Weather forecast and river stages for Missouri and Kansas City
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show yesterday's high 100 and low 60, with 70 at 7 a.m. The forecast calls for generally fair, hot, and humid conditions with highs in the 90s across Missouri and Zone 5, and a slight 5 percent chance of measurable rain tonight and Tuesday. River stages list Missouri sites from Kansas City to St. Louis, with Cape Girardeau at 23.4 feet and others varying.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozark
Hospital Admission and Discharge Log Shaped at Audrain Center
The Audrain Medical Center listed admissions including Glenn D. Rice James L. Evans William O Connor Louis Eckert Robert C Martin Marvin J Munford Sr Miss Belya Brown Mrs Irene Taylor Mrs Donald Clayton Mrs Terry Matthews Robert Murta Michael Quinly Miss Letha Young Mrs John R Stephens Jerry Barlow and others from various towns. A birth is reported for Mr and Mrs Robert C Stewart of Middletown a son at 12 12 pm weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces. Discharges include Howard Hoffman Keith A Higgins and many others across Mexico Fulton Wellsville Auxvasse and surrounding areas. Deaths noted: Wilfred A Sweitver 83 Mrs John Walkup 49 Fr Taake 72.
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Audrain Medical Center
Glenn D. Rice
James L. Evans
William O'Connor
Louis Eckert
Robert C. Martin
Marvin J. Munford Sr
Belya Brown
Irene Taylor
Donald Clayton
Terry Matthews
Robert Murta
Michael Quinly
Letha Young
John R. Stephens
Jerry Barlow
Mexico
Bertley E. Bishop
Fulton
Nellie Lawrence
Moberly
Francis Holtkamp
St. Charles
Margaret McCall
Wellsville
Archie Hutchenson
Vandalia
Frank Paxson
Martinsburg
Lewis Williams
Thompson
Billy 5. Johnston Jr
Madison
Mary Margaret Wright
New Florence
Pat Eva Oglesby
Caroydon
Nettie E. Bishop
Henry J. Hasty
Bellflower
John P. Moynihan
Sturgeon
Edward Smith
Centralia
Fannie B. Griffith
Lena Fecht
Ruzy Parish
Roland L. Moore
Donald W. Williams
William Cooper
John A. Curtis
Carlos M. Epps
Loren Smith
Betty Connaway
Lee Eckley
Eric J. Worland
Christopher D. Greenwood
Montgomery City
Clifford Hamilton
Leroy Beckley
Louis Troutman
Laddonia
Charles E. Jennings
Melbern
Katie I. Boyd
Waller
Mabry
Stella M. Rogers
Ella By Jones
Paris
Local marriage licenses and array of highway patrol reports
The Daily Record lists marriages including Donald E O'Connor Nancy L O'Connor and others in Mexico Jefferson City and Centralia. Police report notes a car left at Wetterall Foods, a 12:10 a.m. crash injuring David Wenger, and several county road accidents with DWI summonses issued. Market notes cover Chicago wheat and corn futures and Missouri livestock receipts with various price ranges and animal counts.
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Donald Edward O'Connor
Mexico
Nancy Lee O'Connor
Donald Ray Davidson
Linda Joyce DeBrodie
Thomas Charles Bevard
Centralia
Cynthia Ann Whithaus
Eddie Mervin Neale
Jean Marie Kasper
Jefferson City
Thomas F. Reynolds
Cedar City
Mable Holt
NDC Debate Beans Rethink After Primary News
The NDC faced internal disputes over claims of biased reporting as it debated unity. The Aug 8 primary saw NDC members opposing incumbents in several committee races while speculation grew about coalition members seeking committee posts. County committees plan 7:30 p.m. meetings in courthouse and Garfield centers with leaders anticipated for reelection.
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Wilson
NDC
Coalition
Courthouse
Garfield Community Center
Seigfield
GOP
Ralph Lierheimer
Death of Wilfred A. Sweitzer after lawn mower accident
Wilfred A. Sweitzer 83 of Stephens Missouri died at Boone County Hospital in Columbia after a lawn mower turned over on a hill and caused fatal head injuries and a broken neck. He was born July 9 1899 and survived by a daughter a son four grandchildren two great grandchildren a brother and other relatives. He was a longtime member of local lodges and church and with his brother Bert ran the Sweitzer Brothers firm in Stephens. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Columbia with services at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Columbia.
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Wilfred A. Sweitzer
Stephens
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Charles L. Sweitzer
Glenn Sweitzer
Mexico
Memorial Funeral Chapel
Memorial Park
Sweitzer
Ilinois
Lewis A
Jennie Butler Sweitzer
Ada Hill
James H. Flynn
Toledo
Ohio
Charles L
Glenn
Stephens Ioof Lodge
Lodge No. 207
Rebekah Lodge of
Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church
Leslie J Crow Celebrates 76th Birthday at Farber Event
Leslie J Crow marked his 76th birthday during Farber's 100th birth day celebration on Saturday. He grew a beard matching his grandfather Jacob Crow who settled in Mt. Olivet between Middletown and Vandalia in 1836 and answered no when asked if he would keep the beard.
