Weather and Local News Summary From The Daily Record
The 7:00 a.m. report lists frigid temperatures with 7 a.m. highs and lows, a February precipitation total, and a weekend forecast: clear, cold tonight with mid to upper teens, sunny and warmer Saturday. Missouri travel warnings note light snow in the southeast, with milder temps to the north. River stages for several cities reported, plus hospital admissions, births, and dismissals. Police and fire reports cover vehicle incidents, property damage, and a grass fire, with magistrate court continuing a DWI case to Feb 23.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Missouri Livestock Market Slaughter Rates Mixed Across Hogs Cattle
Missouri livestock market reports show hogs 950 barrows and gilts mostly 25 to 50 cents lower with varied prices by weight. Cattle slaughter steers rise. heifers steady to strong with broad price ranges across weights, and feeders and cows showing mixed levels. Data includes US markets and Chicago AP cattle and hog figures with multiple weight classes and price points.
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
MO. Dept. OF AG
Ill
Chicago
USDA
Private Hospital Plan For Columbia Signed By Local Doctors
Twenty six Columbia physicians signed a letter of intent with Prince Medical Dental Inc to build a 120 to 150 bed hospital on the southeast corner of Interstate 70 and Highway 63 South. Clarence W. Mackey, former Mexico High School principal and Sturgeon superintendent, remains seriously ill at Audrain Medical Center with pneumonia and a heart ailment.
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Columbia
Prince Medical Dental Inc
Houston
Highway 63
Jill Clarence W. Mackey
Mexico High
Sturgeon
Audrain Medical Center
Jury's $1 For Show Horse Death Puzzles Attorney
WEST PLAINS Missouri AP Howard Lee Little 26 of Carthage Missouri convicted of second degree murder in 1960 shooting of Mrs Joanna Marie Nichols of Carthage A circuit court jury recommended 25 years in prison The body of Mrs Nichols was found north of Alton near the Eleven Point River The case was tried in Howell County on a change of venue from Oregon County
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West Plains
Howard Lee Little
Carthage
Joanna Marie Nichols
Stock Market Mixed on Eve of Washington's Birthday Holiday
The New York Stock Exchange showed a slim gain as trading remained cautious ahead of the long weekend with markets reacting to broader gains in steels chemicals and retailers while aerospace rails and nonferrous metals lagged. Dow 10 industrials at noon stood at 886.84 up 1.50 and the AP 60-stock average rose to 308.4.
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A. B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshatres
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Bobbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
U.S
Washington
Dow Jones
Associated Press
White Consolidated
Natomas
Eastern Air Lines
Penney
Memorial Home
Clay County
Florida
Boy Scouts
Future Farmers of America
Moravian Episcopal Church
New York
Salary Standoff Over Clerk Salary In Clay County
Clay County circuit clerk Donald G. Hall seeks court orders to force payment of his 1000 dollar monthly salary and that of county recorder William Eldridge. He says the 1969 salary scale excludes Clay and Greene counties despite valuations over 300 million, noting no retroactive pay and awaiting legislative correction.
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Clay County
Donald G. Hall
William Eldridge
Clay
Greene
Hall
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Paul Mabry of Vandalia Dies at 53
Paul Mabry 53 of Vandalia died at Boone County Hospital in Columbia after months of cancer. Rosary tonight at Waters Funeral Home. Funeral Sunday at Sacred Heart Church with burial in Vandalia Cemetery. He married LaVerne Thompson and leaves two sons James Albert and Paul Douglas, daughter Maureen, stepson William Randall Hudson, and sisters Arlene Southwick and Pansy Rohr. He worked at CE Refractories for 20 years.
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Columbia
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
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Myrtie Cowan Mabry
LaVerne Thompson
James Albert
Santa Barbara
Paul Douglas
Maureen
William Randall Hudson
Alta Loma
Calif
Henry
Arlene) Southwick
Ezra
Pansy) Rohr
CE Refractories
Barbara Sims Funeral Service Saturday At Arnold
Funeral services for Miss Barbara Sims who died yesterday will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Arnold funeral home. The Rev. George B. Wraith of the First Christian Church will officiate. Burial follows at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 3 tonight at the funeral home.
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Arnold Funeral Home
George B. Wraith
First Christian Church
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Mexicoan's Brother Dies in Yuma After Illness
M Sergeant Leland Jeffries, brother of Mrs. Eugene Davis of Mexico, died Sunday in Yuma Arizona after a lingering illness. A retired US Army veteran, he was 51 and later joined the Bell Aerospace program in Yuma in 1962 after completing twenty years of service.
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Eugene Davis
Mexico
Yuma
Ariz
Bell Aerospace Program
Veteran Carrier Bon Homme Richard Heads to Retirement
The aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard sails from San Diego for retirement at Bremerton Washington after 26 years of active duty. A steam line on the 33,100 ton ship broke shortly before sailing, delaying departure by six hours while crewmen made repairs.
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San Diego
Calif
Bon Homme Richard
Pacific
Bremerton
Wash
Earthquake Toll, Rescue Efforts, and Valley Return Plans
In Los Angeles the earthquake disaster counts 58 dead with 39 recovered bodies at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sylmar and a rescued man saved by a metal tub after 58 hours beneath debris. About 80,000 residents in the San Fernando Valley face return home as the dammed reservoir’s cracked face prompts evacuations. Water quality concerns persist as taps run brown while power infrastructure faces months of repairs and potential summer shortages.
