Weather summary and forecast for Missouri and Kansas City
Official 7:00 am reading shows yesterday's high 90s and low 58 with 50 in month to date precipitation. Forecast calls for thunderstorms tonight and Friday with 40 percent chance, highs near 90 to 95, cooler north tonight, extended warm trend through Monday with upper 80s to mid 90s. Lake of the Ozarks level 658.1, 1.9 ft below full. Pomme de Terre 89.0, down 0.1.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozark
Audrain Center births and city court notes
Hospital notices list births in Vandalia Centralia Mexico Paris and surrounding towns with parents and times, plus dismissals and a death. City Police Court and Circuit Court entries cover speeding and control violations, unlicensed dog fines, and a promissory note dispute with a 240 acre Audrain County farm and a $78,500 loan plus interest and attorney fees.
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Lester Norman Potts
Audrain
Boone County
Arthur Berck
Edna Berck
R. E. Ausmus Sr
Carroll N. Bryson
Centralia
Lemuel C. Maddox
Geraldine Maddox
Maddoxes
Market Reports National Stockyards and Chicago livestock prices
National Stockyards Friday hogs 6000 cattle 300 calves 60 sheep 25. Hogs active barrows and gilts strong to mostly 26 higher. Cattle receipts feeders at auction terminal cows and scattered slaughter steers and heifers. Slaughter steers near 30.00, standard Holsteins 27.25, slaughter heifers 27.00-30.50, cows 20.00-21.50, bulls 26.00-28.00, calves 37.00-40.00, slaughter calves 30.00-34.00. Sheep 100 slaughter lambs steady. lambs 29.00-30.00, ewes 4.00-5.00. CHICAGO Cattle receipts 2,000. steers down 0.25. New crop soybeans down. corn up. oats up. wheat mixed. Cash grain soybeans 3.21. hard 1.43. soft 1.36. corn 1.50. oats 2.50. Livestock Market Center report: slaughter hogs 1350, lower 0.75. US 1-2 200-230 20.25-20.95. 1-3 185-200 19.00-20.50. 2-3 200-240 20.00-20.75. sows 26 lower. boars 13.50-13.75.
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U.S
Chicago
USDA
Chicago Board of Trade
MNS
Marty Schroeder
Capp Granted Continuance in Wisconsin Morals Case
Cartoonist Al Capp creator of Li Lil Abner receives continuance to Sept 28 in a Milwaukee area morals case. Chief Justice Elijah Adlen in Boston Municipal Court approves delay at request of Detective Sgt. Herbert Lynch. Warrant remains for Capp in Eau Claire charging sodomy attempted adultery and indecent exposure. Capp denies the charges.
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Boston
al Capp
Li’l Abner
Wisconsin
Elijah Adlen
Herbert Lynch
Lynch
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Capp
Adlon
Bulgarian premier resigns to become state president
Todor Zhivkov resigns as Bulgaria's premier. The National Assembly elects him state president under a new constitution. Stanko Todorov, a 50 year old economist, becomes premier as Zhivkov is replaced by the Fatherland Front's top party figure.
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Vienna
Todor Zhivkov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian National Assembly
BTA
Fatherland Front
Stanko Todorov
Zhivkov
Nixon in Kansas City Reflects on Presidential Strain
The speaker compares presidents from Roosevelt to Nixon, noting how the office ages leaders. Nixon appears relaxed and in command, suggesting he handles stress well, while Truman and Eisenhower show different coping. The piece argues a healthy president benefits the country.
