Weather and police notes from the Missouri area
Local weather forecast for zone 5 and Missouri reports cloudy skies turning colder with possible snow flurries, highs in the 30s, lows near 25 to 30, plus river stage reads for St. Louis area towns and a long list of local births, dismissals, and police calls across towns like Mexico and Wellsville.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Wests Welcome Son Born Saturday Morning in Knoxville
Mr and Mrs Ronnie West of Knoxville Tennessee announce the birth of a 6 pound 4 ounce son on Saturday morning. He has two sisters Lisa four and Amy two. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Small of Mexico and Mr and Mrs Paul West of Mexico. Mrs Small is with her daughter and grandson.
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Ronnie West
Knoxville
Tenn
Lisa
Amy
John Small
Mexico
Paul West
Toute 5
Small
Mixed Stock Market Holds Close After Profit-Taking Pressure
New York stock market traded mixed as profit-taking pressed the averages at noon. The Dow slipped 0.27 to 861.04 while the AP 60 stock average fell 0.5 to 301.6. Volume on a brisk Big Board reached 21.68 million shares as investors rotated into select issues.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Sessin
Associated Press
Missouri Livestock Market Center Hog Prices Report
Local Missouri livestock dealers report slaughter hogs and feeder pigs with gains across weight classes. Prices rise 25 to 75 cents for under 240 pounds and 25 to 50 cents over 240 pounds, with various ranges listed for 1-2 and 1-3 quality hogs and feeder pigs reflecting market activity.
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National
Ill
Chicago
USDA
Missouri Livestock Market Center
MO. Dept. OF AG
Reagan Urges Expansion to Fight Poverty and Rebuild Savings
In a National Press Club address, Governor Ronald Reagan urged a national push for economic expansion to solve welfare issues. He argued increased personal and corporate savings, risk capital, and investment are essential to create jobs and tax revenue, while reforming welfare to shrink by year’s end.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
National Press Club
Clarence Birckett Dies at 69 in Paris
Clarence Birckett 69 of Paris died at Audrain Medical Center at 4 p.m. Saturday. Born June 30, 1901 in Albion Illinois, he was a Paris area resident, married to Rose White, with a son Clarence Jr and two daughters in California and Canada. Survived by six sisters, six grandchildren, and several siblings. funeral held today at Agnew Funeral Home with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Paris
Clarence Birckett
Audrain Medical Center
Albion
Ill
Morris
Ida Garner Birckett
Rose White
Clarence, Jr
California
Dorris Hee
Agnew Funeral Home
Davis Fischer
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Rodes Rites This Morning
Private funeral services for Joseph Ryland Rodes were held this morning at Arnold funeral home conducted by Rev. Robert RB. Collins, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment was to be in Elm wood Cemetery with active pallbearers Edwin M. Buckner Jack Baker Alan Coatsworth Dr. Ernest S. Gantt Jr. L. M. Moore John Erdel and honorary pallbearers from several cities.
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Joseph Ryland Rodes
Arnold Funeral Home
Robert RB. Collins
First Presbyterian Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Edwin M. Buckner
Jack Baker
Alan Coatsworth
Ernest S. Gantt Jr
L. M. Moore
John Erdel
Howard Reed
Harold James
Harold Quinlan
Lee Sonwall
Harper van Ness
Warner
Morris Rites Saturday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Morris of Laddonia were held Saturday afternoon at Precht-Pickering funeral home. The Rev. Gordon Campbell of Perry presided and burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. Out of town attendees included Dr. and Mrs. Lavan McCall Kimberly Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schutte Hannibal Mrs. Beulah Roth Kansas City and Miss Gertrude Schneider St Louis.
