Weather and community briefs from Missouri and Kansas City
Official 7:00 a.m readings show rainfall and temperatures with notes on month to date and year to date totals. Forecasts indicate clear to partly cloudy tonight, with Friday showers or thunderstorms and an 80 percent precipitation probability. Missouri outlook calls for partly cloudy to cloudy with a chance of showers and highs in the 70s. Reports cover police activity, fire calls, courthouse actions, grain prices, livestock markets, and stock quotes.
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Missouri
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. OF AG
Marty Schroeder
Sailor Kudirka Sentenced to Ten Years for Treason
Soviet sailor Simas Kudirka, who was denied asylum by the U.S. Coast Guard, was convicted of treason by the Lithuanian Supreme Court and sentenced to 10 years in a prison camp. A court spokesman in Vilnius said the sentence is relatively light and exempt from further appeals.
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Moscow
Simas Kudirka
U.S Coast Guard
Lithuania
Supreme Court
Kudirka
Vilnus
Quorum Delay Holds Vote on Lowering Voting Age
In Jefferson City Missouri the Senate Judiciary Committee lacked a quorum delaying a vote on lowering the voting age to 18. Chairman Maurice Schechter said a session would be scheduled for Thursday to bring the measure to a vote after the Elections Committee had approved a related resolution.
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Jefferson City
Senate Judiciary Committee
Maurice Schechter
Dcteve Coeur
Senate Elections Committee
Judiciary Committee
U.S
House
Senate
Ike Skelton
D-Lexington
Elections Committee
Missouri House Sends Bills Back After Narrow Vote
The House returned several Senate bills with minor changes as leaders scrambled for enough members to pass a 10 percent pay boost for judges. A bill aligning Missouri meat inspection with federal law was sent to the governor to unlock federal funds and reduce federal inspections. The House also approved a measure requiring orange triangles on slow-moving vehicles on federal and state highways and paved county roads, a change returned to the Senate.
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House
Senate
Missouri House
Missouri
Tony Heckemeyer
Dsikeston
State Department of Agriculture
Car Plunges From Elk Fork Bridge Near Paris
Luther Broaddus a 65 year old Madison man drove his 1970 Chevrolet off the Elk Fork Bridge two miles south of Paris at 1040 p m. The car sheared 42 feet of railing and dropped 21 feet to the riverbank edge. He was treated at a Paris clinic for a cut and rib injuries then moved to Woodland Hospital Moberly. No tickets were issued.
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Paris
Luther Broaddus
Madison
Elk Fork
State
Broaddus
Woodland Hospital
Moberly
Monroe County
Flags at Half Mast in Paris
Paris veteran leader Roy Jones of American Legion Post 221 requests merchants fly flags at half mast Friday in honor of Spec. 5 Gary Lynn Hollingsworth killed May 18 in Vietnam. Funeral services set for Friday afternoon in Paris. Legion members to meet at the Legion hall at 1 30 p.m.
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Paris
Roy Jones
American Legion Post
Gary Lynn Hollingsworth
Vietnam
Spec
Hollingsworth
Jones
Legion Hall
Miss Bessie Thomas To Be Buried Here
Graveside services for Miss Bessie Mae Thomas 86 will be 10 30 a m Saturday at Elmwood Cemetery with Harry J Moore in charge. She died yesterday in Glenmore Hospital Columbus Ohio born March 1 1885 in Gantt community daughter of Marcus A and Elizabeth Thomas formerly of Louisville and Mexico. She was a Glenmore Hospital nursing staff member and Christian Science Church member. Survivors include two nieces Mrs Robert M Clayton Hannibal and Mrs Tony B Lumpkin Mexico six great nieces and a great nephew. three sisters preceded her. Friends may call at Precht Pickering funeral home after 7 p m Friday.
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Bessie Mae Thomas
Elmwood
Harry J. Moore
Glenmore Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
Miss Thomas
Gantt
Marcus A
Elizabeth Thomas
Louisville
Mexico
Thomas
Christian Science Church
Robert M. Clayton
Hannibal
Tony B. Lumpkin
Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
Paris R II High School Valedictorian and Honors List
Carla Wood and Donald Wilkerson top Paris R II High School. Wood valedictorian and Wilkerson salutorian. Multiple awards announced including Mexico Ledger Citizenship to Craig Evans and Ledger Courtesy to Wilkerson. Wilkerson also wins American Legion God and Country Award and MFA Scholarship. Other honorees include Susan Sharp, David Raines, Sharon Ill, Randy Boulware, Relda Herron, Martha Dowell, Brenda Winterbower, Janice Smiley, Rebecca Vanlandingham, and Craig Evans with various writing, music, leadership, and scholarship honors.
