Missouri Weather and Local River Stages Summary
Forecasts for Zone 6 and Missouri counties call for partly cloudy tonight with lows in the 30s and a mild Wednesday with highs near 60. Extended outlook shows a cold Thursday giving way to warmer Friday through Saturday, with highs from the mid teens north to upper 30s south and morning lows from the low teens to 30s. River stages list Kansas City at 33 and St Louis at 9.3 with several towns noted. hospital admissions include multiple named individuals. births and deaths reported among Mexico and nearby communities.
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Missouri
Highway crash and burglaries in Missouri noted
An eastbound truck driven by Alan Joseph Hentges 20 of Jefferson City and a following car driven by John Andrew Crowell 50 of Columbia collided 2 miles east of Audrain Route 11. Damage estimated 300 dollars. Burglars broke into Keats Broadview service station motel and restaurant on Highway 54. Entry gained via rear restaurant door and restroom window. nothing missing except loose change. Sheriff reports. Circuit Court grants divorces for two OConnor couples. Probate lists estate values for Goldie Mae Cantrell.
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Alan Joseph Hentges
Jefferson City
Audrain County
John ‘Andrew Crowell
Columbia
Highway Patrol
Hentges
Crowell
Highway 54
Route D
Harold Keats
Harold Sulgrove
Sulgrove
Christmas Shopping Is Ordeal for Hal Boyle
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle notes Christmas shopping tests women and men differently. Women derive secret pleasure from buying while men endure silent martyrdom. The piece humorously contrasts gift giving with Santa, family hints, and the social underpinnings of seasonal buying. It closes with the suggestion that cash is the easiest universal gift solution.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
Underground Power Line Hearing Set
Jefferson City AP reports the Missouri Public Service Commission will hold hearings on January 1 regarding a proposed order requiring buried electric service and feeder lines for investor owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives. The cost of underground installations would be absorbed by the utility.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Stock Market Mixed as Banks Cut Prime Rate
The New York market rose modestly after several banks cut the prime lending rate, with the Dow Jones at 822.15, up 0.61. NYSE leaders outpaced decliners about 2 to 1 as Chase Manhattan reduced its rate to 6 percent and other banks followed. Big names like General Electric and Pfizer posted gains, while some rail and utility stocks weakened.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Chase Manhattan
Associated Press
Memorex
General Electric
Pfizer
Crown Cork
American Stock Exchange
Peabody-Galion
Milgo Electronic
Asamera Oil
Vietnam Conflicts Persist Across Regions
Vietnamese and Cambodian forces clash again as South Vietnamese casualties total five killed and five wounded. Cambodian claim 26 defectors surrender near the capital. In the Mekong Delta a U S Navy unit suffers two killed and two wounded. Saigon to release about 50 disabled North Vietnamese prisoners at the DMZ on Jan 24 as Tet clemency gesture.
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South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Navy
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Tran van Lam
North Vietnam
Mrs Flossie Carter Dies At 62 In New Florence
Mrs. Flossie Mae Carter 62 of New Florence died at home after months of illness. Born July 19 1908 at Big Springs Missouri she was a daughter of David Roz and Mary Davis Dixon. She married Arthur B. Carter Aug 6 1927, and he survives. She belonged to the New Florence Methodist Church. Surviving: 12 children including Carol Worley Joyce Horstmann Barbara Stuart Nina Edmonds Mary Holloman and Gayle Carter. five sons Billy Joe Lee David Kenneth Sidney. 23 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Three sisters Zenia Bishop Dorothy Covington Cathleen Jaynes and brother Emory Dixon also survive. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at New Florence Methodist Church with Rev Homer Steinhardt officiating. Friends may call Baker Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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New Florence
Flossie Mae Carter
Carter
Big Springs
David Roz
Mary Davis Dixon
Arthur B. Carter
Hermann
Barbara Stuart
Holts Summit
Nina Edmonds
St. Louis
Phyllis Gones
Joynson City
N.Y
Mary Holloman
Gayle Carter
Billy Joe
Lee
Tupelo
David
Kenneth
Troy
Sidney
Columbia
Zenia Bishop
Dorothy Covington
Cathleen Jaynes
Carthage
Emory Dixon
New Florence Methodist Church
Homer Steinhardt
Baker Funeral Home
Sowers Dies at New Florence Missouri Farmer 70
Harry Commodore Sowers 70 of New Florence died at home. Born October 11, 1900 in Oklahoma, he was a farmer and former resident of the area. Survived by a stepdaughter, two brothers, a sister, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Schlanker Funeral Home Montgomery City. Burial Montgomery City Cemetery. Viewing after 3:30 p.m. today.
