Weather Summary For June 21 Fair to partly cloudy forecast
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions tonight with overnight lows from the upper 60s to mid 70s and southerly winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday remains warm and humid with highs near 90 to 95 in Missouri and similar in Kansas City region. Extended outlook shows a chance of showers and thundershowers Monday and Tuesday with highs in the mid 80s north to near 90s south. Weather stations report river and lake levels varied across Missouri and Illinois, with notable readings at St Louis and Kansas City areas. Continuous rainfall totals and farm market movements follow in detail in regional reports.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozark
Pomme de Terre
Youth Center Receives 225000 Gift Donation
The Mexico Youth Center today received a 225000 check from proceeds of a barbecue sponsored by the Mexico High School Student Council and the Knights of Columbus. Youth Center director Ron Kent thanked the groups and urged continued support while noting the center's Tuesday and Thursday evening hours from 6:30 to 11:40 p.m.
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Mexico
Mexico High School Student Council
Knights of Columbus
Ron Kent
Kent
Girls State Elects Ballwin Delegate Governor chosen at Missouri event
Jan Green of Ballwin was elected governor of Missouri Girls State. Other officers named include Debbie Huhn of Cape Girardeau as lieutenant governor, Heather Harlan of Boonville as attorney general, Lisa Dry of Senath as secretary of state, Kim Williams of Cape Girardeau as state treasurer, and Marilyn Nissen of Butler as state auditor.
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Columbia, Mo
Jan Green
Ballwin
Nationalist Party
Missouri Girls State Today
Debbie Huhn
Cape Girardeau
Federalist Party
Heather Harlan
Boonville
Nationalist
Lisa Dry
Senath
Federalist
Kim Williams
Marilyn Nissen
Butler
Governor vetoes pay for election judges and clerks
Gov. Warren E. Hearnes vetoed a bill setting at least $12 pay for election judges and clerks in school reorganization elections, calling the measure unsafe for variances. It was his third veto of the recent session. He signed bills expanding corrections contracts, regulating insurance holding companies, and other reforms including bonds for hospital districts and higher corrections leadership pay.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Omer H. Avery
D-Troy
Department of Corrections
Missouri
Federal Department of Transportation
Youth Corps Orientation Held Today in Audrain County
Thirty four enrollees of the Audrain County Neighborhood Youth Corps attended a day long orientation at Mexico Second Baptist Church. Sponsored by the Human Development Corporation Columbia office, the session featured speakers on employment and job skills from Kaiser Refractories Co Missouri Division of Employment and city officials, stressing how NYC earnings help with fall school expenses.
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Audrain County
Mexico Second Baptist Church
Human Development Corporation
Columbia
Homer Butler
Nyc
Audrain
Boone and
Callaway Counties
Joan Forsyth
William M. Mihalic
Kaiser Refractories Co
William Miller
Mexico
Missouri Division of Employment
Neil Nielsen
Jack McBride
Missouri Cities Water Co. Wins Limited Rate Hike
The Missouri Public Service Commission approved higher water and sewer rates for Missouri Cities Water Co. in St. Charles County and higher water rates in Platte County. The company gains about 69 000 dollars from water and 40 000 from sewer in St. Charles, plus 13 000 from Platte County water. The PSC had previously rejected earlier requests, saying the firm was not yet capable of upgrading services.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Cities Water Co
St. Charles
Platte
Missouri Public Service Commission
St. Charles County
Platte County
Platte County Water Service. the Psc
Ray Whitehead Dies at 79 of Wellsville
Ray Whitehead 79 of Route 1 Wellsville died Thursday evening at Ellis Fischer Cancer Hospital Columbia. Born February 1, 1892 in Montgomery County he was a retired farmer and Bethel United Methodist member. Survived by wife Bessie Rubey a son Donald of Atlanta three brothers Ollis O S and David and three grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 p m Myers Funeral Home Wellsville with Rev Clarence Smith officiating burial Wellsville Cemetery. Friends may call 7 8 p m Saturday.
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Wellsville
Ray Whitehead
Route 1
Ellis Fischer
Columbia
Montgomery County
Whitehead
Bethel United Methodist Church
Bessie Rubey
Donald
Atlanta
Ollis
David
Myers Funeral Home
Clarence Smith
Funeral
Marcus O. McGeorge Dies at 74 in Middletown
Marcus Owen McGeorge, 74, of Middletown, a farmer and World War I veteran, died Thursday at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. He is survived by his wife Laura Kleinsorge and several nephews. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Lutheran Church, with Rev. Dale Banke officiating. Visitation is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Myers Funeral Home, Wellsville. Burial in Wellsville Cemetery.
