Local Fliers Win Rating In Derby
Ruth Chapman and Dorothy Graf finished second in the Powder Puff Derby finishes in Wilmington after competing from July 9 in Sacramento to the finish Monday night. Of 199 starters, 176 completed the race as Chapman noted weather and fuel issues, crashes, and last minute entry luck shaped a historic final Derby with plans for a future Air Race Classic.
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Ruth Chapman
Wilmington
Dela
Dorothy Graf
Chapman
Irvine
Calif
Nashville
Riverside
Ruth
Dorothy
Lot
Mrs. Graf
Mrs. Chapman
John Chapman
Howard Graf
Mexico
Monterey
Motel
Graf and Sons Inc
Harold Sexton
George Irion
Wayne Boicourt
Arnold Graf
George Black
Wilbur Swanson
Joe Donaldson
Fritz Woodroof
Dorothy Hoffman
First National Bank
Citizens Savings Assn
McGee Packing
Jim Ware
Ware Trucking Co
Fulton
al Broecker
Broeker Aircraft Repair
Wildlife officer warns piranha could escape Florida risk
Florida wildlife director Dr Earl Frye warns that piranha sold as pets may escape into warm waters risking native fish and people. Gibsonton fishery operator Henry Larsen sold about 100 piranha to retailers after buying 150 mistaken pacas in June. piranha are outlawed or restricted in multiple states.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
America
Earl Frye
State Fresh Water Fish and Game Commission
Henry Larsen
Gibsonton
Miami
Colombia
Larsen
California
North
South Carolina
Minnesota
Missouri
New York
Carolinas
Frye
Maine
Ford Seeks Delegates In Connecticut
President Ford traveled to Hartford to urge Connecticut's 35 Republican delegates to unite against the Democratic ticket. He stressed attacking the Democrats, not fellow Republicans, and urged party cohesion ahead of the GOP convention. Reagan supporters threatened a floor fight over delegation rules as Ford aimed to secure decisive support.
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Hartford
Conn
Ford
Connecticut
Ronald Reagan
Democratic Congress
Utah
Reagan
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Republican Party
America
California
Local supporters rally for ninth district race
Local supporters of candidates for the ninth district congressional seat vacated by Bill Hungate begin to warm to the task. Signs appear on lawns across the city urging support for various candidates.
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Bill Hungate
Benefit Dance Gains $500 For Day Care Centers
Courtney Day Care Boosters Club reports a net $500 from a benefit dance that will qualify for matching federal funds for Courtney Child Care Centers Inc. Dr. William Sawyer presided at the Thursday meeting. An ice cream social on July 27 at 716 E Breckenridge will fund the club with cakes ice cream and drinks for 60 cents from 6 to 9 PM.
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Courtney Day Care Boosters Club
William Sawyer
E. Breckenridge
Sawyer
Courtney Child Care Centers Inc
Kelly Furniture Company
Pizza Hut
Art’s Beauty Shop
Jay's
IGA
Mexico
Kable Dairy
Sheltered Workshop Meeting At Fulton
A public meeting in Callaway County to discuss an extended employment sheltered workshop will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Fulton Community Center with Overton Harris presiding Errol Gann from the state education department will speak A committee from attendees will plan the project All interested Callaway County citizens are invited Also Steven Daniel Hamilton son of Mrs Carter Hamilton of Mexico has been named to the dean list at Central Missouri State University Warrensburg for the spring term majoring in management expects to graduate in August
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Fulton
Callaway County
Fulton Community Center
Overton Harris
Errol Gann
State Department of Education
Steven Daniel Hamilton
Carter Hamilton
Mexico
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg
Hamilton
Want Ad Verse Reminder for Sellers
A compact note advises advertisers to detail more in want ads to boost sales. The ad uses a familiar rhyme about telling more to sell more, urging clarity and thoroughness in product or service descriptions.
CIA Reveals Buggings And Burglaries
Washington AP report states CIA director George Bush says CIA files include information from surreptitious entries abroad and overheard conversations of Socialist Worker Party members. It remains unclear if agents conducted the burglaries or if operations continue. Bush affidavits lack details on numbers or dates.
