John M. Dalton Remembered as Steady Missouri Leader
Missouri mourns former governor and attorney general John M. Dalton. A Bootheel native, Dalton battled tough state issues, supported a compromise on gasoline tax funds, and earned the label economy governor. He faced adversity with resolve and upheld moral politics, leaving a respected legacy.
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Jeffers
City News
Tribune
Missouri
John M. Dalton
Dalton
Bootheel
John Dalton
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty reviewed
A concise appraisal of Welty's The Optimist's Daughter from Random House detailing Laurel McKelva Hand's return from Chicago to Mississippi, her reckoning with a dead father and his new wife, and a life revealed as woven from shared histories rather than solitude. The review praises 180 finely written pages that unfold themes of life, love, and communal ties.
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Random House
Miss Welty
Laurel McKelva Hand
Laurel
Chicago
Fay
Mount Salus
Miss
New Books Added At Library In 1972 Catalog
Mexico-Audrain library announces new adult titles across fiction and non fiction including River to Pickle Beach When Harlie Was One Coming of Age and Moody Ethel Waters You and The Law and Moodys Handbook of Stocks Plus career help to pursue HELP WANTED ads in Ledger classifieds for a fresh start.
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Mexico-Audrain County
Pickle Beach
Dorig
Betts
Margery Sharp
Isaac Singer
Hyemegorists Storm
Glendon Swarthout
Donald Wolheim
Simone de Beauvoir
Moody's Handbook
Kennard Nelson, Missouri
Dept. of Public Health and Welfare
Roger Angell
Hammond
Cavalier House of Commons
D.T. Witcombe
Edward Kennedy Burton Hersh
Ethel Waters
Ledger
Butler Fire Destroys Warehouses and Office
A blaze in Butler Missouri destroyed two warehouses and an office of Brothers Hide Co causing about 300000 dollars in damages. Firemen from four communities fought the fire about five hours early Monday. a third warehouse was saved. Cause undetermined. It was Butler’s second major blaze in three months after a May 29 courthouse square fire causing 200000 to 250000 dollars in damage and one death. Officials found no evidence the fires were connected.
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Butler
Butler, Mo
1 Brothers Hide Co
Courthouse Square
Stab Charge On Moberly Man
A 21 year old inmate from Moberly, housed at Rent Prison Farm, is charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of fellow inmate David M Roth during dinner Saturday. Joseph Dean Russell, serving two concurrent five year terms for theft and burglary, was arraigned pending further proceedings. Rent Prison spans the river from Jefferson City.
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Fulton, Mo
Moberly
Joseph Dean Russell
Gene Hamilton
Callaway County
Russell
Randolph County
David M. Roth
St. Louis County
Jefferson City
Two Kansas Men Seek License in Reno County
Reno County may be first in Kansas to issue a marriage license to two men. Attorney Bill Mitchell said he has taken a request for one under advisement after meeting the men as pro tem probate judge. He plans to review Kansas statutes before ruling.
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Kansas
Hutchinson, Kan
Reno County
Bill Mitchell
Mitchell
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