Weather report and forecast for Missouri and Kansas City
Official 7:00 a.m readings recap last 24 hours highs 70 lows 28 at 7 a.m. practice. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness tonight with a low 25 to 30 and winds east to southeast 6 to 12. Saturday partly sunny and warmer with high near 50 and a 10 percent chance of rain. Missouri outlook through Tuesday mild to cooler conditions with scattered rain Sunday. Lake of the Ozarks stage at 655.3, 4.7 feet below full.
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Missouri
Local Hospital Reports New Admissions And Dismissals
Audrain Medical Center officials list multiple admissions including Darrell Thoenen Mary Taylor Elmer Seale Joey Whelan Gina Littrell Felix Cottle and others across Mexico Lawrence Hoagland and Perry. plus a birth in Bellflower and several discharges. Tributes and obituaries follow with deaths including Mrs Nelson Oliver Phillip Melahn and Mrs Sophia Doebelin. marriage licenses issued in St Louis County.
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Audrain Medical Center
Darrell L. Thoenen
Mary L. Taylor
Elmer M. Seale
Joey E. Whelan
Gina Marie Littrell
Felix A. Cottle
Charles Kevin Bertels
Robert L. Exendine
Mexico
Lawrence R. Hoagland
Jimmy Dean Allen
Paula Sue Allen
Betty Jane Allen
Vandalia
Lisa F. Seay
Benton City
Elwood W. Swearingen
Montgomery City
Herman L
High Hill
Lonnie Dean Prior
Bellflower
Gayle R&. McKinney
A. W. Heckart
Zina Thompson
Roy Seale
R. C. Hampton
Davey Remley
Gloria Neser
Derek McCord
Car strikes shop causing damage and theft reported
Patrolman Jaeger logged that Greg Mosley’s car hit the S and Gorumet Shop on Monroe Street, breaking shingles and bottles. Mosley agreed to pay. The same car reportedly backed into Keith Fritschie’s vehicle in the lot. Earlier, Mrs. Sublette reported her son’s Timex watch with a brown feather band stolen from Hardin Junior High School.
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Earl Jaeger
Greg Mosley
N. Clark St
Gorumet
W. Monroe St
Mosley
Keith Fritschie
Mexico
Woodrow Sublette
Fairground St
Hardin Junior High School
Market Reports From National Stockyards And Chicago
Market notes show hog estimates for Monday at 9,000 head with receipts 5,500. Cattle and sheep offerings thin, hog prices range 15.50 to 21.50 depending on grade and weight. Chicago futures see grains sharply higher with wheat up about 1.7, corn up about 1.14, soybeans near 3.01. A separate two car crash on Highway 54 south of Mexico caused minor injuries. Magistrate Court lists several charges and fines including liquor by minor, speeding, and improper funds. Missouri Livestock Center reports mixed hogs and cattle pricing, with varying lifts and declines by class.
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National
Ill
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Highway Patrol
Mexico
Shelby J. Tolson
John M. Cheney
Wal- Mart
Tolson
Cheney
Thomas Richard Wright
Vandalia
Robert Barnes
Harlan Calvin Grove
Palmyra
Donald R. Davidson
Charles Leroy Largent
Donald Edward O’connor
Charles D. Blum
Richard Cary Bird
Missouri Livestock Market Center
MO. Dept. OF AG
Pep Pills Ordered Cut 40 Percent
The Justice Department ordered a 40 percent reduction in pep pill production for next year based on a Health and Education report and BNDD findings. Officials say 20 to 50 percent of the estimated 3.5 billion pills produced annually were diverted into illicit traffic.
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Washington
Justice Department
John E. Ingersoll
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Institute of Mental Health
NIMH
BNDD
John N. Mitchell
Ingersoll
Inductions Halted Nationwide By Draft Agency
Selective Service System halted inductions nationwide this month as local boards overfilled December quotas. A spokesman noted the pause was not due to Justice Douglas stay in Southern California, which limited inductions there to avoid exceeding the quota. The 90 day clause ends December 28, with legal challenges by the ACLU targeting drafts after last September.
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Washington
Selective Service
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
California
Douglas
Army
Senate
American Civil Liberties Union
Kirksville Grants Liquor by the Drink Licenses
On December 1 Kirksville opened liquor by the drink licensing for eligible establishments. Six licenses have been issued so far, with a seventh, Bonfoey Inn, applying for one, per City Clerk Ralph Sees.
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Kirksville
Bonfoey Inn
Ralph Sees
Stocks Falter Yet Rise as Markets Extend Seventh Gain
In brisk but uneven trading the noon Dow rose 4.09 to 852.88 amid mixed NYSE results. Rails, oils, metals, mail order retail and motors led advances while motors, aircraft and chemicals fell. overall a seventh straight session of gains with profit-taking viewed but limited.
