Weather outlook and river stages for Missouri region
Official 7:00 am readings show last 24 hours high 18 and low 8. November month-to-date 1.29 inches, year-to-date 63.16 inches, with rain and possible snow on Wednesday. Missouri forecast calls for clearing tonight then warmer Wednesday with possible snow. river stages listed for Kansas City, Boonville, Jefferson City, Hermann, St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Lake of the Ozarks, with slight declines or stable figures.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Lake of the Ozarks
Hospital Admits List and Court Updates Across Town
Audrain Medical Center officials reported today ad mitted a long list of individuals from multiple towns including Mexico and Centralia. A preliminary hearing for Albert Douglas 76 of 417 Central St. was set for Saturday Dec 19 with bond set at 1000 on each charge.
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Audrain Medical Center
Jim Chapman
Jerry Rodgers
Tomi Adkisson
Geneva Comstock
Roberta Withers
Roland Miller
Richard Armstrong
Minnie V.borner
Ruby
P. Hildebrand
Jerry A. Hutchens
Mexico
Larry J. Groves
New York
Harold A. Branstetter
Middletown
Dorothy Fulkerson
William Telkamper
Wilmeon C. Smithes
Auxvasse
Albert Douglas
Central St
Douglas
Greait Court
Moose Lodge damaged after highway crash near Mexico
A minor crash on Highway 64 south of Mexico damaged the Moose Lodge porch after a car driven by Wilmort Cody Smithee collided with a Miller pickup. Smithee, 61, Auxvasse, faced a driving while intoxicated summons. Damages were about 350 to the Smithee car, 150 to the Miller truck, 100 to the lodge, and 30 to the MPL wire.
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Moose Lodge
Highway 64
Mexico
Wilmort Cody Smithee
Auxvasse
Highway Patrol
Lee Ray Miller
Route 2
Fulton
Highway Department
Smithee
Miller
Missouri
Audrain Medical Center
Highway 19
Audrain County
Darrell Edward Sims
Thompson
Anthony Monaco
Glendale
Sims
Monaco
Topolte
James L. Crossman
Kirkwood
Randall L. Shepard
Wellsville
Montgomery County
Shepard
Highway 54
Kenneth Michael, Swain
Martinsburg
Jo Scott Coon
Swain
Coon
Missouri livestock market seeks higher hogs and steady cattle
Missouri Livestock Market Center reports slaughter hogs up to 25 cents higher across weight classes with strong sow and boar demand. Cattle and calves show steady to higher prices across feeders and slaughter categories, with utility and commercial cows up and bulls mostly steady. National Stockyards notes steady to lower hogs and steady cattle, with varied sheep and lamb values.
Chicago Livestock Prices Summary
Chicago livestock market data shows cattle slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady with several loads: 1,000-1,200 lb steers at 27.50 to 28.00, mixed good to choice at 27.25 to 27.50, 26.00 to 27.27 for Hood. Slaughter heifers 950-1,000 lb at 27.00 to 27.25, mixed good and choice 26.50 for 990 lb. Sheep run includes 86 lb shorn lambs at 28.00, and 80-102 lb wooled lambs at 28.00, 26.00-27.00 for 85-100 lb lambs.
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Jll
Chicago
USDA
Hood
Wives Laud Raid On POW Camp Near Hanoi
In San Diego two wives of men held in North Vietnam praised the attempted rescue as marvelous and daring though one voiced fear for the captives. Sharon Abbott, wife of Maj. Wilfred K. Abbott, said she is stunned and excited as Defense Secretary Laird announced an Army and Air Force team had staged an unsuccessful raid near the North Vietnamese capital.
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San Diego
Calif
North Vietnam
Sharon Abbott
Defense
Melvin R.laird
Army
Air Force
Pentagon
U.S
Laird
Hanoi
Haiphong
Jerry W. Friedham
Marine
Navy
Freidheim
Chicago Grain futures mixed in early trading
Chicago AP reports soybeans and grain futures showing irregular quotes at the open. Wheat was steady to down fractions, corn steady to up fractions, oats firm to higher, while soybeans slipped to or rose slightly with January at about 3.0844.