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Nixon
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Jack
White House
Mr. Nixon
Stock market advances as Dow gains and major issues rise
New York trading remained active as the noon Dow Jones industrial average rose 5.26 to 901.14. Analysts cite welcome flow of second quarter earnings and broad leadership from rubber, mail order retail, farm equipment, aircraft, chemicals, oils, and airlines. Major block trades included Caterpillar unchanged, Pan American World Airways up, Marriott higher, Zenith down, RCA up, and General Electric advancing.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Pan American World Airways
Marriott
Zenith
RCA
General Electric
Laos Drive Deflects Blame to US on Plain of Jars
Defense Ministry says the U S Embassy is responsible for the special forces sweep in the Plain of Jars with Meo tribes under Gen Vang Pao. Thongphanh Knoksy notes tribal units operate there as US advisers with no Laotian government responsibility. US embassy spokesman Guzowski declined comment.
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Vientiane
Laos
Defense Ministry
Plain ‘of Jars
U.S
Thongphanh Knoksy
Andrew P. Guzowski
Central Intelligence Agency
Vang Pao
Plain of Jars
Thongphanh
James Earl Ray Released From Isolation At Prison
PETROL Tenn AP James Earl Ray the confessed slayer of Dr Martin Luther King Jr is free to mingle with other inmates at Mountain State Prison as a maximum security inmate. He is serving a 9 year sentence for Kings murder and will have game privileges like others. Ray has sought new trials in state and federal courts but was denied. He was foiled in an escape attempt last May 30.
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Tenn
Brushy Mountain State
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
King
London
Neil Gilbride
Miami Brach
Teamsters
Frank Ji. Fitzsimmons
James R. Hoffa
Mit2
Fitzsimmons
Theodore Daley
Daley
Lewisburg
Washington
U.S. Parole Board
Hoffa
Elvert Hendricks Dies At 85
Elvert F. Hendricks 85 died at 12 45 a m today at Audrain Medical Center He was a retired farmer from the High Hill area and lived at the Phillips Home in Mexico the past four years Born January 31 1886 his wife Clyde Baugh died in 1965 He was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church near Middletown and the Modern Woodmen Survivors include daughter Opal Schlemmer Bellflower and two sons Ford Augusta and Buford Montgomery City Funeral arrangements are pending at Harding Funeral Home Jonesburg with burial in Fairmount Cemetery Middletown Services will be Saturday at 2 p m friends may call after 2 p m Friday
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Felvert F. Hendricks
Audrain Medical Center
High Hill
Hendricks
Phillips
Mexico
Clyde Baugh
Hopewell Baptist Church
Middletown
Woodmen
Opal Schlemmer
Bellflower
Ford
Augusta
Buford
Montgomery City
Harding Funeral Home
Jonesburg
Fairmount Cemetery
Rites Today For Laddonia Area Man
Graveside services for Everett Randell 88 of rural Laddonia were held at Montgomery City Cemetery at 10 30 a m. He died of natural causes at home Tuesday. Randell a retired worker at A P Green Refractories Co was born February 12 1903 in Missouri. Surviving are his wife Lula Mae White and one brother Samuel of New York City. His parents and three brothers preceded him in death. Mrs Randell had been a Boone County Hospital patient in Columbia and will live with a niece in Wellsville. Rev L Bynum of St Paul Baptist Church Wellsville officiated Schlanker Funeral Home in charge.
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Montgomery City
Everett Randell
Laddonia
Randell
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Connie Pickering
Missouri
Samuel
Sarah Jane Windsor
Lula Mae White
New York City
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Wellsville
L. Bynum
St. Paul Baptist Church
Schlanker Funeral Home
Brown Funeral Held Yesterday
Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys Brown were held yesterday afternoon at Arnold funeral home conducted by Rev. Marvin Jones. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery with organist Mrs. John W. Willer and pallbearers Miron Stock Glen Morris Raymond Smiley Joe Monk Charles Kehl and Larry Young.
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Gladys Brown
Arnold Funeral Home
Marvin Jones
Elmwood Cemetery
John W. Willer
Miron Stock
Glen Morris
Raymond Smiley
Joe Monk
Charles Kehl
Larry Young
President Nixon seeks Congress power for Indian groups
One year ago today President Nixon proposed empowering Indian organizations to take over government funded programs for their benefit, framing a shift in federal policy toward tribal administration and self determination.
