Missouri parks face crowding as use explodes
Missouri park official Jaeger warns parks may become overcrowded as attendance climbs from Roaring River with 1.74 million visitors to other sites like Lake of the Ozarks and Table Rock. He cites funding gaps, proposes carrying capacity limits, camping-unit controls, and potential road use fees to fund maintenance and planned expansions near Smithville, Truman, Meramec, and Mark Twain Park developments.
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Ason City
Moyok
Missouri
Ffesta
Milagouri
Fundi Ag
Missouri Park System
Jaeger
Montauk
Park Department
Jaeper
Check Mine Workers Election
The Justice Department will review the 1969 United Mine Workers election for possible crime. Senate Labor subcommittee records, to go to Attorney General Mitchell, show evidence of alleged misuse of UMW funds by officials. Boyle won reelection over Yablonski, who was murdered soon after. A government suit seeks to set aside the election.
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Washington
Justice Department
United Mine Workers
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Atty
John N. Mitchell
UMW
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Mitchell
Senate
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Joseph A. Yablonski
Yablonski
Wetterau Foods elects three to board at Hazelwood meeting
Wetterau Foods Inc elected Oliver J. Cleveland and Charles E. Drewett, both first vice presidents, and Gene K. Davis as assistants to the general manager to their board at the annual stockholders meeting at the company headquarters in Hazelwood Missouri. Cleveland, a Brookfield Missouri native, joined Wetterau in 1981 and has held multiple roles including merchandising specialist and sales manager before becoming general manager of the Haltod division.
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Wetterau Foods, Inc
Pershall Road
Hazelwood
Oliver G. Wetterau
Oliver J. Cleveland
Charles E. Drewett
Gene K. Davis
Wetterau
Broomington
Ind
Cleveland
Brookfield
Mexico, Mo
Hgaltod
Jewet
Toronto
Missouri Districting Commission Near Tentative Plan
A 20 member bipartisan panel in Jefferson City struggles to agree on new Missouri house districts with ten days left before a filing deadline. Chairman Richard Howe and Vice Chairman Hal Hunter Jr push for a tentative plan by Friday, while St. Louis and Kansas City districts remain flashpoints. Public hearings are required on any tentative plan, and final submission is due by August 10 or the Missouri Supreme Court must intervene.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Richard Howe
Canton
Hal E. Hunter Jr
New Madrid
Howe
Kansas City
St. Louis City
Missouri Supreme Court
Thore
Princess Christina Faces 3 Dollar Traffic Fine
Princess Christina of Sweden faces a 3 dollar fine after a news photograph showed her during Goteborg's 350th anniversary parade crossing a street against a red light. A citizen sued the princess and city officials for traffic code violation. police say a ticket will be mailed.
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Goteborg
Sweden
Christina
Jesuit seminarians repudiate draft system at St Louis
Thirty seven Jesuit seminarians at St Louis University declare they will not cooperate with the Selective Service. They renounce 4-D ministerial exemptions and refuse to carry draft cards, saying the system is the machinery of international murder. They criticize President Nixon and some Congressmen and call the draft immoral and unchristian.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis University
Warren W. Hoover
National Interreligious Service Board For
Conscientious Objectors
Washington
Nixon
Seminarians from Jesuit Provinces Protest Draft Law
A group of seminarians from Jesuit provinces in Missouri California Illinois New England New York Maryland and Wisconsin issued a statement saying their actions are outside the law though they doubt prosecution. They urged draft age men and others to join the protest against the war and resist what they call the national insanity.
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Navions
Seminarians
Missouri
California
Ilinois
New Eingland
New York
Maryland
Wisconsin
Singer Jack Jones Sues For Divorce
Hollywood AP reports singer Jack Jones files divorce suit in Superior Court, citing marriage to Gretchen Elizabeth Roberts on Sept 15 1970 and separation on May 31. Jones 33, previously wed to Jill St John and model Lee Lawrence.
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Hollywood
Jack Jones
Jones
Superior Court
Gretchen Elizabeth Roberts
Jill St. John
Lee Lawrence
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Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Princess Christina
E. Liberty
Mexico
W. Cor. Square
Mexico, Missouri
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Stephenson
Charles E. Thomson
Home Savings Building
Bob’s Mobil
Bob Vivion
Kingsford Charcoal
HONEY
Viva Towels
West Plaza
G Center
Ila Wu
THE
Order of the
Clearing House Association
Commerce Bank
First National Bank
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