Drake Hotel in Carthage repurposed for elderly residents
SBA has turned the Drake Hotel over to Jasper County Social Services to house 22 elderly residents and pay bills until a sale or new housing is found. Foreclosure may start if no buyer appears. 40 to 60 days estimated. Speer disappearance noted. crisis-funding and emergency utilities kept open for now.
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Carthage
Small Business Administration
Drake Hotel
Jasper County Association For Social Services
Ed Farmer
Kansas City
SBA
Owen Dale Speer
Jasper County Commodity Food Center
Joplin
Drake
Fort Scott
Kan
Farmer
Elmhurst
Webb City
Fair Acres
Pam Cole
Mark Thompson
Charles West
Barbara Shrable
McCloskeys Separate After 23 Years of Marriage
Rep. Paul N. Pete McCloskey and his wife have separated after 23 years. Albert R. Schreck, neighbor and campaign manager, said he announced the separation Friday as a friend of the couple.
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McCloskeys
Palo Alto
Calif
Paul N
Pete’ McCloskey
McCloskey
Albert R. Schreck
Elder couple digs their graves in local cemetery
John Wilson 86 and his wife 64 in Havana Kansas prepared for the future by digging their own graves. Wilson learned grave digging from a brother and used sticks and rope for measurements. A friend donated removal of the dug dirt, and Wilson plans to live to 100 as they arrange for burial vaults to ease future worry.
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John Wilson
Kathy Carnes
Independence Daily
Associated Press
Havana
Kan
Wilson
Trains Collide in Tunnel Near Vierzy Kills Many
In a debris filled tunnel 60 miles northeast of Paris two speeding passenger trains collided killing many and injuring scores. About 500 people were aboard, 35 bodies recovered, with 17 more believed trapped. Rescue crews worked through the night amid wreckage and panic.
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Soissons
France
Paris
Red Cross
Vierzy
Medical manpower and rural care urged by congressman
San Francisco AP report says Rep. Jerry L. Pettis warned at the AMA council on health manpower that unless medical care is effectively distributed to rural and deprived urban areas, the federal government may intervene and the job will be done regardless of doctors. He noted rising school expansion but persistent shortages and high costs fuel public dissatisfaction.
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San Francisco
Organized Medicine
Jerry L. Pettis
Calif
American Medical Association
Council On Health Manpower
AMA
Pettis
United States
Congress
Washington
Malcolm C. Todd
Long Beach
Manpower Council
Todd
Newly Planted Trees And Shrubs Need Summer Care
Newly planted trees and shrubs require careful summer care to survive the stress of heat and drought. Monitor soil moisture with a simple test, water deeply about weekly, adjust for hot spells, and use mulch to retain soil moisture. Avoid overwatering and protect new plants from pests and rodent damage while maintaining supports and proper wraps.
Penny Cearley Attends Missouri Summer Music Camp
Penny Cearley of Mexico is among 600 Missouri high school musicians at Central Missouri State College summer music camp in Warrensburg. Friday features four piano recitals at 3 pm, a small ensemble recital at 4 pm, and a 7 pm public concert by bands, choruses, and orchestras in Hendricks Hall.
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Penny Cearley
Mexico
Missouri
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Hendricks Hall
Barbra Streisand Arrives in Jerusalem for Short Visit
Barbra Streisand landed in Israel on a Friday visit to Jerusalem. Dressed in blue jeans she toured near the Western Wall, joking in Yiddish as she planned a brief stay in the city.
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Aviv
Barbra Streisand
Hald
Miss Striesand
West
Walling Wall
Jerusalem
Irving crimes end in prison and fines for fake Hughes bio
Clifford Irving and his Swiss wife Edith received two year and two month terms respectively for conspiring to publish a falsified autobiography of Howard Hughes. Each was fined ten thousand dollars. Irving to begin Aug. 28 after Edith’s release to keep their sons with a parent. Richard Suskind, an accomplice, got six months. The couple must return 750 000 dollars plus expenses to McGraw Hill.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Edith
U.S. District Court
John M. Cannella
State Supreme Court
Joseph A. Martinis
Martinis
Richard Suskind
Suskind
McGraw-Hill Inc
Hughes
Irvings
Daily Barbs
Carriere Attends Michigan Meeting
Allen Carriere executive vice president of the Mexico Chamber of Commerce left Friday for East Lansing Michigan to attend a week long institute for Organization Management at Michigan State University. During his absence Miss Annalee Sexton secretary will assist in the Chamber office.
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Allen Carriere
Mexico Chamber of Commerce
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Carriere
Annalee Sexton
Agencies Under Merit System in Missouri
Gov Warren Hearnes placed two major state agencies under the merit system effective July 1, expanding the move already under fire. The Division of Budget and the Comptroller of the Division of Planning and Construction will require merit exams for new staff, with certain officials exempted from the change.
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Jefferson City
Warren FE. Hearnes
John €. Vaughn
Robert L. Norris
John D. Paulus
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