Court Upholds Self-Lawyer's 50-Year Term
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld Tommy Sam Gaye's 50 year sentence for armed robbery with a deadly weapon at Cruzan's Liquor Store in Mexico in 1973. Mae Louise Bruner testified against him after fleeing in her car. Bruner's money was found on her. The court praised the trial judge and prosecutor for fair conduct.
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Missouri Court of Appeals
Tommy Sam Gaye
Gaye
Cruzan
Mexico
Mae Louise Bruner
Bruner
Thomas I. Osborne
Gage
Adams
Court of Appeals
Telephone Life Line aids elderly with daily checks
In Janesville Wisconsin Mrs Benjamin Rayworth leads about 20 volunteers in Telephone Life Line a daily call system to check on elderly and handicapped residents After a neighbor suffered a stroke and lay for five days the program aims to prevent isolation by ringing ten times then summoning help if no answer Since Sept 15 the local list has grown to 40 and no police welfare calls have been needed yet the project emphasizes companionship as well as safety.
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Janesville
Wis
Benjamin Rayworth
Telephone Life Line
Wisconsin
Fred Sweeney
Katsumi Neeno
Neeno
Revolt Put Down Azevedo Says in Portugal
Lisbon AP Premier Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo announced the government had resumed work with military backing and stability returning after an ultra leftist revolt. He said Portugal was on the edge of civil war when paratroopers seized four air bases but the rebellion is now contained and adequate guarantees exist to govern. Azevedo had led ministers to quit work a week earlier over armed forces divisions.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Azevedo
Timor Declares Its Independence and Provisional Government
Fretilin officials say Portuguese Timor has declared independence and formed a provisional government. The move, amid civil war with other factions, seeks UN attention as the new state named the People’s Democratic Republic of East Timor sits 350 miles north of Darwin. Jose Ramos Horta spoke for Fretilin on the government in exile.
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Darwin
Australia
People’s Democratic Republic of
East Timor
Appeals uphold 99 year term for first degree robbery
The Supreme Court rule states a 99 year sentence for robbery in the first degree is not excessive and the court finds Gaye's 50 year sentence within statutory limits and not excessive.
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Appeals
Supreme Court
Gaye
Open House At Penitentiary In Jefferson City
Jefferson City officials announce the state peniten tiary will host its third open house this weekend with tours on Saturday and Sunday. An Inmates Art League show, Penitentiary Band performances, and a boxing exhibition are planned. The 136 year old facility, Missouri’s only maximum security prison, houses about 2,000 inmates. previous open houses drew around 450 and 600 attendees.
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Jefferson City
New York Lottery staff dismissed in overhaul move
Albany AP The entire New York State Lottery staff has been fired or reassigned after a report cited needless opportunities for fraud and serious problems. Gov. Carey suspended lottery operations Oct. 22 and announced a revamp led by outside experts with no fixed resume date.
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Albany
N.Y
Hugh Carey
Carey
Lottery
Lottery Division
Jerry Bruno
Bruno
John F. Kennedy
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Boston
Mass
Fred G. Shearmire Dies At 93
Fred G. Shearmire 93 of Route 3 Hermann died Thursday at a Fulton hospital. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Toedtmann Grosse Funeral Home Hermann with Rev. Rohlfing officiating. Burial Loutre Cemetery. Visitation after 2 p.m. Saturday. He leaves two sons William Montgomery City and Fred Douglas Ariz. three daughters Virginia Wesemann Pinetop Ariz Ruth Hamburg Route 3 Hermann Leona Allgeyer Toledo Ohio. a brother Lorren Jonesburg. seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Born Dec 19 1891 at High Hill son of John and Augusta Henze Shearmire. Married Sept 14 1905 Martha Graue who died Oct 1 1969. He was a farmer.
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Hermann
Fred G. Shearmire
Fulton
Toedtmann-Grosse
C. H. Rohlfing
Loutre
William
Montgomery City
Fred
Douglas
Ariz
Ralph
Virginia) Wesemann
Shearmire
James Clyde Simmons Dies in VA Hospital at 50
James Clyde Simmons 50 of Centralia died at Veterans Hospital in Columbia at 7:15 p.m. Friday after seven weeks as a patient. Born April 4, 1925 in Moultrie Ga, he was a World War II veteran and a deacon at Mt Olive Baptist Church. Survived by widow Minnie Victoria Williams, two sons James Clyde Jr Pete of Columbia and Larry Warren of Kansas City, daughter Victoria of Centralia, three brothers, a sister, a granddaughter, and several Florida relatives. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday Meadow and Son Chapel Centralia. burial City of Centralia Cemetery. Visitation after 7 p.m. Sunday.
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James Clyde Simmons
Centralia
Veterans Hospital
Columbia
Henry
Lizzie Simmons Simmons
Moultrie
St. Petersburg
Fla
Minnie Victoria Williams
James Clyde Jr
Pete
Larry Warren
Kansas City
Victoria
Willie
Eugene
Lizzie Mae Everett
Carmella Warren
Simmons
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Prince Hall
Plumbline Lodge
Edna Dodd Dies in Columbia at 57
Mrs. Edna Dodd, 57, of Wellsville, died Friday at Boone County Hospital in Columbia. Born July 21, 1918 in Red Oak Iowa, she was the former Edna Roberts and married Marvin Newton Dodd on April 3, 1937. Surviving are eight children, 12 grandchildren, 10 step-grandchildren, three sisters, two brothers, and stepfather H V Odem of Wellsville. Services tentatively set for Monday at Myers Funeral Home.
