Mexico City Council weighs leash law and fire truck cost
Mexico leaders discuss circulating petitions for a leash law on dogs with a potential April election ballot. They review 260 dogs picked up this year and a Missouri Power and Light Co rate increase intervention. bids on a custom built fire truck from Seagrave and American LaFrance are considered, with travel to compare models before financing from current and next year’s budgets.
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Mexico
Harold Hodson
Hodson
W. Breckenridge St
Warner Williams
Howard Dillard
Neil Nielsen
Missouri Power and Light Co
Missouri Public Service Commission
Jefferson City
MPL
Dillard
Seagrave Co
American LaFrance Co
Nielsen
City
Tom Merritt
St. Louis County
St. Louis
Seagrave and LaFrance
Sign Contract For 26 Duplexes In Mexico
A $719,500 contract for 52 new low-cost housing units in Garcia and west underpass urban renewal areas was signed by William Reinhardt of Reinhardt Construction Co. of Centralia. The Mexico Housing Authority says some units will house elderly persons and ground breaking will occur before Christmas once federal approval is granted. Reinhardt named four sub-contractors for the job.
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Mexico
William Reinhardt
Stoutsville Faces Fate With Reservoir Plan
Stoutsville residents and officials meet to discuss the town’s future as Clarence Cannon Reservoir would cover low areas, rail lines shift, and options include incorporation, sewage provision, or annexation. Officials from Corps of Engineers outline boundaries and impacts on 125 lots.
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Stoutsville
Clarence Cannon
Corps of Engineers
Monroe
Cecil Evans
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Buck Creek
Salt River
Robert Hughey
St. Louis
Clarence A. Tillema
Hannibal Real Estate
One Way Jackson Parking Ordinance Moves Forward
Mexico city council discussed an ordinance to ban parking on the south side of E. Jackson Street and keep Jackson as a one way from Washington to Hord. The planning commission urged retaining one way from Calhoun to Hord while eliminating south side parking on B Jackson Street. The 30 mph residential speed limit would stay. a 20 mph hospital zone was rejected amid changing traffic with Route J and future plans.
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E. Jackson St
Mexico City
E. Jackson
Washington
Hord
Jackson St
City Engineering Department
Planning and Zoning Commission
Jackson
Calhoun
Hord Sts
B. Jackson
Engineering
Neil Nielsen
Nielsen
Commission
Monroe St
Mrs James F Jones Dies At Twenty One
Mrs James F Jones age 21 of 1109 N Clark St died at 11 46 am today at Audrain Medical Center about five hours after giving birth to a four pound five ounce son. She had been a hospital patient since Friday. Funeral services are pending at Precht Pickering funeral home. She was the daughter of Forrest Hatfield and Mrs Wonona Williams Hatfield born in Mexico on Oct 30 1949. She married James Jones on Nov 25 1966. Surviving with her husband and parents are two children Lori nearly 3 and James Matthew born at 5 30 am today.
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James F. Jones
Clark St
Audrain Medical Center
Jones
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
Forrest Hatfield
Wonona Williams Hatfield
Janet Hatfield
Mexico
Mr. Jones
Lori
James Matthew
Missouri Senate Debates Tax Increase Referendum
In Jefferson City the Missouri Senate halted for lunch with debate unsettled over a proposal to refer any income tax hike to voters. Sen. Waters urged a April referendum, saying a delay would worsen a fiscal crisis, while critics warned the measure would kill the bill and strain welfare, education, and mental health programs without long term funding.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate
William B. Waters
Liberty
T. D. McNeal
D-St. Louis
Maurice Schechter
Dcteve Coeur
Missouri
Waters
John E. Downs
D-St. Joseph
Earl R. Blackwell
House
Sen
D-St.louis
Appropriations Committee
McNeal
Ways and Means Committee
Robbers Grab Store Cash at Temple Stephens Market
Three unarmed youths described as Negroes aged 18 to 20 robbed the customer-filled Temple Stephens store on Highway 54 East last night. They grabbed cash from a register as crowds watched, fled in a white over blue 1964 Oldsmobile, and headed east on Highway 54 after a brief chase. Deputy Sheriff Jim Littrell reported no arrest yet and noted the store is outside Mexico city limits in Vandiver Village.
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Temple Stephens
Highway 54 East
Rudy Head
Moberly
Jim Littrell
Littrell
Thompson
Mexico City
Vandiver Village
Mexico
Burglars Steal $1200 in Guns From Graf Store
Burglars took at least five over and under shotguns and three .22 pistols valued at $1200 from Graf and Sons Inc sporting goods on Highway 54 south. Sheriff Sulgrove said the alarm at 4 a.m. alerted the Grafs after entry by prying the back door. thieves fled before officers arrived, dropping one shotgun as they exited.
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Graf and Sons, Inc
Highway 54 South
Harold Sulgrove
Grafs
Howard Graf
Nominees for Extension Posts Listed in Audrain County
Nominees for the Audrain County Extension Council January election include two per district with one elected for two years. Districts list Saling Township Clyde James and Bobby Dale McBride. Wilson Mrs. Wynn Henderson and Mrs. Wayne Shellabarger. Salt River Mrs. John Rudasill and Mrs. Andy Runge. South Fork Mrs. Ed Hesterberg and Mrs. Clyde Berry. Prairie Township William Ardell and Louis Smithey. Linn Mrs. EH L. Northcutt and Mrs. Hubert Lay. Cuivie Mrs. Howard Francis and Mrs. Wayne Robertson. Bennie Salisbury urged petitions of 25 or more voters within 20 days for additional nominees.
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Audrain County Extension Council
Saling Township
Clyde James
Bobby Dale McBride
Wilson
Wynn Henderson
Wayne Shellabarger
Salt River
John Rudasill
Andy Runge
South Fork
Ed Hesterberg
Clyde Berry
Prairie Township
William Ardell
Louis Smithey
Linn
Court rules defendants' rights in Georgia murder case
The Supreme Court in a 5 4 decision upheld the murder conviction of Alex Evans in Gwinnett County Georgia, allowing damning testimony from a prisoner not cross examined. The ruling reflected a conservative shift with Justice Blackmun. Dissenters asserted a violation of Evans's rights and a new trial was warranted.
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Washington
Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court
Georgia
Blackmun
Nixon
Warren Court
Alex S. Evans
Gwinnett County
Jerry Everett
Lynwood W. Shaw
Shaw
Venson Williams
Alex Evans
Evans
Williams
U.S. Circuit Court
Richmond
Cour
Blackgarn
Senate
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Darren Baysinger
David Smith
University of Missouri
Pete Ekern
Darren
Hawthorne School
Jack Baysinger
Kent Rd
Garfield School
McMillan and Sims
Hawthorne
Laddonia
St. Joseph’s School
Martinsburg
Farber
Richard Vance
Neiferts
James RK. Neifert
Kentucky Rd
Neifert
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Howerton Electric
Burnett Plumbing Co
St. Clair
Bode Co
Hartman-Walsh
Berrey
Garfield
Laird
Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Southeast Asia
Ron
Jennifer
Marty
Mrs
Carl
S. Morris St
James Jones
Graf
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