Weather summary and local lake levels report
Ledgerland forecast mostly cloudy with a chance of snow Friday night into Saturday. Missouri sunshine, then a mix of snow and rain possible Friday. Lake of the Ozarks level 658.03 feet, various stations show levels near normal, Kansas City river stages listed and hospital admissions and births reported for Audrain Medical Center. Debut of public safety incident notes a two-vehicle collision with no injuries.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme de Terre
Bull Shoals
Table Rock
Beaver
Stockton
ST. Louis
Boonville
Jeffsn City
Herman W
Hannibal
Cape Girdau
Quincy
Neatly detailed county and highway crashes reported
The Daily Record lists multiple minor collisions including Tony A. Moore cited for negligent driving after a Route 11 and Route 54 East crash. several others in West Plaza and Route 94 incidents with injuries, vehicle damage, and no arrests. A two horse trailer theft is noted near Martinsburg as investigations continue.
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Tony A. Moore
Moore
James Thomas Taylor
Route 11
Highway 54
William J. Rawlings
Kent Road
Vickie Hahn
Carson
West Plaza
Highway Patrol
Janet Zumsteg
Rhineland
Hermann Area Hospital
Zumsteg
Route P
Montgomery County
Sandra Darnell
Mexico
Darnell
Route 1
Robert Bradley
Centralia
L&l
Highway 19
Martinsburg
Linton Vomund
Sheriff's Department
Market Reports and Stock Activity Summary
Market results show cattle receipts at 1,600 head with limited slaughter data. Utility cows 18.00-20.50, canner 14.00-15.00, cutter 15.00-18.00. sheep 25 head. Board of Trade notes futures mostly lower with wheat 2-4 cents down, corn down 1-2 with soybeans mixed. NYSE and Dow snapshots reflect gains amid heavy trading and volume records.
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agr
MNS
Roger Parker
Milo
MFA
Fowles Grain Co
Chicago — Board of Trade
National Stockyards
Board of Trade Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Commerce
Wetter
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
A. B. Chance
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser
Panhandle Eastern
Ralston Purina
NEW York
American Stock Exchange
Iran shifts rial to SDR amid dollar doubts
Iran moves to peg the rial to the IMF SDR, leaving oil payments still in dollars. Washington officials doubt any price impact on Iranian oil. The move signals distrust in the dollar as OPEC considerations loom over potential price shifts.
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Tehran
Iran
Washington
Central Bank of
International Monetary Fund
United States
U.S. Treasury Department
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Vandalia M A Bland Dies In Texas At 70
William Aubrey Bland of Vandalia dies of a heart attack in McAllen Texas at 70 He spent winters there with his wife Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Vandalia with burial in Evergreen Memorial Garden He was born August 24 1904 in Vandalia and owned Mac s Appliance Store He leaves wife Roberta and a son three daughters a sister 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Masonic services will be held at Waters Funeral Home Friday evening Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund
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Vandalia
William Aubrey Bland
McAllen
Tex
First Baptist Church
Mac’s
First Baptist Church of
Scottish Rite
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Robert Bland
Bazz
Mary Jo) Beshears
Wellsville
James
Betty) Miller
Pine Bluff
Ark
Paul
Patsy) Clithero
J.M
Alta) Whitefield
Quincy, Ill
James Aubrey Miller
the Waters Funeral Home
Heart Fund
Whole Family Pleads Guilty To Call Girl Business
MEMPHIS AP Roy Milton Chuck Bradford, alleged operator of an interstate call girl ring, and seven relatives shifted from innocent pleas to guilty or no contest in a three day federal trial. Bradford, 36, Memphis, pleaded guilty to 12 counts. his relatives faced aiding and abetting charges. He also pleaded to marijuana and stolen jewelry possession from a 1973 raid. Maximum penalties total 125 years in prison and 151000 dollars in fines.
