Weather and Market Readings From Missouri Areas
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show Saturday high 41 low 15 with trace precipitation. Forecast clears tonight, sunny and cold Tuesday. lows 10 to 15, highs in the 20s. Missouri outlook through Friday mixed snow and rain with temperatures from the 20s to near 50 in the south. Key readings list St Louis 2.3 inches of snow depth and Cape Girardeau 10.5. Local region notes include Boonville 41, Jefferson City 48, Hermann 3.7, and Kansas City 1.0 as daily figures.
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Missouri
ST. la
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Theft Report From Audrain County Courthouse Billfold
Mrs C W Drake reported Friday night loss of her daughter's billfold from the Audrain County courthouse between 6 30 and 8 p m Friday containing money. Fire department answered three calls Sunday and one Saturday at addresses including 1015 Robin Hood Rd 1026 Latney St 1619 Churchill St and west end of W Liberty St. Fires involved overheated furnace motor backfiring car carburetor and no fire found on arrival with units returning shortly after.
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C. W. Drake
Audrain County
Hremen
Robin Hood Rd
Larry Chaney
Latney St
Churchill St
Obituaries list for several residents ages 86 to 91
Death notices report the passing of John O Leary 86 Mrs Anna Luckner 86 Mrs Ray Oliver 67 Mrs Crayton Oakes and Jesse B Ellis 91 with their ages and names reflected in a brief obituary roundup.
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John O'Leary
Anna Luckner
Ray Oliver
Crayton Oakes
Jesse B. Ellis
Missouri Market Reports Hog and Cattle Prices Rise Broadly
Missouri Livestock Market Center notes hogs up to 25 cents higher across weights with feeders and sows steady to higher. National Stockyards reports firm to higher hogs and cattle strength, with steer and heifer prices lifting and vealers at 38 to 40 dollars. Cattle, calves, and sheep markets show varied gains and steady to improved demand across weight classes.
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
MO. Dept. OF AG
No. 1
National
Ill
Chicago
USDA
Tech School Enrolls Tonight at Local Vocational Center
Enrollment will be held at 7:00 this evening for skilled and technical classes at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. Most courses are open for registration except Welding, with offerings in Automobile Mechanics, Auto Body Repair, Algebra for Refractories Ceramics, Computer Operations, Basic Electronics I and II, Industrial Hydraulics Fundamentals, Machine Shop, Math for Skilled Trades, Radio and TV Repair I and II, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Residential Wiring and Use of Electrical Codes, Surveying, Accounting, Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typing, Secretarial Training, Nursing Aide.
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Mexico Area
Job Office Manager Promoted to Central Unit
David Van Dyke, longtime manager of the Mexico office for the Missouri Division of Employment Security since August 1970, has been transferred to the central office in Jefferson City to oversee the interstate unit. He was promoted to Supervisor 2 in January. Mrs. George Wilson, service technician at the Mexico office, has been appointed acting manager until a replacement is named.
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David van Dyke
Mexico
Missouri Division of Employment Security
Jefferson City
Herman Julien
van Dyke
George Wilson
U Thant Plans To End UN Service
Secretary General U Thant said he will not serve beyond his present term ending in 1971. He noted he is in his 10th year, turning 63 that Friday, and spoke on Middle East peacekeeping, Britain and France potentially helpful, and condemned terrorism against Soviet and Egyptian missions to the UN. He warned such acts fuel arguments to move the UN headquarters from New York.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
U Chant
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Britain
France
United Nations
U.N
New York City
Johnny Bridgford Breaks Leg Again
Johnny Bridgford, 12, a seventh grader at Hardie Junior High School, broke the same bone in his left leg at home last Wednesday. He had been out of a knee length cast four weeks after a prior fracture and is now a patient at Audrain Medical Center.
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Johnny Bridgford
Audrain Medical Center
Richard B. Bridgford
E. Pleasant St
Johnny
Hardie
Car Theft Ring Arrests Rattle Missouri Corridor
UNION Missouri AP eight men and three women arrested in a stolen car ring operating between St. Louis and Franklin County. Investigators say the ring moved vehicles across the region with alleged involvement from multiple individuals. Local authorities coordinated with state troopers to dismantle the operation and seize assets linked to the scheme.
