Missouri and Kansas City Area Weather and Public Safety
Weather and public safety digest reports include zone forecasts with tonight and Tuesday temperatures in the 30s to 60s, Missouri and Kansas conditions from northeast to mid 60s, Lake of the Ozarks water level at 656.8 feet, and a public safety update noting an ongoing investigation into a late Saturday night accident with listed area names and a long roster of discharged and admitted individuals.
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Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme de Terre
Light pole struck at South Clark and High Streets
The Daily Record reports a car collision at the intersection causing an estimated pole damage of 150 dollars. The Monterey motel area saw a damaged car left behind by three occupants who fled after calling a friend to pick them up. Kenneth Pickens said his car was driven by Mrs. Joan Redman, with Pickens and her husband as passengers. A pickup reportedly forced the car into the pole while ice on the road caused the crash. No injuries or arrests noted.
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South Clark
High Streets
Monterey
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Glen’s
Kenneth F. Pickens
Route Two
Wright City
Joan Redman
Kingdom City
Pickens
Larry C. Byrd
Valley View Road
James, Black
Liberty St
Ray
Sinclair
Arthur Kobush
Mexico
East Jackson Street
Audrain Medical Center
Mark S. Lebrell
Laddonia
Lebrell
Samuel Salniker
Donald Carl
Ava Rae
Chesterfield
Danville
Salniker
Mrs H Richards Admitted To Sherwood Arms
Mrs H Richards aged 94, who broke a hip in a fall at 621 Promenade Street on November 30, has been moved from Audrain Medical Center to Sherwood Arms in Centralia for extended convalescence of several weeks.
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H. Richards
Promenade St
Audrain Medical Center
Sherwood Arms
Centralia
St. Louis County Vote Board Named
Gov. Bond named F William Human Jr to chair the St. Louis County board of election commissioners. Bi partisan appointees include Mrs Earl James of Spanish Lake Jerome Mandelstamm a Democrat and former president of the St. Louis Legal Aid Society and Mrs W E Pharis former Missouri League of Women Voters president. Human has prior service as county charter commission chair.
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Jefferson City
Clayton
F. William Human Jr
St. Louis
Market gains as Nixon pause on bombing boosts stocks
New York stocks rose with the Dow up 5.04 to 1044.40 at noon amid White House signals of progress in Vietnam peace talks. The NYSE advance beat declines 7 to 5 as investors priced in a pause in bombing and mining of North Vietnam. Brunswick led declines with a 4 point rise to 31 on a large block trade. Wheat corn soy futures in Chicago mixed as markets opened.
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New York
White House
Vietnam
U.S
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Nixon
North
Paris
Brunswick
American Stock Exchange
Vietnam Peace Prospects Clouded by Bombing and Haig Mission
Bombing linked to Saigon's peace talks as Gen. Haig arrives with a revised draft peace plan for President Thieu. U.S. air operations show 10 B52 missions and 100 strikes against North Vietnam in the past 24 hours, with bridges destroyed and a Navy F4 crew rescued after being hit. In South Vietnam, B52 raids near Saigon precede a division-sized operation, while Da Nang Air Base suffers rocket damage with civilian casualties.
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Vietnam
Saigon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nguyen van Thieu
Tin Song
U.S. Command
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Thanh Hoa
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
Nixon
United States
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Neuyen van Thieu
Haig
Thieu
National Security Council
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Hoa Binh
South Vietnam
Saigon River
da Nang Air Base
Deaths Perry-Funeral services for Mrs Landis noted
Funeral services were held for Edna Lucille Landis 67 of Florida Missouri with burial at Grand View Burial Park Hannibal. She died January 11 196? at Levering Hospital Hannibal. Survived by husband Jewell Landis three sons Wallace JW and Donald living in Missouri Arizona and Illinois two daughters Ruth Wood and Jean Redhouse, 22 grandchildren 8 great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Smithey of San Diego California.
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Perry
Edna Lucille Landis
Florida
Wilkey
John Henry Vanlandingham
Grand View
Hannibal
Jewell Landis
Wallace Landis
Benton City
JW. Landis Jr
Phoenix, Ariz
Donald Landis
Wood River Tl
Ruth Wood
East Dubuque
Iowa
Jean Redhouse
Fairburn
Carl Smithey
San Diego
Calif
Mrs Kate Vannoy Dies at 82 in Farber
Kate Vannoy, 82, longtime Farber resident, died at Pleasant View Rest Home in Paris. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Waters Funeral Home Vandalia, Rev. Bob Hoen officiating. Burial in Farber Cemetery. Born Katherine Parrish near Middletown, she was married to Ernest Vannoy who died in 1937. She was survived by one sister, seven grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. all five children preceded her in death.
