Corn Crop Down From High Record
The Agriculture Department reported the 1972 U S corn crop at 5.4737 billion bushels, down 3 percent from the record harvest, with soybeans at 1.2762 billion bushels up 9 percent. Iowa leads corn yield at 114 bu per acre producing 1.1913 billion bushels. Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas follow with varied yields and totals. Missouri's weather also slowed last week’s harvest across the state, with only one field work day and snow in the western half, soybean harvest at 83 percent, grain sorghum 86 percent harvested, and cotton unpicked at 13 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Columbia
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Bootheel
Miss Mexico Pageant Set For March 31
The Mexico Jaycees announce the Miss Mexico pageant on March 31 at Presser Hall. The 1973 winner earns 1000 in scholarship bonds and a 300 wardrobe. Entrants must be single, Missouri resident six months, HS graduate by Sept 1973, 18 by then, with contact numbers for Gary Sanger and Darriel Douglas. Dahl White produces, Larry Webber directs judges.
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Mexico Jaycees
Presser Hall
Missouri
Gary Sanger
Darriel Douglas
Dahl White
Larry Webber
Fire damages Lake of the Ozarks Sherwood Restaurant
A blaze at the Sherwood Restaurant and Lounge in Osage Beach caused extensive damage Monday night. Fire departments from Osage Beach Lake Ozark and Camdenton fought the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage Beach
Sherwood
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake Ozark
Camdenton
Rural Aid Plans Explained To ABA
Dale Angel, guest speaker and MU Extension program coordinator, outlined the Rural Development Act of 1972 to Audrain Betterment Association members at the county courthouse. He highlighted Title I and II funding, new loan limits, 60 percent cost sharing for water projects, and a rural fire protection program, with emphasis on supporting new industry and watershed conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural
America
Dale Angel
Audrain Betterment Association
Angel
University of Missouri At Columbia
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Soil Conservation Service
Secretary of Agriculture
State Forestry Commission
Land Grant Colleges
USDA
Senate
Gilbert Rhodes
Cooperative Extension Service
Mexico
Paul Lutz
Area Community Development Service
University of Missouri
Don Schulte
Bob Simons
Columbia
Lutz
Boone County
ABA
Callaway County
L.E. Khol
Martha Stephenson
Association
Spradling Raps Brief Bill On Reorganization
Jefferson City AP report shows Sen. Albert Spradling criticizing a 27 page House reorganization plan as too limited. Hearings cover 13 departments under a governor controlled Office of Administration and proposed changes to agriculture conservation education and transportation agencies.
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Jefferson City
Public Service Commission
Tourism, Commerce and Industrial Development
Consumer Protection
Council On the Arts
Insurance
Senate
Warren E. Hearnes
William J. Cason
Clinton
Spradling
Missouri Public Expenditure Survey
Little Hoover Commission
Harold Volkmer
Hannibal
Volkmer
Neff
Office of Administration
Agriculture
Natural Resources
Department of Community Affairs
Office of
Division of
Highway Safety
State Federal Relations Agency
Law Enforcement Advisory Council
Division of Comprehensive Health Planning
Eagleton To Discuss Nation's Fuel Crisis
Kansas City AP report notes Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri will discuss the national fuel crisis during a two day Kansas City area visit set for Thursday and Friday. The notice also records the birth of Robert Howard Jerome to Mr and Mrs Robert James of Auxvasse at Callaway Memorial Hospital Fulton at 8 07 a m weighing eight pounds nine and a half ounces with Gail Lynn James nearly three as a sibling and lists Joyce Groves of Kansas City and Howard James of Mexico as grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Robert James
Auxvasse
Callaway Memorial Hospital
Fulton
Robert Howard Jerome
Gail Lynn
Joyce Groves
Howard James
Mexico
Jones
ICG Railroad
Anthem to be skipped at Olympic Invitational at MSG
New York AP The Olympic Invitational track meet at Madison Square Garden on February 16 will proceed without playing the National Anthem. Edwin H. Mosler Jr. said there was no place in the program for the Star Spangled Banner, citing fear of provoking an incident. Garden officials note it will be first of 500 events to omit the anthem since the venue opened five years ago. Jesse Abramson, director, questions the need for booing but says the anthem should not become an issue.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Edwin H. Mosler Jr
the Garden
Jesse Abramson
Second Trial Begins for Jerry Stout in Frieders Murder
Jury selection underway in Harrisonville for the second degree murder trial of Jerry Lynn Stout of Centralia. He previously faced a 1970 conviction reversed by the Missouri Supreme Court over blood analysis admissibility. Defense counsel includes William W. Van Matre and Everett S. Van Matre with Preston Dean assisting. The case concerns the beating death of Judy Frieders in Columbia after a July 1968 incident.
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Jerry Lynn Stout
Centralia
Judith Ann Frieders
Columbia
Stout
Cass County
Missouri Supreme Court
Harrisonville
William Kimberlin
William W
Everett S. van Matre
Boone County
Milt Harper
Preston Dean
Kenneth Dean
Dean
Harper
Alley Way
Railroad Street
Judy Frieders
Gary
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
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Cason
Paul Bradshaw
Springfield
State Health Board
Consumer Affairs Department
Commission
State Poultry Board
Department of Consumer Affairs
Department of Conservation
Park Board
Parks
Department of Natural Resources
Geological Survey and Water Resources
Boat Commission
State Land Survey Authority
Land Reclamation Commission
Commission On Soil and Water Districts
Air Conservation Commission
Kansas-Missouri Air Quality Commission
Clean Water Division
Water Resources Division
State Oil and Gas Council
State Interagency Council For Outdoor Recreation
Board of Education
Junor
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Higher Education
Library Commission
Coordinating Board
Department of Highways
Highway Commission
Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Department of Transportation
Aviation
Division of Industry and Commerce
Eagleton
Robert H. J. James
Ledger
the Ledger
Mexico Ledger
Righ
J. H. Bloebaum
Merxico Ledger
Ledger O-F
Jerry Stout
Harold Wayne Phears
Phears
George Washington University
van Matres
George Leddicotte
High Court
Liberty
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