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Clara Morris
Laddonia
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
Gordon Campbell
Perry
Elmwood Cemetery
Lavan McCall
Kimberly
Walter Schutte
Hannibal
Beulah Roth
Kansas City
Gertrude Schneider
St. Louis
MU Gridder Goes To Circuit Court
John Matuszak former Missouri football player faces arraignment in Boone County Circuit Court on a felonious assault charge. Bound over to higher court after a preliminary hearing date set. alleged attack occurred October 24 at a fraternity party in Columbia. Victim Airman William W. McClellan III underwent facial surgery October 25 at MU Medical Center.
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Columbia
John Matusza
University of Missouri
Boone County
Emple Morgett
Matuszak
Oak Creek
Wis
William W. McClellan III
Las Cruces
N.M
McClellan
Johnson sports hearing aid at Texas UT dedication
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived at the University of Texas dedication ceremony wearing a hearing aid mounted on his glasses. When asked how he liked it he said Mighty good to see you. In London Lord Snowdon flew to Barbados to convalesce after surgery while Princess Margaret stayed behind and attended a theater with Lord Lichfield.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
University of Texas
Johnson
London
Lord Snowdon
Barbados
Princess Margaret
Lord Lichfield
Snowdon
Agnew To Tell Missourians Of Nixon Plan
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew planned to visit Kansas City to clarify Nixon's revenue sharing and welfare reforms. The stop is part of a nationwide rally series by the National Association of Counties, with Atlanta also on the schedule, as county officials are urged to weigh in during the proposal's formative stage.
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Kansas City
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
State of the Union
Agnew
National Association of Counties
Atlanta
Missouri Association of County Judges
Supreme Court Sets Aside Groppi Conviction
The Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that Rev. James E. Groppi could not be denied a change of venue for his Milwaukee civil rights arrest case despite the misdemeanor status. The decision underscores protective measures against prejudicial publicity and allows a new-venue motion to proceed. The conviction carried a $500 fine and two years probation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James E. Groppi
Milwaukee
Illinois
Greyhound Corp
Armour & Co
Internal Revenue Service
Father Groppt
Milwaukee County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Fair Administration of Criminal Justice
Potter Stewart
Father Groppi
Hugo L. Black
Warren £. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Blackmun
Public Jobs Bill Could Be First Passed in 92nd Congress
A $2 billion Senate measure would create 200000 public service jobs immediately, matching aims of Nixon’s rejected plan. It authorizes $1 billion for the current year and $1 billion for the next, overseen by the Labor Department. Jobs would cover education health recreation conservation law enforcement and transportation. The program targets widespread worker shortages in cities nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Labor Department
Nursing Home Administrators Hear Legislator in Missouri
District Six of the Missouri Nursing Home Association heard Rep. Lloyd J. Baker outline current aging legislation. Bill Berry discussed a new training program for licensed practical nurses to qualify as charge nurses. Ninety seven students are enrolled in Missouri for the Accredited Nurse Aide program. Attendees from area nursing homes included Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lewis, Mrs. Lucy Hartley, Louis Hendricks, Virgil Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coldwell, C. Darrell Phillips, and others. Mrs. Coldwell serves as District 6 president.
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Missouri Nursing Home Association
Lloyd J. Baker
Moberly
Missouri
Bill Berry
Missouri Association
Lester Lewis
Lucy Hartley
Sherwood Arms
Centralia
Louis Hendricks
Virgil Smith
Tri-County
Vandalia
Thomas Coldwell
Coldwell Nursing Home
Mexico
C. Darrell Phillips
Phillips Home
Missouri Saddle Club Revises Rules for Shows
The Missouri State Saddle Club met January 17 in Marshall to adopt changes and new classes for 1971. Changes include no starting box for timed events, hats and boots required in western classes except timed events, rope removal for Appaloosa pleasure, and Walking Horse changing to amateur owned and ridden. New classes bring total MSSCA points to 85, with two clubs Brunswick and Rocheport joining.
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Missouri State Saddle Club
Marshall
Missouri Academy Board to Meet on Campus January 31
The Missouri Military Academy Board of Visitors will convene on campus January 31 with 13 members including former Missouri governor John M. Dalton and new appointees J. Duncan Bauman and William J. Yoest. Reports will be heard from academy leaders and college presidents, cadet interactions scheduled, and Dr. Cutlip to speak at Memorial Chapel vesper services.