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A. B. Chance
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
NEW York
Firms quit Miami sale of detergents
Procter & Gamble says its Miami detergent market is ended due to a phosphate detergent ban by Dade County, with Colgate-Palmolive also not selling nonphosphate detergents in Dade County. Lever Brothers will switch to a sodium carbonate substitute and maintain its line. The three companies supply 90 percent of the market nationally and locally.
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Miami
Fla
Proctor & Gamble
Dade County
Colgate-Palmolive
New York City
Procter & Gambie
Lever Brothers
Auditors Stand Firm Against Governor’s Interference
Bond defended the state auditing office as high quality while criticizing Governor Hearnes for efforts to limit scrutiny. He noted the revenue director sought outside experts to produce favorable reports, arguing the governor has authority to hire outsiders but previously left the department unaudited. He pledged not to be intimidated and to uphold constitutional duties of objective audits.
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Hearnes
Department of Revenue
Missouri
Paul Peer Dies Rites To Be Here
Paul J. Peer 67 of Republic Missouri died Thursday at 6 08 p m in St Marys Hospital Rochester Minnesota after long illness He married Louise Withers in Mexico in 1938 and is survived by his wife a son in law and several relatives Funeral services are set for Monday with burial at East Lawn Memorial Park He previously operated Peer Milling Co and Peer Polled Hereford Farm moving to Republic in 1968 He had earlier lived in Salisbury and Mexico Missouri where he worked at Pollock Mill and farmed
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Arnold Funeral Home
Paul J. Peer
Republic
Peer
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Thomas Clutter
Mexico
Howard Beckley
Roberta Withers
Louise Withers
Salisbury
Peer Milling Co
Armon Peer
Chaffee
Mao
Woodrow Clark Rites At Auxvasse
Funeral services were held for Woodrow Wilson Clark at Auxvasse this afternoon. He died Wednesday at a Fulton hospital. Born July 29, 1916 in Callaway County, he was the son of Arthur and Ida Scott Clark and survived by three sisters Iva Saylor Fulton John Watts Benton City and Lewis Watts Auxvasse and one brother Leslie Clark Oklahoma City.
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Woodrow Wilson Clark
Auxvasse
Clark
Fulton Hospital
Callaway County
Arthur
Ida Scott Clark
Iva Saylor
Fulton
John Watts
Benton City
Lewis Watts
Leslie Clark
Oklahoma City
Okla
Centralia man charged again in stabbing of two officers
Charles Fred Harris Jr., 39, was re arrested after failing to meet release condition from the earlier case. Boone County Prosecutor Charles Franklin said Harris refused hospital treatment at the Veterans Administration Hospital in St. Louis, prompting new charges. Lt. Jerry Colvin and Patrolman Eldon Mallet were stabbed Sept. 2 and have recovered. An arraignment is set for Dec. 21 after $2,000 bond was posted.
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Centralia
Boone County
Charles Franklin
Charles Fred Harris Jr
Harris
Veterans Administration Hospital
St. Louis
Franklin
Jerry Colvin
Eldon Mallet
Joan of Arc wore men's garb say Oxford scholar
London AP reports F E Kenyon of Oxford University concludes Joan of Arc wore male clothing. He notes transvestitism and masculine traits but finds no convincing evidence of lesbianism, though she had a close friendship with a girl named Hamette and sometimes shared sleeping quarters as was common among girls who had made their First Communion.
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London
Oxford University
Joan of Arc
F. E. Kenyon
Kenyon
Joan
Hamette
Army Recruiter Says He Can Save Your Call
Sgt. Mike Mitchell, local army recruiter, notes he may save you a phone call by visiting the new recruiting office at 215 W. Jackson St. His contact number is 581-7355, and he supports the ad promoting starting pay of 268.50 plus benefits, while noting you can skip calling 800-243-6000.
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Mike Mitchell
U. S. Army
W. Jackson St
Missouri State Park Fees Begin January 1 1973
Jefferson City Missouri AP The Missouri State Park Board moves forward with user fees starting January 1 1973 Park Director Joseph Jaeger Jr says fees are needed to meet capital improvement needs as park attendance nears 14 5 million this year A detailed fee schedule will be set and a 10 annual or 1 daily vehicle fee could raise about 1 75 million annually to fund a five year 30 million development plan Federal grants and park earnings would supplement the funds The decision follows Attorney General John C Danforth ruling the board has legal authority to impose fees and after abandoning a constitutional amendment approach
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Park Board
Joseph Jaeger Jr
Jaeger
Atty
John C. Danforth
Attorney General
County Officials Still Unpaid In Dallas County
Nine Buffalo county office holders have not received November pay and December looks unlikely as the general fund is depleted and borrowing is maximized. Dallas County Court Presiding Judge L T Henderson says an election may be held after the year begins to seek a 25 cent levy increase per $100 assessed value, with the alternative of a general assessment rise. Dallas County lies just north of Springfield.
