Weather forecast and regional updates in Daily Record
The Daily Record reports a fair night with low around 30 and a sunny, mild Saturday with a high in the mid 50s. Missouri outlook: fair tonight low 25 to 32, sunny Saturday high in 60s, chance of rain Sunday night. River stages listed for Kansas City, Boonville, Jefferson City, Hermann, Hannibal, Cape Girardeau, Quincy. Deaths, corrections, police and court items follow with local names and locations.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Hannibal
Marriage License List From Mexico and Vandalia
Joseph Paul Nickens Jr and Jean Orphetta Rummans of Mexico obtain a marriage license. Hesse Alan Hammett of Farber and Judith Ann McWhirt of Vandalia also licensed for marriage.
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Joseph Paul Nickens Jr
Mexico
Jean Orphetta Rummans
Hesse Alan Hammett
Farber
Judith Ann McWhirt
Vandalia
Bomb Threat Evacuates Juvenile Shoe Plants
In Aurora and surrounding towns in Southwest Missouri about 1,100 employees at five Juvenile Shoe Corp plants were evacuated after a bomb threat. Gale Pate Sr., company president, said the search covered all plants in Aurora Sarcoxie and Carthage as deputies from Lawrence and Jasper counties investigated.
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Aurora, Mo
Juvenile Shoe Corp
Missouri
Aurora
Gale Pate
Shoe Manufacturing Company
Sarcoxie
Carthage
Pate
St. Louis
Lawrence
Jasper Counties
Missouri livestock center report with hog and cattle prices
Slaughter hogs and cattle price ranges listed for the Missouri Livestock Center and National Stockyards in St Louis and Chicago. Entries cover hogs 200 to 600 pounds with various price bands, cattle slaughter steers and heifers by weight, and nearby futures for grains and soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Missouri Livestock Center
Depart. OF AG
National Stockyards
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Nixon Releases $109 Million For Rural Electrification Plan
President Nixon released $109 million held for the rural electrification program. Congress allocated $545 million for the current fiscal year, $216 million more than requested. To date $329 million has been disbursed as rural areas urge full release of funds.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Congress
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Raquel Welch Wins Interlocutory Divorce With $1 Alimony
In Santa Monica a Superior Court judge granted Raquel Welch an interlocutory divorce from Patrick Curtis after a brief hearing. The actress received token alimony of $1 per month and retained custody of her two children, Damon and Tahnee Welch. Curtis, once a Hollywood publicist, was not present.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Raquel Welch
Patrick Curtis
James W. Welch
Damon
Tahnee
Curtis
Hollywood
Miss Welch
R-1 North Callaway Weekly Menu Starts Jan. 10
The R-1 North Callaway menu lists daily meals for the week beginning January 10. Monday serves wiener on bun with pinto beans applesauce rolled wheat cookie. Tuesday offers chili with beans lettuce salad carrot sticks peach pie. Wednesday features fried chicken gravy whipped potatoes green beans blue plums. Thursday presents spaghetti with meat vegetable salad pear hot rolls and honey. Friday includes vegetable beef soup peanut butter sandwich jello with fruit cookie. Bread butter and milk accompany all lunches.
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R-1
North Callaway
Stock Market Edges Up Despite Unemployment Report
In New York trading the Dow Jones 30 rose 1.35 to 909.84 as advances outpaced declines amid active activity. Labor data showed unemployment up to 6.1 percent in December from 6.0 in November, with gains led by rubber, aircraft, utilities, metals, and chemicals while steels, electronics, rails, and oils eased.
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A.B. Chance
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
NEW York (Ap
Labor Department
Coed Dies Of Gunshot Wound In Quincy Store
Quincy Illinois AP report: Judith Wand a 21 year old Quincy College senior was shot three times in the head and once in the chest in a downtown department store by Michael A Chapman 23 who then shot himself. He was found in critical condition. Witnesses said the pair argued earlier and Wand had complained of being followed. Chapman had dated Wand. A small caliber revolver was found under his body.
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Quincy, Ill
Quincy College
Chapman
Hearnes Unveils Budget Aims For Growth and Savings
Governor Hearnes presents a 361 page budget outlining a $260 million capital improvements bond proposal to offset inflation in construction costs. He calls for 5 percent pay raises for state workers but warns against funding both the raise and a full pension cost takeover, urging lawmakers to choose fiscal prudence while targeting health education and welfare improvements within available revenues.
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Hearnes
Mrs. Sadie Hubbard Dies At Paris
Mrs. Sadie Marie Hubbard 74 of Paris died at 6 30 p m yesterday in Pleasant View nursing home Paris Funeral services will be at 2 p m at Agnew funeral home Paris Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery visitation from 2 p m Saturday until services She was born April 5 1897 in Monroe County to William F and Martha Smith Dowell She was married to Chester Hubbard who died in 1968 A member of Parish United Methodist Church Survivors include two daughters Geneva Parsons Rimrock Arizona and Dorothy Hebel Quincy Illinois one granddaughter and one great grandson.
