Democrats Claim Noland Is Out in Missouri Seat Fight
Democrats vow a court challenge to declare James Noland's Missouri Senate seat vacant after an attorney general ruling that his resignation was invalid for formal reasons. Gov Bond withdrew a planned Aug 12 special election, while party leaders insist the seat is vacant and a new vote is needed.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Senate
Osage Beach
James Noland
James Spain
Noland
Christopher S. Bond
Spain
Bond
State Department of Higher Education
John Danforth
Danforth
Free Diabetes and Blood Pressure Screenings In Monroe County
Free diabetes testing and blood pressure screenings will be offered in Monroe county next week. Sponsored by the Monroe county Nursing Service and the Missouri Division of Health with local physicians’ approval, results go to the family doctor. Locations include Santa Fe Community Center July 21, Woodlawn July 22, Holliday July 22, Madison July 23 and 26, Middle Grove July 23, Monroe City July 24 and 26, Paris Speed Furniture Store July 25 and 26. The program targets adults over 18 and uses finger-prick sugar tests with blood pressure readings to spot diabetes and hypertension.
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Paris
Monroe County
Monroe County Nursing Service
Missouri Division of Health
U.S
Santa Fe
Woodlawn
Christian Church
Holliday
Madison
Lion’s den
Middle Grove
Monroe City
Speed Furniture
Camp Windemere
Lake of the Ozarks
Phillip
Acropolis Parthenon Still Glories In Ruins
The Acropolis and Parthenon rose as a temple by 438 B.C. and stood magnificently until 1687 when Turks used the site as a powder magazine. A Venetian cannonball struck the powder chamber and caused a catastrophic explosion. Yet the Parthenon remains a stunning emblem of ancient craft and beauty.
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Acropolis
B.C
Athens
Parthenon
Rotarians Honor Mrs Cox at Centralia meeting
Rotary president John Bru baker presented Mrs Nita Cox with a Rotary pen inscribed charter. Cox, pianist accompanist since Centralia Rotary organized in May 1924, still plays weekly. Other notes cover Jaycee Wives July 8 reports, OATS dinner plans, home tours, cystic fibrosis drive chairing in September, fair queen contest entries, and August 12 meetings including Jolane Club picnic and WPFA convention delegates.
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Centralia
John Brubaker
Rotary Club
Nita Cox
City Square
Carol Bias
Marvin Morris
Frank Pool
WPFA
Columbia
Harrison Women Progressive Farmers Association
Carl Dunn
Fred Littrell
Earl Pulis
Albert Lawson
Raymond Bryson
Littrell
Grace McNaughten
Dunn
Lawson
David Seiler
Paris Families Welcome Three New Babies in City
Mitchells announce a son Travis Robert born Wednesday at Audrain Medical Center weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces. Griffiths report a son Ryan Lee born Thursday morning at Audrain Medical Center weighing 9 pounds 13 ounces, with breathing trouble. he sent to Columbia hospital. Hufty family greets Aaron Christopher born July 5 weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces, sister Jennifer 22 months old. Grandparents and great grandparents listed. all are in Paris.
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Mitchell
Audrain Medical Center
Travis Robert
Brooks Vaughn
Dave Mitchell
Robert Griffith Jr
Ryan Lee
Columbia Hospital
Robert Griffith
Raymond Thrasher
Roy Griffith
Brad Hufty
Aaron Christopher
Jennifer
Oscar Tawney
Bill Hufty
Ava Metcalf
Paris
Charles Eddie Lucas Freed After Vowing Reform
Charles Eddie Lucas, an escaped convict who vanished to Missouri, lived under the name Eddie Edwards Jr. with a wife and three stepchildren while working as a construction worker and truck driver. Arrested by FBI agents in Laddonia, he received probation for interstate transportation of a stolen car after a judge noted his exemplary life since escape. Federal agents had tracked him from an old wanted flyer.
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Charles Eddie Lucas
Eddie Edwards, Jr
Lucas
Anna Edwards
Laddenia
Mac
Kansas City
Missouri
FBI
Laddonia
Eddie Edwards Jr
Texarkana
Tex
John W. Oliver
U.S. Parole Board
Oliver
Eddie
Gets 4 Years For Jealousy Bomb
A Denver man, Don Caswell Wisdom, 39, was sentenced to four years in prison for mailing an improvised explosive device to a rival for his girlfriend’s attention. The device, a gallon gasoline can with batteries and glass, never exploded. Wisdom argued the aim was to scare Burgess, not harm. The judge declined parole to Wisdom’s brother.
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Kansas City
Denver
Don Caswell Wisdom
U.S. District Court
Elmo B. Hunter
Wisdom
Steve Burgess
Columbia, Mo
Burgess
Missouri embargo on Texas swine over hog cholera outbreak
Missouri imposes an embargo on all swine from Texas effective July 7 to protect its hog cholera free status. Slaughter swine bound for federally approved plants exempt. Outbreak confirmed July 4 near Hereford Deaf-Smith County, Texas. quarantine spans about 10 square miles with no evidence of spread to date.
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Jefferson City
Texas
Missouri
National Animal Disease Laboratory
Ames
Iowa
Benton City VBS Draws Fifty Six Students and Staff
Fifty six pupils and teachers attended the vacation Bible School of the Benton City Christian Church this past week. The lesson was Jesus Touch Me. The missionary offering supported Ninos de Mexico, a children’s home in Mexico City. The VBS picnic occurred at Martinsburg city park on Friday. Staff included Bernadine Carline, Nancy Coil, Carol Pine, Eunice Schofield, Wilma Seale, Ruthie Barker, Carol McCown, Sharon Shaefer, Sharon Sharpe, Patricia Yelton, Evelyn Delamarre, Steve Barker, and Jackie McDonald. Robert Wagner is the minister.
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Benton City
Ruthie Barker
Carol McCown
Sharon Shaefer
Sharon Sharpe
Patricia Yelton
Evelyn Delamarre
Steve Barker
Jackie McDonald
Robert Wagner
Wellsville Hikes Water and Sewer Rates
Wellsville council passed an ordinance raising water charges to cover chemical cost increases since 1969 with 1 000 gallons or less at 2.50 monthly and higher tiers up to 12.30 for 10 000 gallons plus a 20.00 meter deposit. Average user to pay about 40 cents more monthly.
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Wellsville
Charles Jennings Jr
Kent Myers
James Crouch
Kenneth Grimwood
Myers and
Jennings
James Cafer
David Hack
Public Works
State Penitentiary
Jennings and
Grimwood
Hack
Richard Nation
Fire Department
Crouch
Mike Shire
EPA
Public Service Commission of the Railroad
Inmate Threats to Wyrick Warden and Family
AP reports threats on Missouri Penitentiary Warden Donald Wyrick and his wife after a prison guard murder. Wyrick notes no attempt to carry out the threats in months, while one inmate faces a murder conviction and nine year sentence. Seven others remain in administrative segregation pending Atkinson murder probe.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Donald Wyrick
Wyrick
Atkinson
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Monroe
MR. and
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Robert
Cox
Jolane Club
Kansas City Times
Court
Paul Wisdom
Townsend, Md
Hunter
Congress
Cafer
Myers
C.D
C. E. Mottaz
LeRoy Dodd
Harrison Burch
Pansox
Jefferson
Mexico, Ma
RCA
T.V
Mexico Village Square
Hardee’s
Har
Mexico, Mo
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