Weather summary and local notices for Missouri region
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show last 24 hours high 43 low 14. Forecast for Zone 5 calls for fall tonight with low around 20 and a warmer Wednesday mid 40s. Reports include river stages for several cities, new births at local hospitals, and fire department calls for gas odor, lines down, and a trash fire with minor damage.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Cape Girardeau
Lake of the Ozark
Pomme de Terre
Police Reports Highlight Multiple Collisions in County
In Montgomery County and surrounding areas, multiple traffic incidents occurred Monday. Cars collided on Washington and Liberty Streets injuring no one, with summonses issued for failure to yield and careless driving. BB gun damage reported at a home construction site. additional crashes on Route DD and Highway 54 with minor injuries and modest property damage. Public notices list magistrate charges for littering, failing to yield, and driving without valid registration. A local grocery ad misprint and a ferry service update close the report.
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Washington and Liberty Sts
Washington St
Dean Kniepfel
Route 3
Mexico
Liberty St
Jesse Baker Jr
N. Kentucky Rd
Baber
Kniepfel
George T. Robertson
E. Promenade St
S. Jefferson St
Promenade St
Carl Frederick Mongler
Centralia
Lloyd Wilson
S. Abat St
Montgomery County
Paul Alfred Blaue
Bellflower
Robert Lee Schipper
Wellsville
Schipper
Blaue
Dallas Smart
Highway 161
Highway Patrol
John
Irvin Rountree
Auxvasse
Highway 54
Callaway County
Rountree
Swoboda
Robert H. Garrett
Molino
Neil Joseph Ahrens
Martinsburg
John Joseph Ebner
Columbia
Jerry Dale Foreman
Ralph Eugene Jacobs
Grain and cattle prices slip amid wide market swings
Chicago price rundown shows wheat up to 44 cents higher in early trade while corn and soybeans wobble. USDA/National Stockyards reports slaughter cattle steady to weak, hogs easing, and dairy and sheep prices mixed across primary Midwest markets, with Missouri livestock center noting varied feeder and slaughter cattle shifts.
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Chicago
USDA
Ill
Missouri Livestock Market Center
MO. Dept. OF AG
St Joe Minerals seeks dismissal of grand jury indictment
Motions to dismiss the grand jury indictment charging St Joe Minerals Corp with water pollution and to suppress Joachim Creek water samples were filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court. The company contends the cited laws are unconstitutional and the indictment invalid.
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Hillsboro, Mo
St. Joe Minerals Corp
Herculane Wan
Jefferson County
Joachim Creek
St. Joe Minerals
Stock Market Mostly Higher In Cautious Trading
NYSE shares closed higher after a day of moderate activity led by gains in airlines oils rails chemicals and utilities while rubber stocks softened. Dow Jones average rose 3.36 to 834.27 at noon with the broader AP stock average up 1.5 to 285.8 as big boards showed notable moves in RCA Rohm & Haas United Utilities Sperry Rand Teledyne and Dart Industries.
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Couriier
A.B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Bobble Brooks
Dresser Industries
Intered
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston
Associated Press
RCA
Rohm & Haas
United Utilities
Sperry Rand
Teledyne
Dart Industries
Benguet
United Aircraft
Mrs. W. A. Ziegel Dies in Sedalia
Sedalia aged 87 mother of W. A. Williams of Mexico dies at her home. Survived by a son Everett Williams of Sedalia and daughter Mrs. Bud Shelby of Allyn Washington. Grandchildren great grandchildren and one great great grand is also listed. Funeral services at Heckart Gillespie Funeral Home Sedalia Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. Burial Berea Cemetery.