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Paris
Sadie Marie Hubbard
Pleasant View
Agnew Funeral Home
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Roy White of Danville Dies at 92
Roy White, 92, born Sept 12 1879 in Danville then Montgomery County seat, died in St Louis at his daughter-in-law’s home. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Sehlanker Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Hester to officiate. Burial Gregory Cemetery Danville. Retired farmer moved to St Louis seven years ago. Survived by daughter-in-law, a brother Grover White of Oklahoma, 16 grandchildren, six great grandchildren. preceded by wife Emily Ford White, son Elroy, daughter Mrs Margaret Hutsel, parents, two brothers and five sisters.
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Montgomery City
Roy White
Danville
Montgomery County
St. Louis
Evelyn White
Sehlanker Funeral Home
Robert Hester
Gregory Cemetery
White
Benjamin
Julia Victoria Gregory White
Grover White
Oklahoma
Emily Ford White
Elroy
Margaret Hutsel
Services Today For Mrs White At Mexico United Methodist Church
Mrs L Mitchell White died Thursday at 3 a.m. at Audrain Medical Center. Services are set for 3 p.m. at the Mexico United Methodist Church with Rev Jeff Marsh officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Organist will be Mrs H L Neifert. Arrangements by Arnold Funeral Home. Pallbearers: Vernon Duffy Col Charles R Stribling William Haas Lakenan Barnes James E Sterner James W Gallaher.
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L. Mitchell White
Mexico United Methodist Church
William Haas
Lakenan Barnes
James E. Sterner
James W. Gallaher
Funeral services for Mrs Ruby Threlkeld in Paris
Funeral services for Mrs Ruby Threlkeld 77 who died Thursday will be at 2 p m Saturday at Agnew funeral home Paris with Elder Russell Key of Huntsville officiating Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery Pallbearers Raymond Acuff Owen Hayhurst Bill Mattingly John Roegge O K Kendall and Roy Williams
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Paris
Ruby Threlkeld
Agnew Funeral Home
Russell Key
Huntsville
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Raymond Acuff
Owen Hayhurst
Bill Mattingly
John Roegge
O.K. Kendall
Roy Williams
Vandalia Police Hero's Mother Dies
Mrs Edna Snyder Rosenstengel Ledford mother of Vandalia Police officer Orville Rosenstengel slain on duty in 1960 died in Phoenix on Wednesday. Body to return to Vandalia Saturday with funeral arrangements pending at Waters Funeral Home. Officer Rosenstengel later joined the Police Hall of Fame after being shot twice in the chest in front of Vandalia City Hall by John William Thompson who had been arrested for a disturbance. Thompson recaptured. had been imprisoned since 1928 and sought for parole violation. Ledford leaves two sons, three daughters, and many grandchildren.
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Vandalia
Edna Snyder Rosenstengel Ledford
Orville Rosenstengel
Phoenix
Waters Funeral Home
Rosenstengel
Police Hall of Fame
Pointblank Range
John William Thompson
Thompson
Matthews Rites Conducted Today
Funeral services were conducted today at 2 p.m. for E. W. Matthews, 75, of Martinsburg. The Rev. John Blass officiated at Martinsburg Community Church with burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Arnold Funeral Home arranged, pallbearers named Wayne Bryson John T. Bishop Don Hale Bob Johnson Norman Gastler and Jerry Wasson.
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Martinsburg
E.W. Matthews
John Blass
Wellsville
August Brooks
Arnold Funeral Home
Wayne Bryson
John T. Bishop
Don Hale
Bob Johnson
Norman Gastler
Jerry Wasson
Mrs Daisy Jacobs Dies at Columbia
Mrs Daisy Smith Jacobs 85 of Columbia mother of J J Jacobs Jr of Mexico and Mrs Irvin Cottrill of Centralia died Wednesday evening in Columbia. Survivors include three other daughters three other sons 16 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She was a member of Locust Grove Methodist Church. Friends may call at Memorial Funeral Home Columbia Rev Paul York will conduct services at 2 p m Saturday at Memorial Funeral Chapel and burial will be in Locust Grove Cemetery Midway.
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Daisy Smith Jacobs
Columbia
J.J. Jacobs Jr
Mexico
Irvin Cottrill
Centralia
Locust Grove Methodist Church
Memorial Funeral Home
Paul York
Locust Grove
Midway
Local Couple Adopts Son Bryan Franklin Gordon
Mr and Mrs Robert Gordon of Jacksonville Florida adopted a son named Bryan Franklin Gordon. Mrs Gordon, formerly of Mexico, is sister to Mrs Dale Kendall of Mexico. The Gordons spent holidays with the Kendalls and returned home Monday. Their new son arrived on Wednesday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bryan Franklin Gordon
Gordon
Mexico
Dale Kendall
Hodcarriers reach 28 month pact in St Louis
A new 28 month agreement between 600 hodcarriers and the Mason Contractors Association raises journeyman wages from 3.75 to 6.80 per hour. The pact awaits Federal Pay Board approval.