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Memphis
Roy Milton
Chuck” Bradford
Bradford
U.S. District Court
Bailey Brown
Call Girl
St Charles Woman Wins Big Lottery Prize In Illinois
Martha A. LaFata of St. Charles Missouri won 300000 in the Illinois lottery bonanza drawing Grace A Nelson of Wooddale won 50000 The 19 year old new wife plans to buy a house and start a family Her husband Joseph works in O Fallon and was not at the drawings The event was witnessed by her brother Don Morgan and others from St Charles The article also notes a sweeping storm with heavy snow and flooding across the country affecting travel and business operations
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Lawrenceville
Martha A. LaFata
St. Charles
Grace A. Nelson
Wooddale
Associated Press
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Atlantic
New England
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New York City
New York
la Guardia
Kennedy Airport
California
Sonoma County
Healdsburg
Santa Rosa
Ukiah
Mt. Shasta
Reno
Nev
Sierra
Oregon Cascades
Idaho
Montana
Rockies
Plains
Midwest
Carla Hills Picked For Cabinet Post
President Ford plans to nominate Carla Anderson Hills to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development, making her the third woman to serve in a U.S. Cabinet. Hills, 41, heads the Justice Department civil division and would be the top-ranking woman in government if confirmed. Her husband is attorney Roderick M. Hills and she has four children.
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Washington
Ford
Carla Anderson Hills
Housing and Urban Development
White House
William Proxmire
Dwis
Associated Press
Hills
Proxmire
Senate
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Carla A. Hills
HUD
Justice Department
Frances Perkins
Labor
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and Welfare
Political fund dispute touches Southwestern Bell case
The text reports allegations of a political fund linked to Southwestern Bell with officers allegedly contributing to it. Bell denies the charge, noting legal funds and no company money. A Missouri inquiry found no fund but warned the investigation was incomplete while North Carolina and Texas officials pursue related probes and rate disputes. An AT&T spokesman confirmed recording some long distance calls from 1965 to 1970 to guard against toll fraud.
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Ashley
St. Louis
Texas
Missouri
PSC
Bell
North Carolina
Public Service Commission
John Hill
Southwestern Bell
Hill
At&t
Oil Dependence Sparks Warning From Ford Aides
Federal officials warn an Arab oil embargo could strangle the United States if dependence on foreign oil continues. Dent and Zarb predict severe economic disruption from new embargoes while Interior seeks faster offshore lease bids in Atlantic Pacific and Gulf of Alaska regions to boost domestic production.
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Supreme Court
Department of Interior
Morton
Ford Administration
United States
Commerce
Frederick B. Dent
Dent
Henry A. Kissinger
Frank G. Zarb
U.S
Interior Department
Atlantic, Pacific
Gulf of Alaska
Mexico school board rejects candidacy age rule
A Mexico Missouri candidate was ruled ineligible for the city school board because the law requires members to be at least 30 years old. Board secretary Fran Hoberman noted the applicant, 22, did not meet residency and age requirements.
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United States
Missouri
Mexico
Fran Hoberman
Bill Taylor Appointed Deputy Sheriff in Audrain County
Bill Taylor, former Mexico Public Safety officer and Auxvasse police chief, joins Audrain County sheriff's office as deputy. He previously led Crocker police 1965 to 1970 and Osage Beach PD, later Auxvasse chief until last month. Salary set at 6200. County deputies receive raises. Crump, Cline, Woodroof, Edwards, and Fisher also increased.