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Los Angeles
California
Veterans Administration Hospital
Sylmar
Sheriff's Office
Carbonara
San Fernando Valley
San Fernando
Rela
Tives
Thomas
Kleppe
Small Business Administration
Los Angeles Area
Pacific Northwest
Law Officers Warn Children About Pickups
Paris Monroe County law officers warned parents to caution children after a man allegedly tried to entice two grade school boys into his car Wednesday evening. The boys refused a ride and reported the incident to officers who are continuing the investigation. Paris Police Chief Al Skinner Monroe Sheriff Dean Mason and the highway patrol issued the warning.
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Monroe
al Skinner
Dean Mason
Highway Patrol
Arrests linked to bombing of ex-wife home in Missouri
Vernon Henderson was arrested in Pocahontas Arkansas in a case tied to the dynamite bombing of the St James Missouri home of his former wife Mrs Wima Marie Miller. Two sticks exploded under the porch last April injuring a son and damaging several houses as FBI and Phelps County officials pursue charges.
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Rolla, Mo
Vernon Henderson
Pocahontas
Ark
FBI
Zane, White
Phelps County
Wima Marie Miller
David L Bridgewater Undergoes Jaw Surgery
David L. Bridgewater of 706 East Holt Street underwent jaw surgery for the second time Wednesday at University Medical Center and is recovering satisfactorily in Room 707 E.
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David L. Bridgewater
Colonel Tried On Dope Charge In Saigon Court Martial
In Saigon a court martial recessed to hear U S testimony from Col Gerald W Kehrli former chief of staff of the 7th Air Force after he faced charges of wrongful use and possession of marijuana and transferring it to enlisted men He is the highest ranking U S officer to be tried in Vietnam Kehrli 46 led a squadron in the Military Airlift Command together with Brig Gen Charles I Bennett Jr who left Saigon Jan 18 for Castle Air Force Base Calif Bennett now on leave the recess was to last several days.
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U.S. Air Force
United States
7Th Air Force
Gerald W. Kehrli
Willmar
Minn
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Vietnam
Kehrli
Charles I. Bennett Jr
Castle Air Force Base
Calif
Bennett
Chili Lunch at St Luke's United Methodist Church
St Luke's United Methodist Church will sponsor a homemade chili and pie luncheon Saturday starting at 11 a.m. at the church at Green Blvd and Union St. Proceeds finance a fifth building construction payment. Mrs Nathaniel Chambers chairs the project with help from church women.
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St. Luke’s
Green Blvd
Union Sts
Nathaniel Chambers
Penney’s life shaped by Golden Rule business faith
The article recounts J C Penney’s rise from a two dollar start and a butcher shop failure to building a nationwide chain. It highlights his religious philanthropy, Y M C A involvement, and family life, noting his wish to be known as a Christian rather than a millionaire and his strict frugality and temperance.
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Penney’s
Kemmerer
Wye
Berta
Penney
Girl Scouts Observe Thinking Day Monday in World Wide Event
Mexican and American Girl Scout units join global Thinking Day observance on Monday February 15 at Eugene Field School 2 PM. Senior scouts will discuss trips to Williamsburg Yorktown and Jamestown plus NASA visit, with a flag ceremony play and Greek folk dance. Proceeds fund new troops abroad and guest visits.
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Mexico
Bill Nichols
Ernest Lehto
Brownie
Theymnasium
Eugene Field School
Janie Gardner
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Jamestown
U.S
Sara Even
Jefferson City
Midland Empire
McMillan
Eugene Field
United States
Nixon Cousin Ailing Living On Welfare Aid
Los Angeles Times reports President Nixon's first cousin Philip Milhous and wife Anna, residents of Grass Valley, receive monthly welfare and Social Security aid to cover a helper. They hope to leave welfare and say they have not sought the President's help.
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Los Angeles Times
Nixon
Philip Milhous
Anna
Grass Valley
Sacramento
Milhous
The
Times
Women Rustlers Are Sentenced
In Norton Kansas two women Doris Henry age 45 and Fanny Post age 58 were placed on three years probation after pleading guilty to cattle rustling and stealing hay. They were sentenced to one to ten years in the women's state prison and then paroled.
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Norton, Kan
Doris Henry
Fanny Post
Hungate Reports on Congress Work
Rep. William Hungate discusses Congress progress and Nixon program proposals during a Missouri visit. He cites welfare restructuring as revenue sharing, questions the Nixon budget deficit, and notes mixed views on space and SST programs. He criticizes SST costs, booms, and political value while highlighting defense uses and national leadership.
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Nixon
Mexico
Channel 12
See
England
House of Commons
Missouri Military Academy
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United States
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Sex Researchers Dr Masters and Virginia Johnson Wed
Dr William H B Masters and Virginia Johnson, noted for Human Sexual Response and Human Sexual Inadequacy, married January 7 in Fayetteville Arkansas in a private ceremony performed by Dr LeMon Clark. Both bring multiple children from prior marriages and plan to continue using professional names.
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Masters
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Johnson
North Callaway Week Menu Highlights
North Callaway menus for February 16 week outline meals served through Friday. Tuesday features ground beef pattie with corn, green beans, and apple sauce cake. Wednesday offers spaghetti with meat, slaw, pears, hot roll and jelly. Thursday serves pork pattie, navy beans, mixed fruit, cake. Friday provides tuna salad, buttered potatoes, peas and carrots, and apple pie.
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NOR Cal
North Callaway
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