Weather and local notices from Missouri and region
Official 7 00 a m readings report last 24 hours highs in the 30s to low 40s with tonight mid 20s to low 30s and extended cold weekend. Missouri areas expect partly cloudy nights, possible light rain south, river stages at St Louis and Kansas City noted. Local court actions include fines for speeding and assault, recaps of livestock and grain futures, and hospital admissions and dismissals with a death noted in Benton City.
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Missouri
Lake of the Ozark
Pomme de Terre
Bicycle theft and traffic mishap report in Ledger area
Ledger carrier Dennis Henderson said his silver red white 20 inch bicycle was stolen from outside the Ledger office Wednesday afternoon. Arthur Drumright 17 of Webster Drive received a summons for failing to keep a proper lookout after backing on Jefferson Street and hitting Larry Powell’s car on Coal Street. Gene Smith reported a window shattered by an object thrown at his car on Boulevard Street.
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Dennis Henderson
Christy St
Ledger
Arthur Lee Drumright
Webster Dr
Drumright
Jefferson St
Larry Wayne Powell
Coal St
Powell
Gene Smith
W. Boulevard
Marriage Licenses Issued in Mexico Notes
Stephen Joseph Huss and Glenda Diane McKee, both of Mexico, obtained marriage licenses confirmed in the latest registrar records.
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Stephen Joseph Huss
Mexico
Glenda Diane McKee
Lincoln County Woman Missing in Rural Search
Lincoln County authorities and volunteers searched for Mrs. Charles Mueller, 49, of Ethlyn, missing since Tuesday morning. Missouri Highway Patrol helicopters aided in scanning wooded areas near her rural home near Route C between Moscow Mills and Old Monroe. she is described as 5'5" and about 165 pounds with dark brown hair, wearing a plain housedress, jacket, and wool cap.
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Troy
Lincoln County
Charles Mueller
Ethlyn
Missouri Highway Patrol
Moscow Mills
Old Monroe
Route C
Mueller
Nixon taps T Eugene Coffin for White House service
Washington AP report states President Nixon selected T Eugene Coffin of East Whittier Friends Church to conduct the first White House worship service of 1971, with gospel star Ethel Waters as soloist. The clergy figure remains a member despite residence shifts to New York and Washington.
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Washington
Nixon
California
White House
T. Eugene Coffin
East Whittier
Fire rips through midtown hotel kills one and injures thirteen
In Little Rock, a hotel fire on the second floor leaves one dead and 13 hurt as more than 200 guests escape. A guest leaped to safety by dropping a mattress to a lower terrace, and a nearby occupant reportedly hurled a heavy table from a window for air. The blaze at the Sam Peck Hotel was reported at 2:54 am by State Rep George Novotny, a Fort Smith guest. The six-story hotel near the Capitol is a favorite with state legislators.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jack Davis
Davis
George Novotny
Fort Smith
Sam Peck
Capitol
Record Taxes Paid in December in Audrain County
Audrain County Collector Leo Fidel reported December tax collections of 2,614,656.92 in a county settlement filed with the county court. December receipts far exceeded November’s 346,946.62, and the totals included 17,630.27 in commission and 8,904.18 in mailing fees.
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Audrain
Leo Fidel
Freeze Hits Big Orange Crop in Florida
Freezing weather in Florida caused two fire deaths from a gas heater explosion killing Paul Wilson, 82, and Virginia Wilson, 50, as temperatures fell to 23 in Tampa tying a 1905 January low. Burning tires and smudge pots darkened the citrus belt while growers braced for 10 to 14 hours of freezing conditions. Tallahassee reported an 11 degree low as the cold snap persisted.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
Paul Wilson
Virginia
Tallahassee
Stocks Drift Higher As Noon Dow Up 2.05 Points
In heavy OTC and NYSE trading, A B Chance and Commerce Bancshares showed mixed quotes while Robbie Brooks and U S Gypsum moved in small increments. By noon the Dow Jones average rose to 852.00 as broad sectors differed, with steels motors and oils gaining while mail order retail and airlines slipped.
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A. B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshares
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
U. S
Associated Press
Legislature years and measures flood Missouri House
The Missouri House swelled with 59 new bills and six constitutional changes as lawmakers debated spending, crime control, land reclamation, taxes for boating facilities, handicapped programs, pesticides, radiologist licensing, unemployment benefits, immunization rules, and veterans’ costs at state colleges.
