Weather Summary for Missouri and Surrounding Areas
The Daily Record reports forecast for Zone 5 with fair skies and warming, highs in the 50s, lows in the 20s tonight. Missouri outlook shows gradual warming through Thursday, scattered showers possible Sunday, river stages listed at Kansas City Boonville Jefferson City Hermann St Louis Cape Girardeau, recent hospital admissions and births noted in several towns, including Mexico New Florence and Auxvasse.
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Missouri
Lake of the Ozark
Pomme de Terre
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Police Reports Highlight Multiple Vehicle Collisions and A Widespread Alarm
Police logs recount two car crashes at Calhoun and Liberty with minor damage. Mary E. Allen and Flemant Miller cited for intersection collision amid sun glare. Other incidents include a Hord and Promenade crash with J C Kessler uninjured, a Welschmeyer summons for failing to yield, and a Sturgeon burglar alarm false alarm. Also reports Missouri livestock market pricing and national stockyard updates with cattle and hog figures.
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Calhoun and
Liberty St
Calhoun St
Mary E. Allen
Woodlawn St
E. Liberty St
Flemant £. Miller
Montgomery City
J. C. Kessler
Mexico
Robert L. Crawford
N. Clark St
Hord
Promenade Sts
Hord St
Jerry Dale Foreman
Route 4
Promenade St
Clothing and Blanket Drive Aids Church World Service
Churches in the Mexico area urge February donations of usable clothing and blankets for Church World Service. The Mexico Ministerial Alliance sponsors the appeal with a collection deadline of February 28. Donors are encouraged to pay 10 cents per pound or 25 cents per blanket to support overseas shipping costs. Coordinators are Robert Phillips and Rev. Edward Malzer.
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Mexico
Church World Service
Robert Phillips
Edward Malzer
Government Bans Irish Uniforms in Northern Ireland
In Belfast the government moved under the Special Powers Act to ban illegal IRA uniforms and outlaw withholding information on riot victims. Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark said the measures aim to curb provocation as funerals for two IRA members featured parades in IRA attire and clashes between Protestants and Catholics.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
James Chicester-Clark
Chichester-Clark
IRA
Soviet Jewish Leader Feigin Leaves for Israel
Soviet Jewish movement voices Grisha Feigin a former Red Army officer aged 44 leaves the Soviet Union for Israel. He is the third well known Jew to emigrate in the past month joining physicist Boris Zuckermann and Vitaly Svechinsky. Dissidents say the departures aim to pacify dissent before the Communist party congress next month and could cripple the movement long term.
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Moscow
Grisha Feigin
Red Army
Soviet Union
Israel
Feigin
Boriz Zuckermann
Vitaly Svechinsky
Zuckermann
Communist Party
Girl Scout Think Day moved to Eugene Field event site
Think Day to be held Monday February 15 in Mexico moves from Hawthorne School to Eugene Field Elementary School. Mrs William Nichols Think Day chairman says all Girl Scouts from eight year olds to seniors will attend the 2 to 4 pm afternoon program.
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Mexico
Eugene Field
Hawthorne School
William Nichols
Think Day
Stock Market Dips on Profit Taking in Broad Decline
Stock market trading cooled after profit taking broadside the day after record runs. On the New York Stock Exchange the Dow slipped 5.89 to 873.90 at noon, with the 60-stock average down 2.3 to 304.2 as losses outweighed gains across industries including steels, autos, chemicals, and rail.
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A. B. Chance Co
Commerce Bathcshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Bobbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
U.S
NEW York
Associated Press
Newton D. Zinder
E.F. Hutton & Co
du Pont
Hastman Kodak
International Paper
Litton Industries
Norfolk & Western
Saxon Industries
United Aircraft
Sperry Rand
Phelps Dodge
IBM
MGM
Royal Dutch
Liggett & Myers
Lafayette Radio
Ideal Toy
Syntex
Amco Industries
Leslie Fay
Centralia Teens Solicit for Heart
CENTRALIA The Teenage Association TAC volunteers to solicit the business district for the Heart Fund on Feb 27 1971. Linda Sewell TAC president said we accept the challenge from the Optimist Club to conduct the solicitation. TAC officers are Linda Sewell president Ron Remley vice president Bill Wainscott treasurer and Marilyn Arndt secretary.
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Centralia
Heart Fund
Linda Sewell
TAC
Ron Remley
Bill Wainscott
Marilyn Arndt
Lon Nol Suspends Official Duties in Cambodia
Cambodian Premier Lon Nol, in Phnom Penh, is ordered by doctors to relinquish all official duties temporarily amid circulating rumors he may resign. The move follows health concerns and heightens uncertainty over the government’s stability.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Judge Thomas Rodgers Dies At Age 82
Thomas Powell Rodgers 82 of Montgomery City former presiding judge of Montgomery County and county coroner died Tuesday evening at Audrain Medical Center after illness He served as presiding judge 1955 1959 and county coroner 1961 1969 He was a retired farmer born December 7 1888 in Montgomery County survived by wife son granddaughter and two great grandchildren Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Presbyterian Church Burial in Montgomery City Cemetery Friends may call Schlanker funeral home after 4 p.m.
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Montgomery City
Thomas Powell Rodgers
Montgomery County
Audrain Medical Center
Rodgers
Jacob Riley
Nannie Virginia Powell Rodgers
United Methodist and Presbyterian Church
Robert Hester
Schlanker Funeral Home
Apollo 14 returns. mission praised by Nixon and families
After a nine day, 1.15 million mile voyage, Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa land safely. President Nixon hails their achievement, invites families to White House dinner and Camp David as scientists study lunar rocks believed 4.6 billion years old.