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Junge
Leslie J. Crow
Farber
Judge Crow
Jacob Crow
Mt. Olivet
Middletown
Vandalia
Stocks Rise Steadily as Rally Extends Into Monday
New York prices climbed in today's market as the rally from Friday continued. The noon Dow Jones industrial average advanced 10.16 to 974.34, with rising stocks beating decliners about 6 to 2 on the NYSE. Oil and chemical issues were mostly higher, and the AMEX price index edged up to 27.08 while the NYSE index rose to 61.90.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
American Stock Exchange
Mrs Karl Wyatt Dies In California
Mrs Karl J Wyatt died July 29 at her Livermore California home after a long illness She was born June 29 1900 daughter of Monroe and Sarah Harman pioneer Montgomery County families She married Karl J Wyatt July 16 1918 Surviving are her husband son Douglas Bernard Wyatt and wife Roberta three grandchildren four sisters and other relatives Preceded by two sisters and a brother
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Montgomery City
Karl J. Wyatt
Livermore
Calif
Henry Zurilda Harman
Bellflower
Mr. Wyatt
Monroe
Sarah
Sallie) Finley Harman
Montgomery County
Shriver Campaign Swing Across Six States
Shriver convenes a four day campaign swing visiting West Virginia California Illinois Texas Rhode Island and Virginia as he presses for a new direction for America. He criticizes Nixon on the peace talks and argues the administration blew a possible negotiated settlement.
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William P. Rogers
State Department
Shriver
George McGovern
Hyannis Port
Mass
Wheeling
W.va
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Denver
Houston
America
Nixon
McGovern
ABC
Congressional Record
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Miami Beach
Ila
Spire T. Agnew
Taake Dies at 72. Rites Tonight in Wellsville
Fr. Taake 72 died Saturday at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico Missouri. Funeral services will be at 7 tonight at Myers Funeral Home in Wellsville with Rev. Clarence Smith officiating. Burial will be Tuesday morning at Oak Hill Cemetery in St. Louis. He was born December 3, 1899, in Warren County, son of Herman and Emma Taake. A retired brick mason from St. Louis, he moved to Wellsville and was a Baptist. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Lydia Sivert of Wellsville.
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Wellsville
Myers Funeral Home
Taake
Audrain Medical Center
Clarence Smith
Oak Hill Cemetery
St. Louis
Mr. Taake
Warren County
Herman
Emma Kruger Taake
The
Baptist Church
Lydia Sivert
Mrs John Walkup Dies At 49 In Mercy Hospital
Mrs John Walkup, 49, of Stoutsville, died at 3 50 p m Saturday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while at a carnival. She leaves her husband Carry Curless, a son, Carry Curless, a daughter Linda Lee, and three grandchildren. She was sister to Mrs James Pollard of Mexico, and to Mrs Virgil Ravenscraft and Mrs William Taft of Monroe City. Funeral at Monroe City Christian Church Tuesday at 2 pm. Burial in Stoutsville Cemetery.
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John Walkup
Stoutsville
Blessing Hospital
Quincy
James Pollard
Mexico
Walkup
Mr. Walkup
Monroe City
Carry Curless
Bob
Linda) Lee
Brian
Brenda Lee
Tim Curless
Washington, Ill
Pollard
Virgil Ravenscraft
William Taft
Garner Funeral Home
Versailles Couple Found Dead At Home
A man and his wife were found dead of gunshot wounds in their Versailles area home. Morgan County Coroner Dr. Ray Lyle identified the couple as Marvin Blair, 38, and Nancy Blair, 26, ruled murders with Blair in ill health and despondent.
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Versailles
Ray Lyle
Morgan County
Marvin Blair
Nancy
Lyle
Blair
Bond Urges Equal Places For Women
State Auditor Christopher Bond, Missouri's GOP governor candidate, urged the GOP Rules Committee to ensure women have equal representation in each delegation and committee. He cited current roles and pledged to appoint women to top state offices if elected, criticizing quotas as artificial. He emphasized broad party appeal beyond Republicans and noted Missouri's historical lack of Republican victories.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Bond
Carolyn
U.S
Mrs L N Elson Rites Tomorrow At Arnold Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. L. N. Elson, 88, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Arnold Funeral Home. She died Saturday at the Phillips Home where she had been a patient since July 18, 1969. The Rev. George B. Wraith of the First Christian Church will officiate, with burial at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call this afternoon and until services. Members of the Conservation Department will serve as pallbearers. Eastern Star services will be conducted at 7 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
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LN. Elson
Arnold Funeral Home
Woodcock Sees McGovern Vote Endorsement From UAW
Kansas City AP Leonard Woodcock president UAW believes ballots from local UAW leaders counted in Detroit Tuesday will allow him to campaign for Senator George S. McGovern. He said a substantial majority of UAW leaders support endorsing the South Dakotan for president.