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Nixon
Congress
Father can cut off college support over hippie lifestyle
New York Court of Appeals rules a father may legally stop financial aid to a college student when his reasonable wishes are disregarded. The NYC attorney sent the daughter to Louisville with dormitory plans to curb hippie influence, but she moved off campus and sued for funds. Judge Scileppi cites parental duties and expectation of conformity to domestic discipline.
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Albany
N.Y
New York City
University of Louisville
Court of Appeals
New York
John F. Scileppi
Morning Jogger Finds 768 Dollars in Duarte
Jeffrey Elia an 18 year old high school graduate found an envelope with 768 dollars in cash two checks and a motel receipt. He handed it to police then spotted a man frantically searching a yard who had lost the money. Motel owner John Phinney later rewarded him 52 dollars for returning the wallet.
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Duarte
Calif
Jeffrey Elia
Jeffrey
John Phinney
Elia
Firefighters Contain Oats Fire Near Thompson Home
A brush fire started about 5 p.m. by Mrs. Powers near Wayne E. Powers’ Route 3 residence in Thompson burned in a harvested hay field beside an oats field. Rural volunteers arrived in about 20 minutes and confined the blaze to two acres, despite an initial fear it could reach 30 acres.
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Wayne E. Powers
Thompson
Rural Fire Association
Viet Cong plan calls for US withdrawal by year end
The Viet Cong offer a timetable for complete U S withdrawal from South Vietnam by year end along with staged prisoner releases. The proposal omits North Vietnamese troop withdrawal and demands the U S end its Vietnamization policy and dismantle bases, while calling for cease-fire only with foreign forces, not Saigon forces.
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Nguyen Thi Binh
United States
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Nixon
Indochina
le Duc Tho
New York Times
Paris
U.S
Saigon
Vietnam
Nixon Talks With Group of Advisers
President Nixon at the Western White House in San Clemente continues foreign policy and budget reviews with a steady stream of advisers. Wednesday’s major session included Secretary of State William P. Rogers, CIA Director Richard Helms, and Army Brig. Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. The huddle lasted about 1 hour 15 minutes and was described as a general foreign policy review. Additional aides arrived from Washington and Florida, with Kissinger, Connally, and Shultz expected in the coming days.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Oceanside
William P. Rogers
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Army
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Helms
California
Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Florida
C.G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Henry A. Kissinger
Saigon
Paris
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Women win on retirement age ruling in Chicago
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that a retirement plan tying age to sex violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and amounts to discharge. Ann Bartmess sued a South Bend brewery Drewrys Limited U.S.A. and Local 275, claiming the contract's retirement ages of 62 for women and 65 for men discriminated, seeking three years salary.
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Chicago
7Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ann Bartmess
South Bend
Ind
Drewrys Limited
U.S.A
International Union of United Brewery and Distillery Workers of America
Miss Bartmess
Busy Park Day for Kids Friday at Three Parks
Friday events at Plunkett Lakeview and Hardin Parks include sidewalk painting treasure hunt and candy search starting at 10 a.m. Betty Fuemmeler and Becky Rodes lead activities with ribbons prizes for artists and helpers. A hardin Park pet show judges fish dogs cats and turtles with prizes for smallest and fiercest. Frisbie throwing and hula hoop contests featured prior winners.