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Hospital- Audrain Medical Center
Virginia B. Green
James £. Brixey
Sherry A. O’connor
Albert Diederich
Douglas P. Diederich
Calvin Barker
Katherine Davenport
Paul Brower
Mexico
Harry W. Sowers
Montgomery City
Luther F. Wade
Sturgeon
Ida Sue Gallup
Centralia
Ricky D. Staten
Tina L. Staten
John &. Delozier
Dixie i L. Marshall
Weilsville
Earl V. Holcombe
Greenville
S. C
Roger M. Power
Paris
Edward A. Wilson
Robert W. Freeman
Fulton
Delbert D. Matthews
Thompson
Douglas Kinder
Arthur J. Griesbauer
New Florence
Griesbauer
Ronnie Joe Wallis
San
Roy L. Boone
Boone
McDonnell
St. Louis
David Worthington
Worthington
Mallory Moving
Moberly
Nathaniel H. Curtis
Lottie Coil
Steven Jennings
Glen Matteisen
Alan Snook
Barbara Feger
Jerry Lee Barnes
William O. Palmer
Mary Jo Pasley
Gene Trower
Laddonia
Howard H. Cartright
Hazel Porter
Wellsville
Marcus C. McGeorge
Middletown
Marcus Owen McGeorge
Audrain Medical Center
McGeorge
Grace Lutheran Church
Myers Funeral Home
Mrs Mann 56 Dies in Dallas Former Mexicaan
Oleta Mann of Dallas Texas daughter of N F and Fannie Griffith died at 7 40 pm Thursday at Stephens Park Hospital after months of cancer illness Funeral services set for 2 30 pm Saturday at LaMar and Smith funeral home 800 W Jefferson St Dallas Survivors include mother a son Clifton 13 three sisters and a brother with several relatives traveling to Dallas for the services
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Oleta Mann
Dallas
Tex
Mexico
Stephens Park
LaMar and Smith
W. Jefferson St
N. F
Fannie Crowdis Griffith
Mann
Audrain County
Fowlkes Services Will Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Ernest J. Fowlkes of Moberly, 46, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Cater Funeral Home. The Rev. Louis Harris and Rev. Harold Henderson will officiate. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Fowlkes died Wednesday at A. B. Chance Co. after a fall while rushing to a plant fire. he was a member of the company’s employee firefighting team.
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Moberly
Ernest J. Fowlkes
A. B. Chance Co
Cater Funeral Home
Louis Harris
First Christian Church
Harold Henderson
West Park
Richard Johnson
Boone County
Fowlkes
Chance Company
Baker Named to State Education Commission
Jefferson City Mo Hearnes appoints Thomas F Baker of Essex Mo to state education commission. Correction in Paris Legion dance ad misdated June 16 should read June 19 in Wednesday Ledger.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Thomas F. Baker
Essex
Education Commission
American Legion of Paris
Man of the Year Robert Denny Named by East Hampton YMCA
Robert Francis Denny son of Mr and Mrs Larney Barnes of 7 Oak Lane East Hampton N Y has been chosen Man of the Year for the East Hampton branch YMCA He helped found the East Hampton Young Men s Christian Association He is a partner and general manager at Edward F Cook Agency active in real estate and insurance in the area He is Amherst College BA in economics Baylor MA He and his wife Joan have three daughters and he is brother of Mrs Barnes
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Robert Francis Denny
Larney Barnes
7 Oak Lane
East Hampton
Long Island
N. Y
YMCA
Denny
Mexico
Amherst College
Baylor University
Joan
Long Must Tell IRS About Fees From Shenker Case
Former Missouri senator Edward V. Long was ordered by Judge James H. Meredith to answer 70 of 84 IRS questions within 30 days about legal fees received from St. Louis attorney Morris Shenker. The dispute concerns $148,000 claimed deductions for 1964 to 1968 and whether Long performed services in the Las Vegas Dunes Hotel deal before or after his Senate appointment.
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ST. Louis
Edward V. Long
U.S
Missouri
Internal Revenue Service
Morris Shenker
James H. Meredith
IRS
Long
Meredith
Shenker
Senate
Dunes
Las Vegas
Ronald Au Elected National Jaycees President in Portland
Ronald Au 35 from Honolulu Hawaii won the 51st annual Jaycees convention on the 21st ballot in Portland Oregon securing 1875 votes to 1378 for Frank Parsons Birmingham Alabama. He will serve a year from July 1 at the national Jaycees headquarters in Tulsa Oklahoma succeeding Gordon Thomas and the next convention is set for Atlanta Georgia.
