West Plaza Unit To Be Completed
West Plaza interior work on the remaining unit is listed in the week’s building permits. Frank Westlake received the permit for the project adjoining Personal Finance Co. Reinhardt Co. of Centralia is the contractor with an estimated $3,000 cost. A separate permit covers Mexico City’s new fire station addition to City Hall at 203 S. Jefferson St. The 4,360 square foot building will replace the old fire station and house three trucks, dormitory, work areas, storage and a kitchen lounge. Reinhardt Co. is the contractor with an estimated $123,086 cost. Five other permits were issued: Melvin Hamilton at 802 N. Jefferson St. for basement wall replacement ($500) with E. and B. Builders. Mrs. Mary Bertels at 902 N. Love St. for siding ($3,000) with Ed Hodge. 1108 N. Jefferson for garage remodel ($1,000) with Dishman Construction Co.. The Shell Store at 621 E. Liberty St. for retooling ($900) with Jeffries Construction Co.. Richard Coil at 624 Cleveland St. for a rate house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
City Hall
S. Jefferson St
Reinhardt Co
Centralia
Taylor Sewell
Melvin Hamilton
N. Jefferson St
Mary Bertels
N. Love St
E. and
B. Builders
Ed Hodge
N. Jefferson
Dishman Construction Co
Shell
E. Liberty St
Jeffries Construction Co
Richard Coil
Cleveland St
Cliff Gray Promoted By Chance
CENTRALIA A B Chance Company promoted Clifton Gray to anchor demonstrator in the marketing department. Five others earned advancements including Donald Bishop to production scheduler Gerald Cox to senior time study man Robert Hancock to cutout and disconnect assembler Eugene McKenzie to test technician II and Richard Roberts to design engineer. Hancock is from Madison. the rest are Centralians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
A. B. Chance Company
Clifton
Cliff) Gray
Donald Bishop
Gerald Cox
Robert Hancock
Eugene McKenzie
Richard Roberts
Hancock
Madison
Centralians
Gray
Conrad Stellenroth
Bishop
Cox
East Street
Allen Street
Chance
McKenzie
Hardware Assembly
Quality Assurance
Roberts
Morton backs tenfold rise in offshore oil leases
Interior Secretary Rogers C B Morton calls for expanding offshore oil and gas leasing to ten million acres annually in a few years, up from 1973 levels, and earmarks over 50 million dollars for coal research in fiscal 1975. He also hints at a joint U S Canadian Arctic gas pipeline and renewal of cross border energy talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
Federal Energy Office
Department
Arctic
William E. Simon
Donald McDonald
General Telephone pays Audrain tax in 1973
General Telephone Company of the Midwest paid 24400 in Audrain County taxes for 1973, per G N King Missouri Division general manager. Total Missouri county property taxes by the company reached 897375, up 16 percent from 1972. Audrain taxes cover lines in Centralia Sturgeon and Clark areas. Company pays taxes on property in 34 of Missouri’s 116 counties. In December 1973 the firm installed its 100000th telephone in Missouri.
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General Telephone Company
Midwest
G. N. King
Missouri
Columbia
King
General
Centralia
Sturgeon and
Clark
General Telephone
General Telephone Company of the
Workmen's Camp Changes Favored in Missouri
Missouri labor groups press four workmen's compensation bills in Jefferson City. Key measure would mandate coverage for most employers, boost benefits and remove municipal opt outs. Other bills seek to end the accident defense, extend disability periods, and create a nine member state commission to study the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Labor Organization
House Workmen’s Compensation Committee
Missouri
Commission On
House
Senate
Fred Williams
D-St. Louis
Commission
Case Institute
Americans Puzzled By Economic Views
AP report details consumer confusion over high oil company profits amid shortages and banks benefiting from high rates. It notes stock market paradoxes, forecasts and the idea that markets act as a barometer, not a thermometer, with hopes for improvement later in 1974. Davis California study suggests home energy use could drop 30 percent with insulated design and sun orientation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
New York
Supply and Demand
New York Society of Security
Davis
Calif
University of California
Sacramento Valley
Carlos Bradley Heads Trade Board in Kansas City
Carlos Bradley, veteran grain tradesman and vice president of Kansas City Terminal Elevator Co., is elected president of the Board of Trade of Kansas City. He has four decades in the grain trade and MFA ties dating from 1934 after Sturgeon High School graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Bradley
Board of Trade of
Kansas City
Kansas City Terminal Elevator Co
Far- Mar Co
Missouri Farmers Association
Bradley
Board of Trade
MFA
Sturgeon (Mo
Car Poolers Get Insurance Reduction
New Jersey motorists using car pools can qualify for auto insurance reductions up to 20 percent. The state said 154 insurers have agreed to cut rates by as much as 20 percent for car pool vehicles and urged the remaining 100 insurers to adopt the practice. Insurance Commissioner James J. Sheeran could not provide an immediate dollar savings estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New Jersey
James J. Sheeran
HUD Plans For Homes At 7% Pd
HUD Secretary James T. Lynn announces 1974 federal funds totaling 66 billion to back 200000 new housing units at 7 percent consumer interest. FHA VA mortgage rates drop to 8 percent. FNMA to provide low interest mortgages up to 6.6 billion for new construction. George C. Martin criticizes program as inadequate to attract buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
James T. Lynn
Lynn
National Association of Home Builders
Federal National Mortgage Association
Home Builders
George C. Martin
Martin
Capital Area Accountants Meet in Mid Missouri
The Mid Missouri Chapter of the National Association of Accountants held its regular monthly meeting in Jefferson City with members from Moberly Mexico Centralia Jefferson City Columbia and Fulton. The next meeting will be at the Heritage House in Columbia on Feb. 20 at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid Missouri
National Association of Accountants
Jefferson City
Jim Cooper
Western St
Moberly
Mexico
Centralia
Columbia
Fulton
Heritage House
Nixon urged to restore housing as national priority
The Louisville builder pressed President Nixon to restore housing as a national priority, release impounded housing and utility funds, and push an emergency mortgage credit act. The group urged FHA and VA rate cuts to seven percent following a drop in 1974 housing starts from 1971 and 1972 highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Nixon
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West Plaza
Frank Westlake
Personal Finance Co
The
Reinhardt Co. of
Cliff Gray
the Ledger
Dew
Dixie
Waldock Investments
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange P
Lind-Waldock & Co
Millersburg
P.O. Box
Columbia. Me
OSHA
Business and
Industry News
Columbia Livestock Auction Market
East Columbia, Mo
HUD
Capital
Henry Block
Bloch
East Liberty
Independent Community Bank
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