Missouri to swap school signs for pentagonal pictographs
Missouri state highway crews will replace diamond shaped school signs with yellow pentagonal signs showing pictograms of children. The change, part of a nationwide standardization effort, aims for instant recognition without words. About 2500 signs to be replaced by September under chief engineer Robert N. Hunter.
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Missouri State Highway Department
Missouri
Robert N. Hunter
Highway Department
Crossng
Hunter
Plunge program reshapes student planners' outlook
Project Plunge continues as Smith recalls telling him to leave town and notes college funded work expanding horizons for future city planners. He cites former students in Boston civil service who write reports urging viewing the city as human beings, not just buildings and traffic.
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Smith
Boston Project
Gardens Help Food Budget
Montgomery City area agronomy specialist Frank D. Miller notes how home gardens can stretch groceries. He cites local gardeners like Mr. and Mrs. J. Jefferson, stresses site choice, fall plowing, soil testing or 1 2 1 fertilizer, early planting, and using MU guides for calendar and fruit production while encouraging community sharing of garden tips.
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Frank D. Miller
Montgomery City
Opportunity Committee
H.L. Hollenbeck
English Visitors Learn Of New Great Grandson
Wellsville string of visitors from England announced the birth of a great grandson to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kimber during their stay. The Kimber family from Heddington Oxford, on their third U S tour, with sister Mrs Stanley Gibson, visited Salt Lake City and Meramec Caverns before planning to return home Saturday. A Rebekah Lodge planning session was held at Mrs. Robert Hall’s home with several members from Wright City Warrenton Hermann McKittrick and Wellsville.
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Wellsville
England
Robert Kimber
Kimbers
Heddington- Oxford
United States
Stanley Gibson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Archie Holt
Vandalia
Kimber
Gibson
Meramec Caverns
Rebekah Lodge
Robert Hall
Hall
Gladys Hetlege
Wright City
LeRoy Duckworth
Warrenton
Walter Kirchner
Hermann
Lenora Spencer
McKittrick
H.V. Odem
Gertrude Wright
Texas
Wesley
Houston
Donald
Liberty
St. Louis
Harold
OATS Bus Plans Three Big Trips This Season
The OATS bus announces a week of service and new membership rules. Members pay 1 share and 5 dollar dues plus about 2 cents per mile with riders 55 and older. Schedules include trips to Truman Library, State Fair, and weekly shopping to Columbia. Future cruises and Hannibal trips are planned, with calls to 581 2365 for signups.
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OATS
Oats Co-op
Coop
Truman Library
Independence
Vandalia
Mexico
Lawrence Welk
Sedalia
St. Louis
Silver Dollar City
Hannibal
Columbia
Midnight Swim and Farm News From Centralia and Washington
Centralia city pool will stay open tonight for a midnight swim under director Jim Enlow with regular rates and warm 80s temperatures. USDA reports show soybeans set a new record at 1.27 billion bushels, while corn and wheat yields dip. Soviets seek large wheat and soybean purchases by 1973. Meat plant guard rules up for comment to curb assaults on inspectors. producer prices for steers slip but remain above last year.
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Centralia
Centralia City Park
Jim Enlow
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
USDA
Crop Reporting Board
Plans for Powers Family Reunion at Cosmopolitan Park
Descendants of Clem Powers Henry Powers John Powers Mattie Powers Rouse and Ida Powers Conklin plan a July 29 1973 reunion in Columbia at Bufford Shelter Cosmopolitan Park. Claud Powers will turn 80 that month and his daughter Thelma Powers Geer will supervise the event. plans born at a recent park gathering include next year’s plans and invite all relatives by blood or marriage.
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Clem
Henry
John Powers
Mattie Powers Rouse
Ida Powers Conklin
Claud Powers
Centralia
Thelma Powers Geer
Bufford Shelter
Cosmopolitan Park
Columbia
the Park
Elvis Sues Wife for Divorce in Santa Monica Court
Los Angeles AP reports entertainer Elvis Presley filed for divorce from Priscilla Presley in Santa Monica Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences. The couple has been married five years.
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Los Angeles
Elvis Presley
Priscilla
Presley
Santa Monica Superior Court
Lawn Meeting To Be Held Here
A lawn meeting will be offered for anyone interested on Thursday August 24 in the Community Room of the Courthouse at 730 p.m. Gilbert Rhodes and Joe Adams will present a program on seeding maintenance and care of home lawns. It discusses the best fall time to establish or renovate bluegrass lawns and actions to improve next year’s lawn.
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Gilbert Rhodes
Joe Adams
Perry Lowe III Receives Degree in ISU Summer Commencement
Perry Lowe III son of Mr and Mrs Perry Lowe Jr of 119 E1 Whitley Sr will be among 1550 graduates at Indiana State University Terré Haute for summer commencement Aug 26. He earns a Master of Science degree in physical education.
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Perry Lowe III
Perry Lowe Jr
Whitley Sr
Indiana State University
Terré Haute
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Maryville
Wash
Frank Mix
Hazel Porter
Audrain Medical Center
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Thompson, Mo
Georgia Shire
Shire
Six Flags Resort
Billy Ray
James Aaron Cox
Santa Fe
Joe Jackson
Mindy Mabry
Clarksville
W.K. Hintz
Mrs
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Robert Carr
Kirksville
Moss Dawson
Charles Brothers
George Winn
David Parsons
Gary and
David
Overland Park
Kansas
Fred Meyers
Wentzville
Edward Lampe
Loren May
Burlington, Iowa
Stanley May
Ines
Omaha
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