Hannibal boy wins fence painting title at Tom Sawyer Days
Ten year old Stan Ehrhardt becomes the second in his family to win the national fence painting title during Hannibal Missouri Tom Sawyer Days. The contest featured speed neatness and costumes with Stan praising his older brother Steve who won in 1975 and noting younger brother Scott may try next year. A frog jumping contest saw Jody Wilson win again with a 16 feet 4 inch leap while a Tom Boy Sawyer contest honored girls with Jenny Viorel of Hannibal winning for best overall score in playful events.
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Hannibal, Mo
Stan Ehrhardt
Mark Twain
A. E. Ehrhardt
Hannibal
Steve
Hull
Doug Kestner
Ehrhardt
Scott
Stan
Mississippi River
Plainville
Brad Hoskins
Craig Breeland
Bay Saint Louis
Miss
Jody Wilson
Jody
Bill Steed
Sacramento
Calif
Croaker College
Jenny Viorel
Roomless Delay Stalls U.S. Energy Department Plan
Washington AP reports a House Senate conference on creating a Department of Energy was delayed by a lack of meeting space. Senate staffer Ellen Miller notes the rooms are scarce, a common issue for conference committees. Rep Morris Udall urges open attendance as space fills. Also, a pedestrian fatality near High Ridge Missouri is reported, 15 year old Starla Cowell of Fenton struck by a car on M30 after midnight.
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Washington
Congress
House-Senate
Department of Energy
Carter
Energy Department
House
Senate
Ellen Miller
Capitol Complex
Capitol
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
House Interior Committee
High Ridge
The
Highway Patrol
Starla Cowell
Fenton
St. Louis
Rain By July Could Save Missouri Corn And Beans
Rain across most of Missouri over the past two weeks has improved prospects for corn and soybeans after three drought years. Experts caution that continued rains this month and next are needed to sustain the crop, with optimism tempered by past losses totaling over $1.5 billion. Farmers are shifting from corn to soybeans amid price trends, planting a record 4.85 million acres in soybeans and 2.95 million in corn.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Jack Runyan
University of Missouri Extension Divison
Murphy
Bunyan
Federal Farmers Home Administration
Associated Press
Kansas
James Scott Jr
Times Beach
St. Louis
Willard Duane Huggins
Mountain Grove
Cook Industries Cuts Grain Merchandising Scope
Memphis based Cook Industries announces closure of its Des Moines office and consolidation of grain trading with Memphis operations. The move follows an $87.4 million loss in the last fiscal year. Executive Ned Cook assumes broader control of the Agri-Products group as the firm shifts to river transport and Mississippi River elevator gathering systems for export markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Cook Industries, Inc
Fuls
Des Moines
Iowa
Memphis
Thomas BeVier
Cook
Portland, Ore
Galveston, Tex
E.W
Ned” Cook
Agri- Products Group
Fogies
Boat capsizes on fishing trip near Centerville
John F. Ryan, 48, of Kansas City, and his father Floyd Ryan, 72, of Pittsburg Missouri, were aboard a fishing outing near Centerville when their boat capsized on Saturday. Rescuers searched the area, with crews from nearby towns assisting. Authorities investigated the cause of the incident and the fate of the two men remained unconfirmed at press time.
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Centerville
John F. Ryan
Kansas City
Floyd Ryan
Pittsburg
Pomme
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