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Sedalia
W. A. Ziegel
W. A. Williams
Mexico
Everett Williams
Bud Shelby
Allyn
Washington
Heckart-Gillespie
Berea
Mrs. Taylor Services Held at Mexico Second Baptist Church
Funeral services for 78 year old Mrs Clarence Mattie Taylor were held today at 2 p m at Mexico Second Baptist Church. Pallbearers included Larry Shocks George Anderson Walter Hayes Dennis Walker Howard Hoffman and Fred Shocks. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Clarence
Mattie) Taylor
Mexico Second Baptist Church
Larry Shocks
George Anderson
Walter Hayes
Dennis Walker
Howard Hoffman
Fred Shocks
Elmwood Cemetery
Mosley Services Held in Farber
Funeral services were held Sunday at Farber Presbyterian Church for Robert Paul Mosley 70 who died last week in Hannibal. The Rev Randall Cone officiated. Mr Mosley was a member and elder of the church. Pallbearers were Don Crow Jim Allen Joe Talkington Roswell Gray Alvin Kelly and John Silagi.
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Farber
Farber Presbyterian Church
Robert Paul Mosley
Hannibal
Randall Cone
Mosley
Don Crow
Jim Allen
Joe Talkington
Roswell Gray
Alvin Kelly
John Silagi
Note In Bottle Brings Fishhooks
Lt Robert F Preston and a buddy sealed a note in a bottle in October 1965 as their ship left Hawaii for Vietnam. Five years later a 7 year old on Truk found it and alerted a Peace Corps volunteer in Tucson. Preston mailed fishing gear to the boy Steven who could not read English and the gifts brought joy.
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Kansas City
Robert F. Preston
Hawaii
Vietnam
Truk
Caroline Islands
Peace Corps
David A. Schaller
Tucson
Ariz
Preston
Schaller
Steven
Nixon to appear on hourlong TV program Monday
Washington AP report states President Nixon will hold an hourlong live TV broad cast Monday from the White House at 9 p.m. EST. Four broadcast journalists Howard K Smith Eric Sevareid John Chancellor and Nancy Dickerson will ask questions on foreign and domestic issues in a general in depth air.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Educational TV
Ziepler
Howard K.smith
American Broadcasting Co
Eric Sevareid
Columbia Broadcasting System
John Chancellor
National Broadcasting Co
Nancy Dickerson
Educational Television
City Council approves alley vacations and liquor licenses
City council members give third reading to a vacation of alleys from Singleton to Morris and related routes, approve surfacing improvements on Buchanan and West Streets, and renew eight liquor licenses including vendors on Washington Street, Olive Street and Liberty Street. Mayor urges informing residents on Coal and Calhoun blocks. Chamber leader G Andy Runge thanks officials for cooperation. Council also approves a $4248.50 health unit quarterly bill.
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Howard Dillard
Williams
Coal
Calhoun Sts
Harold Enslen
Leonard Snyder
Herman Tolson
Duane Rankin
Singleton
Morris St
Morris Parallel
Mansfield
Harwood St
Muldrow
Quisenberry
Quisenberry St
Muldrow St
Buchanan and
West Sts
Clifford O. Downing
S. Washington St
F. H. McDowell
Lawrence Drug
Duane Cruzan
Cruzan
S. Clark St
Charles Foreman
Gerald Kalkofen
S&s
W. Monroe St
Dora Niederschulte
Phillips Service Station
Highway 22
Andy Runge
Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Today in History highlights from 1934 and 1170
On December 29, 1970, the day marks two notable anniversaries. Japan renounced the Washington Naval Treaty in 1934, altering the naval balance among the United States Britain and Japan. Also in 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered at Canterbury Cathedral in England.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
Britain
Thomas Becket
Canterbury
England
Divorce rumor on Princess Margaret denied again
A spokesperson for Princess Margaret denied a Washington Post report that she and Lord Snowdon agreed to separation and divorce. The Post cited gossip, claiming Snowdon dated a Vogue staffer and sought the split, but officials called the report false.
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London
Margaret
Washington Post
Lord Snowdon
Maj
John Griffin
Lord Snowden
Post
Maxine Chesire
the Post
Snowson
Vogue Magazine
New York
Princess Margaret
Queen Elizabeth
Snowdon
Anthony Armstrong- Jones
The
Missouri lawmakers mull tax hike amid filibuster clash
Legislation headed to a House Senate conference could raise 67.2 million in new revenue next year with individual income tax rates rising from 1-4% to 2-6% and corporate levy from 2% to 5% while Blackwell resumes a talkathon and McNeal fights to end debate. The crowd in the Senate Gallery reacts as a filibuster ends amid claims of stifling free speech.
