Weather and Local Reports From Missouri and Surroundings
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show fair, cold weather through Wednesday with highs around 20 and lows near zero. Missouri forecast calls for 16 to 25 Wednesday, snow chances late week, extended colder conditions, and lows zero to five above in the north. River stages listed for Kansas City, Boonville, Jefferson City, St. Louis, and Cape Girardeau. Local hospital admissions and multiple births reported, plus discharges and a list of residents dismissed from facilities.
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Missouri
Lake of the Ozark
Pomme de Terre
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Cape Girardeau
Police report of two crashes and a vehicle fire in Wellsville
Police said Mrs. Ada Pearl Turner of Route 1 Auxvasse and Harold B. McCown of 401 Yale St. were involved when the McCown car slid on ice at Liberty Trinity Street and struck Turner's vehicle as it waited to turn. A 1966 Pontiac owned by Joey Horton of Mexico burned after a fire call at Robinson and Wade Streets.
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Ada Pearl Turner
Route 1
Auxvasse
Harold B. McCown
Yale St
McCown
Liberty-Trinity St
Turner
Joey Horton
Mexico
Robinson and Wade Sts
Circuit Court Actions and Market News Report
Motion for a new trial for Rollie Laster overruled with sentencing set for Feb 1 for assault on a prison guard. Various civil actions including title quieting against unknown heirs of E P Garrison. Annulment granted in Betty Ann Garza case. Multiple trial dates set for burglary, driving while intoxicated, and other charges. Missouri Livestock Market notes hogs and cattle prices along with futures. Chicago market summaries for soybeans, wheat, and cattle futures.
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Rollie Laster
Dalton EB. Williams
E. P. Garrison
Betty Ann Garza
Apolinar
Garza
Betty Ann Henneberry
Dorothy J. Heilwagen
Walter R. Heilwagen
Crossbill
Samuel Edward Helm
Dennis Hugh Huddleston
Melvin Eugene
Tojo) Nelson
James Dewayne Williams
Robert Carl Stewart
van Matre
Richard Allen Cranmer
Virgil Carter King
Charles William Shearon
Oscar Winn Jr
Charles Wayne O'Neal
James E. Carer
James Henderson
Market gains as Nixon remarks lift stocks on NYSE
Stocks rose moderately on light to fair volume after President Nixon's remarks. Dow Jones average climbed to 834.61 as the AP 60‑stock average advanced to 289.0, with gains led by Whirlpool and Texas Eastern Transmission. Big Board activity showed mixed advances across steel, farm, aircraft, electronics, chemicals and airlines.
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New York
Nixon
Associated Press
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Whirlpool
Texas Eastern Transmission
Tenneco
Buddy Ebsen Stars in Apple of His Eye at American Theatre
Buddy Ebsen returns to stage to star in Kenyon Nicholson and Charles Robinson's romantic comedy Apple of His Eye at the American Theatre for one week starting Monday January 11. Performances nightly at 8 p.m. with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. The play features Ebsen as a wealthy middle aged widower farmer involved with a young housekeeper and the tale follows a wholesome May December romance that delights rural audiences. Walter Huston and Edward Arnold previously played the Sam Stover role in earlier productions.
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Buddy Ebsen
Kenyon Nicholson
Charles Robinson
American Theatre
Sam Stover
Walter Huston
Edward Arnold
Woltering Rites Held for Barney J Woltering
Graveside services for Barney J Woltering 79 of Jefferson City will be Wednesday at the Catholic Cemetery Rev Edward Donohue to conduct the rites The former Mexicaan identified in obituary notes is survived by his family in Missouri community records show the service timetable from the local parish archives
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Barney J. Woltering
Jefferson City
Edward Donohue
Mrs Eddie Hudson Dies Of Injuries In Car Collision
Mrs Eddie Carrie Louise Hudson 75 of Wellsville died Monday at Boone County Hospital Columbia from injuries suffered January 1 when struck by a car while walking home with her husband on Highway 19. Husband with pelvic fracture, Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Wellsville First Baptist Church with Rev Quentin Boyd officiating. Burial Wellsville Cemetery. Survivors include husband daughter Martha Sue Taylor two grand children and siblings Harvey Young Louema Haverton Lucy Wells.
