McGee's New Building Wins Certificate
McGee Packing Co receives a citation from Mexico Women's Club for its new Route J plant. Oren McGee marks 30 years in business as Bob McGee explains 42 staff and weekly 350 to 400 cattle processed. The project cites beautification and community impact while Handi-Shop awards honor A P Green Co Kaiser Refractories Wetterau Foods with commendations.
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Bob McGee
McGee's Packing Co
Mexico
Women's Club
General Federation of Women's Clubs and Cities Service Co
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Handi-Shop, Inc
Errol K. Gann
A.P. Green Co
Kaiser Refractories
Wetterau Foods, Inc
Norman Kossmann
al Galioto
Dave Elliott
Handi-Shop Board
John Blass
Missouri Association of Sheltered Workshop
Columbia
Missouri
State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Arthur L. Mallory
Oren McGee
Women’s Club of Mexico
Oran Workers Get TA Jobless Funds
Five hundred workers at International Hat Company in Oran Missouri have been certified by the U S Department of Labor as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance TA. The certification covers workers unemployed on or after March 9 1975 and directs them to apply at the Missouri Division of Employment Security offices. About 20 TA petitions in Missouri have been certified since the Trade Act of 1974 took effect in September 1975 with federal benefits totaling about $8 million paid to certified Missouri workers.
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Jefferson City
International Hat Company
Oran
U.S. Department of Labor
Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Geoffrey McCarron
U. S.S. Secretary of Labor
McCarron
Missouri Division of Employment Security
Missouri
U. S
Wetterau Names New Delp Co Executives in Reading
Wetterau Incorporated announces Jansen as general manager of G H Delp Co Reading Pa. He previously led Wetterau Bloomington division and owned four St Louis area IGA stores. Dave A Bowe becomes assistant to the general manager and sales manager. Leonard Y Waldron named vice president director of special projects, board member and former Scott City Mo division leader.
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Hazelwood
Albert B. Jansen
G. H. Delp Co
Reading
Wetterau Incorporated
Paul A. Cox
Wetterau Food Services
Jansen
Bloomington
Ind
Wetterau
IGA
St. Louis
Dave A. Bowe
Delp
Keene, N.H
Leonard Y. Waldron
Waldron
Wetterau Board of Directors
Scott City
Insurance Man Calls for Direct Auto Part Sales Reform
Washington AP Insurance executive says exclusive auto body parts sales through franchised new car dealers pushes price increases. State Farm VP Donald P. McHugh cites a 64 percent price rise from 1974 to 1976 and urges manufacturers to sell directly from parts warehouses. FTC official Owen Johnson notes a failed 1968 voluntary plan, with GM likely paying dealers over 70 million in wholesale compensation, yet independents still face higher prices.
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Washington
Donald P. McHugh
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
McHugh
State Farm
Frank E. Moss
D-Utah
Owen M. Johnson Jr
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Competition
Johnson
General Motors
Unemployment Rises in Missouri in January
Missouri's unemployment grew in January with a 38,900 rise from December. Department figures show 154,000 Missourians out of work and the jobless rate climbing from 7.2 to 7.6 percent, the Department of Relations announced.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Geoffrey McCarron
Department
Wholesale compensation system praised by NADA chief
John J. Pohanka, president of the National Automobile Dealers Association, testified that the wholesale compensation system is fundamentally sound, while other testimony cited dropped remarks in the same proceedings.
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Johnson
John J. Pohanka
National Automobile Dealers Association
Missouri Senate weighs boost to unemployment fund
Proposals to replenish Missouri unemployment funds deplete after years of strain. Senate Labor and Management Relations Committee hears options to raise the tax base and adjust employer contributions, with plans for possible interim study after the April 30 session end.
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McCarron
General Assembly
Grabke
Senate
ICG Division Sets Employee Safety Record in 1975
The Missouri Division of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, IC Industries, posted a new employee safety record for 1975 and won the President's Safety Trophy for the second consecutive year. The division, the railroad's fourth largest, spans about 1,148 miles with nearly 1,000 employees and includes Springfield, Lincoln, Pontiac, Dwight, La Salle, Roadhouse, Tl., Kansas City and Mexico, Mo., with headquarters in Bloomington Illinois.
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Bloomington
Ill
Missouri
Iinois Central Gulf Railroad
ICG
IC Industries
Springfield
Lincoln
Pontiac
Dwight
la Salle
Roadhouse
Kansas City
Mexico
Missouri mineral output hits high again in 1975
Missouri's mineral production ranked second in 1975 after 1974, with total value at 672.3 million dollars. Copper output rose 21.1 percent from 1974, natural gas up 35.6 percent amid energy demand, and coal up 21 percent, while lead fell 11.6 percent despite remaining about 55 percent of U.S. supply.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Department of Natural Resources
Lion
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D-St. Louis
Black Feed & Produce
Buddy Black
Nutrena Feeds Company
Executive Inn
Farmers Mutual
Larry Lierheimer
Richard Lierheimer
E. Liberty
Sam
Tome
New York
Ie Agen
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New York Life
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Missouri State Highway Patrol
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