Banks Cut Prime Rates Lift Market In Active Trading
New York stocks rose as banks announce a fresh round of prime rate cuts led by Morgan Guaranty lowering to 6 percent after the opening bell. The Dow gained 3.22 points to 849.92, with the 60-stock AP average up 1.0 to 6.6 as rails oils airlines and metals led gains while aircrafts and electronics fell. Large blocks traded included General Mills and Chase Manhattan Realty.
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New York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Morgan Guaranty
Associated Press
General Mills
Chage Manhattan Realty
NYC Police Strike Talks Deadlocked
NEW YORK AP Talks aimed at ending the strike by 20 000 city patrolmen were reported gravely deadlocked today as wildcat sympathy walk outs spread among transit and housing patrolmen. Transit Authority said about 25 percent of transit police refused to work in sympathy. Housing Authority noted at least 50 housing patrolmen staged walkouts. Detectives and senior officers continued 12 hour shifts while 63 federal agents aided security for Soviet offices. No clear rise in crime. City negotiators pressed negotiations with patrolmen firemen sanitationmen not under contract since Jan 1.
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New York
Transit Authority
Housing Authority
Brooklyn
Federal Executive Protection Service
Washington
Deadline Set For British Mail and Phones Strike
London AP reports Britons rush to mail first class letters by 5 30 p m as 230 000 postal workers walk out at midnight Tuesday. Parcel and second class mail collection halted. Government considers troops or private firms to run mail. Pay talks with union mediator fail as union seeks 15 percent. salaries range 36 to 66 dollars weekly. Telegraph and telex may halt except emergency telegrams. overseas links may operate unless maintenance staff strike.
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London
Post Office
John O'Leary Dies Formerly of Wellsville
John O'Leary 86 formerly of Wellsville dies in a Carmi nursing home Saturday A funeral service is set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Wellsville Baptist Church with Rev Quifiten Boyd officiating burial will follow in Wellsville Cemetery Surviving are his wife Ellen Samelman daughter Violet Renshaw of Carmi a Chicago daughter Ruby Adams Mexico Missouri Opal Blackwell Mexico Robert O'Leary Monck's Corner S C Harold O'Leary Portage Indiana Ada Lee Brock Pensacola Fla and eight grandchildren He was born September 27 1884 in Ballwin Til and worked at Wellsville Fire Brick Co He was a Baptist member.
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Wellsville
John O'Leary
Wellaville Baptist Church
Quifiten Boyd
O'Leary
Carmi
Ward
Violet) Renshaw
Timothy
Priscilla Grammer O’leary
Ballwin
Til
Ellen Samelman
Hawk Point
Jesse Ellis of Sturgeon Dies at 91
Jesse B. Ellis 91 of rural Sturgeon died at home after an extended illness. A retired farmer born in Ohio August 28, 1879, he married Elsie Ancell January 1, 1902, now deceased. Survived by son Ezra, daughter Mrs. Zeda Pugh, granddaughter Mrs. Neta Wrinkle, two great grandchildren and a great great granddaughter. Funeral Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Meadow and Son Funeral Home Sturgeon with Rev. John Foley officiating. Burial Locust Grove Cemetery south of Sturgeon. Visitation tonight after 7 p.m.
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Sturgeon
Jesse B. Ellis
Ellis
Ohio
Minor
Nancy Prather Ellis
Elsie Ancell
Ellises
Ezra
Zeda Pugh
Neta Wrinkle
Columbia
Holiness Church
Meadow and Son Funeral Home
John Foley
Locust Grove
Mrs Crayton Oakes Dies After 21 Years Teaching
Mrs Crayton Vivian Oakes longtime Wellsville fourth grade teacher died Sunday afternoon after teaching in Wellsville and prior stints in Kaycee Midwest Whitehall and Wellsville. Active in church work she had just been elected secretary of the United Presbyterian Women's Group. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Wellsville
Crayton
Vivian) Oakes
Midwest
Whitehall School
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Wyoming
University of Missouri
United Presbyterian Women’s Group
Myers Funeral Home
Kennel Fire Kills 43 Dogs in Marceline
Marceline, Missouri. A kennel fire in Marceline killed 43 dogs early today. Owner E. M. Gambill reported 14 dogs were saved. Cause of the blaze was not determined. Marceline lies about 10 miles southwest of Brookfield.