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Kansas City
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
UAW
Detroit
George S. McGovern
Woodcock
South
Battery B Guard Unit Earns Superior Rating Again
Battery B 1st Battalion 128th Artillery stationed in Mexico earned a superior rating after two weeks of training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin from June 3 to 18. The Fifth Army Evaluation Team commended the unit for outstanding esprit de corps and operations, plus a Department of the Army safety award for training without accidents. Captain John H. Larrick of Macon received a commendation for leadership and unit-wide efforts were praised by Col. Robert O. Wildish of the 267th Artillery Wisconsin.
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128Th Artillery
Mexico
Wisconsin National Guard
Camp McCoy
Wis
Fifth Army
Wisconsin
Missouri National Guard
John H. Larrick
Macon
Robert O. Wildish
267Th Artillery
Larrick
Battery B
Department of the Army
Area evacuated after rail crash near Lebanon Missouri
Five miles west of Lebanon residents were evacuated after an 82 car Frisco freight train derailed. Eighteen cars left the track and 26 caught fire with tanks carrying chlorine, fertilizer, and zinc oxide. Chlorine car pulled away but fire continued. Damages were estimated at 800000 with no injuries. Cause not disclosed.
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Lebanon
Frisco
Missouri Highway Patrol
State Fair Keeps Admission At One Dollar
Sedalia Missouri AP State Fair keeps general admission at 1 despite early ads showing 1.50. Fair opens Friday for a 0 day run. Fair secretary W C Askew says premium book printed last winter when 1.50 was requested by the legislature. request rejected. Children 6 to 12 pay 50 cents. under 6 free. General admission covers grandstand attractions except car and motorcycle races on Aug 19-20 and 25-27. Each car pays 1 dollar. All entrants pay general admission each time they enter grounds. No preview admission Thursday night when carnival rides operate. demolition derby grandstand admission then.
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Sedalia
W. C. Askew
Kissinger Seeks Secret Talks as Nixon Plans War Escalation
White House says Henry Kissinger is pursuing a dual track of intensified war in Vietnam and Vietnamization while keeping Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon. Ziegler declined to discuss new Kissinger North Vietnamese talks or possible Thieu resignation, noting only Kissinger’s Paris to Laax trip for his parents 50th anniversary.
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Republican Platform Committee
Europe
Republican National Committee
Shriver
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus Vance
Nixon
South Vietnam
Agnew
Rhode Island
Shrivers
Vietnam
Time Magazine
U.S
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
White House
Kissinger
Washington
Laax
Zurich
Switzerland
Republicans Clash Over GOP Convention Rule Changes
In Miami Beach, Republicans debate rules for the 1976 GOP convention and panel opinions on quotas for women youths and blacks. Rules Chairman William C. Cramer rejects quotas and a court challenge looms over state delegate bonus rules, with proposals to revise allocation to favor larger states. The panel meets Tuesday, committee considers recommendations Wednesday, then the convention's rules panel reviews them.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Republican National Comittee
Rules Committee
William C. Cramer
Wold
Cramer
Daniel J. Swillinger
The
Ripon Society
Charles B. Wiggins
California
Republican National Committee
India
National Committee
Wage rule may stay at 5.5 percent
Washington AP reports the Pay Board leans to keeping the 5.5 percent wage standard as a review proceeds. Nixon aides caution no change soon, citing labor negotiations next year and concerns about public acceptance and strikes if the standard shifts. The Price Commission continues enforcing profit margins with costs as the baseline, allowing only 5.5 percent wage gains unless the board approves higher limits.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
The
Price Commission
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Young Gunman Wounds Four In Crestwood Shooting Spree
Duane Mobley 18 of Crestwood faced seven counts of assault with intent to kill after a dawn shooting spree near a Koenig auto lot and a U.S. 66 drive in. A drive in employee and two police officers were wounded as bullets struck vehicles and injured by plaster, Mobley surrendered after a heavy exchange.
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Crestwood
Duane Mobley
Mobley
Koenig
U.S. 66
Steve Lindemann
Warren Hogan
St. Louis County
Craig Heustis
City council to read revised codes and parking rule
City Manager Neil Nielsen announced that tonight the council will give third and final reading to ordinances revising the city plumbing codes and minimum housing code and amending the traffic code to delete parking meter enforcement after 6 p m on Fridays in Mexico City.
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Neil Nielsen
City of
Mexico
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Cape Girardeau
Wilfred A. Sweitver
Fr. Taake
the Daily Record
Bob Munns
Wetterall Foods, Inc
West Boulevard
Highway Patrol
David Leroy Wenger
University Medical Center At
Audrain County
Louis Herman Greck
Highway V
Route E
Helen J. Greck
Larry Wayne Kaufman
Clyde Walton Wilson
Kaufman
Harall Gene Aderton
Highway 7
Boone County
Gina M. Aderton
Aderton
Cash Grain
Chicago
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agr
Danny Barnes
Chicago Board of Trade
National
W.A. Sweitzer
Karl Wyatt
Rogers-Gop
Gallup
Illinois
Chicago Sun-Times
Saigon
USC Club
Alabama
George C. Wallace
F.J. Taake
L. N. Elson
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