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Patrick J. Hickey
St. Ann
House
Richard J. Rabbitt
St. Louis
Senate
A. Clifford Jones
Clayton
Senate Appropriations
Donald Manford
Kansas City
Missouri House
Kenneth Rothman
Judiciary Committee
Coordinating Commission On the Handicapped
St. Louis County
Division of Health
Oil Companies Get Federal Fines
Gulf Oil Corp was fined 250000 after pleading no contest to failing to have safety valves on Gulf of Mexico wells Kerr-McGee was fined 20000 also no contest Tenneco Oil Co pleaded no contest and was fined 32000 The probe followed a Chevron platform fire and oil spill off Louisiana last February resulting in a 1 million dollar fine for Chevron
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New Orleans
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf of Mexico
Kerr-McGee Corp
Tenneco Oil Co
Chevron Oil Co
Louisiana
Chevron
Emil Duffen Dies at 89 Rites Set Saturday
Emil Duffen longtime Audrain County resident died at 11 30 p m Wednesday at Audrain Medical Center aged 89 Funeral services will be at Precht Pickering funeral home at 1 0 p m Saturday Rev George B Wraith pastor of First Christian Church will officiate Burial will be in Benton City Cemetery He was born Sept 19 1681 in Audrain County On Feb 25 1945 he married Beulah M Kelly They survive with his wife at Route 1 Benton City Also surviving are a sister Emma Angert of Mexico and several three generation nephews and nieces Friends may call after 3 p m Friday with family receiving from 630 to 8 p m that evening"}
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Emil Duffen
Audrain County
Audrain Medical Center
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
George B. Wraith
First Christian Church
Benton City
Charles
Marie Hepka Duffen
Duffen
Mexico
Beulah M. Kelly
The
Christian Church
Emma Angert
S. John Conley Dies at 74
Sylvester John Conley 74 of Montgomery City died of a heart attack at his home. Born April 27, 1896 in Callaway County, he married Nellie Fry on November 2, 1926. Survived by wife, daughter Fay Hutsel of Mexico, grandson Ronald, three sisters Hazel Borgaus, Frances Landrum, Ann Herren, and brother Eugene. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Schlanker Funeral Home. Burial Montgomery City Cemetery. Friends may call until services.
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Sylvester John Conley
Callaway County
David
Mary Sailor Conley
Nellie Fry
Edward
Fay) Hutsel
Mexico
Ronald
Theodore
Hazel) Borgaus
Colorado Springs
Colo
Arch
Rites on Friday For Mrs. Mealy
Funeral services for Mrs W W Mealy 55 of Paris will be held at Agnew Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery Mrs Mealy died Tuesday at her Route 3 Paris home Rev Roy Kinder of Paris First Baptist Church will officiate the service
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Paris
W. W. Mealy
Agnew Funeral
Nixon Says US Ready For Change
President Nixon told his Cabinet the country is ready for change and vowed an imaginative approach to government. He outlined plans for new programs and a broad revenue sharing proposal to empower state and local governments. He pressed for many centers of power and signaled movement toward his 1972 campaign.
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Washington
New Left
Nixon
Congress
America
27 Business Firms Suffer BB Damage
Mexico police patrolling downtown after midnight reported 27 businesses with damaged windows from BBs. Police chief Earl Jones said half the owners contacted were aware of the holes, with some damages lasting six months. Glass replacement costs range from 100 to 150 dollars for small windows and 200 to 300 dollars for larger panes.
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Mexico
Bb's
Earl Jones
Jones
Bill Abolishes School Aid Promises
JEFFERSON CITY AP An introduced bill seeks to end a 1969 pledge to boost Missouri school aid by 35 million dollars annually for four years. Rep. Richard DeCoster says the promise was illegal and impossible amid fiscal crisis. A separate proposal would pay nonpublic school costs to parents, based on public school aid rates, with an estimated first year cost of about 39 million dollars rising to 51 million by year three.
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Jefferson City
House
Missouri
Richard DeCoster
Dcanton
DeCaster
James Russell
D-Florissant
Lennon meets Yoko's folks in Tokyo visit
John Lennon and Yoko Ono met Yoko's mother and father in Fujisawa, 35 miles southwest of Tokyo, after arriving Jan 13. Mrs Eisuken Ono called to say the couple came for dinner and Lennon's chopstick skills impressed the family during a several hour visit set against their peace and Beatle activities.
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Yoko Ono
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Scott Defeats Baker for Senate Leadership
Washington AP says Sen. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania retained the Senate Republican leadership by defeating Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. of Tennessee 24 to 20. Scott, 45, son-in-law of the late Sen. Everett Dirksen, matched his 24-19 1969 victory margin.
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Washington
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Scott
Baker
Everett M. Dirksen
Inmates at Leavenworth Stop Work
Inmates at the U S Penitentiary in Leavenworth began a work stoppage at the shoe factory and kitchen, instigated by younger prisoners, with staff interviewing groups to learn the reasons. All work details shut down. only hospital and minimum custody camps remained active. Previous August stoppage led to pay raise for prisoners from 17 to 42 cents an hour to 1.60 minimum wage.
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Kan
U.S
K.J. Moseley
Moseley
Board of Directors of
Federal Prison Industries Inc
Officers Call For Inquiry Into Alleged War Crimes
Four more military officers in Southern California urged an official inquiry into alleged U.S. war crimes in Indochina. At a Wednesday news conference they pressed for a probe of responsibility for war crimes by key military figures including Westmoreland Abrams Zumwalt Momyer Koster Walt Cushman and related officers. The four identified themselves as Air Force Lt Norman Banks Navy Lt(jg) Ted Shallcross James M Skelly and John F Kent.
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U.S
Indochina
Vietnam
Army
William C. Westmoreland
Creighton Abrams
Southeast Asia
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Elmo Zumwalt
Air Force
William W. Momyer
Samuel Koster
Marine Corps
Lewis Walt
Robert Cushman
California
Norman §. Banks
Laneast
Ohio
J.g
Ted Shallcross
Asheville
N.C
James M. Skelly
Bay Port
N.Y
John F. Kent
Falls Church
Adamses welcome son William Jason in Missouri birth
William Jason Adams was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. David Adams of Columbia formerly of Mexico. Mr. Adams is completing his Ph.D. at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Byars of
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Columbia
Mexico
William Jason
Adams
University of Missouri
William Adams
Bruce Byars
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