Local Weather and Area Updates Across Missouri
The morning report lists a high of 50 and a low of 28 with precipitation totals for November at 1.34 inches and year-to-date rainfall 53.25 inches. Forecast calls for clear, colder tonight and cool, near 60 by midweek. Missouri outlook for Thursday through Saturday shows mild then cooler conditions with highs in the 40s to 60s and chances of showers Friday. River stage data for several cities noted, plus local obituaries and births including Obie W. Walker of Montgomery City and a birth in Mexico.
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Missouri
Accidents and theft dot Mexico area roads and shops
Police report a series of incidents from Promenade and Jefferson to Breckenridge and Calhoun, including rear impact between Marilyn Nichols and Danny Payne. Mary Page cited for failure to yield. a left turn collision with Hazel Moss. a vehicle crash on a gravel Audrain road with no injuries. a shop theft of cigarettes at Quality Body Shop. two tires found near Laddonia. a Royal Crown bottle incident injuring a windshield. and a gravel-road rollover with Linda Wilson uninjured. Additionally, Santa by boat and livestock market results are noted in this local update.
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Promenade and
Jefferson Sts
Marilyn Nichols
Ringo St
Danny Payne
Fulton
Promenade St
Nichols
Payne
Mary C. Page
S. Clark St
Boulevard
Clark St
Hazel Mae Moss
N. Jefferson St
Page
Moss
Breckenridge and
Calhoun Sts
Alfred E. Meyer
Route 3
Mexico
Margaret H. Mayfield
Vic-Mar
Calhoun St
Meyer
B. F.goodrich Co
Mayfield
Breckenridge St
Quality Body Shop
Route 4
Deloy Isging
Bernard Steinman
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Russell Wilkes
Wilkes
Route 1
Russell Summers
Laddonia
Summers
Highway 22
James Carl Leite
Thompson
Don _ Bolli
Leite
Allan Eugene Zink
Jefferson City
Linda Kay Wilson
Chicago Livestock Prices Report Market Notes
USDA Chicago cattle market mixed with higher slaughter steer bids up to 28.50 for prime steers of 1,175 pounds. Heifers steady with small prime lots around 28.25 to 28.50 per hundredweight. Yields range from 27.00 to 28.75 for various weights. no sheep market test reported.
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of AG
MO. Dept, OF AG
National Stockyards
Chicago
USDA
Stock Market News and Day's Trading Snapshot
NYSE shares drifted lower on some fronts but overall market held gains for the eighth straight session. The Dow stood at 797.03 midday, up 2.94, with turnover at 7.03 million shares in the first hour, the third largest on record as investors priced in lower rates and improved sentiment.
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Ifl
A. B. Chante Co
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterall
New York Stock Exchange
Bobbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Parthandle
Hastein
Ralston Purina
U.S
New York
Dow
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Patterson Wins Narrow Senate Pres Pro Tem Vote in Missouri
In Jefferson City AP report, Senator J F Patterson of Caruthersville wins re election as president pro tem by one vote over Democrat William Waters amid party shifts. Senate Republicans hold vacancies and Democrats gain control 25 9 with Cason named majority floor leader and Brancato as caucus chair.
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Jefferson City
J.F. Patterson
Caruthersville
Senate
Missouri
William B. Waters
Liberty
John W. Joynt
St. Louis
Bar R. Blackwell
Hillsboro
Waters
William J. Cason
Clinton
A. Basey Vanlandingham
D -Columbia
Vanlandingham
Cason
Jasper M. Brancato
Ckansas City
Raymond Howard
D-St. Louis
Patterson
Bomb Explodes Outside Oregon University Buildings
An explosion damaged an office and shattered windows in three University of Oregon buildings in Eugene. Two telephone operators in one building escaped injury. Police said the blast occurred outside a ground level window of Johnson Hall housing the university president and the State System of Higher Education offices.
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Eugene
Ore
University of Oregon
Johnson Hall
State System of Higher Education
Bacteriology Workshop Planned at Audrain Medical Center
A laboratory workshop titled Fundamentals of Bacteriology will be held at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico on December 4 and 5. The University of Missouri Columbia Medical Center and Extension Division, in cooperation with the hospital, will present the sessions from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on December 4 and from 9 a.m. to noon on December 5.
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Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
University of Missouri
Columbia Medical Center and Extension Division
Obbie W. Walker Dies at 79 in Montgomery City
Obbie W. Walker 79 a Montgomery County farmer stockman and three term Democrat state representative died yesterday at Audfain Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Schlanker Funeral Home with Rev. Clarence Smith officiating burial in Montgomery City Cemetery. He served on flood control and conservation agriculture and roads committees. Born June 2 1891 west of Montgomery City he was survived by Emma Renner Walker widow four stepchildren and siblings Ozella Scott Ollie Walker plus the Walker children in Kansas City and California.
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Montgomery City
Obbie Walker
Montgomery County
Audfain Medical Center
Schlanker Funeral Home
Clarence Smith
Wellsville
Emmett
Ella Oliver Walker
Christian Church
Modern Woodmen of America
Emma Renner Walker
Ernest
Ozella) Scott
Ollie Walker
Dorothy Brown
Freda Hobson
William Walker
Kansas City
R. L. Walker
Santa Rosa
Calif
Burial for Mrs. Margaret Allison in Elmwood Cemetery
Graveside services for Mrs. Margaret Allison of Concord California were held this afternoon at Elmwood Cemetery with Rev. Martin Jones of Friendship Baptist Church presiding. Pallbearers included Virgil L. Atkins J R Sims Don Finley Shirley Dale Quisenberry Nelson Groves and Harry Groves. Arnold funeral home arranged.