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ST. Louis
Union Hodcarriers
Mason Contractors Association
Federal
Safe with money found near Williamsburg linked to Elkhart VFW
Callaway County deputies found a safe about noon on Route YY two miles southeast of Williamsburg containing around 442 dollars in cash and checks totaling about 1000. The safe, opened with a chisel and hammer, belonged to the Elkhart VFW Club and had been stolen on New Year’s Eve. Elkhart authorities and the FBI were notified. the safe was to be returned to Elkhart and transported across state lines potentially triggering FBI involvement.
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Elkhart
Kan
Callaway County
Williamsburg
Ted Salmons
Salmons
VFW Club
Elkort
Elkart Vfw Club
Burke Charged In Columbia Theft
Richard Dennis Burke, 18, of Mexico, was arrested by Columbia police and charged with burglary of a Columbia dentist office on December 30. A stereo unit and syringes were taken. Burke remains jailed in Boone County. He previously faced a stimulant and hallucinogen possession case in Audrain Circuit Court, arrested May 7 at Mexico High School on $750 bond.
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Darrell Newsom
N. Jefferson St
Newsom
Thomas R. Peak
Bruce Allen Loyd
David W. Green
Stanley Ray Lamberson
Richard Dennis Burke
Mexico
Columbia
Charles Franklin
Boone County
Franklin
Burke
Russell Wilkes
Mexico High School
Audrain
Hazardous devices threat targets banks linked to radicals
A letter warned that hazardous devices would detonate unless demands were met and prisoners freed. It cited George Jackson and Sam Melville, linked to the San Quentin and Attica cases. FBI New York said agents are assessing the threat's legitimacy after nine banks were targeted last July with no vault entries made.
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George Jackson
Sam Melville
Jackson
California
San Quentin
Melville
New York State
Attica State Prison
New York City
FBI
New York
They’ve Pulled Out 1300 Thorns From Jensen’s Body
Knud Kjaer Jensen, 56, collapsed into a pile of barberry hedge branches last August. Surgeons report removing more than 1,300 thorns from his arms legs and torso over five months, with unknown remaining thorns still in his body.
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Tarm
Denmark
Knud Kjaer Jensen
Jensen
Pentagon to cut 113000 troops in six months amid budget cuts
Washington AP Pentagon announces 113000 military job losses over six months, lowering total armed forces to 2,352,000 by June 30 the lowest since early Korean War. Draft calls may drop further with no January calls and possible no calls in February or March. Civilian staff cuts rise by 41000, limited at bases to 1000 per site. Nixon budget $76 billion, Congress trims $3.3 billion.
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Pentagon
U.S
Jerry W. Friedheim
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
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Defense Department
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Congress
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Ammo Dump Blast Kills 200 In Bangladesh
AP reports a series of explosions at a Pakistani army ammunition dump in Dinajpur Bangladesh. United News of India cites Bangladesh Observer saying about 52 bodies recovered with the death toll near 200. Damaged ammunition depot caused the blast and casualties as of Thursday.
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Bangladesh
New Delhi
Dacca
United News of India
Bangladesh Observer
Dinajpur
Jet Vanishes 98 On Board In Balearics
An Air Ministry statement says a twin jet Caravelle with 98 aboard disappeared during a Madrid Valencia to Balearic flight. Wreckage has been found on the Balearic island of Ibiza.
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Balearic Islands
Madrid
Valencia
Balearic Island
Air Ministry
Plain Talk Urged in Courtroom by St Louis Jury
The St Louis September term grand jury urged using simple English in court to replace jargon. It quoted witnesses such as children and those with little schooling and advised lawyers and police to stop obscurities and to use plain, easily understood terms to aid justice.
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ST. Louis
Grand Jury
Senator Avery to retire from Missouri Senate after current term
State Senator Omer H. Avery a Troy Democrat who once represented Audrain County will retire at term end. His home area shifts to Sen Norman Merrell in northeast Missouri. Rep. Thomas D. Graham of Cole County may run in the 23rd district with Montgomery and Warren Counties. Incumbent candidatesRen V Wilhaber Jefferson City and Republicans Buell Baclesse Robert Schollmeyer and Dr Merril Townley, all of Jefferson City, are already filed.
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Omer H. Avery
Troy
Audrain County
Norman Merrell
Missouri
Thomas D. Graham
Cole County
Senate
Montgomery
Warren
Ren. V. Wilhaber
Jefferson City
Graham
Buell Baclesse
Robert Schollmeyer
Merril Townley
Hijacking incident report details aboard unnamed plane
Seven hijackers fled with three stewardess passengers to Los Angeles aboard a fuel truck demanded refueling. A male steward returning to LA was allowed off mistaken for a passenger. Plane departed at 2:30 am with a Florida flight plan and undisclosed landing site. FAA remained in contact with the plane.
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Bage A
Los Angeles
PSA
Florida
Federal Aviation Administration
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