
Anld
Jesse Helms
North
Carolina
Tom Curtis
Missouri
Associated Press
South Carolina
Virginia
Raymond W. Lilly
Orangeburg
West Virginia
Peie
Jimmy Carter
Plains
Russell Doerge Dies Rites Pending
Russell William Doerge 63 of Mexico died today at 1 30 am in Mt Vernon He born July 14 1918 in Mexico son of William and Lillian Jones Doerge lived here all his life He married Virginia Shoemaker June 26 1976 He worked 40 years for Kaiser Refactories and retired He belonged to Littleby Mel Church Survived by wife two brothers five step children and several relatives One brother Lawrence Doerge preceded him Funeral services set at Precht Pickering Funeral Home with burial at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
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Russell William Doerge
Mexico
Mt. Vernon
William
Lillian Jones Doerge
Virginia Shoemaker
Lakeview
Kaiser Refactories
Littleby Mel Church
Walter Doerge
Tony Doerge
Kelso
Wash
Atepchildren
Paw Koelling
Mia
Wi Hert Wood
Robert Linhart
Donald Koelling
Charles Koelling
Jefferson City
Lawrence Doerge
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
East Lawn Memorial Park
Viking 2 enters Mars orbit as Viking 1 conducts life tests
Viking 2 completed a 40 minute burn to place it in an elliptical Mars orbit about 932 miles at closest approach and 22 128 miles at farthest. The craft will photograph different areas each pass while Viking 1 reports biology test results and soil analysis as life search continues.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Viking 2
Jet. Propulsion, Laboratory
JPL
Viking 1
Mara
First Duck and Second Duck Share Flight Dream Jest
In a playful exchange, First Duck notes a new twin engined jet streaking by and wonders about speed. Second Duck replies with a humorous image that if its two tails were on fire, it would go unseen.
Dry spell threatens Missouri crops amid drought
Rex Johnson of the Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce warns another dry week could devastate corn, soybeans, and grain sorghum yields. Irrigated corn remains good, but lakes run dry as farmers brace for possible widespread losses and growing pessimism across the state.
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Rex Johnson
Mexico Area
Mexico
Johnson
Soil Conservation Service
Highway 15
Mr. Johnson
L. C. Carpenter
Midcontinent Farmers Association
State
Carpenter
MFA
Litton Family Buried in Chillicothe Amid Mournful Crowd
Missouri Congressman Jerry Litton, his wife Sharon and their two children were laid to rest after a plane crash near Chillicothe. Thousands mourners packed United Methodist Church as leaders, White House aides, and locals recalled Litton’s public service and campaign dreams of a summer White House on U.S. 65. The service honored a man whose cattle empire and rising political career captivated a town.
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Chillicothe
Missouri
Jerry Litton
White House
Kansas City
U.S. Senate
Litton
United Methodist Church
Walnut Street
U.S. 65
Congress
Senate
Here
Lincoln County Backers Push Hungate for Senate Nomination
Lincoln County supporters of retiring Congressman William Hungate plan to press for Hungate as the Democratic nominee to face Republican John Danforth. A statewide caucus and a 7:30 p.m. Thursday public meeting were announced as organizers distribute petitions and promote Hungate across Missouri.
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Troy
Jerry Litton
State Executive Committee
Lincoln County
William Hungate
Hungate
Rep
Litton
Joe Witte
Lincoln
Harold Creech
Income Tax Breaks Up To Committees
A Senate House conference committee oversees a broad tax bill extending individual cuts and providing many business tax breaks. The measure, approved 49 to 22 by the Senate, would freeze personal taxes through 1977 while preserving cuts through year-end. It includes hundreds of provisions for parents, homemakers, the elderly, and workers, plus shifts in estate tax rules and incentives for various industries.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
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Raymond Campbell
Rivers Addition
Richard Vance
Public Citizens Forum
Russell Doerge
James Boillot
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Boillot
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Butz
Sharon
Jerry Ford
Scott
Linda
Capitol
Clifford Litton
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
William Lindblom
Presbyterian Church
Littons
Warren Hearnes
James Symington
Hearnes
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