Bond expands focus on Missouri economic growth in 1975
Gov. Christopher Bond declares economic development top priority for 1975. He creates a state Economic Development Council to drive balanced growth, push for community facilities to attract new industries, and coordinate state departments under his lead. Al Sikes to vice chair. panel includes Social Services, Agriculture, Labor, Industrial Relations, Natural Resources, Education, Highways. State plans overseas trade office funding and bank lending incentives to spur job creation amid national unemployment.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Christopher
Bond
al Sikes
Social Services
Agriculture
James J. Spainhower
Spainhower
State Division of Commerce and Industrial Development
Council of Economic Advisors
Sikes
Rural Carrier Pay Shines Against Old Rates in 1860s Records
Charles Dunbar, a Wellsville retiree, holds mail contracts from 1866 showing rural routes to Shamrock and Hannibal with annual salaries and strict conditions. One contract, signed by William Mannen, paid $46 per year to move mail weekly, with postmasters and witnesses named. Other notes reveal route changes, new post offices Paxton and Reading, and postmaster salaries set at $220 annually in 1868. a Washington order boosted service to six times weekly and speed to five mph.
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Wellsville
Charles Dunbar
William P. Mannen
United States of America
Shamrock
Mannen
Hiram Lewis
B.W. Holliday
Shambrock
Hannibal
Ashley
Middletown
Paxton
JR. Paxton
Reading
John Reading
S.B. Hays
Washington
Read
Coletta
Todd
Jamie Gentry
Flint Hill
James Crouch
James Gentry
Callaway County Soils and Crops Conference Tuesday
The 51st Callaway County Soils and Crops Conference will be held Tuesday at Cecil's Carriage Room starting at 10 a m with President Steve Kopitvica presiding. Extension agent Frank Miller shows agronomic slides. Jerry Gilmore discusses irrigation. Jack Palmer covers no tillage. and Phil Smith, Jacke Van Dyke, and Herb Schmid discuss legumes in pasture. A nominating committee will name officer candidates at noon.
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Fulton
Callaway County
Cecil’s
Steve Kopitvica
Frank Miller
Jerry Gilmore
Jack Palmer
Phil Smith
Jacke van Dyke
Herb Schmid
Jack Cooke
First National Bank of
Viola Smith
Area Home
Howell Wheaton
University of Missouri Extension Agronomist
Korivica
Orville
Final Hearing February 7 On Nuclear Plant Decision
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hear final arguments February 7 at 10 a.m. on Union Electric Co. plan for Missouri’s first nuclear plant, a 2.3 million kilowatt unit costing about 1.75 billion dollars to be built at Reform in Callaway County. Opponents cite safety and demand concerns while UE argues it is needed to meet future power needs. If the PSC denies the project, AEC hearings may be avoided. decision expected early this year.
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Jefferson City
Federal Atomic Energy Commission
PSC
AEC
James F. Mauze
Hot Air Balloon Flies From Perry To Monroe City
Perry residents enjoyed a four passenger hot air balloon flight operated by James D. Carter Jr. of Pueblo. The craft started a Perry ball park run and landed near Monroe City after several passenger changes. Carter is a trained pilot and regional sales manager for A. P. Green Refractories Co. The trip followed visits by the Carter family during Christmas holidays. Meanwhile federal action fined Otto F. Hendricks of Montgomery City $300 and barred him from livestock dealer or market agency work without proper registration and bonding under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The Holmes County report also notes Entre Nous Club held its December Christmas meeting at the Lane home with gift exchange and program themes centered on The Key To Christmas.
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Forda Campbell Perry
Perry
James D. Carter Jr
Pueblo
Coto
Washington
Otto F. Hendricks
Montgomery City
Packers and Stockyards Act
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Hendricks
Ball Park
Monroe City
Carter
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Carters
Entre Nous Club
Christ
Henry Clark
George Lane
ACLU Appeals Readmission Hearing Over Warren Student
In Warren County, the ACLU appeals for a second Wright City School Board hearing on Ronald Taylor Jr. 16, suspended twice, claiming the prior hearing violated rules and records. The board's actions, probation terms, and upcoming Jan 13 discussions with parents are noted amid school and court proceedings. The Missouri curators dispute over University of Missouri president C Brice Ratchford is also reported.
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Warrenton
American Civil Liberties Union
Warren Circuit
Wright City
Ronald Taylor Jr
George Adams
The
Civil Liberties Union
Taylor
Wright City High School
Adams
Frazier Small
Walter D. McQuie
McQuie
Small
Ronald Taylor Sr
Columbia, Mo
Missouri Board of Curators
Christopher S. Bond
C. Brice Ratchford
University of Missouri
Ratchford
Bond
John Williamson
Columbia
Avis Tucker
Warrensburg
William C. Myers
Webb City
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Gov. Bond
Economic Development Council
Callaway
James Metcalf
Jim-Jim
Stormy
Tampa
Fla
Otto Head
Icks
Basis
Kansas
U.S. District Court For
St. Louis
E. T. Swan
Ernest Swan
San Antonio
Texas
Jack Swan
Kirksville
Lane
Keithly Bailey
Russell Kifer
Division I
Otto Roth
Stanley Vaughn
Earl Woodrow
Carr Woods
Gene Chipman
ACLU
Warren Youths
Four Rivers Trade School
Washington, Mo
Ronald Taylor
Warren County
Taylors
Ronald
Curators
Ratchford Review
Blattner’s
Mexico
Hardee
Milardeesy
Money Bag Gang
Citizens Savings
Citizens
Citizens Savings Association
Jefferson & Liberty
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