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New Florence
Harry Commodore Sowers
Mr.Sowers
Oklahoma
Frank
Alice Orton Sowers
Augusta Proehl
Sowers
Palmyra
Bryan Gruber
Danville
Harry
Montgomery City
Mario
Castaic
Calif
Mary Jane Smulser
Hunnewell
Schlanker Funeral Home
Fred Cox
Emmit Davidson Dies at Hospital in Centralia
Funeral services pending at Ballew Funeral Home for Emmit E. Davidson 70 of 407 N Barr St Centralia. He died at 655 am today at Audrain Medical Center Mexico after being patient since Sunday. Survived by wife Bertha and son Charles both of Centralia.
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Audrain Medical Center
James R. Gilman
Russell Ray Creasman
Robert J. Robinson
Marguarité Rutter
Amy L. Viar
Kenny V. Sutton
Mexico
Charley G. Hudnall
Centralia
Stephen Sales
Flemon E. Miller
Montgomery City
Norman D. Kronsbein
Livonia
Mich
Eugene Burnett
Auxvasse
Geoffrey Ray Dunlap
Laddonia
Darren K. Vaughn
Paris
Julius Fennewald
Benton City
John R. O'Brien
Perry
Johnnie W. Snyder
Wallace C. Bealmear
William Garrett
Clarence Becker
Flavious M. Durham
Hamilton H. Cherry
Gary J. Oser
Charles Rainey
Aubrey Potter
Tandy Witten
Thomas Benton
Arnold Griffin
Sally Hammen
Rosie Fitzgerald
Katherine Kallenbach
Earl Cook
Debbie Garnett
Tressie L. Stone
Rush Hill
Lula Randall
John ‘W. Albus
Elmer ‘Boethemeyer
Kenneth L. Phillips
Thompson
Maurine E. Elliott
Wells
Ballew
Emmit E. Davidson
N. Barr St
New Books At Library Add Wide Range Of Literary Criticism
Mexico-Audrain County Library receives many new adult essays and criticisms. Titles include works on Unamuno Camus Cavafy Apollinaire Brecht and Joyce Cary among others. Authors named include Bien Bree Breunig Hynes Lodge Malkoff Peyre Stimpson Tindall Unterecker and Ziolkowski.
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Mexico-Audrain County
Miguel Unamuno
Demetrios
Constantine Cavafy
Peter Bien
Albert Camus
Germaine Bree
Guillaume Apollinaire
C. Leroy Breunig
Marcel Ayme
Dorothy Brodin
Giuseppe Ungaretti
Glauco Cabon
C. P. Snow
Robert Davis
Jaan Genet
Tom Driver
Bertold Brecht
Martin Esslin
Stefan George
Ulrich Goldsmith
Raymond Queneau
Jacques Guicharnaud
Louis- Ferdinand Celine
David Hayman
William Golding
Samuel Hynes
John Millington Synge
Dennis Johnston
Harold Pinter
Walter Kerr
Norman Douglas
Lewis Leary
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Francis Lees
Graham Greene
David Lodge
Muriel Spark
Kari Malkoff
Andre Breton
J. H. Matthews
George Bernard Shaw
John Matthies
E. M. Forster
Harry Moore
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Bruce Morrissette
Ivy
Compton-Burnett
Blake Nevius
Joyce Cary
William van O'Connor
Jean- Paul Sartre
Henri Peyre
Marcel Proust
Ronald Firbank
Edward Potoker
Eugene Tonesco
Leonard Pronko
Tris Murdoch
Rudin Rabinovitz
Luigi Pirandello
Olga Ragusa
Andre Gide
Vinio Rossi
Michel Butor
Robert Ryf
Henry Green
Feodor Dostoevsky
Ernest Simmons
Franz Kafka
Walter Sokel
Robert Graves
George Stade
Thomas Mann
J. P. Stein
J.R.R. Tolkien
Catharine Stimpson
Nathalie Sarraute
Hermann Hesse
Theodore Ziolkowski
Mendel Rivers in Poor Condition in Birmingham
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers of South Carolina remains in serious condition at University Hospital after a heart stoppage. A spokesman reports ongoing irregular heartbeats and reduced heart performance, noting prior open heart surgery on December 11 to replace a faulty valve with a plastic one.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rep
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
University Hospital
Rivers
House
Armed Services Committee
Missouri farmers to state corn crop intentions survey
The Crop and Livestock Reporting Service will mail planting intention questionnaires on December 28 for a Jan 1 1971 survey amid farm policy and corn blight uncertainties. Missouri 1970 corn production fell to 173,057,000 bushels, the lowest since 1964, with 61 bushels per acre. Soybeans set a record high at 90,896,000 bushels, wheat dropped to 31,220,000 bushels, averaging 33.5 bushels per acre.