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Missouri
John M. Dalton
Jefferson City
Missouri Military Academy Board of Visitors
Charles Stribling II
R. B. Cutlip
William Woods College
Fulton
L. C. Hansen
A. B. Chance Co
Centralia
Lloyd Warner
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
George Cline
St. Louis
J. Duncan Bauman
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
William J. Yoest
Thunderbird Oil Company
Sullivan, Mo
Cutlip
William Berry
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Robert C. Epple
Columbia
Treezer
Epple Construction Company
E. H. Green
Springfield
Green Investment Company
John H. McHenry
Shawnee Mission
Kan
Capital City Telephone Company
John C. Mosby III
Sky Prints, Inc
Walter Trump
St. Charles
Builder Products, Inc
No Picnic For Woman Sailor Breakthrough Role
Simo ne Abboud, a 40 year old French born divorcee, says her breakthrough role as the first woman crew member on an American cargo vessel is not a picnic. On the United States Lines container ship American Astronaut she serves meals as messwoman for 21 male crewmen and stays in her room off duty to avoid unwanted familiarity.
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Oakland
Calif
Simone Abboud
United States Lines
Asia
Truman Has Best Day Says Former President In Hospital
Former President Harry S Truman, age 86, showed improved appetite and a quiet night as he faced colitis in hospital. Dr. Wallace Graham reported the condition remained fair, noting a GI exam and Mrs. Truman's visit.
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Kansas City
Harry S.truman
John Dreves
Bus crash injures nine pupils near Elkland
Nine students were injured when a school bus failed brakes at a Webster County intersection and veered into a ditch east of Elkland. Three were taken to Cox Medical Center in Springfield and six to a Marshfield clinic. the bus carried two dozen pupils.
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Springfield
Elkland
Webster County
Highway Patrol
Cox Medical Center
Marshfield
Foe Shells Phnom Penh Field Again
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops shelled Phnom Penh airport and attacked positions on the defense perimeter. Explosions nightlong. guards fought a runway battle as enemy forces reportedly moved north of the airfield. US C130 planes continued delivering arms and materiel amid ongoing fighting near Prek Ameak, Preah Prasap, Bek Chan, and Kambol training camp.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Am Rong
U.S. Air Force
Prek Ameak
Preah Prasap
Mekong River
Bek Chan
Highway 4
Kambol
Saigon
Dozen Beauties Enter 1971 Miss Mexico Pageant
Dozens of entrants signed up for the 1971 Miss Mexico Pageant scheduled for Saturday February 20. Competitors include Anne Baker 17 Pam Piper 17 Debbie McNabb 17 Sheryll Ogar 18 Karen Ogar 17 Kathy Kilcoyne 20 Ellen Williams 17 Christine Rose Mackie 19 Sallee Levingston 19 Sally Sparks 17 Teresa Jo Ann Jones 19 Barbara Kobush 18. Entrants began rehearsals at Mexico United Methodist Church with weekly Sunday sessions and talent preparations featuring vocal instrumental dance and dramatic readings.
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Mexico
Anne Baker
Jack Baker
Western St
Pam Piper
T. A. Piper
Hazel Place
Debbie McNabb
G. H. McNabb
Centralia
Sheryll
Karen Ogar
Adolph Ogar
EB Jackson St
Kathy Kilcoyne
Vincent E. Kilcoyne
E. Monroe St
Ellen Williams
E. Warner William
South St
Christine Rose Mackie
Robert Mackie
Reavis Rd
Sallee Levingston
Eugene Levingston
Route 1
Sally Sparks
Winifred Sparks
Teresa Jo Ann Jones
Joe E. Jones
Hisey St
Barbara Kobush
James W. McIntosh
Route 5
Mexico United
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