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Portland
Ore
Jaycees
Ronald Au
Honolulu
Hawaii
Jaycee
Gordon Thomas
Toledo
Ohio
Tulsa
Okla
The
Frank Parsons
Birmingham
Ala
Edward A. Clark
Owensboro
Larry D. Fuller
Ontario
Patrick Nowak
Farmington
Mich
Frank Antalek
Lauwerties
N.Y
Allanta
Ledger Editor Roberts White II Returns Home After Surgery
Robert M. White II, editor and publisher of the Ledger, returned home today from Barnes Hospital in St. Louis following minor surgery. He is resting at his residence while recuperating.
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Returns Home Ledger
Robert M. White II
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
US Sets Up Two Labs To Aid Addicted Troops
Saigon USA commands set up two laboratories and treatment facilities at troop processing centers to identify heroin users before departure. FRAT urine tests detect recent heroin use within 24 hours, guiding five to seven days of in Vietnam treatment before charges of follow up in the United States. Thieu orders antinarcotics drives to curb smugglers amid U.S. pressure to address the heroin crisis among servicemen.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
United States
U.S
Long Binh
Cam Ranh Air Force Base
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Greek Tanker Aground Off Carolina
A Greek registry tanker named Demo thnes V, 614 feet long, ran aground near Southport, North Carolina. There is no oil spill yet but spill risk exists as Coast Guard watches for oil and assesses the situation. Origin and destination are not known, and oil quantity aboard is undetermined. A 30 foot Coast Guard boat is aiding the vessel and monitoring for spills. Southport lies about 30 miles from Wilmington and near South Carolina’s Golden Strand.
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Southport
N.C
Coast Guard
Portsmouth
Michael Kneeland
Kneeland
Wilmington
South Carolina
Golden Strand
Early garden notes and coin price update
Mrs. Conrad Harrison reports two ripe tomatoes as among the first in the community while her family has been enjoying beans, squash and broccoli. Word from Miss Carol Rutter in Chile adds local hype. Perez Zujovic is noted, and coin pricing details disclose Eisenhower Silver Dollar costs at 3 and 10 dollars with order blanks via post offices and banks.
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Conrad Harrison
Sunset Lane
U. S
Bureau of the Mint
Kansas City
U. S. Assay Office
San Francisco
Mexico
Soviet SST Faces Engine and Gear Trouble En Route Home
The TU144 flown from Paris to Warsaw developed engine failures and landing gear trouble, nearly causing a belly landing. Polish officials said the problem was minor and under control, with a scheduled Warsaw stop disputed by sources. Repairs were conducted by Soviet crews, aiming for a 1973 end or 1974 start for commercial flights.
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Warsaw
Soviet Union
Paris
East Berlin
Witness Will Talk About Crime
A convicted mail thief, James V. Schaefer, 29, promised to testify about a $100 million mail theft ring if immunity is granted, after already pledging to tell all in private talks with Senators McClellan and Gurney. Cudak identified Schaefer as his partner in robberies at JFK and other airports, with 125 known incidents over four years.
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Washington
Fifth Amendment
Senate
James V. Schaefer
Sens
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Edward Gurney
Rfla
Schaefer
William E. Ricchiuti
Robert Cudak
Cudak
John F. Kennedy
New York
Last Day For Wool Voting In Sheep Referendum
Today is the final day for wool and lamb referendum balloting. Producers eligible are sheep owners six months or older for 30 consecutive days in 1970. Ballots must reach the County ALCS Office by close of business to count.
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ALCS
ASPC
Times Papers Pentagon Documents in Vietnam Series Rift
The Times suspended its series after a judge blocked full disclosure of classified Pentagon materials. Government officials push limits on First Amendment rights, while figures like Moorhead Kennedy Ellsberg Rusk and Johnson react to the study and its implications. The installments covered Tonkin Gulf events, bombing decisions, and ground troop use.
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United States
Justice Department
Pentagon
the Times
U.S. Dist
Murray I. Gurfein
Times
Gurfein
Asst
U.S. Atty
Michael D. Hess
U.S
Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
House
Government Information Subcommittee
William S. Moorhead
D-Pa
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John F. Kennedy
Daniel Ellsberg
MIT
Sidney Zion
Zion
Ellsberg
Dean Rusk
Decatur
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Johnson
North Vietnam
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