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Washington
CIA
George Bush
Bush
Socialist Worker's Party
U.S. District Court
New York
Florida judge imposes two death sentences in Zeigler case
W T Zeigler Jr. receives two death penalties and two consecutive life terms for the murders tied to a $500,000 life insurance scheme and killings of his wife's parents. The Winter Garden store slayings occurred on Christmas Eve, with the jury also convicting Zeigler of two first-degree murders and two second-degree murders. The judge overruled jury recommendations for life terms, calling the facts warrantful of the death penalty.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W.T. Zeigler Jr
Maurice Paul
Zeigler
Paul
Winter Garden
Florida
Eunice
Charles Mays Jr
Perry Edwards
Moultrie
U.S. Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Mrs. Inez Williams Rites Sunday
Vandalia mourns 66 year old Mrs. Inez L. Williams who died Friday at Boone County Hospital after illness. Funeral services are set for Sunday 2:30 p.m. at First Christian Church with Rev. Bob Cook officiating, burial in Vandalia Cemetery. Visitation after 4 p.m. today at Waters Funeral Home. She was born September 1, 1909, married Ira Williams in 1940, and is survived by her husband, daughter Sharon Jensen of Mexico, grandson Scott, brother Raymond of Vandalia, and her mother in Tri County Nursing Home. Preceded by brother J W Outlaw.
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Vandalia
Inez L. Williams
Boone County Hospital
First Christian Church
Bob Cook
Waters Funeral Home
Lewis
Lena Outlaw
Ira Williams
The
Christian Church
Jim
Sharon) Jensen
Mexico
Scott
Raymond
Tri- County
J.W. Outlaw
Mrs. Stuart Services Held At Bellflower
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Kitty Peery Stuart aged 94 were held at Bellflower Presbyterian Church. She died Sunday and burial followed in Peery Cemetery near Wellsville. Born December 7, 1881 in Wellsville she was married May 8, 1904 to James Walter Stuart in Americus. Survivors include daughter Evelyn Weiser two grandsons Gene and Wayne Weiser six great grandchildren and three brothers Add Roy and Walter Peery. An infant son Kenneth and her husband preceded her in death. Jones Funeral Home of Bellflower supervised arrangements.
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E Luwk
Bellflower Presbyterian Church
Catherine
Kitty) Peery Stuart
St. Louis County
Peery
Wellsville
David
Elizabeth Peery
James Walter Stuart
Americus
Evelyn Weiser
Gene
Wayne Weiser
Spencer Rites At 2 Today
Funeral services for Donald Spencer were held at 2 pm at the Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Park officiating. Mrs. John Willer played organ, and pallbearers included Randall Barnes, Jimmy Hoffman, Paul Pervis, and others. burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Donald Spencer
Arnold Funeral Home
Frank Park
First Baptist Church
John Willer
Randall Barnes
Jimmy Hoffman
Paul Pervis
Lloyd Amos
Jack Webber
John Houston
Clayton Harshbarger
C.W. Caldwell
James Smithey
James H. Wright
H. Gene Davis
Charles G. Wilson
Elmer Donaldson
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Guy M Pitts services Sunday at Precht Pickering
Funeral services for Guy M Pitts will be held Sunday at 3 30 p m at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home with Rev George Wraith officiating Miss Joyce Barrett soloist and Mrs Wendell Wehrman organist pallbearers are Robert Dermody Roland Howard Joel Guthrie Arthur Brown Oliver Wehlewald Kenneth Jaeger Visitation is today after 2 p m with family receiving friends 7 8 30 p m Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery He was preceded in death by two brothers Ray B Pitts in 1971 and Morris Pitts.
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Guy M. Pitts
Precht- Pickering
George Wraith
First Christian Church
Wendell Wehrman
Joyce Barrett
Robert Dermody
Roland Howard
Joel Guthrie
Arthur Brown
Oliver Wehlewald
Kenneth Jaeger
Elmwood
Ray B. Pitts
Morris Pitts
Pat Nixon Begins Occupational Therapy in Long Beach
Pat Nixon, recovering from a stroke at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, starts occupational therapy Monday. Hospital officials say they do not yet know when she will be able to go home.
