Weather and health notes from Ledgerland and Missouri area
Official 7:00 a.m readings show last day highs 37 lows 16 with 7 a.m. 16. Forecasts call for fair cold weather tonight with a low near 10, sunny Friday with highs in the 30s, Missouri mostly sunny in the north and central regions with highs in the 30s to 40s. Extended outlook through Monday predicts a chance of thundershowers late Saturday into Sunday, mild with 30s to 50s, then clearing and cooling Monday. Lake levels at multiple lakes report varied variations above or below normal, with Beaver and Bull Shoals notably above normal. Admitted patients at Audrain Medical Center include numerous area residents and one newborn daughter born at 6:07 p.m. Wednesday. many others were dismissed. Public safety notes include a summons for failing to yield the right of way.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Holtcamp
Dana K. Smiley
W. Emmons
Coal and
Promenade
Robert Dailing
Route 3
Darling
Mary Louise Todd
Olive and
Robinson
Col
Charles R. Stribling II
Missouri Military Academy
Tg&y
West Plaza
Debra Ann Barton
Jonesburg
George L. Prior
W. Robinson
Clark Streets
Les Milan
N. Jefferson
Collision reports and court notes in The Daily Record
The Daily Record reports a series of local traffic accidents on Coal Promenade and Olive Robinson Streets with several minor damages and citations. It also covers sheriff and city court actions including a prison transfer, multiple guilty pleas, fines and a circuit court petition over unpaid electrical work.
Market Report Amid Mixed Grain And Stock Activity
Market reports show cattle 1,300 head with insufficient offers, no sheep receipts, and grain quotes in Chicago with wheat at 3.67 and corn around 3.02 to 2.98. NYSE list includes Robbie Brooks, Emerson Electric, Kaiser Aluminum, and Wal-Mart among fluctuating prices as market declines amid profit taking. Dow down 5.79 to 757.90 at noon. broad losses outpaced gains with subdued trading activity.
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Cash Grain
Chicago
Commerce Bancshares
Wetteran
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
A.B. Chance
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal-Mart
NEW York
American Motors
American Stock Exchange
Rites Friday For Mrs. Amy Fagg 86 Centralia
Funeral services for Mrs. Amy Fagg 86 will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Meador and Son Funeral Home in Centralia conducted by Rev. Donald Mattson. Visitation is at the funeral home until services. Burial will be in Centralia Cemetery. Mrs. Fagg born June 17 1888 in Hallsville was daughter of J W and Sadie Ratliff. She married Robert L Fagg in 1909. he died in 1950. She operated a boarding house and worked at Famous Dry Goods. She was a member of Centralia First Christian Church. Survived by daughter Mrs J D Famous Turner of St James Mo two grandchildren J D Turner Jr and Mrs James Oswald.
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Centralia
Meador and Son
Donald Mattson
Amy Fagg
Robert L. Fagg
Deaths James R Towson 61 in Jefferson City
James R Towson 61 died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home in Jefferson City. Born March 28 1913 at Mexico he was administrative secretary for the Missouri State Tax Commission from 1946 until his death. Survived by wife Margaret Maddox Towson a son two grandchildren two brothers and a sister. Funeral services Friday 11 a.m. at Buescher Funeral Home with Masonic rites 8 p.m. today. burial Hawthorn Memorial Gardens. Memorials to Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital St. Louis.
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Jefferson City
James R. Towson
Mexico
James Ronald
Pete Melvina Wilkerson Towson
Margaret Maddox
Leonard Davis
Towson
Mexico High School
U.S. Navy
Missouri State Tax Commission
State Senate
Buescher Funeral Home
Hawthorn Memorial Gardens
Buescher Funeral
Shriners
Crippled Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
William Rowland Towson
Granite City
Milton K. Towson
Holliday
Fla
Hugh A. Towson
C.H
Melvina) Lanctot
Columbia
A Johnston of Paris Dies at 65
Paris resident Thomas Alonzo Johnston 65 died Wednesday at Community Memorial Hospital in Moberly after a Tuesday admission. Retired farmer born December 12, 1909 in Monroe County. Services set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Agnew Funeral Home with burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery. No surviving relatives.
