Weather Outlook and Local Notices Highlight Spring Conditions
Official 7:00 am readings show a 24 hour high near 80 and low around 60 with a 30 to 40 percent chance of showers. Missouri areas expect unsettled skies and possible thunderstorms, with weekend highs in the 70s to mid 80s and showers through Tuesday. Admissions and dismissals at Audrain Medical Center include several names. marriage license filings listed. a St Petersburg Times reporter loses appeal for confidential source. Memorial Day close affects Senior Luncheon Service at Garfield Community Center with weekly menus and advance reservations required.
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Missouri
Garfield Community Center
Gas line repair and public safety report from Audrain County
The Daily Record notes Panhandle Eastern Pipeline workers repaired a broken gas line near McGee Packing Co. north of Mexico after a 9 45 p m Friday eruption. Residents reported a loud blast and officers stood by as gas escaped then shifted to another line. Also covered are a highway crash injuring Bruce M Bounds and hospital surgery planned, a list of speeding charges in magistrate court, a circuit court venue change, births in Audrain County with numerous names and addresses, and death notices for local residents.
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Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
McGee Packing Co
Mexico
Sheriff's Department
Pipeline Co
Highway Patrol
Bruce M. Bounds
Boyd Bounds
Farber
Audrain Medical Center
Highway 54
Route AA
Randall D. Shipman
Eugene
Callaway County
Delores Lorraine Precht
Burdette Maynard Constant
Frank Conley
Route D
Audrain County
Precht
Edwards, Seigfieid
Runge and
Hodge
Tortoises To Have Own 500 Race at Overton Park Zoo
MEMPHIS AP Three Galapagos tortoises at Overton Park Zoo will race in the first International Tortoise 500 on Memorial Day weekend. Contenders include one female and two males, the largest tipping the scales at 250 pounds. The course spans 500 inches on a grassy midtown zoo area, with a lettuce prize and a kiss from Kathy Moore. Wallach hopes other zoos join as fame grows.
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Memphis
Midtown Zoo
Wallach
Over the Counter and NYSE Stock Moves Snapshot
Trading notes show A B Chance at 12 percent ask, Commerce Bancshares 20 percent, Wetterall 16 percent. NYSE closes with Combustion Engineering up 1 percent to 37, Dresser Industries up to 41 percent, Interco flat, Kaiser Aluminum up, Ralston Purina up, Wal-Mart up 1 percent, US Gypsum both issues steady or down small percentages.
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A. B. Chance
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterall
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal-Mart
Hatton 4-H Meeting Plans June Livestock Tour and Events
Hatton 4-H members met at the Hatton Community Hall for the May session led by Gary Jones with pledges by Sandy Haley and songs by Susan Haley and Judy Vaughn. Minutes were read, reports given, and plans set for a June 9 livestock tour at 1:00 p.m. at the community hall. a skating party is planned for June 3 from 7 to 10 p.m.. June 1 is set for countywide livestock judging at the John Hopkins farm north of Hatton. Auxvasse Fair is July 9–13.
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Hatton
4-H
Gary Jones
Sandy Haley
Susan Haley
Judy Vaughn
Patti Hopkins
Marsha Christensen
Orville Vorhis
Vorhis
John Hopkins
Leach Names Baby Daughter Tonya Renee Leach
Mr and Mrs George Leach Route 3 Centralia chose Tonya Renee Leach for their newborn daughter born at 1207 a mWednesday at Audrain Medical Center The couple has two older daughters Michelle Christine 4 and Stephanie Dawn 2 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Bryan Gruber of Montgomery City Mr Leach works for Missouri Power and Light Co
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Tonya Renee Leach
George Leach
Route 3
Centralia
Audrain Medical Center
Michelle Christine
Stephanie Dawn
Bryan Gruber
Montgomery City
Leach
Missouri Power and Light Co
Missouri opens bids on 19.5 million highway projects
Missouri Highway Commission bid openings list 10 road projects totaling 19.5 million dollars. Low bids include Kenneth H Boedeker landscape contractor on U 54 Jefferson City, J A Tobin and Clarkson on US 24 Kansas City area, Snyder Construction on US 66 Joplin, S J Potashnick Cape Girardeau on US 160, Bangert Brothers and Millstone in St Louis for Missouri 31 and related work.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Highway Commission
Cole
U.S. 54
Missouri River Bridge
Kenneth H. Boedeker
Higginsville
Jackson
U.S. 24
Kansas City
J.A. Tobin Construction Co
Kan
Clarkson Construction Co
Jasper
U.S
Brooklyn Heights
Carthage
Snyder Construction Co
Joplin
Ripley
Missouri
North Junction
S.J. Potashnick Construction Co
Cape Girardeau
St. Francois
Bismarck
Elvins
Bangert Brothers Road Buildings Inc
Maryland Heights
Millstone Construction Inc
St. Louis
Hungate Reports Grades Given To Congress Members
Congressman Bill Hungate notes Congressional Quarterly ratings of Missouri delegation for 1973. NFU and COPE score Hungate high for backing farm and labor interests, ACA ranks him among the more conservative, ADA places him among the liberal group, with mixed scores across the delegation.
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Washington, D.C
Bill Hungate
D-Mo
Congressional Quarterly
Congress
National Farmers Union
NFU
America
Hungate
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Americans For Constitutional Action
ACA
Missouri
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Tom Rees
California
Bella Abzug
Gerald R. Ford
House
NFU Cope Acaada
Ellington Rites At Episcopal Cathedral
Jazz great Duke Ellington dies of cancer at 75. Tributes pour in from Dinah Shore and President Nixon who awards the Medal of Freedom in 1970. Funeral at the Episcopal Cathedral of St John the Divine, burial in the Bronx. Survived by sister Ruth and son Mercer, a trumpet player in the Ellington band.