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Wellsville
Eddie
Carrie Louise) Hudson
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Wellsville First Baptist Church
Quentin Boyd
Myers Funeral Home
Louema Haverton
Hannibal
Lucy Wells
Mexico
Credit cards recovered afterMissouri woman praises neighbors
Mrs Albert Martin of Montgomery City mislaid a folder with instant credit cards and telephone numbers in St Louis. Her daughter left it behind after a call, but it was mailed back by Joseph J Mayer of Moline. Mrs Martin praised the good people of America.
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Montgomery City
Albert Martin
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
St. Louis
Polar Bear Track Meet Winners At Asbury Park
Bob Bazley of the Shore Athletic Club won the 5,000 meter run in 16 minutes 13 seconds and John Knifton of the New York Athletic Club took the 10 mile walk in 4 hours 19 minutes 12 seconds at the seventh annual Asbury Park Boardwalk event on Sunday.
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Asbury Park
N.J
Bob Bazley
The
Shore Athletic Club
John Knifton
New York Athletic Club
Mrs Lonah Bailey Dies In Colorado
Mrs Lonah Belle Bailey 95 formerly of Santa Fe died at 10 am Monday in Longmont Colorado where she resided with her daughter and son in law Nolan R Fry She was born in Santa Fe July 7 1875 daughter of George and Lou McGee married Isaac N Bailey Oct 2 1894 at the Santa Fe Christian Church Theirs was the first wedding in the church She was the first church organist Survivors include daughter Mamie Fry two sons Harold Kansas City and George II Excelsior Springs Mo a niece and nephew Burial will be in Santa Fe Cemetery at a later time Friends may call at Agnew Funeral Home Paris
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Paris
Lonah Belle Bailey
Santa Fe
Longmont
Colo
Nolan R. Fry
George and
Lou McGee
Isaac N. Bailey
Santa Fe Christian Church
Bailey
Hart
Nolan
Mamie) Fry
Harold
Kansas City
George II
Excelsior Springs
Stanley Poage
Mac Snyder
John. Henry Vanlandingham
Santa Fe Cemetery
Agnew Funeral Home
Mrs. Pearl Woodard Dies In Florida
Mrs. Pearl Woodard aged 86 died Sunday in Dunedin Florida while visiting friends after illness beginning December 27. She had lived in Florida years, then with nephew Glenn Houchins in Mexico. Survived by niece Mrs Edwin Delamarre and sister Mrs Ollie Houchins. Funeral Thursday at Arnold funeral home with Rev Frank Park, burial Unity Cemetery near Fulton.
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Pearl Woodard
Mexico
Florida
Mrs. Woodard
Callaway County
Samuel Roberts
Emma Cordelia Lovelace Dudley
Jasper Woodard
Woodard
Edwin Delamarre
Benton City
Ollie Houchins
Coldwell Nursing Home
Arnold Funeral Home
Funeral
Frank Park
Unity Cemetery
Fulton
Fare Rebel Goes to Jail for $2.70
London a 23 year old commuter Mrs Anne Melville who lost a court battle with Britain's nationalized railway system began a seven day jail term rather than pay 2.70 fare after being moved to first class from second class aboard a London Brighton ride. She offered to pay 90 cents more but conductor demanded full first class fare under the policy for commuter ticket holders. Her husband Richard 28 said she was brave and upset.
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London
Britain
Anne Melville
Richard
Melville
Brighton
British Railways
800 Spy Dossiers Destroyed
CHICAGO AP The former head of the Army 113th Military Intelligence Group testifies that 800 civilian dossiers were destroyed under orders in June at Great Lakes Naval Training Center while others were turned over to Army intelligence and to Chicago police. The suit seeks to halt Army surveillance and destroy dossiers.
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Chicago
Army
U.S. District Court
Thomas Filkens
113Th
Mig
Monlay
Department of the Army
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Ft. Holabird
Weatherman
Students For A Democratic Society
Filkens
Richard B. Austin
American Civil Liberties Union
John M. O'Brien
O’brien
O'Brien
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Ill
Abner Mikva
Otto Kerner
7Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Missouri 1971 session to tackle broad legal and structural reforms
The legislature plans to pursue wide ranging changes from extending rights to minors to marry or sue without parental consent, to no fault divorce and insurance laws. Proposals include a public defender system, reduced penalties for marijuana, obscenity law modernization, and a no fault divorce bill led by Sen. Sprach ing. Structural tweaks include merit system expansion, bank bid for state deposits, and bipartisan congressional districting. Public employee bargaining and a fiscal strain from revenue concerns loom over the session. Norwalk, Conn. Ted Hayes Jr. and JoAnne Gunderson Carner named 1970 Rookie of the Year in golf.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Bar Association
Missouri
State Medical Association
Salt River Flood Closes Two Roads Near New London
Rising Salt River to 20 feet forced early closure of state routes A and 78 north of New London Missouri. Officials expect crest at 22 feet as flood stage stands at 19 feet. New London lies in Ralls County about six miles south of Hannibal.
