Webster and Providence Build On Webster And Providence
Permits issued this week by city building inspector Taylor Sewell for two new homes in Mexico, one at 1714 Providence Rd costing 17 000 for James Davis and another at 1614 Webster Dr for Gary O Bryan costing 27 500. Additional permits cover remodeling, siding, a garage door, and fencing at multiple addresses in Mexico with various costs, plus numerous lot transfers and estate actions listed by name and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Mexico
Taylor Sewell
Dishman Construction Co
Providence Rd
James Davis
Webster
W. Anderson St
Robert N. Anderson
How 33'-a-lb Steer Becomes 1.11 Meat
AP Farm Writer explains the farm to dinner table beef chain, noting record prices in early 1970s. It details cattle prices, carcass conversion, byproducts revenue, and how a 1000-lb steer yields about 439 lb retail beef after processing and losses.
Four Award Winners Earn $20 for A. B. Chance Ideas
Centralia readers noted four employees earning twenty dollars in cash for suggestions to improve A. B. Chance Co equipment and methods. Charles D. Willingham of Madison received two five dollar awards for plastics factory work as a tool assembler. Robert P. Windsor of Centralia and John W. Hendren of Moberly each earned five dollars for ideas. Windsor is a drill press operator, Hendren a punch press operator, all at the Allen Street factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
A. B. Chance Co
Charles D. Willingham
Route 1
Madison
Robert P. Windsor
Reed St
John W. Hendren
Moberly
Willingham
Plastics
Windsor
Hendren
Allen Street
Steer Meat Price Rise Sparks Record Sale Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics notes steak values climbed to over $2 per pound for prized cuts. A 1000‑lb steer yielded 439 lb of meat selling for $468.40, about $1.07 per pound, over three times the live weight cost. After byproduct credit of $20.65, the total markup from feedlot to shopper cart reached $161.26.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Promotions and new licenses in Centralia and Jefferson City
Centralia plant promotes five Chance Co. employees including Melville Alexander and Claude Baker to squeeze molding operator roles while Lawrence Dawson becomes production welder and Mrs. Eddie Joe Lechliter gains cutout and disconnect assembler. Wolverton earns punch press operator. family ties noted. Mexico Life Underwriters meeting featured Social Security official Terry R. Lynch. Alexander and Nelson Alexander referenced. Gene Whitworth receives a new tree service business license in City. In Jefferson City, Dr. R. Bernard Finch is denied an anesthesiologist license amid state policy on medical practice licensing. Finch remains employed at an Eldorado Springs hospital on parole from California.
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Centralia
A. B. Chance Co
Melville Alexander
S. Sappington
Claude Baker
Jacksonville
Lawrence Wayne Dawson
S. Jenkins
Eddie Joe Lechliter
Paris
Dennis Wolverton
Union
Moberly
Punch
Terry R. Lynch
Social Security
Mexico Association of Life
Alexander
Pany
Lynch
Nelson Alexander
Chance
Columbia
Jefferson City
R. Bernard Finch
State Board of Healing Arts
Finch
California
John A. Hailey
Missouri
Eldorado Springs Hospital
Cashless Society Forecasts Flop
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff notes that cash remains dominant in the United States. He cites Morgan Guaranty Survey findings on rising coin and bill totals, changing tax and crime dynamics, and factors like vending machines and currency abroad, arguing the cashless future is not near.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Morgan Guaranty Survey
United States
Morgan
U.S
Lucre
Kay Is Assistant Ward Manager at Montgomery Ward Store
Gary Kay, new assistant manager at Montgomery Ward, arrived in Mexico from Newton Kansas in mid January after two years as a Wards management trainee. A Kansas State University B S graduate from Manhattan in 1962, Kay is single and lives at Salmons mobile home court. He was born in Minneapolis Kansas and previously worked in rural banks. He belonged to Newton Lions Club Toastmasters Newton United Methodist Church.
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Gary Kay
Montgomery Ward
Mexico
Newton
Kan
Wards
Rural Credit Department
Kansas
Kay
Salmons Mobile Home Court
Minneapolis
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Newton Lions Club
Toastmasters Club of
United Methodist Church of
Parked Freight Cars Surround Ankeny Area
A line of railroad freight cars sits sidetracked near Ankeny just north of Des Moines. The aging cars remain stationary along the track, broken only by occasional rail crossings as they snake through the flat farming area.
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Ankeny
Iowa
Des Moines
Boxcars Spark Polk County Property Dispute
A year-old conflict centers on Chicago and North Western Railroad storing derelict freight boxcars along a six mile Fort Dodge to Des Moines line. Residents call the cars eyesores and a drinking spot for teens, while county officials cite zoning and safety concerns and press for removal.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad
Polk County
Fort Dodge- Des Moines
G. R. Hanson
County Board of Supervisors
Also Mentioned on This Page
Providence
Mexico Housing Authority
Ronald Westenhaver
Clark
Beatty
Orpha A. Donaldson
Andy
Winifred Runge
W. C
Lorraine Donaldson
College
Ralph Throckmorton
Lakenan
Barnes
Robert
Virginia Hardwick
Clarence
Mary McKenzie
Louise Drew
Delbert
Marylin Lydbrod
Gary Roppel
James C. Dungan
Lillaby Creek
Tson-Raw
G. Harrison
Mable Martin Sr
John A
Helen C. Pace
Jessie M. Albus
Georgia M. Beastey
William H. Pool
County Addition
Economy Lumber and Supply Co
Loretta Cagle
M. H. Heizer
Joseph T
Naomi Botts
Joseph T. Botts
Paul E
Mabel J. Crawley
Elmer C
Norma Roethemeyer
John C
Alpha E. Eskew
Marvin
Becky Early
Boulevard Addition
Vandalia
Jerry and
Oerthe Cragen
Edna Halley
AP News
Don Kendall
Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Allen Baker
Department
Economic Research Service
M. R. Kemp
East
Monroe
Sore
Lorv Boy
Teiveway
Fade
Paice F
Fovea
FLOOR
Beu Tae
Herman H. York
161St Street
Jamaica
N.Y
Made At Chance Co
Business and Industry News
Lawrence D. Dawson
Ernest Antrim
Lechlster
Wolverton
Terry Lynch
Mexico Area
Dawson
Marion
An McGee
Don Duff
Martin Anchor
Jacques
Gene Whitworth
Whitworth’s
Tree Service
N. Jefferson St
Robert Ligon
B. D. Simon Construction
Armco Building Systems
P.O
Seras
Armco Pau Mre
Pat
Tower Loan CO
N. Washington
Pete Wilson
Mgr
Adkisson Plumbing
MPL
Missouri Power
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