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Marceline, Mo
Marceline
E. M. Gambill
Brookfield
Wellsville Cook Mrs Ray Oliver Dies at 67
Mrs. Ray Oliver, famed Wellsville cook and 1961 Pillsbury bake-off runner up, died Saturday night at Audrain Medical Center after a heart attack. Born 1903 in St Louis County, she helped found the local hot lunch program, directed school cafeterias for 16 years, and chaired church and community groups. She is survived by husband Ray, a son and four daughters, a brother, a sister, 12 grandchildren, and a late brother Elmer. Funeral Tuesday at their church.
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Audrain Medical Center
John B. Webber Sr
Emuna H. Hutsell
Norman L. Wortmann
Maude Harrison
Lena Sue Mitchell
Samuel Helm
Joseph R., Rodes
Laurence L. Harrod
Verl VY. Payne
Martin Smith
Edith L. Patterson
Judy A. Woolridge
Forrest Foreman
Howard Crum
George Kehl
Glenn Hendrix
Cecil Golden
William Alton
Wiliam Brown
Leroy Cleeton
Eugene L. Pryor
George E. Black
Mexico
J. Richard Bertels
Virgil W. Calhoun
Martinsburg
Lawrence Dawson
Joe B. Foster
Eva M. Lester
Curtis Newman
Crocia Boyd
Centralia
Billie Joe Gaw
Farber
Charles Luke
Rush Hill
Fred Pasley
Laddonia
Julia M. Jackson
John Underwood
Wellsville
Eugene Ransdell
Corrine Florence
Fred Green
Vandalia
Michael Vogt
Archie Hutcheson
Robert Baught
Middletown
Clark
Legrand
Holliday
James Jones
Isaac W. Walton
Steve Smith
Grace Karranbrook
Patricia Byrd
Montgomery
City
Eugene Clark
Benton City
William Gregg
Santa Fe
Gary V. Smith
Kingdom City
Eddie Dean Roberts
Hallaville
William D. Gipson
Robby Jung
Marie Mantle
Chester L. Burdick
Nancy Schwarre
Rupert Singleton
George Black
Pearl Wilkerson
Harold D. Hayden
Paul Schrameck
James Brewer
Paul West
Jack McCord
Cary ©. Sanger
Norman Workman
Dennis Sanborn
Katherine Davenport
Wilbur Sampson
Clarence Brichett
Estel Halbrook
Paris
Thomas L. Prior
Jerry Graves
Paul Newingham
Montgomery City
Harry S. Bishop Sr
Jimesburg
Beckworth Thurman
Vernon Calhoun
J. R. Sims
Charles Wright
Carl Greene
Fred Smith
Richard
Ray Oliver
Ledgerland
Pillsbury
Los Angeles
Clara Oliver
Main
Wabash
PTA
Lord’s Acre
Queen Esther Society
United Methodist - Presbyterian Church
Oliver
St. Louis County
Gotlieb
Caroline Uphoff Lampe
Floyd Rites Sunday Afternoon
Last rites for Mrs. Lola B. Floyd were held Sunday afternoon at Precht Pickering funeral home. Officiating was Rev. Robert R. Collins, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Organ music was provided by Mrs. George Keen. Pallbearers were Thomas Motley of Thompson, Robert Hurd and Kevin Hurd of O'Fallon, Jack Floyd of Bowling Green, Jerry Floyd of Louisiana and Richard Armstrong of Mexico.
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Lola B. Floyd
Precht Pickering Funeral Home
Robert R. Collins
First Presbyterian Church
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
George Keen
Thomas Motley
Thompson
Robert Hurd
Kevin Hurd
O'Fallon
Jack Floyd
Bowling Green
Jerry Floyd
Louisiana
Richard Armstrong
Mexico
Roberts Funeral for Infant in Macon
Funeral services for five month old Christian Lynn Roberts, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Leroy Roberts of Macon, were held Sunday afternoon at Arnold funeral home. Don Wortman of ficiated, with burial at East Music. Music was provided by organist Mrs John W Willer and vocalist Mrs Lamar Utterback.
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Christian Lynn Roberts
James Leroy Roberts
Macon
Arnold Funeral Home
Don Wortman
Kentucky Road Christian Church
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
John W. Willer
Lamar Utterback
Ralston Purina Reports Record First Quarter Earnings
Ralston Purina Co. reports its second-highest first quarter earnings in history at 47 cents per share for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1970. Sales reached $430.7 million, up from $380.1 million, with net earnings of $15.2 million versus $16 million a year earlier.