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Senate
House
Blackwell
McNeal
Missouri
Eritrea War Claims Mass Killings By Ethiopian Army
The Eritrean Liberation Front urged Libya, Syria and Iraq to seek a UN emergency session to halt what it calls mass annihilation of Eritreans by Emperor Haile Selassie’s Ethiopian forces. It says over 1,000 Eritreans killed and 37,000 fled to Sudan since Eritrea’s Dec 16 state of emergency.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Eritrean Liberation Front
Libya
Syria
Iraq
U.N. Security Council
Haile Selassie
Aden
Associated Press
Eritrea
Imperial
Dynkalia
Keren
Osman Mohammed Sabl
Sudan
Ethiopia
Red Sea
Welfare recipient loses benefits for full time college study
Barbara Whitney of Schenectady, a 28 year old mother of three, was denied welfare after choosing full time study at the State University Center in Albany area. The county welfare department and state social services commissioner upheld the decision, noting no law allows aid for full time students. Whitney plans to pursue sociology to help others off welfare, while her children will continue receiving support.
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Schenectady
Whitney
Richard J. Staszak
Tye
Staszak
Correction to IGA ad in Monday Ledger
A typographical correction for Jay's IGA Foodliner ad. General Mills snacks should read two boxes at 69c, and Geisha Pineapple should read eight 8 ounce cans at 98c.
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Smiley
IGA Foodliner
Jay
IGA
General Mills
Ali Frazier Bout Set For March 8 At MSG
New York AP reports the heavyweight title showdown between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali is scheduled for March 8 at Madison Square Garden with closed circuit TV. Garden officials announced a press luncheon for noon Wednesday signaling negotiations complete. Each fighter reportedly receives a $2.5 million purse for a show expected to gross about $10 million.
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New York
Joe Frazier
Muhammad Ali
Madison Square Garden
Garden Boxing
Pregnant Bride News Generates Controversy in Birth Control Campaign
London AP reports the British Health Education Council’s $500,000 birth control drive features a pregnant bride at the altar, sparking criticism from the Church of England and media debate. The Daily Mirror ran a four page ad showing the image, defending its realism while noting the campaign’s aim to reach couples not served by health services.
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London
Casanova
British Health Education Council
Council
Bill Jones
Daily Mirror
the Mirror
Church of England
Dr. Jones
Storms Roar Through Italy and France Straining Regions
Storms battered northern Italy with crushed baths and factory roofs while southern France faced Mediterranean gales disrupting air and sea travel to Sicily. Snow hit southeastern France and northern Italy, with three feet in Abetone near Florence, closing airports in Milan. In Alessandria 20 inches caused roof collapses and $320,000 damage. About 5,000 vehicles stalled near Montelimar, with 1,000 more immobilized at Loriol Sur Drome as roads iced and airports shut.
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KROME
Italy
Mediterranean
Sicily
France
Alps
Tuscany
Abetone
Florence
Milan
Turin
Linate
Malpensa
Alessandria
Genoa
Montelimar
Loriol Sur Drome
Mexicoans Kin of Rep Rivers
Flowers from Mexico will be wired to Charleston for Rep Mendel Rivers funeral in South Carolina. Gerald Rivers Mrs Lucille Hall and their brother Kenneth of Centralia are great-nephews and niece of John Rivers Mendel Rivers father. Frank John Joe Rivers brothers once lived in Iowa South Carolina and Chamberlain South Dakota. Pablo Picasso wants Guernica donated to Spain after public liberties restored.
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Mexico
Charleston
S.C
Rep
L. Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
Gerald Rivers
Gilbert
Lucille Rivers) Hall
Kenneth
Centralia
John Rivers
Mendel River
Hall
Frank
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PARIS
Pablo Picasso
Guernica
Spain
Francisco Franco
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A. P. Green Refractories Co
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Kaiser Refractories
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Missouri Power and Light Co
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Canton
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First Baptist Church
Centralia, Mo
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