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New London
Salt River
Here
Missouri Highway Department
Ralls County
Hannibal
New School Head Cites Basic Need
Dr. Arthur L. Mallory of Springfield, the new Missouri education commissioner, says ongoing teaching improvements, not higher salaries, are the top need. He calls for district reorganization to better serve rural and urban areas and improve communication about tax needs. Mallory, 38, is former president of Southwest Missouri State College. his family has deep ties to education in Buffalo.
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Jefferson City
Arthur L. Mallory
Springfield
Mallory
Hubert Wheeler
Missouri
Southwest Missouri State College
Dillard A. Mallory
Buffalo
Ferrell Mallory
Spectacular Jail Break Fails for 2 Spectacular Fugitives
In St Louis a jail escape attempt failed for two inmates while a third succeeded. Joseph Stiles, 29, bolted through a fifth floor window after shoving a guard. external bars aided his grab for freedom. Ray McGowan, 19, and Teara Louis Stewart, 20, caused injuries during the breakout with McGowan breaking a leg and Stewart a rib after slips in the jail walkway.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Stiles
Ray McGowan
Tearalouis Stewart
Stiles
McGowan
Stewart
President Nixon Heads to California for Western White House
President and Mrs. Nixon depart Washington for a California trip of 8 to 10 days at the Western White House in San Clemente. They travel with daughter Tricia and aides. In California he will work on his State of the Union address.
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Washington
Nixon
California
White House
San Clemente
Tricia
Nixon Plans No Changes In Cabinet
President Nixon told the Cabinet there will be no further changes unless a member chooses to leave. White House spokesman Ronald L. Ziegler said this is “the team” after recent departures including Walter Hickel as Interior secretary and David Kennedy as Treasury secretary amid ongoing cabinet-change rumors.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Walter J. Hickel
Interior
David M. Kennedy
the Treasury
Nixon says Connally will back welfare reform and housing policy
President Nixon praises Texas Democrat John Connally as a key ally in promoting domestic legislation, especially welfare reform and revenue sharing. He warns of state bankruptcies without revenue sharing, defends race integration limits, and declines to discuss a 1972 running mate. The Ledger ad copy closes with a plug about saving in household goods.
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Texas
John Connally
Connally
Tld
Nixon
Congress
Life Magazine
President Nixon cites 91st Congress failures
President Nixon criticized the 91st Congress for failing to enact welfare reform federal revenue sharing and an overhaul of the grand in a id system plus 18 other measures. He lamented the missed opportunity to shape productive policy and said many ideas died of neglect before the new Congress reconvenes January 21.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
91St Congress
California
White House
Senate
National Institute of Education
FHA Notes Sold At Double Volume In Year
The Farmers Home Administration reports insured notes for rural lending sold last year surpassed 2.26 billion dollars, more than double prior records. The agency sells paper to private investors and uses the funds for rural housing water systems sewer services and family farm ownership programs. FHA Administrator James V. Smith says the record shows capital can be drawn from commercial markets into rural America to support housing and community development.
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
James V. Smith
FHA
America
Fireman Sprays Girl and Kills Self in City Office
In St Louis AP report former firefighter William C Vitale aged 33 sprayed tear gas into secretary Judith Liekerman 23 at a south side business. He shot himself in the head and died later at City Hospital after a 12 hour delay. Siekerman said to police she admitted Vitale to the office claiming a plumbing inspection.
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St, Louis
William C. Vitale
Vitale
Judith Liekerman
South Side
Miss Siekerman
Devine Denies UCLA Coaching Interest
Columbia Dan Devine, Missouri football coach, says he has received many calls from Los Angeles reporters about UCLA. He notes speculation tied to UCLA athletic director J. D. Morgan's statements but says he has not been contacted by UCLA.
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Columbia
Dan Devine
University of Missouri
Los Angeles
Ucla Post
Devine
J. D. Morgan
UCLA
Bruins
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