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Farber
Kate Vannoy
Pleasant View
Paris
Waters Funeral Home
Vandalia
Bob Hoen
First Baptist Church
Farber Cemetery
Katherine Parrish Vannoy
Middletown
Sam Parrish
Ernest Vannoy
Mary Coleman
Hannibal
Mrs. Mary P. Johnson Rites Held Today
Mrs. Mary Philena Johnson 94 of Perry died Friday at St Elizabeth Hospital Hannibal. Born Oct 24 1878 near Perry to C W and Sarah Ellen Cole she served a year as secretary in the Missouri House. Survived by two sons Millard and Chester Johnson a sister Edith Ely two grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Burial at Fern Chapel Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by Wilkey Funeral Home.
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Perry
Fern Chapel Methodist Church
Mary Philena Johnson
C.D. Howell
Fern Chapel
Wilkey
House of Representatives
Joel Ellegood Johnson
Millard C
Chester A. Johnson
Edith Ely
Louie
Mary Ann) Morriss
Hannibal
Paw D. Johnson
Columbia
Service Held for Harvey Monroe Leake in Perry
Harvey Monroe Leake 58 of Kansas City died Friday at General Medical Center. A Perry native born Spokane March 10 1914 son of John and Mary Leake, survived by five sisters Mignon Heizer Lucille Bell Effie Leake Marie Dudgeon Delia Eliott and brother Fred Leake. Funeral at Wilkey Funeral Home 3:30 p.m. with Rev C D Howell officiating and burial in Lick Creek Cemetery.
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PERRY
Harvey Monroe Leake
Kansas City
Wilkey Funeral
C. D. Howell
Lick Creek
Leake
General Medical Center
Spokane
Wash
John
Mary Chandler Leake
Mignon Heizer
Lucille Bell
Inglewood
Calif
Effie Leake
Anaheim
Marie Dudgeon
Hannibal
Delia Eliott
Quincy
Fred Leake
Grateful Dead Bassist Philip Lesh Arrested in Fairfax
Fairfax police arrest Grateful Dead bassist Philip Lesh on suspicion of possession of marijuana and dangerous drugs. Officers served a warrant at his home on Wednesday as part of the investigation.
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Fairfax
Calif
Philip Lesh
Lesh
Admiral Souers Dies in St Louis at 80
Admiral Sidney W. Souers US Navy veteran and first executive secretary of the United Nations Security Council died at a hospital in St Louis at age 80. He rose to rear admiral in World War II and led the Security Council office from 1947 to 1950. He helped found the agency now known as the CIA and advised Presidents Truman during the Korean War. For 18 years he served General American Life Insurance, becoming board chairman in 1954 and president in 1997.
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St, Louis
Sidney W. Souers
United Nations
National Security Council
Souers
Security Council
Central Intelligence Agency
Harry S. Truman
General American Life Insurance Company of America
Emma Grotewiel Dies at 83 in New Florence
Emma Grotewiel 83 of New Florence died Saturday night at Hermann Area Hospital after a fall fractured hip. Born June 22, 1889 in Rhineland, she married Otto Grotewiel in 1907. Survived by husband, three daughters Eva Badger Ida Grosse Marie Gammon, two sons Marvin and Owen, 11 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral Tuesday at Baker Funeral Home New Florence at 2 pm, Rev Harold Spiva officiating. Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery High Hill.
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New Florence
Emma. Grotewiel
Hermann Area Hospital
Rhineland
Martin and
Amelia Drullinger Elsenrath
Starkenburg
Otto Grotewiel
Fred
Ida) Grosse
Montgomery City
Elmer
Marie) Gammon
St. Charles
Marvin
Owen
High Hill
Baker Funeral Home
Harold Spiva
Mount Pleasant
March Collects $561 At Vandalia
Vandalia’s March of Dimes campaign chair Mrs Roy Kyslinger reported $581.64 total for the campaign with via Sunday march. Assistant chair Mrs William Paul notes Mothers March in Audrain County raises funds for preventing birth defects with local efforts. Teen chair Miss Kathy Watson announced Saturday road block netted $200.03 and a blanket toss $25.08. Judy Porter co chairs. Don Fuller heads Audrain County MOD as annual gifts of $1500 to Birth Defects Center at University Medical Center in Columbia, continuing a history of at least $1,000 yearly prior to three years.
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Vandalia
Roy Kyslinger
William Paul
Audrain County
Kathy Watson
Judy Porter
Miss Watson
Cochairman
Bill Williams
John Gallaher
National Foundation
MOD
Don Fuller
University Medical Center
Columbia
Price Commission Orders $3 Million Refund From Chamion Corp
The Price Commission ruled that Champion International Corp and its unit West Coast Manufacturing overcharged for plywood hardboard particle board veneer and lumber under the wage price freeze. The order requires a $3 million refund and price reductions to pre freeze levels plus explicit prohibition on any future price hikes without commission approval.