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Columbia
Missouri
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Workmen Comp Rates Going Up
William Y. McCaskill, superintendent of insurance, said rates for workman’s compensation will rise an average 6.5 percent starting January 1. Last year’s total was 57,249,000 dollars. Contractors face 5.5 percent, manufacturing 5.9 percent, and general business concerns 7.3 percent increases. McCaskill urged safety measures to reduce losses.
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Jefferson City
William Y. McCaskill
MccAskill
University Singers Visit Washington for Senate Events
The University Singers from Missouri, a 38 student group from Columbia directed by Prof. Thomas Mills, toured the White House and performed a Christmas program in a Senate office building. They will appear at the Pageant for Peace under the National Christmas tree near the White House after a Department of Agriculture concert earlier.
Miss Missouri Box 14-A Delivers Christmas Cheer to Indians
In Tiff City Missouri Box 14-A led by RoMere Darling Martin known as Princess RoMere supports needy Indian families in Grand Lake area northeast of Oklahoma. Since 1953 volunteers and Joplin Fire Department assist loading food and toys into trucks destined for 38 families with many children. A priest blesses the Christmas shipments on December 23 marking a long standing local ritual.
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Tiff City
RoMere
Martin
Princess RoMere
Indiah Woran
Oklahoma
Grand Lake Area
Joplin
Mrs. Martin
Federal Indian Office
Miami
Okla
Dreyfus Treason Verdict Angered World Opinion
On this date in 1696 a French military court found Captain Alfred Dreyfus guilty of treason and sentenced him to Devil's Island, a case that sparked global antisemitism backlash. Also in 1650 New England colonists required standard weight loaves of bread by law.
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France
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil's Island
New England
Senate trims funding for Inter-American Bank amid filibuster threats
Senate leaders, bowing to outgoing Albert Gore, cut proposed funding for the Inter-American Development Bank pending next year’s review, amid threats of another filibuster. House action included a securities investor protection measure creating a 75 million dollar fund to reimburse customers after brokerage firm failures.
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International Monetary
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Inter-American Development Bank
Senate
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Inter-American Bank
Asian Development Bank
Gore
House
Securities Investor Protection Corp
Mansfield
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Department of Transportation
Congress Is 74 Percent Protestant in New Session
A religious composition check of the new Congress finds 74.3 percent Protestant, 18.3 percent Catholic, 2.3 percent Jewish, with small shares of other faiths. Roman Catholics gain five seats to 115 total. 16 members report no church affiliation. In all, 635 members meet in January, with Methodists holding 86 seats and 20 Senate seats, Presbyterians 83, Episcopalians 66, Baptists 53, and other groups filling the rest.
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George W. Cornell
Wilter Gs
U.S
Christianity Today
Congress
House
Senate
United Church of Christ
Epces Niatis
Christian Church
Disciples
Quakers
Unitarian Universalists
Churches of Christ
Murray Named Franklin County Recorder of Deeds
Jefferson City AP says Gov Warren E Hearnes named Walter A Murray Franklin County recorder of deeds. He succeeds the late George F Koelling, Sullivan Republican.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Walter A. Murray
Franklin
Franklin County
George F. Koelling
Sullivan
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Keat
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Clarence O'Connor
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USDA
Ill
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. OF AG
A. B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Irterdo
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Han, Dé Oe
Vietnam
Flossie Carter
H.C. Sowers
Emmit Davidson
Mendel
Defense Department
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Israel
Cambodia
Hawkish House Appropriations Committee
White House
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Laos
Thailand
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
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Flaurette
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Onannge
Shabel
Pilcher Jewelry CO
American Gem Society
S. Jefferson
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