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St, Louis
Ralston Purina Co
Hal Dean
Towns Terror Began With First Hold Against Will
In Bennettsville South Carolina eight residents were seized in a spree led by two Black men posing as public safety workers. They abducted a family, forced others from nearby homes into a minibus, and robbed them of $12. The group stopped at several homes including those of Sen Lindsay and Rep Cottingham where chaos ensued. one abductee and an assailant were injured during a confrontation. Charles Leonard Scales and Grover Bennett were later charged with kidnapping robbery burglary and related offenses.
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Bennettsville
S.C
Wayne Chavis
South Carolina
Chavis
John Lindsay
Bennettaville
Dina Chavis
Lindsay
Columbia
Lee
Charles
Leonard Scales
Grover Bennett
Charlotte
Arabs At UN Guarded After Bomb Incident
Three patrolmen guard the United Arab Republic mission to the United Nations after a fire bomb shattered glass and set a door ablaze. Mission personnel used extinguishers to quell the flames. no injuries were reported. An anonymous caller later threatened Tass in Moscow, and the Jewish Defense League in New York staged a protest near the Soviet mission. Israel condemned JDL actions and urged escalation of rights for Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel.
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New York
United Arab Republic
United Nations
Associated Press
Jewish Defense League
Jerusalem
JDL
League
Israel
United States
Tass
Security Tightens as Tate Jury Deliberates in Los Angeles
The seven men and five women jury in the Sharon Tate murder case returns for a second full day of deliberations under strict security at the Hall of Justice. They consider Charles Manson and three female co-defendants on charges of first degree murder and conspiracy.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Hall of Justice
Charles Manson
Manson
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Too Late To Classify Livestock
A livestock listing mentions six pigs described as sows. Contact Maurice Miller in Auxvasse for details about the sale or purchase.
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Maurice Miller
Auxvasse
Supreme Court to hear case over Sunday work firing
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Robert K. Dewey’s appeal from Reynolds Metals in Wyoming Michigan, after he was fired for refusing Sunday overtime on religious grounds. Dewey, a Reform Church of America member, lost more than $7,000 in pay over three years and challenged civil rights protections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Michigan
Robert K. Dewey
Reynolds Metals Company
Wyoming
Mich
Dewey
Reformed Church of America
Federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
U.S. District Court
Grand Rapids
Reynolds
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
War Pace Advances in Vietnam as U.S. Withdrawals Proceed
The Saigon regime fights on while Americans pull out and Paris talks lag. Secretary Rogers says the war is ending for the United States and progressively for South Vietnam as overall combat activity declines. Enemy terror incidents rose to 1,732 through November 1970, while civilian killings average about 1,000 monthly. Hamlets show increased security, rising from 79.2 percent secure in January 1969 to 95 percent by end of 1970.
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Saigon
Paris
William P. Rogers
South Vietnam
Rogers
Nixon
U.S
Clark couple welcomed a son at Kirksville hospital
Pfc and Mrs John T Clark of Fort Leonard Wood announced the birth of a six pound four and a half ounce son at 8 21 p.m. Sunday in the Hospital of Osteopathy in Kirksville. The Clarks and infant are connected to Mexico High School through Mrs Clark. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Clark. Pfc Clark is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood.
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Pfe
John T. Clark
Fort Leonard Wood
Hospital of Osteopathy
Kirksvile
Pfc
Clark
Mexico High School
Judy Dryden
Ruby Dryden
Auxvgasse
Robert Clark
Fort Leanard Wood
Masons Hear Chapman at Mexico and Hebron Lodge Meetings
William H. Chapman of Webster Groves, grand master of Missouri Freemasons, will address Mexico High Twelve Club Tuesday evening and Hebron Lodge No. 354 at Burroughs Masonic temple. The visit supports the 150th anniversary of Missouri Freemasonry and recalls early lodge history in Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis. Other lodge officers planned to join include Norman Genthon, Joe Gardner, Leroy Krull, and William Bramble.
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William H. Chapman
Webster Groves
Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons
Missouri
Mexico
Rufus Euston
New York
St. Louis
Freemasons
Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania
Ste. Genevieve
Grand Lodge
Hebron Lodge
Missouri Grand Lodge
Mr. Chapman
Joe Gardner
Leroy Krull
William Bramble
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Chapman
A.A. Mitchell
J. R. Pulis
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Charles Godager
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