Weather and Local News Digest From The Daily Record
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show last 24 hours highs near 60s to 80s, lows 50s to 60s, with month to date precipitation 1.64 inches and year to date 16.10 inches. Forecast extends through Tuesday with partly cloudy skies, light winds, and a 5 percent chance of measurable rain, plus Missouri outlook of showers possible midweek and a warming trend into Friday. River and lake stage reports for Missouri and nearby towns noted, along with admissions and births in area hospitals and a long police and fire log including minor vehicle incidents, a windshield repair, and magistrate court changes of venue in common assault cases.
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Missouri
Missouri and national hog market results and futures
Market report from Missouri Livestock Market Center shows slaughter hog prices by weight and grade with steady to higher moves for sows, plus feeder pig shifts. National Stockyards data in Illinois/AP covers receipts, hogs and cattle price ranges, and Chicago Board of Trade grain futures with mixed changes in wheat corn oats and soybeans.
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agr
Danny Barney
Ill
U.S
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Vet Jobs Aren't Law But Policy
Jefferson City Missouri AP says school districts have no legal obligation to reinstate returning veterans to prior teaching jobs. An attorney general opinion notes eligible for tenure but only if district has a military leave policy. absent such policy, districts are not required to reinstate or rehire the veteran.
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Jefferson City
Asst
D. Brook Bartlett
Stock Market Upbeat Amid Mixed Readings At Midday
New York stocks traded near balance with the Dow Jones average at 958.48, down slightly as advances and declines were even on the NYSE in 1,493 issues. The NYSE index slipped to 80.84 while the American Exchange index held at 26.71 as traders noted many away this week and a Commerce Department indicator pointed to July growth of 0.7 percent. Twentieth Century Fox led volume on the Big Board, steady at 10 percent.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Commerce Department
Twentieth Century-Fox
Vietnam War Drops and Gains Around Que Son and Da Nang
South Vietnamese forces fought to hold Que Son after it fell to North Vietnamese troops on August 19 and were recaptured last Friday. U.S. helicopter gunships near Da Nang repelled a rocket attack, reportedly killing multiple North Vietnamese troops. Farther north, fighting eased at Quang Tri with reported lower shelling, while four French priests captured in Dak To were freed by central highland Communists.
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Quang Tri
Saigon Command
Central Highlands
Dak To
Gray Cuts Out Some FBI Jobs
Washington AP L Patrick Gray acting director of the FBI announced two moves to streamline the agency. He eliminated a top echelon of executives from Hoover era leadership and created an Office of Planning and Evaluation with broad authority to shape policy. The first focus will be recruitment transfers promotions and pay for agents.
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Washington
L. Patrick Gray
ITI
FBI
Gray
J. Edgar Hoover
Local Man Hurt Mowing Foot Part Of Big Toe Lost
Fay Hinton of near Benton City and Martinsburg was released from Audrain Medical Center after a lawn mowing accident. He stumbled and pulled the mower onto his foot, severing part of the big toe. In Brussels, Cardinal Mindszenty warned for his people's future, urging faith.
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Benton City
Martinsburg
Audrain Medical Center
People In the News
Brussels
Joszef Cardinal
Mindszenty
Hungary
Sacred Heart Basilica
Elzea Painter Services To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Elzea Ira Painter 79 of Rush Hill Route 1 will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Arnold Funeral Home. He died Saturday at Woodland Hospital in Moberly after an extended illness. The Rev. John Blass will officiate with burial in Howell County Memorial Park Cemetery West Plains. Survivors include his wife Mabel Sharp Painter a son Robert E. Painter and a daughter Lara Lee Hudson.
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Rush Hill
Arnold Funeral Home
Painter
Woodland Hospital
Moberly
John Blass
Rush Hill Community Church
Howell County Memorial Park
West Plains
Emil Gerwin
Wallace Stanford
Maynard Dahl
Ed Hesterberg
Shannon
Highway 54
E. Liberty St
Audrain County
The
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California
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Jack
Lara Lee) Hudson
Mexico
Mrs. Elsie Hunt Services Held
Funeral services were held today at Arnold Funeral Home for Mrs. Elsie P. Hunt 51 who died Saturday at Allen Nursing Home. Rev George B Wraith pastor of First Christian Church officiated. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery with pallbearers Bill Groves Bob Midgett Joe English Roger English Lee Hunt and Bob Meador. Mrs John Willer was organist.
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Elsie P. Hunt
Allen Nursing Home
George B. Wraith
First Christian Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Bill Groves
Bob Midgett
Joe English
Roger English
Lee Hunt
Bob Meador
John Willer
Nellie Dillion Burial In Illinois
News reaches Lansing of the death of Mrs Nellie M McAfee Dillion on August 10 at Wesley Memorial Hospital Chicago Funeral services were held in Lansing and burial took place at Chapel Hill Gardens South Worth Michigan She attended Northeast Missouri State College taught school before marriage and celebrated golden wedding anniversary in 1968 in Braden ton Florida Survived by husband a daughter Jean in Lansing a brother Lawrence McAfee of Lewistown a niece Norma Sankowski of Connersville Indiana and a nephew Donald McAfee of Cedar Rapids Iowa Her daughter was principal of Henry Clay School in Chicago Member of First Methodist Church in Lansing.
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Nellie M. McAfee Dillion
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Lansing
Chapel Hill Gardens
Worth
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Hay A. Dillion
Bradenton
Fla
Lawrence McAfee
Lewistown
Norma Sankowski
Connersville
Ind
Donald McAfee
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Henry Clay School
Dillion
First Methodist Church
GM Recalls 4 000 Cadillacs for Axle Inspection
DETROIT AP General Motors Cadillac Division recalls nearly 4 000 vehicles including 1972 nine passenger limousines and hearses built on Cadillac chassis for other firms for inspection of possible faulty axles. Cadillac notes no injuries from axle breaks.
