Wellsville Revenue Sharing Funds for New Streets
Wellsville city council votes unanimously to dedicate revenue sharing checks to street construction. Mayor Byland urges contracting for work, and a street map will guide resurfacing under Boonslick Regional Planning Commission oversight. First check was 6410 dollars with another expected this month.
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Wellsville
J. Byland
C. P. Lehnen
H. C. Baur
Lehnen
City Planning
Boonslick
Whyte
Boundaries Change for Loutre Watershed Sub-District
Mineola reports revised boundaries for the Loutre Watershed Sub-District totaling just under 250000 acres the maximum allowed in a watershed plan. Maps and petitions will be available at informational meetings across the watershed with notices to be announced soon.
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Mineola
Loutre Watershed
Aldrain County
Dennis Harris
Loutre Watershed Improvement Assa
Soil Conservation Service
Columbia
Jack Walker
Lower Loutre Watershed
Dryfork
Modock
Toutre Watershed
Bear Creek
Big Spring
Missouri River
Palmyra Restores Gas for City Power Plant
Palmyra Missouri residents can breathe easier after Gas Service Company of Kansas City agreed to resume natural gas supply for the city power plant. City Clerk Don Bestman said nine days of fuel oil remained for January, while officials urged residents to limit electricity use to essentials as the gas return was confirmed.
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Byland
Ben Fort
Brace
Public Works
Clark O'Donnell
Fort
Jennings
H. L. Burwell
Palmyra, Mo
Missouri
Don Bestman
Palmyra
Gas Service Co
Kansas City
Bestman
Monroe Extension Election set for Jan 18 in counties districts
PARISS John Roegge announces county extension member elections on January 18 across districts II to X with polling places and two nominees per district. Also notes February 13 all day meeting for the Monroe County Extension Council, a Legion meeting at 7:30 p.m., January food distributions in Paris, a hip fracture surgery in Boone County, and upcoming meetings of Golden Years Club Beta Sigma Phi chapters United Methodist Women and Masonic Lodge open installation with oyster stew.
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Pariss
John Roegge
Monroe County University Extension Council
Monroe
Indian Creek
Clarence Spencer
Martin Yates
Washington Township
North Fork
Bob Grenn
Jack Bastian
Clay Township
Billy Ricks
C. J. Wood
Kent Blades
Woodland Township
Woodlawn Christian
Marvin Houston
William Ray Coffman
Marion
Dixon's Market
Holliday Grocery
Jimmie Griffith
Herbert Radsdale
Jackson
David Charlick
R. V. Spencer
Jefferson Township
Florida
Carman Gibbs
Charles Coons
Southfork
Santa Fe
Larry Moore
Jerry Crigler
Jackson II Township
Courthouse
Harold Huffman
Phil Forsyth
Union Township
Middle Grove
Gerald Breid
Bob Hasekamp
Beta Sigma Phi
Xi Beta Xi
J. P. Carman
Europe
Legion Hall
Orville
Frances
Art Griswald
Epsilon Psi
Jim Shelbourne
Ed Delaney
Debbie Vaughn
Charles Herron
Ken Anderson
United Methodist
Paris Church Willers
Gene Haven
Chinese laundries along Chan River near Sian pictured
A Ledger report describes a Chinese wife washing clothes by the Chan River near Sian with little fish in the water after the last catch long ago. A peasant threshes nearby as details unfold about rural life.
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China
Chan
Sian
Robert M. White
The
Ledger
License Photos Can't Be Forced
Missouri attorney general's opinion holds residents cannot be compelled to give photos for licenses if based solely on religious belief. The opinion cites Amish objections to photography and notes such refusals do not threaten public safety or order. The law requires color license photos but exemptions may apply.
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Jefferson City
Gene Voigts
Morris G. Westfall
R Halfway
John C. Danforth
Voigts
Commission To Decide Site For New Patrol HQ
The highway commission and the new patrol superintendent will choose the site for Troop E headquarters after Circuit Judge Frank Conley denied a permanent injunction to block Sikeston. He dissolved the temporary injunction on the condition the commission agrees.
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Jefferson City
Troop E. Highway Patrol
Poplar Bluff
Sikeston
Highway Commission
Frank Conley
Columbia
Conley
Bathing with Mao tale shows oriental can of worms
Insisted on Bath continues with Mao era scene as Chou En-lai visits Sian and Nixon handshake recalled. The piece reflects on American policy failures, then shifts to a humorous bathhouse episode where a Swahili sign in a tub room elicits laughter. Tomorrow another long-ago village story is promised.
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Chiang
Mao
Chou En-lai
Sian
Yenan
Chou Enn-lai
Nixon
Peking
China
Pat Hurley
George C. Marshall
Spaco
John Sengstacke
John
Chairman Mao
Mission Action Plans by Centralia Women Group
Centralia January meeting of the Baptist Women day group planned charity efforts including cookies and birthday cakes for Spry home juvenile girls visits to shut ins nursing homes and calls to neighbors. Mrs. Carl McManama led a covered dish lunch and Mrs. J W Mobley led prayer. Mrs. Nathan Toalson spoke on national trends in home missions. Also reported: Jerry Robison and wife welcomed son Raymond Cooper born Jan 1 at Boone County Hospital weighing 8 lb 3 oz. grandparents listed. Jim Powell installed as Strother 4 H Club president Jan 2. activities outlined and calendars, scrapbook, and Valentine party planned for Feb.
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Centralia
Spry
Carl McManama
J.W. Mobley
Nathan Toalson
Jerry Robison
Raymond Cooper
Boone County Hospital
Chester Carter
Ray Robison
Jim Powell
Strother
Rodney Hardwick
Junior Cook
Robin Brown
Phyllis Brown
Rhonda Hardwick
Cook
Bridge Club Hosts Evening at Mrs Focht Home
Bridge group met at the home of Mrs. Richard Focht with winners Mrs. Melvin Smith and Mrs. Dee Daugherty. At 1:05 a.m. Saturday a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs George L Jackson of Centralia Route 2 at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds 11 ounces. Mr Jackson works at Prenger IGA in Centralia.
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Bridge Club
Richard Focht
Melvin Smith
Dee Daugherty
George L. Jackson
Centralia
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Jackson
Prenger Iga
David Nixon Eisenhower Receives Wedding Ring
Washington AP Julie Nixon Eisenhower presented her husband David with a wedding band for Christmas, four years after their wedding. Eisenhower, a Navy lieutenant, has served at sea in the Mediterranean and will end a six month tour on February 15.
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Washington
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
David
Athens
Mediterranean
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F. A. Zimmann
Don Forbis
Board of Aldermen
Bob Grimwood
Paul Reagan, Jr
House Committee
Debo
Wellsville and Community United Fund Corporation
Don Shoup
Elwood Kemp
Burton W. Smith
Community Betterment Council
Paul Goshorn
Wellsville Methodist Guild
Taiwan
Walter Saak
Roy Jones
Legion and Auxiliary
Mee
Velma Lafferty
Monroe County
Commodity Foods
Paris
Monroe City
Madison
Mariette Bridgford
Golden Years Senior Citizens Club
Masonic Lodge No. 19
Masonic Hall
Paris Presbyterian Church
Commission
Carver’s Corner
Ted
Charles Thornley
Jason Henry
Liz Cook
4-H
Mexico
George Wraith
First Christian Church of Mexico
Christian Men’s Fellowship
Bob Mitchell
Allan Born
Gerald Bryson
Wraith
Uxcudes
Jefferson & Liberty Sts
Jacksons
Henry Block
Hirblock
East Liberty
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