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Paris
Thomas Alonzo Johnston
Community Memorial Hospital
Moberly
Agnew Funeral Home
Mike Crotch
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Mr. Johnston
Monroe County
Richard
Margaret Waller Johnston
Andy Yager
Carrie DeOrnellas
Howard Neale Dies in Warrenton at 5
Howard A. Neale 5 Warrenton died at 8 30 am Wednesday at the John Cochran Veterans Administration Hospital St Louis after an extended illness Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at Arnold Funeral Home. Burial in East Lawn Memorial Cemetery He was born June 13 1916 in Audrain County son of George and Ida Brue Neale He married Reva Dunwoody March 28 1948 in Mexico He was a farmer and World War II veteran member of Warrenton Baptist Church Survived by wife two sons Roger Howard Neale Nashville Tenn and Phillip Neale at home two daughters Geneva Neale Wentzville and Frances Payton Groom Texas one grandson Brent Payton Groom Texas two brothers Mervin Neale Centralia and George Neale Jr Thompson three sisters J D Williams Centralia Chester Burdick Mexico and Don Gay Lowpoint Ill Family to receive friends after 7 pm today at Arnold Funeral Home.
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Howard A. Neale
Warrenton
John Cochran
Groom
Texas
Brent Payton
Mervin Neale
Centralia
George Neale Jr
Thompson
J.D. Williams
Chester Burdick
Mexico
Don Gay
Lowpoint
Ill
Arnold Funeral Home
Mrs. Childs Of Bellflower Dies At 83
Mrs. C. C. Childs of Bellflower died Wednesday at Frene Valley Nursing Home near Hermann after months of illness. Born December 25, 1891 in Pike County, she married Octavis Childs in February 1912. Survived by husband, a brother Halsey Childs of Champaign, Illinois. two sisters and five brothers preceded her in death. Burial in Montgomery City Cemetery after services at Schlanker Funeral Home.
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Montgomery City
C.C
Lottie M.) Childs
Bellflower
Frene Valley
Hermann
Schlanker Funeral Home
Louis Bynum
Childs
Pike
Audrain Co-op Annual Dinner Tonight At High School
Audrain Coop Assn invites 6550 members to tonight’s 6 pm annual dinner in the high school cafeteria. Paul Purvis says Ken Swails of Jefferson City will speak, with Mr and Mrs Howard Pehle as special guests. Two board seats are up for election.
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Audrain Coop Assn
Paul Purvis
Ken Swails
Jefferson City
Howard Pehle
Granby
Colo
Audrain Co-op
Long Favors 30 Billion Tax Cut to Aid Budget Plan
Washington AP reports Senator Russell B. Long a Democrat from Louisiana and chair of the Senate Finance Committee says he will back a $30 billion tax cut, roughly twice the amount urged by President Ford, signaling a major shift in tax policy debate.
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Long
Washington
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Tornado Alert Drill Planned in Mexico Schools
Students in the Mexico school system will join a tornado alert drill at 10 a.m. Friday. Four city disaster sirens will sound to mark the start and end of the exercise, coordinated by civil defense coordinator Earl Jones and Supt. of Schools Don Palmer.
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Mexico
Earl Jones
Don Palmer
Humphrey Deductions Ruled Out
Minneapolis IRS disallowed income tax deductions of about $199,153 claimed by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey for the gift of vice presidential papers to the Minnesota Historical Society. An aide said Humphrey has agreed to repay taxes with 6 percent annual interest.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota Historical Society
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
David Gartner
Minnesota Democrat
Humphrey
IRS
Bypass Plan Sparks Debate Over Highway 54 Near Mexico
Local officials and farm bureau representatives discuss routing for a proposed four lane bypass to alleviate traffic on Business 54. Residents weigh agricultural impact, land use, and access, with plans showing routes east of town and potential connections to Mexico while defending scenic or rural integrity.
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Patton
Williams
Highway Department
Ollis
Edwin Lierheimer
Doris Hamilton
Roy Kent
Martin Smith
Mr. Smith
Mexico
Louis Boyes
Vic Gray
Missouri Farm Bureau
Audrain Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Nelson Willingham
Gray
Green Co
Benton City
Burlington
Harold Enslen
Auxvasse Hill
John Salmons
Bowling Green
Hearst fugitives face indictments in Harrisburg probe
U S attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania says a federal grand jury in Harrisburg is likely to return indictments this week related to the Symbionese Liberation Army case. The probe centers on Patty Hearst and others harboring Bill and Emily Harris, with several people under investigation and potential immunity deals. The FBI notes they do not know Hearst's current location.
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Hearst
Charles Bates
FBI
San Francisco
Bates
Cattone
U.S
Middle District of Pennsylvania
The
Chronicle
Cottone
Missouri pension bill reshapes legislator and state employee benefits
The measure sets a biennial session pension formula of 45 dollars per session, yielding a 20 year legislator a 450 monthly pension and 5 400 yearly. It ends employee retirement contributions, funds benefits through state taxes, and revises health and life insurance programs. IRS notified Missouri officials last October about the pension plan for retirees and leita andy mol gladity ter.