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Low
Mission Control
Louise Mitchell
Joan Roosa
Earth
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
Nixon
Space Agency
Washington
White House
Camp David
Maryland Mountains
America
Non Public School Aid Bills Debated In Missouri House
In Jefferson City AP two state aid bills for private schools were discussed by the House Education Committee. One would extend auxiliary services and special education to private pupils with an estimated cost of 3.3 million dollars while the other would fund non-religious training at about 26 million. Opponents argued it violates the Missouri Constitution and diverts public funds. Norman Stack of the Jewish Community Relations Council called the proposals folly as public schools face money shortages. Over 150 people attended the lengthy hearing and the committee took no action yet pending further study.
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Jefferson City
House Education Committee
Donald Grabke
D-S. Louis County
James F. Conway
Grabke
Conway
Missouri
Norman Stack
St. Louis
Jewish Community Relations Council
Turner Goes To Prison Appeal Denied
Bill G. Turner has begun serving a seven year sentence for uttering a forged instrument in Missouri State Prison. The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the Audrain County conviction from 1966, rejecting points about mistrial during jury questioning and trial instructions.
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Bill G. Turner
Missouri
Thomas J. Osborne
Missouri Supreme Court
Turner
William M. Turpin
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Supreme Court
7-Cent Gas Tax Advances in Senate
A two-cent increase in Missouri's state gasoline tax won first-round approval in the Senate. The bill to raise the tax from 5 to 7 cents per gallon was advanced for passage by voice vote with some nays. Sen. Earl R. Blackwell urged a referendum, but his move failed 7 to 21. Blackwell previously led a referendum effort on the income tax plan.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate
Earl R. Blackwell
Hillsboro
Blackwell
Deadline set for county superintendent election
The filing deadline for county superintendent of schools is February 19 per the county clerk Glenn M. Barnes. State law requires closure 45 days before the April school elections. Howard Maxwell is expected to seek re election. the law allows abolition of the position if fewer than three common districts remain. After July, Sims and Carter will be the two remaining districts. In a separate note, Mayor Pro Tem Leonard W. Snyder recovered from a heart attack is moving from intensive care at Audrain Medical Center to regular care and is reported to be recovering.
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Howard Maxwell
Ams
Glenn M. Barnes
Mexico
Sims
Carter
Leonard W. Snyder
N. Clark Sr
Audrain Medical Center
Snyder
Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Area Prompting Quirky Reactions
AP dispatches describe widespread damage from Tuesday’s quake in the Los Angeles region with buckled streets toppled items and frightened residents. Grocers donated food at evacuation centers while one dairy supervisor quips about milk gone and only ice cream left. A Las Vegas report notes Strip hotels swayed and chandeliers swung as locals joked it resembled a nuclear blast.
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Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Don W. Campbell
Las Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas Strip
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Crash Blamed On High Speed Express Derailment
KAUFBEUREN Germany AP A state prosecutor blamed excessive speed on a curve for the Munich Zurich express derailment near Munich. Three cars spilled onto an adjacent track Tuesday night, a four car local then crashed into the wreckage. Chief Prosecutor Fe lix Mottl said the train was traveling 78 mph on the curve, 30 mph over the limit. Police reported 30 killed and 34 injured, 26 serious.
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Kaufbeuren
Germany
Munich
18 Year Vote Bill Cleared by Senate Committee
Jefferson City AP The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8 to 3 to approve a constitutional change allowing 18 year olds to vote on state issues and candidates. The measure would still need voter approval if enacted. The panel also approved barringgrand jurors from serving more than once in five years while taking no action on lowering school bond requirements.
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Jefferson City
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Warren E. Hearnes
Public Service Commission
Division of Liquor Control
Merit
Education Department
Sass
William
J. Cason
Dclinton
House
Edward T. Linehan
St. Louis
Linehan
Sen
A. Basey Vanlandingham
Raymond Howard
D-St. Louis
Judiciary Committee
Missouri Republicans push tougher ethics and income disclosure
All 61 minority Republicans in Missouri House sponsor a bill tightening conflict of interest rules and requiring full income source disclosure for governors candidates and legislators. The package extends rules to state agencies, imposes timing for annual updates, and requires new tax and welfare, public works, and licensing reforms.
Ebban Asks Egypt Review Israel Offer
Foreign Minister Abba Eban urged Egypt to take a more mature careful look at Prime Minister Golda Meir's proposals on the Suez Canal before rejecting them. He said Cairo could move the situation positively forward following Israeli initiatives. Egypt had described Meir's statement as a turn down of Sadat's pullback demand.
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Tel Aviv
Abba Eban
Egypt
Golda Meir
Suez Canal
Mahmoud Hafez
Mrs. Meir
Sadat
Urban Renewal Workshop Begins At Garfield Center
A two day urban renewal workshop started at 9 am at Garfield Community Center for area staff and the public. Co sponsored by the Missouri Department of Community Affairs and the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Sessions cover public relations library systems city government housing and urban affairs with panels and real estate engineering talks and a tour of the Garfield and West Underpass areas.
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Garfield Community Center
Missouri Department of Community Affairs
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
Max Berrey
HAHRO
Mexico Housing Authority
Gene Ormond
DOAC
State Library System
Chares O'Halloran
Missouri State Library
C. K. Odor
Department of
Community Affairs
Floyd Mattlage
Springfield
Jim Schorer
Atchison
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