Audrain County sees $778,241 rise in assessed value
Preliminary reports by County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes show Audrain County total valuation at $49,662,102, up $778,241 from last year. Vandalia led gains with $135,438, Martinsburg posted a loss of $443, and Mexico added $73,361 amid personal property and utility assessment shifts. Total real estate value rose to $40,086,065, with land and town lots increasing.
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Holloway Neill
Vandalia
Allied Telephone Co
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Laddonia
Vandiver Village
Farber
Rush Hill
Benton City
Barnes
Allied Telephone
Four Mules in County Help Drive Property Total Up
Tax records show four mules held by Daniel C. Borntreger in Saling township as part of broader property changes. The report notes livestock counts decline except for mules, older cars, slightly higher household goods value, and a total personal property value of 9,576,037 dollars, up 79,696 from last year, with town by town gains and losses across real estate, personal property, and railroad utility assessments.
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Sturgeon
Saling Township
Prime Rate Up by New York Bank Boosts Lending Rate
New York's First National City Bank, the nation’s second largest, announced a boost of its floating prime lending rate to 5 percent from 4 1/2 percent. The move signals higher costs for short term business loans while some bankers expect consumer loan costs to stay largely unchanged this year.
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Pound Free: Dollar Hits Pound Sterling Market Shock
London limped into a free float as the pound was released from government support. The move sent shock waves through European markets with a dollar run and gold surging above $2 an ounce. London and other exchanges paused while policymakers prepare a Paris meeting among six Common Market nations.
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East floods kill 47 as Agnes lingers across several states
A new rainstorm trailing Agnes sent the Ohio and other rivers over banks from Virginia to New York. In Pennsylvania and New York tens of thousands fled homes with evacuations by helicopter and Guards units. 47 people died and many more were missing as cities like Wilkes-Barre Harrisburg Elmira Corning Olean and Painted Post reported flooding and power outages. The National Weather Service warned of a major disaster as rivers rose and additional rain moved in toward the Mid Atlantic region.
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Monongahela
Allegheny
William Long
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Agnes
New York State
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Albany
N.Y
Linwood Holton
Nixon
Nixon Signs Education Aid Bill Amid Busing Clash
President Nixon signed the 21.3 billion education bill calling it a landmark measure while blasting the antibusing provisions as inadequate and a retreat from responsibility. He urged support for arms talks and warned the moratorium on court-ordered desegregation is temporary and illusory.
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Mrs. Mary Collins Dies at 95 in Mexico Missouri
Mrs. Mary Collins aged 95 died at 3 45 am at Audrain Medical Center after a illness she had for days. She lived at 209 East Anderson before entering Coldwell Nursing Home. Born October 7 1876 in Corsicana Texas she moved to Mexico area in 1906 and married Mark Irvin Collins on July 1 1908. Survived by one daughter Miss Minnetta Collins Fraley of Louisville Kentucky funeral plans with Precht Pickering Funeral Home pending.
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Lakeview Training School
Danville
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Mexico
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Louisville
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Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
Hearnes Signs Defender Bill in Missouri
Governor Warren M Hearnes signed a limited public defender system bill for circuits over 75000 in population plus Cole Randolph and Webster counties and the Moberly and Fordland sites. In smaller circuits judges will appoint attorneys for indigents in felony cases with reasonable fees.
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Missouri
Warren M. Hearnes
Cole County
Randolph County
Moberly Men's Training Center
Webster County
Fordland
Nixon May Drop Meat Import Bars
President Nixon weighs temporarily lifting meat import quotas to ease rising food prices while keeping open the option of tougher controls. He said a study is needed and benefits may appear over months. The Cost of Living Council discussed expanding price controls and possible removal of exemptions on raw agricultural products.
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Five Story Hospital Wing Falls at Wellsville NY
A five story wing of Jones Memorial Hospital collapsed into the Genesee River early today after flood waters undermined it. The wing had been evacuated with no injuries. The collapse opened a large hole in the hospital. patients were relocated. Almond town faced 60 feet of backed up water threatening destruction. officials warned it could wipe Almond off the map.
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Wellsville
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Jones Memorial Hospital
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Almond
McGovern Gets Platform Clout in Democratic Drafting
In Washington the Democratic Platform Committee convened to elect a permanent chair and form a drafting subcommittee. McGovern's delegates secured six of the 15 subcommittee seats, with Humphrey Muskie and Wallace each allotted two. Richard Neustadt named permanent chairman as work begins on a Vietnam peace pledge and the party principles for Miami Beach.
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