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U.S. Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Missouri
Leita Andy Mol Gladity Ter
Missouri lawmakers face tax hit over pension tax status
The IRS warns state retirement benefits for legislators exceed normal rules risking $4.5 million yearly in federal taxes on dividends and interest if not corrected. Gov. Valier and Rep. Valier push for a fix, but a bill raising legislator pensions faces opposition due to cost and broader funding changes.
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IRS
Missouri
Witsaint Dale
Piafebog
Pete Oe
Charles E. Walier
Christopher S. Bond
Valier
Suit Seeks 100000 For Man's Death
Mrs. Jane Weber of Mexico filed a petition in Audrain County Circuit Court seeking 100000 for the death of her husband Randall M. Weber. He died March 29 after being struck by a bull on the Barnes farm where he worked. Negligence alleged for maintaining a dangerous bull and unsafe feeding facilities. Edwards Seigfreid Runge and Hodge represent the plaintiff.
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Jane Weber
Route 3
Mexico
John T
Gladys L. Barnes
Audrain County
Randall M. Weber
Barnes
Weber
Edwards, Seigfreid
Runge and
Hodge
Economists See Jobs Down and Food Prices Up
Economists foresee a downturn followed by a rebound in employment and a rise in food costs, with Agriculture Secretary Butz and Alan Greenspan citing a midyear recovery. Government officials warn of debt to spur growth while the Dow falls on profit-taking and a plan to raise federal gasoline taxes gains traction. A new smaller GM car is expected in 1976 with price around 2200 to 2500, and a state talent show was rescheduled to April 18 at William Woods College in Fulton after weather postponement.
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Associated Press
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Alan Greenspan
House
Greenspan
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Treasury
William J. Simon
Simon
U.S
al Ullman
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
Detroit
General Motors
Columbia
William Woods College
Fulton
Phil Melahn
Mexico
Beige
Ptt
Missouri
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Table Rock
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Comer Sheeley
Venita Sapp
Christopher M. Schrameck
Robert W. Berry
Wayne A. Terpstra
James Kidd
Jerome P. Schrameck
Ollie F. Fox
Elizabeth W. Hamilton
Elwood Miller
Earl W. Smith
Carl Kutcher
Vandalia
Jimmie D. Terry
Farber
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Ogle E. Straube
Dale A. Borchett
Oscar Decker
A. Pearl Turner
Iris Bracht
Wellsville
George R. Love
Alixvasse
Daniel G. Poindexter
Steven E. Wilkerson
Joseph Wormington
Clarence Cox
John Curry
Carrie Wainscott
Bonnie J
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Laddonia
Thomas S. Jones
Middletown
Charles Hurshman
Chester McMorris
Deanna Cheney
Daniel Null
Floyd R. Cheney
Hesse Hammett
Evert Fennewald
Martinsburg
Emma_ Fischer
Gerald G. Hubbard
Gary LaForce
Hallsville
Peaths
Mrs. O.C. Childs
Dorothy Holtcamp
Route 4
Boonville
Jeffsa City
Hannibal
Cape Girardeau
Quincy
the Daily Record
Highway Patrol
William E. Sumner
Marilyn J. Sumner
Sumner
Marilyn Sumner
Umner
John ‘Starman
Audrain
Pike County
Starman
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Christy
John Hoard Jr
E. Holt
Judy Ann Major
S. Singleton
Cleo Belle Sims
W. Buchanan
Nina E. Williamson
Kentucky
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S. Olive
Dean Buffington
Bobby Miller
Gary Wayne Sandland
Fort Riley
Kan
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Randy J. Stegeman
S. Fairground
Kent Vanampting
Spencer
Town
Thich
Bruce Leroy Bailey
Steven Vomund
James Richard Curia
Florissant
Lionel Clyde Bertrand
Route 5
W. Anderson St
Bobby R. Hamilton
N. Washington
Linda Ann Johnson
Fieldcrest
Randall Lee Woolridge
Capital City Electric Co
Chevy Chase Project 10
Lomas and Nettleton Co
Chevy Chase
Electric Company
Carson, Inglish
Monaco and
Coil
Public Water Supply District
Water District
Edna McGuire
Marley McGuire
Market Report
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agr
MNS
Roger Parker
MFA
Fowles Grain Co
Chicago—Board of Trade
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Rock Island Loan
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Rock Island Railroad
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ICC
George Stafford
T. A. Johnston
Howard Neale
Patty Hearst
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