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Buffalo
Dallas
L. T. Henderson
Henderson
Dallas County
Springfield
Pigeon Returns Home With Young Owner in Centralia
Centralia story follows a pigeon adopted by Raymond Robison and seen staying on his farm. The same bird was later identified by the Don Crocker family as their pet from Route 124 south of Centralia. Brian Crocker trained the pigeon in Mexico before the reunion, delighting Don who thanked the newspaper.
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Centralia
Raymond Robison
Robison
Raymond
Don Crocker
Route 124
Brian Crocker
Mexico
Don
Endowment Gift to UM Col Engineering From Alumnus
A $100,000 endowment to the University of Missouri Columbia College of Engineering was donated by 1924 alumnus Cramer Wilson LaPierre. The gift underscores support for engineering programs and student opportunities.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri-Columbia
College of Engineering
Cramer Wilson LaPierre
Saigonese Copters Aid Cambodians
Saigon sent 24 to 30 helicopters plus six to eight escorting gunships to Cambodia to lift retreating Cambodian forces from Baray Kompong Thmar and other positions as North Vietnamese attacks pressed the Cambodian defense. Cambodian Lt Col Am Rong said new defensive positions were set near Taing Krasaing and Kompong Thom after heavy fighting around Baray and Kompong Thmar.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Baray
Kompong Thmar
Am Rong
Taing Krasaing
Kompong Thom
Kormpong Thom
South Vietnam
U Minh Forest
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Tay Ninh
Chium
Viet Cong Radio Today
Vietnam
Fire Causes 150000 Damage At St Joseph Furniture Complex
Firemen battled a blaze three miles east of St Joseph at Gerald Rays Colony House, causing about 150000 dollars in damage. The fire, which raged over four hours, confined most destruction to three warehouses, with the interior of one warehouse destroyed.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph
Gerald Ray
Colony House
Employment Up Unemployment Up in November Report
The Labor Department shows unemployment at 6 percent in November as total employment rose to a record 80 million. Most increases hit full-time workers, with young adults losing jobs. white workers led the rise while the teen rate held at 17 percent and Black unemployment fell to 9.3 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Committee Can Inspect Tax Records
The Senate Commerce Committee gains authority to inspect IRS tax returns for 1939 through 1972 under Executive Order 11624. Chairman Magnuson says the move targets organized crime’s impact on interstate commerce, focusing on detergent industry extortion. The panel joins other committees with access to IRS records, while state and local officials may also inspect returns.
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Gregg Herrington
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Nixon
Magnuson
Seventh Congressional Committee
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
TRS
U.S
House
Murderer Flees Court After Escape in Kansas City
Clarence Dexter Dorsey, 23, a convicted murderer and robber, slipped from two Jackson County deputies inside the courthouse, fled through a crowd, and was described as extremely dangerous. He faced a sentence reduction hearing while serving 35 years for armed robbery. Dorsey previously escaped from an Alabama prison in 1969 where he had a life term for storekeeper murder. He pleaded guilty to a 1970 gunpoint theft from a Kansas City lawyer.
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Kansas City
Clarence Dexter Dorsey
Jackson County
Dorsey
Missouri
Alabama
India and East Pakistan clash spurs refugee crisis
Officials in Dacca report heavy Indian attacks in Panchagarah Dinajpur and from Agartala toward Akhaura with Russian tanks and air support. India says troops crossed into East Pakistan in Balurghat Hilli and Boyra areas. Mrs. Gandhi accuses Pakistan army actions and defends refugee intake, saying millions have fled.
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Dacca
Panchagarah
Dinajpur
Agartala
Akhaura
Comilla
East Pakistan
Balurghat-Hilli
Boyra
Gandhi
India
Indian
Benton To Do Mural For Joplin Centennial
Joplin Missouri centennial committee announced Thom as Hart Benton of Kansas City will paint a 544 by 10 foot mural for unveiling in 1973. The artwork will hang above the city council chamber and depict mining boom era 1896 to 1906 influenced by Benton's ties to the area and his Neosho birth.
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Joplin, Mo
Thomas Hart Benton
Kansas City
Joplin
Centennial Committee
Benton
Neosho
the American
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