Bankers Edge Ford's Theatre 104 97 In Close Battle
The Commerce Bankers overcame a tight start to beat Ford's Theatre of Columbia 104 97 in amateur basketball. Mark Thoenen and Dave Wilkinson led with 25 points each, followed by Ron Kemp and Ken Reuter with 17 apiece. Dan Thoenen and Dwight Linnemeyer added 10 each.
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Commerce Bankers
Ford
Theatre of Columbia
Bankers
Mark Thoenen
Dave Wilkinson
Ron Kemp
Ken Reuter
Dan Thoenen
Dwight Linnemeyer
Mexico Bassmasters elect 1977 officers and report season
In its annual meeting the Mexico Bassmasters Club elected Tom Hooks president for 1977 with Jim Faughn as vice president and Shelby Blumhost as secretary treasurer. Walter Allen named Bassmaster of the Year 1976, Richard Tremblay runner up. Retiring president Brad Moore noted 105 bass caught, 94 released alive, with tournaments at Bull Shoals Lake of the Ozarks Pomme De Terre Stockton and Thomas Hill.
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Mexico
Bassmasters Club
Tom Hooks
Rte. 1
Centralia
Jim Faughn
Maple St
Shelby Blumhost
Promenade St
Walter Allen
Ringo
Richard Tremblay
Thompson
Brad Moore
Bull Shoals
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme DeTerre
Stockton
Thomas Hill
Allen
Jim Clay
Pete Castenada
Hooks
Paul Jones
Auxvasse
Konrad Charles
Moore
Tremblay
Canadiens edge Blues 4-2 as election results distract crowd
Montreal defeated St. Louis 4-2 at the Forum in a rare Monday NHL game. Mario Tremblay and Doug Risebrough scored with Yvan Cournoyer and Steve Shutt adding others. Ken Dryden stopped 26 shots while Eddie Johnston and Ed Staniwski combined for 43 saves for the Blues. The 16,193 fans watched as Quebec election results flashed on a board and players admitted the distraction.
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Montreal
AFP
Montreal Forum
Montreal Canadiens
St. Louis Blues
Quebec
Canadiens
Scotty Bowman
Mario Tremblay
Doug Risebrough
Yvan Cournoyer
Steve Shutt
Larry Patey
Chuck Lesley
Blues
Ken Dryden
St. Louis
Eddie Johnston
Ed Staniewski
Missouri in line for federal fish and wildlife funds
Missouri ranks eighth for fisheries money and tenth for wildlife and hunter safety in the 1978 apportionments of federal excise tax rebates. The state can receive about $951,419 for wildlife, $213,935 for fisheries, and overall Missouri shares in over $46 million nationwide.
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Jefferson City
America
Missouri
California
Texas
Alaska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Florida
Pennsylvania
New York
Montana
Oregon
Smokey the Bear Visitor Gift Sparks Fire Safety Lesson
RoseAnn Edmondson of Rockwoods Reservation guided a visiting second grade class through a Smokey the Bear film and fire prevention talk. Afterward a boy handed her a small ragged book of matches, recalling Smokey's warning about forest flames.
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ST. Louis
Smokey the Bear
RoseAnn Edmondson
Department of Conservation
Rockwoods Reservation
Ms. Edmondson
Record Buffalo Breaks State and World Marks in Missouri
In Poplar Bluff Dr. W J Long landed a 66 pound buffalo surpassing Missouri’s 38 pound rod and reel state record and bigger than any world mark. Debate centers on whether two anglers played the fish or one, affecting world record eligibility.
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Poplar Bluff
Court of Appeal
W. J. Long
Missouri
Field and Stream Magazine
Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame
Dr. Long
Butler County
Louis
Shimmy) Boyet
Boy
Boyer
Mary Ball
Conservation Department
Dennis Keeney
Station Knoc
Long
Lovel Hall
Doniphan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Towa
Texas
Ita
Taberville Prairie Named Natural Landmark in Missouri
The National Park Service designates Taberville Prairie near Taberville as a registered natural landmark. A bronze plaque on Indian Roost marks the site, a rare remnant of native tallgrass prairie in Missouri, where conservation efforts preserve the area for posterity.
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Taberville
Missouri
Neeneced Natural
Taberville Prairie
The
Conservation Department
Talles Prairie
National Park Service
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Rex Morgan
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Mary Worth
Karen
MR Crawford
Beetle
Bailey
Gasoline Alley
Gramps
Dick Tracy
Lunia
AP Newsfeatures
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Chipper
ANJ A4
SHELL
Rita Tai
Ryatts Peore
Ron Hedrick
Dan
Doug
Callaway County
Deer
Bass Club
Ledger
Richard Vance
Osage Beach
Charles and
Jones
Meramec Basin
Allen Bail
Keyan Blumhost
Jerry Potts
Doug Giesler
Clarence Becker
Rex Rodenbaugh
Shelby County
Smokey
Larry Ramsell
Freshwater Hall Records
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