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Chicago
Infant Jennifer Lynn Poff Born in Columbia Hospital
Mr. and Mrs Lyndall Poff of Auxvasse Route 1 welcomed a daughter Jennifer Lynn born at 12 28 a m Thursday in Boone County Hospital Columbia The Poffs also have a daughter Sherry Ann 11 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Russell Sitton Auxvasse and Mrs L C Poff Hatton Mr Poff works at AP Green Refractories Co
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Auxvasse
Lyndall Poff
Route 1
Jennifer Lynn
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Poffs
Sherry Ann
Poff
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Russell Sitton
L. C. Poff
Hatton
Stock market mixed as Dow slips amid listless trading
New York quotes show gains in farm implements, chemicals, and tobacco while glamour stocks retreat. At noon the Dow fell 0.61 to 766.91 as trading thinned after Monday’s rate cut news. 7 to 6 lead for NYSE gainers over decliners with several issues like U S Gypsum moving higher and Kaiser Aluminum up notices.
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A. B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
U.S
My Lai Gunships Under Fire Reported by Pilot Witness
Former helicopter pilot Brian W. Livingston testified at Lt. William L. Calley Jr. court martial that U S gunships attacked fleeing villagers along Highway 521 at My Lai. He described bodies falling, a horseshoe shaped trench, and said no hostile fire was observed. Other crewmen Hodde and Thompson described widespread dead and the presence of elderly victims in a ditch.
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LORD/ BENNING
U.S
My Lai
Brian W. Livingston
Killeen
Tex
William L. Calley Jr
Livingston
Army
Thompson
Lawrence Colburn
Auburn
Wash
Calley
Suspended Sentence for Lobbyist in McCormack Case
AP reports lobbyist Nathan Voloshen pleaded guilty to influence peddling and conspiracy to misuse the House Speaker's office. He received a suspended sentence after government disclosure of his cooperation in a new corruption investigation. A correction in Temple Stephens ad fixes sweet potato price from 11e to 12c per pound.
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NEW York
Nathan Voloshen
John McCormack
Temple Stephens
Heart Attack Fatal for Mrs. George Tiller in Laddonia
Mrs. George Tiller Sr., 66, died of a heart attack at her Route 4 home in Laddonia around 8:10 last night. Born Viola Frances Lewellen in Monroe City on September 10, 1904, she is survived by her husband and three sons. Funeral services are pending at Bienhoff Funeral Home.
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Laddonia
George Tiller Sr
Route 4
Tiller
Viola Frances Lewellen
Monroe City
Bienhoff Funeral Home
Charles Rites This Afternoon
Funeral services for Ira Levi Charles were to be held this afternoon at Precht-Pickering funeral home conducted by Rev. Robert R. Collins pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery with music by organist Mrs. John W. Willer and Mrs. John M. Conner. Honorary pallbearers include Ralph Gallop Ralph Hueston William S. Lowe and Dr. Harry O'Brien while active pallbearers are Garvin Guy Joe Applebee Winston Reed Bill King Leo Pasley and Tom E. Long.
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Ira Levi Charles
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
Robert R. Collins
First Presbyterian Church
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
John W. Willer
John M. Conner
Ralph Gallop
Ralph Hueston
William S. Lowe
Harry O'Brien
Lewellen Rites Held At Paris in Bethel Cemetery
Funeral services for Orlando I. Lewellen, 94, of the Paris area, were held Friday at Agnew Funeral Home in Paris. The Rev. Roy Kinder officiated. Pallbearers were Russell Bondurant, Millard Haley, Francis Haley, Carl Reynolds, Sanford Lewellen, and Marvin Sudsberry. Burial followed at Bethel Cemetery in Holliday.
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Paris
Orlando I. Lewellen
Agnew
Roy Kinder
Paris First
Turley 18 to be arraigned on state charge
Clarence E. Haynes, 65, facing Turley in the $13,027 holdup, pleaded guilty during the trial and testified for the government. Haynes linked John Larry Ray, jailed on a $53,000 Bank of St Peters robbery charge, as the Betaway driver in the Laddonia robbery. Ray is brother to James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Clarence E. Haynes
Turley
Haynes
John Larry Ray
Hunter’s Shot Hits Man Near Salisbury
David J. Slaybaugh, 22, was injured by a hunter’s bullet Sunday near Salisbury while in Keytesville. The long rifle used was a 30-40 Krag and the shooter reportedly mistook the target for a deer.
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Hunter
Columbia
David J. Slaybaugh
Salisbury
Keytesville
Plunkett Wins Heisman Trophy in Close Vote
Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett, famed for total offense and passing yards, won the Heisman Trophy with 2,229 points from 1,059 voters. Notre Dame’s Joe Theismann finished second with 1,410 points and Archie Manning of Mississippi was third with 849.