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Detroit
General Motors
Cadillac
Drug cases hinge on undercover Missouri agent sting
Day and Quisenberry and Ferrier faced felony convictions and charges for drug sales after warrants were issued by Judge Joseph M. Bone. Day allegedly sold drugs to an undercover Missouri Highway Patrol agent, with drugs found at the Day and Quisenberry homes and paraphernalia at Quisenberry. Blair’s marijuana sale case was continued to Sept 1 with $6000 bond set pending attorney.
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Henry N. Blair
Joseph M. Bone
Missouri Highway Patrol
Quisenberry
Ferrier
No Longer Hollywood Bad Boy Mitchum Reflects On Career
HAL BOYLE profiles Robert Mitchum, once the Hollywood bad boy, now durable at the box office after 61 films. He rejects a fixed public image, values honesty, and describes his on set work ethic, dislikes poseurs and city noise, and jokes about aging and being forgotten at 75. He recalls early work in an aircraft factory and remains skeptical of motives, yet shows steady resolve.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Robert Mitchum
Hollywood
Bob
Nvelihood
Mitchum
Mitchun
Bob Mitchum
Rudy Vallee Leads Valentino Tribute in Hollywood
Singer Rudy Vallee heads a Valentino tribute at Hollywood Memorial Park marking the 46th anniversary of Rudolph Valentino's death. A crowd of elderly cinema fans heard Vallee deliver a brief eulogy and recall the silent star’s career.
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Hollywood
Hudy Vallee
Hollywood Memorial Park
Rudolph Valentino
Vallee
Valentino
Mail Chief Drops Plan for 9 Cent Postage Increase
Washington AP E T Klassen, Postmaster General, says he abandoned plans to raise the first class rate to 9 cents on January 1. He cites a 33,000 job cut and savings of about 450 million, mainly from retirements, that negate the need for higher rates. He warned rate rises could still come in 1973 due to labor negotiations and wage demands.
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Washington
E. T. Klassen
Klassen
Divorcing Actress Linda Edwards Plans Date With Vince At White House
HOLLYWOOD AP Linda Edwards wife of actor Vince Edwards seeks divorce after five years of marriage. She said she will attend an event with Vince at the Western White House in San Clemente Sunday and that he will be her first date after the suit was filed.
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Hollywood
Vince Edwards
Linda
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Vince
Did You Lose Your Ballot Poll Notice
A republication invites Ledgerland readers who missed saving and voting the poll ballot to vote today on Page 6 as a last chance. Do not duplicate if already cast. The unscientific poll offers a windward glimpse ahead of the November result with another poll planned near election day.
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Ledgerland
Kentucky Prohibits Movement of Hogs Over Cholera Outbreak
Kentucky bans movement of feeder and slaughter hogs for 30 days and two weeks respectively starting Sunday midnight to curb a hog cholera outbreak that began in Kentucky and spread to Ohio. An Ohio county reports one cholera case from a shipment from central Kentucky. Ohio will slaughter 248 hogs. Kentucky has destroyed 1,550 to date and will compensate farmers with 75,000 dollars. The federal government covers 90 percent indemnity, with the state paying the remainder.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Ohio
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Greene County
Tiny Derby Driver Connie Fox Faces Tough Night
Connie Fox, a 30 year old 4 foot 10 miniature driver weighing 91 pounds, competed in a demolition derby consolation heat after her car started with effort despite a flat tire. She described the night as exciting and plans another race in Jefferson City, noting strong competition and her hope to race again next summer. Her husband won second in the consolation, and the Mexico Lions Club sponsored the event as a civic success.
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Jefferson City
Connie
Shelly Lynn
Illinois
Mexico
Mexico City Council Set for Final Action Tonight
City council agenda includes third readings on multiple ordinances. New ordinance on special tax bills for street work on Anderson Curtis and Western Streets. Final passages expected for cemetery rules, Morris Street parking and stop signs, liquor license residency, Wade Street improvements, release and subdivision contracts, and updates to electrical and fire codes plus a Park South Subdivision sewer district.
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Mexico City
Anderson, Curtis and
Gilbert Patrick
Elmwood Cemetery
Morris Street
Wade Street
King’s Subdivision
Roy Kent
Parkhill
Dorcas Street
Hendricks Street
King
Kent
Mexico
Park South Subdivision
Scholarship Award Made To Miss White
Laura White of Mexico Missouri received a four year $4,000 music scholarship to DePauw University at Interlochen National Music Camp Honors convocation. The award, part of more than $108,000 in tuition scholarships, honors high achievement and includes options for universities and music schools for the 1973 season.
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Interlochen
Mich
Laura White
Mexico
Laura
Robert M. White II
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Mexico High School
Interlochen Arts Academy
Plane Crash Kills Prince William of Gloucester
Prince William of Gloucester died when his light four seat Piper Cherokee clipped a tree near Halfpenny Green Airport and crashed in the Goodyear Air Race. The copilot also perished. The 30 year old prince was ninth in line to the throne.
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Wolverhampton
England
Prince William of
Gloucester
Halfpenny Green
Prince William
Names on Central Missouri Dean's List Summer Term
Three hundred thirteen undergraduates from Central Missouri State University are named to the Dean's List for the summer term. Local honorees include Mark Dean Mackie Rex Power Naomi Melford Susan Starke and Ming Ruth Elaine Kewns from Centralia with listed addresses in Missouri.
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Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg
Mexico
Mark Dean Mackie
Reavis Rd
Rex Victor Power
Venus St
Naomi R. Melford
West St
Susan Mary Starke
Jefferson St
Centralia
Ming Ruth Elaine Kewns
E. Redemyre
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