Gas Tanker Crash Shuts Roads Near Rush Hill
A propane tanker carrying 3000 pounds overturned 1.7 miles north of Highway 54 and leaked gas after a wrecker attempted to upright the vehicle. The Rufus Burns family evacuated for five hours as roads were closed from 6:30 p.m. until about midnight. Driver Charles Parker Jr. 45 of Mexico received minor injuries and was cited for failure to exercise extreme care.
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Uregas
Rush Hill
Rufus Burns
Gordon Hale
Dennis Herndon
Charles Roy Parker Jr
Mexico
Parker
Burns
Edgar Conklin
Meyer Brothers
Van Matre Nominated to State Redistricting Panel
Jefferson City Everett Van Matre a Mexico attorney was named among ten nominees for a state redistricting commission at yesterday's Democratic state committee session.
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Jefferson City
Everett van Matre
Mexico
Democratic State Committee
Lat
Leroy Tyus
St. Louis
Gustave Saettele
St. Louis County
Ard
Charles Deeban
A.J. Anderson
Harrisonville
Hilla Newman
Kansas City
Robert Dorsey
Brookfield
Andrew Dalton
Springfield
Merle McCubbin
Cabool
Frank Ferrell
Sikeston
Buffalo Grazing Question Stalls Moberly City Council
Moberly Missouri residents seek to graze 15 or 20 buffalo within city limits. City zoning lacks buffalo rules, and a 1856 Supreme Court ruling deemed buffalo not cattle, delaying change. City Council to hold a public hearing. meanwhile redistricting nominees named for state senate map with Hearnes to appoint five Democrats and five Republicans. A doctors remark about overweight patients ends with a grim joke about pill intake.
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Moberly
Buffalo
Marion Lamb
Supreme Court
Mexico firemen deliver Christmas toys to 95 children
For 26 years Mexico firemen led by Fire Chief Tom Merritt repair and deliver toys to children who might not have gifts. From early December they paint and glue over 500 items including wagons and dolls for 35 foster homes, aided by a $100 Rotary Club donation for candy.
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Mexico
Tom Merritt
Merritt
Ford Stotter
Jimmy Sargent
Richard Patrick
Kelly Davis
Arnold Griffin
Chief Merritt
SST Backers Fail To End Senate Filibuster
In Washington the SST backers failed to break a filibuster blocking continued federal subsidies for the supersonic jet liner. A 44 to 42 cloture vote fell short of the two thirds needed, as opponents led by Senator Proxmire cited environmental and economic concerns and House Republicans floated possible compromises for early next year.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
SST
United States
William Proxmire
D-Wise
U.S
Proxmire
House
Hugh Scott
Scott
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Pennsylvania
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
No Snow Threat By Union
About 75 percent of Missouri Highway Department maintenance personnel will not report for snow removal if the first big snowfall arrives, said Herman Jones of Operating Engineers Local 2. He said the union represents about 1,700 of the state’s 2,400 workers and protests a stalled pay raise. Jones criticized the commission’s August decision to limit the raise despite available funds. Commission Chairman Jack Stapleton Sr. expressed confidence workers will respond in emergencies and noted no recent talks with Jones.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Highway Department
Herman Jones
Operating Engineers Union Local 2
Jones
Highway Commission
Commission
Jack Stapleton Sr
Stanbury
Stapleton
Missouri
Cambodian Forces Claim Victory Near Phnom Penh
Government forces say they have reopened more than 50 miles of Highway 4 to the sea and inflicted heavy casualties on Communist led units in a sweep toward Phnom Penh. Fighting persisted as air strikes attacked Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces near Trapeang Krabeung and along the Mekong River corridor, with shortages of aviation fuel reported and rationing in Phnom Penh.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Sosthene Fernandez
Highway 4
Fernandez
Trapeang Krabeung
Prek Thaot Dam
Phlou Trei
Mekong River
Mekong
South Vietnam
Saigon
Trapeang Kraleng
Sre Ambel
Mail Pours In On Boy For His Last Christmas
In Mester Michigan a boy named Bobby Miller with Werding-Hoffman paralysis receives an outpouring of Christmas mail. Postmaster Jakobowski says about 500000 letters and more are arriving as the family chronicles heartfelt messages from presidents, astronauts, teams, and children. The boy, now in his last Christmas, had delightedly seen a single card last week, and the flood of mail continues to grow.
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Boy
Mester
Mich
Bobby Miller
Stephen Jakobowski
Detroit
Bobby
Werding-Hoffman
Ralph Miller
Inkster
Romulus
Nixon
Jakobowski
White Christmas Outlook For Missouri
Missouri faces cold weather with a warming trend after Christmas. Temperatures will dip to near zero in the north and 15 to 23 in the south, with highs around the 30s north and 50s south before rising above freezing Saturday. Light snow possible in the north and light rain in the south on Christmas Day.
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Kansas City
Missouri
National Weather Service
Springfield
Joplin
West Plains
Kirksville
Cape Girardeau
McNeal May Be Curator Appointed to Missouri Board
State Sen. Theodore D. McNeal a St. Louis Democrat is rumored to become the first Black member of Missouri's nine member Board of Curators. Gov. Hearnes declined to confirm. If named he would fill the unexpired term of Oliver B. Ferguson ending Jan 3.
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Jefferson City
Kansas
Oliver B. Ferguson
Fredericktown
Pleasant R. Smith
Mexico
Doyle Patterson
Kansas City
William H. Billings
Kennett McNeal
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Missouri Senate
St. Louis
Kennedy Reports 368 PWs Held By Enemy
Senator Edward M. Kennedy said North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris provided an official list of 368 American prisoners of war they hold. The list includes death and release dates, with 20 named dead and nine released. Kennedy noted uncertainty about completeness and said the list was being brought back by attorney John Nolan.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Paris
Kennedy
John Nolan
Nolan
Cora Weiss
Committee of Liaison With
North Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
Air
Daniel James
James
U. S
David K.E. Bruce
U.S
William P. Rogers
White House
Nixon
Ton Duc Thang
Mai van Bo
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Cathryn
Thomas J. Osbourne
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Richard Vance
Union
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