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Paris
Carla Wood
Carl Wood
Donald Wilkerson
Ralph Wilkerson
Santa Fe
American Legion
Susan Sharp
David Raines
John Phillip Sousa
Danforth Foundation
Craig Evans
Mure Turnbaugh
Sharon Ill
Sandra Long
Mary Ann Williams
Progressive Club
Randy Boulware
Relda Herron
Charles Mitchell
Martha Dowell
Brenda Winterbower
Paris Rotary
Janice Smiley
Beta Sigma Phi
Herring
Rebecca Vanlandingham
Paris Optimists
Mrs. Golian Dies in Hannibal at 58
Viola Elizabeth Golian 58 of Hannibal died at Levering Hospital at 10 33 p m Monday Funeral services planned Thursday at Smith Funeral Chapel with Rev D Randall Cone officiating Burial set for Mt Oliver Cemetery She was born March 11 1913 in Shelbina to Sherman and Hattie Oliver and was a Jehovahs Witness Formerly employed at International Shoe Company Survived by husband Martin Golian two daughters Delores Lynn and Rochella Woodford two sons Martin Golian Jr and David Lee Golian two step sons John and Joe Golian and a stepdaughter Helen Rogers seven grandchildren and four sisters
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Golian
International Shoe Company
Martin Golian
Henry
Delores) Lynn
Farber
Gene (Rochella) Woodford
Monroe City
Martin Golian Jr
David Lee Golian
John Golian
Joe Golian
Herb
Helen
Mrs. Virgil Seckler Dies in Springfield
Funeral services for Mrs. Virgil Mae Seckler of Springfield, formerly of Mexico, were held Tuesday at the Christian Church in Springfield. She died Saturday evening. Survivors include two daughters, including Mrs. Ferne Sanford of Springfield, and another daughter. A son and Mr. Seckler preceded her in death.
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Virgil
Mae) Seckler
Springfield
Mexico
The
Christian Church
Seckler
Charles
Ferne) Sanford
Bomb Hoax Follows Ransom Case
A man claiming to pull the half million dollar airline bomb hoax said he hid a bomb on a jet with 77 passengers en route to Adelaide. Police and airport officials treated the threat seriously as the plane landed safely for search. no device found. A Sydney caller warned of another hoax and notes carried ransom serial numbers linked to the case.
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Sydney
Australia
Perth
Adelaide
Brown
Mr. Brown
Qantas
Hong Kong
Mexico 20 Students Start 16th Practical Nursing Class
Twenty students chosen for the 16th class of the Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing begin July 1. The program is sponsored by the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School and affiliated with Audrain Medical Center. Selection committee members include Miss Caroline Davis and others from Audrain Medical Center, the Missouri State Employment Security Office, and the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School.
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Mexico
Census Skips St Thomas Mo Population Omitted
St Thomas Missouri population listed as 175 with about 60 more in annexation area. Mayor Dan Schmidt, of the Cole County village south of Jefferson City, found the omission while pursuing state gasoline tax qualification.
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ST. Thomas
Dan Schmidt
Cole County
Jefferson City
St.Thomas
3 Day Search For Keys Saves County 500
Sheriff Bud Elkin reported keys taken from a Boone County Jail deputy during Monday’s jailbreak were found near St Charles Road about a mile from highway 63. The find ended a three day effort by 14 to 6 men using a metal detector and search parties that could have cost $500 for lock replacement.
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Boone County
Bud Elkin
St. Charles Road
Highway 63
Elkin
James Martin
St. Louis
Columbia
Roger Wyatt Wins $150 Jaycee Wives Scholarship
The Mexico Jaycee Wives award $150 to Roger Dale Wyatt of Thompson. He is a Centralia High School graduating senior planning to attend Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. Scholarship committee members included Sandy Arens, Linda Hilton, and Rita Gipson, with president Mrs. Robert Kirgan.
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Mexico
Coal Miners Double Demands in New Contract Talks
The United Mine Workers, after a nationwide 1968 strike, plans demand levels twice the size of the 1965 package won from soft coal. Also noted, Mrs. Lydia Tucker was admitted to Allen Nursing Home.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Lydia Tucker
Allen Nursing Home
Subsidy totals for Audrain and nearby farms exceed $20,000
Audrain County and surrounding farms received substantial federal farm subsidies last year. A.C. Farms Inc of Mexico earned 33518, with Wise Bros Inc of Kingdom City at 25971 and Raymond Atkinson at 26553. Boone County entries include Bass 43844 and Williamson 24913. Pike County saw Pike Grain Co of Louisiana 38770 and Dundee Cement 33332. Missouri’s total subsidies reached 8.5 million.
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Paul Findley
Illinois
A.C. Farms, Inc
Mexico
John Schindler
Centralia
Wise Bros
Kingdom City
Pleasant Smith
John Heim
Vandalla
J. Lowell Wise
Wise Bros. Inc
Raymond Atkinson
Boone County
Dorsey M. Bass
John Sam Williamson
Smith Brothers
Columbia
Pike County
Pike Grain Co
Louisiana
Dundee Cement
Clarksville
Marion Mackey
Rep
Findley
US House Agriculture Committee
Paper Bags Millionaire Kidnapped and Tortured in New Jersey
State police say Joseph Moriarty known as Newsboy, who hid 3.4 million in paper bags in 1961, was abducted in Jersey City and tortured with a blowtorch and beaten at a Howell Township house. He escaped handcuffed, reaching a highway where a motel owner alerted police. Kidnappers, still being sought, targeted him to uncover more cash.
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Howell Township
N.J
Joseph
Moriarty
Jersey City
Hudson County
Four Latvian Jews convicted of anti-Soviet slander
Four Latvian Jews were convicted in Riga after a closed trial for anti-Soviet slander. The court sentenced them to one to three years in prison. Tass reported the group reprinted anti-Soviet publications from Tel Aviv and duplicated other slanderous materials.
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Moscow
Riga
Tass
Tel Aviv
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