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New York
Jim Plunkett
Stanford
Plunkett
Joe Theismann
Notre Dame
Archie Manning
Mississippi
Theismann
Manning
High Draft Numbers Can Change 31st
Washington AP The Selective Service System said a man in this year’s draft pool may drop his deferment by December 31 and be 1-A for all of 1970. If he files on time, his prime exposure to the draft occurs in 1970, potentially moving him to 1-A on January 1, 1971.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Selective Service
Businessman Shot And Killed In Springfield Scuffle
Springfield police report Clyde Carr, 62, a prominent local businessman, shot and killed in front of his apartment during what appears to be a robbery attempt. His wife Eloise heard a prowler. Carr investigated, shouted for help, and then two gunshots were heard.
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Springfield
Clyde Carr
Carr
Eloise
Mexico council considers flood insurance and liquor license moves
City manager outlined flood insurance options with limits for single and multi family dwellings and businesses, noting steps required by the Water Resources Board. Council set a liquor license inquiry for Donald Hardy Jr. and approved a subdivision waiver for the Mexico Housing Authority, with streets Hisey Abat Mansfield Singleton and Buchanan.
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Nielsen
de Attley
Columbia
Smithville
Mexico
Water Resources Board
Donald Hardy Jr
Hardy
Checkerboard Tavern
Ray Durham
Williams
Howard R. Copeland
Mexico- Audrain County League of Women Voters
Galleries Filled For Tax Debate In Missouri House
Jefferson City AP report says the Missouri House opened extended debate on income tax changes to ease the state's financial crisis. The Ways and Means Committee proposed doubling taxes on alcohol and adjusting corporate and individual rates, with top rates raised to 8 percent and a lower floor to 1.5 percent. The plan would raise about $83.3 million, with final approval needing two thirds of each chamber. The session also advanced a $14 million emergency appropriation for dependent children, Medicaid, and junior colleges, amid consideration of constitutional amendments to boost revenues and new tax measures on sales and betting.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Ways and Means
House
Warren E. Hearnes
Hearnes
Buddy Kay
St. Louis
Illinois
Richard Rabbitt
D-St. Louis
State Department of Revenue
Ambulance Driver Injured in Nine-Vehicle Crash
An ambulance driver from St. Louis was hurt when a nine-vehicle collision occurred on Highway 15 near the Orville Grow farm while a Faith Service ambulance bound for Paris carried Thomas Barton to the Veterans Hospital in St. Louis. Barton was later transported to St. Louis by another ambulance.
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Paris
St. Louis
Faith Service
Thomas Barton
Veterans Hospital
Highway 15
Orville Grow Farm
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Agnew Ambulance of
Mr. Barton
Kennedy Dole clash over raid in Vietnam debate
Senators Kennedy and Dole traded sarcasm as they debated the commando raid and bombing raids near Hanoi. Dole praised the mission as a display of American spirit while Kennedy urged negotiations and questioned whether more strikes would follow. McGovern later urged a complete withdrawal by June 30, accusing Nixon of breaking his 1968 pledge.
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Hanoi
Robert J. Dole
Kennedy
Senate
Dole
Kansas
U.S
Massachusetts
Democrat
Fulbright
McGovern
Indochina
Nixon
Laird Reveals Details Of Son Tay Raid Staged
Defense secretary and Generals described the Son Tay operation aimed at freeing POWs. Team led by Col Arthur Simons and Brig Gen LeRoy Manor conducted a night raid with helicopters, searching all buildings inside the camp but found no prisoners and suffered one minor casualty.
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Page 1Ragon
Army
Arthur D. Simons
Green Beret
Laird
Air Force
LeRoy J. Manor
Washington
Saigon
White House
Simons
Manor
Son Tay
U.S
Defense Secretary
Mitchell Told Hickel Sit Tight
New York AP Interior Secretary Walter Hickel says Atty. Gen. John Mitchell told him to sit tight after a policy discussion and did not mention resigning. Hickel defended his cabinet post despite rumors, noting the president asked him to serve and would ask him to leave if that were the case. He cited past criticism from media and others but would not resign.
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New York
Walter Hickel
John N. Mitchell
Hickel
Nixon
Mike Wallace
CBS News
60 Minutes
Mitchell
Hicke
John Mitchell
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State Board of Training School
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Donald James Prestor
Missouri Livestock Market Center
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Wilfred K. Abbott
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