Memorials mark Pearl Harbor Day across the nation
Memorial services mark December 7, 1941, the day Roosevelt called infamy. The 4,000 member Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, with 75 chapters nationwide, holds a national convention this year in New York City to recall the attack that sank nine Navy ships and left 2,008 sailors dead.
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Los Angeles
Rahlya
Northrup Corp
Oglala
Navy
New York City
Girl Scout Gum Days End On 3l1st
Cadette Troop 371 ends the gum drive on December 31 to aid UNICEF. UNICEF will receive 2.42 dollars per 100 packs collected, funding food and clothing for needy children through empty Clark gum wrappers. Collection sites include Krogers, Mexico High, Hardin Junior High, and ten other local spots.
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Cadette
Clark Brand
Unicef
Clark
Krogers
Mexico High School
Hardin Junior High School
Mexico Savings Bank
Peck’s Record and Television
Charm Card
P. N. Hirsch, Mattingly’s
William Duncan
Paris area births and hospital notes prominent in week
Multiple hospital admissions and returns to home across Audrain and surrounding counties. Mrs. Whaley and Mrs. Hayes recover or were treated after surgeries. Eddie Boyd and others remain patients at Columbia and Mexico centers. Regional agriculture and family news include a Paris EPA soybean harvest earning 1064.56 dollars and a Marceline birth announcing James Todd to Dr. and Mrs. James C. Sheerman with ties to local families.
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Frank Whaley
Paris
Audfaln Medical Center
Whaley
Eddie Boyd
University Medical Center
Columbia
Bob Smithey
R. V. Spencer
Blessing Hospital
Quincy
Glenn Bryan
Woodland Hospital
Moberly
Roy Stevens
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Lynn Halbertstadt
Martha Hayes
Laughlin Hospital
Kirksville
Bryan Forrest
Route 2
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
EPA
Emmett Brown Place
FFA
Joe Coldwell
James C. Sheerman
Marceline
St. Frances Hospital
James Todd
Joyce Johnston
Woodrow Johnston
Madison
Frank Sheerman
Sheerman
Johnston
Emmett Blackaby
Don Vanderlinden
Kim
Dean
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Charles E. Callis
Hickel Attacks Campaign Tactics in 1972 Bid
Former Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel, speaking publicly after his 1970 firing by President Nixon, says the 1970 campaign style was wrong and calls for positive, unifying messaging. He explains unclear reasons for his dismissal and asserts he stood on his record while criticizing aides around Nixon.
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Washington
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon
Hickel
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Vandalia News Highlights and Local Ahead Events
Vandalia coverage notes students joining in a conservation and drug topics session with Gene Baldwin H O Tolson and Sheldon Silk. Mrs James Evans and daughter Kelli return home after two weeks with Harveys. Vera Thompson recovering after surgery at Audrain Medical Center. Van Far Ministerial Alliance to honor Elder William Neal Tuesday at Vandalia Presbyterian Church. Bruce Jackson, son of Earl E Jackson of Rio de Janeiro Brazil, student at Missouri Military Academy Mexico, wins best drilled first year cadet plaque.
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Gene Baldwin
H. O. Tolson
Sheldon Silk
James Evans
Kelli
Harvey Evans
Vera Thompson
Audrain Medical Center
William Neal
Vandalia Presbyterian Church
Second Christian Church
Bill Givens
Europe
Holy Land
Bruce Jackson
Earl E. Jackson
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
Bruce
Carl B. Moore
Vandalia
Missouri Chamber Backs Broad Tax Package in Jefferson City
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce endorsed a wide tax plan aimed at about 167 million dollars annually. President William N. Kelley outlined a package to raise rates on corporate income franchise and individual income taxes, and push sales use tax higher. The chamber favors delaying a 250 million dollar建ding bond for study and backs comprehensive reform over piecemeal tax increases.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Chamber of Commerce
William N. Kelley
New Haven
Warren &. Hearnes
Kelley
Chamber Op
Chamber
Dysart Named Boone County Treasurer by Gov Hearnes
Governor Warren E Hearnes appointed Maurice Dysart a Columbia Democrat as Boone County treasurer effective January first, marking the county’s transition to second class status. Hearnes also reappointed Dr Thomas W White of St Joseph to the Missouri Dental Board.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Maurice Dysart
Columbia Democrat
Boone County
Hearnes
Thomas W. White
St. Joseph
Missouri Dental Board
Ed Duensing Dies at 85 Pioneer in Trotting Racing
Ed A. Duensing a Missouri trotting horseman pioneer and lumberman died after a long illness. He was 85, born in Concordia Maine and served four terms in the Missouri Legislature beginning 1925. He helped establish the Missouri Highway Patrol and led the first 75 million dollar road bond effort.
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Jefferson City
Ed A. Duensing
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol
Duensing
Concordia
Lafayette County
Missouri horseman Duensing long aided labor law
Twenties era figure Duensing led a workmen compensation push in Missouri and served 35 years as superintendent of racing at the State Fair in Sedalia. He helped shape trotting horse interests and was a longtime board member of the U S Trotting Horse association. His Jefferson City lumberyard neighbors the Capitol area. His brother George Duensing also served Lafayette County in the Legislature.
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Missouri
Sedalia
U. S. Trotting Horse Association
Jefferson City
Jefferson Office Building
Capitol
George Duensing
Lafayette County
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Mark
Texas Juice
Emperor Red
Nixon-Agnew
Lawrence Drug Co
Mr. Ladies Beauty Salon
N. Clark
Shirley Gates
Marilyn Jung
Carolyn Thomas
Brenda Steinman
Underwriters’ Laboratories
Missouri Power & Light Electric
Missouri Power & Light Company
Ysis Mamagho
Wvabtor
Dysart
Ed Duensing
Ledger
Hristmas
Pilchers
Lsumay
Ais
Fleurette
Mystique
Lyric
Your Jeweler Pilcher Jewelry Co
Gemologist
South
Jefferson St
American Gem Society
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