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Long Beach, Calif
Pat Nixon
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Weather and Farm Report From Ledgerland and Missouri
Official 7:00 am readings show last 24 hours highs near 80 and lows around 6f with 61 at 7 am. Ledgerland forecasts sunny days in the 80s, clear nights around 60, Missouri expectations include mids 80s to near 90 with chances of thundershowers Tuesday and Wednesday. Hospital notices list admissions for multiple individuals. births reported to Bruce Norfleet family. dismissals include numerous local residents. deaths include Inez L Williams 66 and Catherine Peery Stuart 34.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Marriage Licenses and Local Public Safety Notes
The Daily Record lists marriage license applications for Arnold Odell Johnson and Dora Maurita Hummer of Bowling Green. Public safety reports cite Ronnie Webb facing a DWI summons after a pole collision on S Jefferson, plus several vehicular accidents, thefts at Plunkett Park, and a window break at Parsons Pastry Shop. Magistrate and other court entries note fines for speeding, careless driving, and plate transfer failures alongside stock quotes.
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Arnold Odell Johnson
Dora Maurita Hummer
Bowling Green
Public Safety
Ronnie Webb
S. Coal
Webb
S. Jefferson
Boulevard
Jacquie E. Lang
W. Monroe
Lange
Plunkett Park
Cecil D. Kysar
W. Breckenridge
Kenneth Parsons
Route 4
Parsons Pastry Shop
W. Liberty
Montgomery County
Clifton Roscoe Cleek
Evansville
Orland Link Mills
Hallsville
Willie Perkins
Kansas City
Earl Nelson Boutell Jr
Leawood
Kan
Jerry Leo Cooper
Montgomery City
Charles Swarthout
Wellsville
Market Reports Yesterday's Cash Grain Prices
Prices quoted by MFA Mexico show soybeans at 6.73, wheat 3.21, corn 2.96, milo 4.05. Fowles Grain Co. Laddonia lists soybeans 6.73, wheat 3.22, corn 2.95, milo 4.00.
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MFA
Mexico
Fowles Grain Co
Laddonia
Aging Council Planned For Audrain County
About forty seniors and interested residents met at the Senior Citizens Center in Mexico to form an Audrain County Council on Aging. A steering committee including Judge Roy Guile and Gary Eide will draft by laws and guide formation with council members from Mexico Vandalia Rush Hill Thompson and northern Audrain. The group aims to inventory resources assess needs set priorities coordinate services and advocate for older Americans.
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Senior Citizens Center
Mexico
Audrain County Council On
Vandalia
Rush Hill
Thompson
Paul Lutz
University of Missouri Extension
Audrain County
Roy Guile
Gary Eide
Marjorie Wills
Matt Boley
Bess
Learinghouse
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St. Charles County
Mr. Weathers
Merrill's
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Fayette
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Highway 22
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Meek
Darrell E. Jaeger
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Audrain Medical Center
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White House
Ron Nelsen
Mississippi
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Inez Williams
Mrs. Stuart
Bellflower
Spencer
Guy M
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Centralia
Herbert T. Sterven
Catherine M. Sheets
Ora Gladys Nichols
Dewayne Jefferson
Melba L. Baclesse
Margaret N. Byars
Raymond A. Walker
Wilmer B. Reid
Charles Howard
Middletown
Sylvia A. Frost
Thomas A. Edwards
New Florence
Charles D. Miller
Randall L. Kribbs
Bruce Norfleet
Route 3
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Charles Moore
James Brewer
Teresa Scott
David Utterback
Lorenia Marshall
Edward Borgmeyer
Alicia Duncan
Joe Stuart
Margaret Byars
Kenneth Swaim
Martinsburg
Marlin Erwin
Auxvasse
Gerald Bramon
Mokane
Georgia Oliver
Isaac Walton
Brandy Miller
Leona Miller
Doris Rolle
Billy Landman
Jerry Cragen
Madeline Roe
Paris
Leslie Crow
Farber
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Earl Mudd
Jesse Guinnip
Kendall Allen
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Oliver Harmood
Jason Flynt
Catherine Peery Stuart
Liberty
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the Daily Record
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New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Chromalloy
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Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
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Aging Council
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