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Younsters
Plunkett
Lakeview
Hardin Parks
Plunkett Park
Betty Fuemmeler
Lakeview Park
Becky Rodes
Hardin Park
Liz Carter
Willy
Wally Light
Danny Schlatt
Dan Marley
Tim Patton
Bob Painter
Ruby Smith
Ricky Painter
Matthew Stevens
Kissinger In Pakistan Talks
White House adviser Henry A Kissinger arrived in Rawalpindi for two days of talks with President Yahya Khan aimed at easing tensions between Pakistan and India over East Pakistan civil strife. He flew in from New Delhi where Indian leaders urged halting U S military and economic aid to Pakistan to end the crisis and ensure the return of seven million refugees in India.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Agha Mohamed Yahya Khan
India
East Pakistan
Kissinger
New Delhi
United States
Newport Cancels Folk Festival License Over Protests
Newport Rhode Island City Council votes 5 to 2 to revoke the Newport Folk Foundation license for the July 16 to 18 festival after a 42 hour special meeting drew over 200 attendees. The move followed last Saturday’s cancellation of the 18th annual Newport Jazz Festival amid fence breaches and crowds at Festival Field.
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Newport, R.I
Newport City
Newport Folk Foundation Inc
Newport
Pemiscot Fraud Cases Dropped in Missouri County
CARUTHERSVILLE Mo AP all 10 remaining election fraud cases tied to the August primary in Pemiscot County were dropped this week by Prosecutor Art Stephenson. Nineteen precinct workers were indicted. six pleaded guilty with suspended jail terms and small fines. Helen Van Cleve was acquitted after a brief jury deliberation.
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Caruthersville
Pemiscot County
Art Stephenson
Stephenson
B. T. Owens
Jim Moss
Billy Joe Howell
Tremon Clark
Guyendall Potts
Paul Fowler
Jeff Northern
Jack Halstead
Helen van Cleve
Raymond Klemp
Jimmy Cummings
Purl Baird
Mitchell Hogan Jr
Jack B. Owens
Bob Winston
Jerry McHugh
Clementeen Hampton
Corn Blight Found Across Twenty-One Kansas Counties
Kansas State University extension plant pathologists confirmed southern corn leaf blight in 21 Kansas counties. Disease severity ranges from a few lesions to heavy infection on the upper leaves. Neosho County reports about half the fields affected. Other counties with detections include Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Clay, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Lyon, Miami, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, and Woodson.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University Extension
Kansas
KSU
Paul Kelly
Neosho County
Neosho
Allen
Anderson
Bourbon
Clay
Coffey
Doniphan
Douglas
Franklin
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Leavenworth
Lyon
Miami
Osage
Pottawatomie
Riley
Shawnee
Wabaunsee
Woodson
Bar Association shelves Vietnam withdrawal call
The American Bar Association rejected a resolution urging U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam as soon as possible by a 173 to 105 vote. The adopted statement instead urged a speedy end to the war and avoided taking partisan political action. The debate featured 22 speakers including Harold Stassen during the New York phase of the meeting. Thousands of lawyers will proceed to London for the second half of the 9th annual gathering starting July 4.
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New York
American Bar Association
U.S
Vietnam
ABA
Harold Stassen
London
Arabs Clash With Israelis Amid 2 Front Skirmishes
Arab guerrillas and Israeli forces clashed on two fronts as police and troops searched Arab villages for terrorists. Rockets were fired into northern towns, leaving two dead and about 20 wounded. A spokesman said guerrillas fired bazookas from Syria at forces in the Golan Heights, with an Arab killed and an Israeli soldier wounded. Another patrol near Zarit on the Lebanese border came under fire.
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Tel Aviv
Aviv
Syria
Golan Heights
Zarit
Russian Force Impresses US In Polar War Games
Norfolk reports a Soviet exercise near the Arctic Circle simulated the destruction of a NATO task force and eliminated NATO bases in Norway. An amphibious task force of 31 ships conducted landings near Iceland under observation by American, British, Norwegian, and Dutch aircraft.
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Norfolk, Va
Arctic Circle
U.S
Norfolk Ledger Star
Atlantic
NATO
Norway
Iceland
Springfield Greene County Library Merger Approved
The Green County Court approved merging the county and Springfield city libraries. Everett Sanders, library director, said the facilities will be called the Springfield Greene County Library and several branches will continue in smaller communities. The merger aims for more economical and efficient operation.
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Springfield, Mo
Green County Court
Springfield
Everett Sanders
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