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New York
Duke Ellington
Dinah Shore
Nixon
Duke
America
Bing Crosby
Louis Armstrong
George Wein
Ellington
Episcopal Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Bronx
Ruth
Mercer
Speed Limit Will Trim Fatalities
ST Louis AP. The new 55 mph limit is cited by R Dale Findlay of the Missouri Safety Council as saving lives. He says Missouri highway deaths are 40 percent below last year and national rates are about 25 percent lower. He warns raising the limit without study would threaten safety. Many drivers support the limit while critics object to scofflaws.
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St, Louis
R. Dale
Findlay
Missouri Safety Council
Missouri
Safety Council
Dibble To Tell About HDC Housing
John Dibble director HDC will present a progress report on housing renovation on Channel 12 at 6 p.m. The current repairs focus Pollock Road area and more houses are planned citywide. The program targets residents ineligible for loans from other agencies to improve appearance and winterize homes.
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Human Development Corp
John Dibble
HDC
Pollock Road
Dibble
US Moves To Outlaw Firecrackers
Washington AP. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission moves toward banning sale and manufacture of fire crackers of all sizes as of June 17 unless a delay hearing is requested. The rule overrides 18 states permitting sales and targets bootleg fireworks while setting standards for other legal devices. An estimated 6,500 fireworks injuries occur yearly, many under age 15, with warnings and handling instructions required.
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Washington
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
GM Plans Six Smaller Cars to Boost Slumping Sales
GM announces five new subcompact models across Chevrolet Buick Oldsmobile and Pontiac plus a luxury Cadillac later this year. Prices for 1975 models will rise substantially, with cost increases seen as several hundred dollars per vehicle. Subcompacts may reach about 2750, while sporty models target around 3500 and Cadillac around 7000. GM aims for small cars to account for 40 percent of total sales, up from 21 percent in 1973, without abandoning the large car market.
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Detroit
General Motors
Auto Giant
Chevrolet
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Cadillac
Richard Gerstenberg
Gerstenberg
Teacher Fired Over Morals Wins Job Back
The Illinois 5th District Appellate Court upheld reinstatement and back pay for Elizabeth Ann Reinhardt, a long‑time Alton kindergarten teacher fired for immorality after becoming pregnant while unmarried. The court found no harm to pupils or parents and affirmed the Madison County ruling granting reinstatement and about 27000 dollars in back pay.
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Mount Vernon, Ill
Illinois 5Th District Appellate Court
Alton, Ill
Elizabeth Ann Reinhardt
Alton
Reinhardt
Madison County Circuit Court
Coldwell Nursing Home Patient Injured Loading Lawn Mower
Thomas Coldwell of Coldwell Nursing Home was injured Monday May 6 while loading a riding lawnmower into an El Camino. He is in satisfactory condition in Boone County Hospital room 650, undergoing tests and skin grafts for burns suffered in a 1945 fire. The mower slipped back and toppled onto him.
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Thomas Coldwell
Coldwell Nursing Home
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Mr. Coldwell
Vinyl Chloride Cancer Study Kept Secret
Houston EPA study on vinyl chloride awaits legal disposition and possible prosecutions. Samples near chemical plants along the Ship Channel assess atmospheric concentrations while 12 deaths globally tie to the gas and angiosarcoma is suspected. At Goodrich Louisville plant, 100 scientists work to reduce worker exposure, with automation likely.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Environmental Protection Agency
Houston Ship Channel
EPA
Dallas
United States
Collins
Glenn E. Schweitzer
Akron
Ohio
B.F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Louisville
Anton Vittone
Chemical Division
DeFreeze watched pals die then killed himself in SLA shootout
Los Angeles coroner recounts the blaze tied to the Symbionese Liberation Army raid. DeFreeze and six others died in the fire and gun battle, with Hearst and two fugitives still missing. Six SLA members perished from smoke and burns, while DeFreeze was last to die.
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Nancy Day
Associated Press
LOS Angeles (Ap
Donald “Cinque
DeFreeze
Los Angeles
Thomas Noguchi
Patricia Hearst
William and
Emily Harris
Hollywood
Quartzsite
Ariz
California
Miss Hearst
SLA
Noguchi
Nancy Ling Perry
Camilla Hall
William Wolfe
Patricia Soltysik
Angela Atwood
Miss Hall
Perry
Coleader
Miss Atwood
Wolfe
Miss Soltysik
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Wellsville
Roy G. Cowles
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Maynard L. Holdeman
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Dade City
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St. Petersburg Times
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Robert Williams
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Rosebud
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Robinhood
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Mississippi
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East Third Street
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Lamberson Trailer Park
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S. Walnut
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Mortimer St
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South Denton
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E. Monroe
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Lakeview
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E. Gage
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Cleveland
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Foods I Project
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Russell Hardesty
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Clifford Holmes
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Hatton 4-H Club
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Ronnie Cox
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Donnie Cox
Melvin Reed
Arizona
Organ Pipe National Monument
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Malibou
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Bill] Martin
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Reed
Mabel Thomas
Wichita Falls
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Episcopal Cathedral
David Elliott
Bennington Road
M.G. Hoberman
Eliott
Wetterall Foods
Elliott
Kevin
Natalie
St. Brendan's School
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Hawthrone
Hawthorne
Missouri Cities Water Co
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John Blass
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