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Bill Taylor
Mexico
Auxvasse
Audrain County
Thomas William Crump
Thomas Cline
Charles F. Woodroof
Strode Edwards
Delmer Fisher
Brezhnev Appears in Public for First Time in 51 Days
In Moscow Brezhnev greeted British Prime Minister Harold Wilson at a Kremlin reception and looked healthy in front of reporters after 51 days out of public view. The meeting followed Brezhnev’s Dec. 24 disappearance and included light exchanges with Wilson before talks.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Harold Wilson
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Russian Federation
Wilson
Court rules against White House on highway funds
A federal judge held the White House cannot withhold highway money appropriated by Congress and must release funds sought by 12 states. Judge John Lewis Smith Jr ordered the Federal Highway Administration to determine each state’s share and pay it, as officials say billions were impounded since 1966. States named include Pennsylvania Alaska Arizona Idaho Louisiana Michigan Nevada Oklahoma Texas Utah Washington and Wisconsin.
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Washington
White House
Congress
U.S
John Lewis Smith Jr
Ford
Federal Highway Administration
Smith
The
Highway Administration
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Arizona
Idaho
Louisiana
Michigan
Nevada
Oklahoma
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Turkish Cypriots proclaim new separate state in north
Turkish Cypriot leaders in Nicosia proclaimed a separate state for the northern 40 percent of Cyprus, home to about 100000 Turkish Cypriots and 200000 Greek Cypriots displaced by the prior invasion. Rauf Denktaş was named head of the new autonomous administration amid cheers in the divided capital.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Makarios
Athens
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Council of Ministers
Legislative Assembly
Rauf Denktash
Honor Junior Achievement Supervisors Luncheon At Green Guest House
A. P. Green Refractories Co hosted a luncheon for Junior Achievement supervisors at its guest house. Harry M. Stover praised the program and thanked advisors for their time. Byrnes Hawthorne echoed thanks. Attendees included JA company reps from A. P. Green, Kaiser Refractories, Missouri Power & Light, and Commerce Bank of Mexico, plus local sponsors and coordinators. A correction note followed regarding Nabisco Ritz Crackers pricing in Temples ad.
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A. P. Green Refractories Co
A. P. Green
Harry M. Stover
Green Company
Byrnes Hawthorne
The
Missouri Power & Light Co
Commerce Bank
Mexico Ledger
MFA
Central Missouri Livestock Auction
Lawrence Reimer
Mexico
Terry Jarchow
St. Louis
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Wendell C. Dingman
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Todd
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Ind
James Jerman
Dennis Ray Shipman
Middletown
Bill J. Selsor
David J. Menefee
Holliday
Randall Higbee
Cheryl Aussicker
Raita J. Quisenberry
M. Coose
Kontava Kakadiaris
Wilbert Rust
Robert W. Nevins
Robert G. Dishman
Everett Gilmore
Bob G. Levings
Steven Mark Pierson
Vicky Lee Leach
Ricky Gene Worley
Gloria Jeanne Jack Ray Senevey
Kingdom City
Charlotte Ann Stuart
Thomas C. Lankford
Fork Circle
John H. Shouse
Seminary
S. Abat
Curtis
Shouse
the Daily Record
Frank Hudson
Carl W. Duckworth
Ben Tapley
Bill Shoemaker
Frank T. Johns
Thompson
John L. Lamas
S. Coal
James R. Travis
Carolyn Ann Mosley
Route 3
James Edward Swan
Rock Spring Drive
Arnold L. Adkisson
Alabama
DeAntonio Black
Harwood
John William Lee
Patricia Kay Stevenson
Beverly J. Picton
S. Muldrow
Eula P. Jenkins
Fairsite Drive
John Paul Neal
Bougainville
William M. Duncan
Walnut
Ray Young Jr
N. Wade
Robert Glen Kemp
N. Olive
Sammy Pulis
Joseph A. Feger
Route 4
June Wainscott
Warren F. Ransdell Jr
E. Anderson
Roger Dwaine Haley
Hazel Place
Linda
Sue Rozell
N. Western
Edward Lynn Harrison
Mississippi
James Stevenson
Salmon's
Leroy PB
Raber
Moss E
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John Cooper
Sandra Kay Patrick
Benton City
Skull Lick
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South Fork
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L.B. Friday
Vernon Marshall
Wm. A. Bland
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Nabisco
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