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Margaret Allison
Concord
Calif
Elmwood Cemetery
Martin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
Virgil L. Atkins
Laddonia
J. R. Sims
Centralia
Don Finley
Shirley Dale Quisenberry
Hallsville
Nelson Groves
Harry Groves
Mexico
Arnold Funeral Home
Rites Held For Miss Kate Smithey At Arnold Funeral Home
Last rites for Miss Kate Smithey were to be held this afternoon at Arnold funeral home with Rev. Robert R. Collins of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial would be in Elmwood Cemetery. Organ music by Mrs. John W. Willer. Pallbearers listed as William Bailey John Alec McPheeters Stockwell Smithey J D Edmonston Wayne Robertson and Howard Reed.
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Kate Smithey
Arnold Funeral Home
Robert R. Collins
Elmwood Cemetery
John W. Willer
William Bailey
John Alec McPheeters
Auxvasse
Stockwell Smithey
J. D. Edmonston
Wayne Robertson
Howard Reed
Funeral services for Ralph Houf 78 Wednesday
Ralph Houf 78 died at Audrain Medical Center after a long illness. Funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Atfield Funeral Home, Rev. Frank L. Park officiating. Burial in East Lawn Memorial Park. Born May 18 1892 in McCredie, he married Estelle Blythe in New Bloomfield on June 25 1924. A World War I veteran, he retired in 1957 from A P Green Refractories Co. Surviving: Estelle his widow three sons John E. Houf Walter Houf Will Houf a brother William Houf a sister Edna Harrison and six grandchildren. Visitation tonight 7 to 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Ralph 8. Hout
Audtain
Atfield Funeral Home
Frank L. Park
First Baptist Church
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
McCredie
Houf
J. W
Marty EB. Scott Houf
New Bloomfield
Estelle Blythe
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Mexico
John E. Houf
Walter Houf
Des Moines
Lowa
Will Houf
Greenwich
William Houf
Boonville
Edna Harrison
Hams Prairie
McIntyre Rites Held After Long Life of Julia Rundell McIntyre
Last rites for Mrs. John McIntyre were conducted at Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. Frank L. Park of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by husband, McIntyre, at 404 W. Whitley St. son Phillip Fricina of Mexico. brother Tom Rundell of Richmond. sister Mrs. Emily Cox of Bogart. preceded by three brothers and two sisters. Born June 14, 1891 in Hardin as Julia Ann Rundell.
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John McIntyre
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
Frank L. Park
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Julia Ann Rundell
McIntyre
W. Whitley St
Phillip Fricina
Mexico
Tom Rundell
Richmond
Emily Cox
Bogart
Rites Held for Mrs. Jessie G Waggett at Local Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie G. Waggett were conducted this morning by Rev. John Harmon at Precht Pickering funeral home. Interment followed in Elmwood Cemetery with pallbearers including Jack Swift Perry John R Hopkins Elmer McGee George Sullivan Fred W Pearl and Byrnes Hawthorne.
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Jessie G. Waggett
Precht Pickering Funeral Home
John Harmon
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Jack Swift
Perry
John R. Hopkins
Elmer McGee
George Sullivan
Fred W. Pearl
Byrnes Hawthorne
Chrysler Hikes Prices Again for 1971 Cars
Chrysler Corp raised the average MSRP on its 1971 passenger cars by $15, about 0.5 percent, effective Wednesday. The year’s total increase averages $119 per car, or 4.2 percent, following an earlier September hike and mirroring GM and Ford price moves tied to rising material and labor costs.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Ford
Troop Plan Will Bring Showdown In Senate 1971
Washington AP Senator Mansfield says Nixon administration will keep U S troop strength in Europe at about 285000 through the 1972 fiscal year and vows a Senate showdown in 1971. Defense chief Laird will outline NATO troop policy in Brussels this week as Mansfield presses his long standing reduction resolution.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Europe
Melvin R. Laird
NATO
Brussels
Mansfield
Nixon
Kids Uncover Weapon Cache Near Birmingham
In Bessemer near a trailer park, investigators unearthed a 45 foot van filled with an arms cache described as large enough to fuel a minor war or major guerrilla action. The haul included hundreds of U.S. Army rifles, a mortar, grenades, bombs, Molotov cocktails, sporting rifles, shotguns, pistols, and dynamite. Authorities seek a man who parked the van over a month ago and made at least two visits.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Mel Bailey
Jefferson County
Bailey
Isis
Governor Makes Two Appointments
Gov Warren Hearnes reappointed Dr Melvin C Kasten of Cape Girardeau to the State Board of Healing Arts. He also named John Dunivant of Caruthersville as second district judge of Pemiscot County, succeeding the late M L Viar of Steele.
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Jefferson City
Warren BE. Hearnes
Melvin C. Kasten
Cape Girardeau
State Board of Healing Arts
John Dunavant
Caruthersville
Pemiscot County
M. L. Viar
Steele
Mortgage Insurance Ceilings Fall to 8 Percent
Washington AP reports the FHA and Veterans Administration cut the government insured home mortgage ceiling from 8 percent by 8 percent. Secretary George Romney says the drop follows lower market rates and should not destabilize funds flow. The new ceiling applies to future guarantees, not existing FHA loans totaling 68 billion, and aims to fund 12 000 more housing units in the current year.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
George Romney
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Romney
White House Eyes Tougher Incomes Policy Appeal
The administration, opposing noncompulsory wage and price controls, faces growing calls for an incomes policy as living costs rise. The CPI jumped six tenths in October to 7.2 percent annually, with officials signaling a tougher inflation alert and possible Nixon appeal to unions and management for wage-price moderation amid delays.
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Uique
White House
Nixon
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