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Washington
Champion International Corp
New York
West Coast Manufacturing
U.S
Jaycees Name Their Top Ten Outstanding Young Men
The U S Jaycees named ten individuals from four lawyers to a minister and three others as America s 10 Outstanding Young Men for 1973. The group includes Dwight Lee Chapin, Rodney Diridon, Neil Goldschmidt, Richard Hughes, Paul Jordan, John Mogk, Jon Rohde, Larry Rohrman, Joseph Sanders and Bobby Thomas for crossing professional racial and religious lines to aid society.
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Tulsa
San Jose
Calif
Saratoga
Diridon
Neil Edward Goldschmidt
Portland
Ore
Charles Evers
Mississippi
Jaycees
Oregon
Richard Michael Hughes
Hughes
Shoeshine Boys Foundation
Saigon
da Nang
South Vietnam
Paul Thomas Jordan
Jersey N.J
Jordan
New Jersey
Jersey City
John Edward Mogk
Wayne State University of Law
Detroit
Jon Eliot Rohde
Children’s Medical Center
Boston
Pakistan
Larry Gale Rohrman
First Baptist Church
Jackson
Miss
Biloxi
Joseph Stanley Sanders
Los Angeles
Sanders
Watts
Yale School of Law
Bobby Loyd Thomas
Waco
Tex
Thomas
Derail Blocks Burlington Line Near Palmyra Missouri
A 26 car Burlington Northern freight derailed near Palmyra Missouri blocking the St Louis to Chicago line. No injuries reported though cars and track suffered extensive damage. Cause unknown. repairs could take time as crews from Hannibal and Galesburg worked the scene.
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Palmyra
Burlington-Northern
St. Louis
Chicago
Missouri
Burlington Northern
Hannibal
Galesburg
Ill
Weather continues warm spell across Missouri through midweek
Warmer, mild weather is forecast for Missouri through Tuesday with generally fair tonight and sunny Tuesday. Highs are expected in the upper 60s to mid 60s, with overnight lows in the 30s, and a continued warm, dry outlook Wednesday through Friday though a chance of rain Friday remains possible.
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Missouri
McNamara
Missouri Power and Light
Kansas City
Weather Service
West Plains
Monett
Columbia
Administration reverses on death penalty policy
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration softened its stance on mandatory death sentences for cold blooded crimes including hijackings. Assistant Attorney General Roger Cramton testified that severe or flexible punishments may hinder law enforcement and proposed a two stage trial to separate guilt and punishment with a second stage weighing aggravating circumstances. The Post noted the statements were cleared by Justice and White House officials.
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Washington
Nixon
Asst
Atty
Roger C. Cramton
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Cramton
Richard Kleindienst
Court Won't Hear Cervantes Appeal in Libel Case
The Supreme Court declined to hear Mayor Alfonso Cervantes of St. Louis in his libel suit against Life Magazine and reporter Denny Walsh. The dispute focused on Walsh's use of confidential Justice Department sources and the court upheld the prior dismissal by the St. Louis Circuit Court, reinforcing newsroom privilege and the standard of actual malice.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Alfonso J. Cervantes
St. Louis
Life Magazine
Denny Walsh
U.S. Circuit Court
Walsh
Justice Department
Circuit Cour
Supreme Court
Time, Inc
Life
Cervantes
Mortimer A. Rosecan
Circuit Court
William Hundley
VICA Plans Employer Banquet At Local High School
Mexico students in the cooperative training program and Vocational Industrial Clubs of America sponsor a February 6 dinner in the high school cafeteria. Lois Mlingworth MHS teacher is the featured speaker. The program serves juniors and seniors pursuing skilled trades and expands to two banquets this year due to growth and enrollment.
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Mexico
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Lois Mlingworth
MHS
Escape Hole Found In Prison
State penitentiary guards stopped an inmate escape plan after a 16 inch floor hole was found in the hall. Inmates Lawrence Merola and Vincent Cavallero, both serving life terms from Kansas City, had planned to tunnel to a walled area and bore under the prison wall using an improvised drill from a fan motor.
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Jefferson City
State
Harold R. Swenson
Swenson
Lawrence Merola
Vincent Cavallero
Kansas City
Young Man Dies In Bin Of Corn At Dupo Yards
Natus L. Price age 20 of Dupo was found dead Sunday afternoon inside a corn storage bin at the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards. Deputies say he suffocated after falling into the bin while helping load corn into a railroad car.
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Dupo
Natus L. Price
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Clair County
Price
Water Commission Moves Offices to Former Grocery Store
The Missouri Clear Water Commission moved its offices from the capitol to a former Rochester grocery store. Secretary Jackx said remodeling is nearly complete and the agency will have more office space. The Mayo Clinic released Billy Graham after blood pressure treatment. he is fit. The agency’s phone and P.O. box remain unchanged.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Clear Water Commission
Capitol
Jackx
Als
Commission
lo _ ROCHESTER
Minn
Billy Graham
Mayo Clinic
Graham
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