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Wellsville
Edna Dodd
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Myers Funeral Home
Dodd
Edna Louise Roberts
Red Oak
Iowa
Ray
Josephine Roberts
Marvin Newton Dodd
H. V. Odem
Weather and Sky Conditions for Missouri Regions Today
Official 7:00 am readings show 45 at 7 am with previous day high 30 low 26. Thunderstorms likely tonight in Missouri with windy, cooler by Sunday. highs 50s east and 30s-40s west. Extended outlook through Wednesday: cold Monday and Tuesday, warming midweek, highs 20s to 40s, lows teens to 20s, chance of snow north and rain or snow south around Tuesday.
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Missouri
Lonnie Jamison of Jonesburg dies at 86
Lonnie Jamison 86 of Jonesburg died Friday at Hermann Area Hospital after about a month as patient. Services at 2 p.m. Sunday Harding Funeral Home Jonesburg with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Calling after 2:30 p.m. today. Survived by wife Ersula Harlan, three children Mandy Reed Effie Copeland Lon Jamison, two sisters Polly McCann Ida Nelson, one brother Ray Jamison, and many relatives.
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Lonnie Jamison
Hermann Area Hospital
Harding Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Jamison
Missouri
George and
Lou Williams Jamison
Ersula Harlan
Mandy Reed
Effie Copeland
High Hill
Lon Jamison
St. Louis
Polly McCann
St. Charles
Ida Nelson
Fresno
Calif
Ray Jamison
Hugo Suhre Dies Rites Pending
Hugo Suhre of Jonesburg died this morning at University Medical Center in Columbia. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edwin Roloff of Marthasville, MO. Services are pending at the University.
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Jonesburg
Hugo Suhre
University Medical Center
Columbia
Edwin
Lydia) Roloff
Marthasville
Harding Funeral Home
Selsor Rites At 2:00 Today
Funeral services for Car men E. Colonel Selsor were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at the Precht Pickering Funeral home with the Rev. J. C. Montgomery officiating and burial in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named were George Melson John Lamberson Sam Oliver W. T. Hutchinson Edward Erdel and Joe Ehrhardt.
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Daily Record hospital and public safety briefs report births
Admissions include Mrs. Gerald Durbin and 13 others across Audrain and nearby towns with names like Mexico Paris and Centralia. Dismissals list several patients. obituaries note multiple deaths. marriages license applications in Columbia. safety reports cover hotel elevator vandalism, a three-vehicle crash with injuries, and a Boone County collision. Also listed are bank stock quotes, grain prices, and Dow Jones figures.
Christmas Tree Thieves Arrested In Colorado
Five men and a 17 year old were arrested for illegal Christmas tree cutting in Rocky Mountain National Park and Roosevelt National Forest. Snowmobiles hauled 50 foot trees. a flatbed truck transported them. Suspects named Mick Sterling Duke Baird Thomas Fichtel Steven Ostermann Ray Henry Ostermann.
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Roosevelt National Forest
Ohio
Alabama
New York
California
Boulder County
Brad Leach
Sheriff's Department
Mick Sterling
Lima
Duke Baird
Florence
Ala
Thomas Fichtel
Syracuse
N.Y
Lyons
Colo
Steven Ostermann
Ray Henry Ostermann
Santa Monica
Calif
Colorado
Denver
Pryor and Wife Separated on 18th Wedding Anniversary
Arkansas Governor David Pryor and his wife Barbara have separated. The statement says Mrs. Pryor will live at their Lake Hamilton home near Hot Springs while the governor stays at the Little Rock mansion. Both could not be reached for comment.
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Little Rock
Ark
David Pryor
Barbara
Pryors
Pryor
Birth of Crystal Dianne Fishburn Jr. in Mexico
Crystal Dianne Fishburn Jr. and Mrs. James R. Fishburn Jr. of Auxvasse are parents of a daughter born at 10 52 a.m. Friday at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. The newborn weighs 8 pounds 13 ounces and joins four sisters Michelle Robins and twins Sharon and Sherry, 20 months old. Mr. Fishburn works for Missouri Cities Water Co. in Mexico and farms. Mrs. Fishburn is the former Marilyn Bannister of Mexico. James R. Fishburn Sr. of Auxvasse is a grandfather.
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Gerald Durbin
Walter Burkett
Carrie A. Day
Vincil Mildred
Wilson A. Hinson
Mexico
Phillip D. Forsyth
Henry L. Heckart
Paris
David Robert Jr
Sturgeon
Grover Burts
Wellsville
Charles D. McCoy
Harold Lee Smith
Centralia
William D. Boucher
St. Joseph
George A. McGee
Holiday
Richard N. Allen Jr
Dora J. Mack
Vandalia
Harold Fisher
Center
Cassaundra Jasper
Farber
Michael D. Poindexter
Rush Hill
Donald L. Eskew
James R. Fishburn Jr
Auxvasse
Joseph R. Kerr
Janice Reynolds
Larry Ardell
William E. Forrest
Ollie Chandler
Gerald Langford
Laddonia
James Feger
Excelsior Springs
Porter Minnis
Chilicothe
Route 1
Crystal Dianne
Michelle
Robins
Sharon
Sherry
Fishburn
Missouri Cities Water Co
Marilyn’ Bannister
James R. Fishburn Sr
Poindexters Welcome Son at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Michael D Poindexter of Rush Hill are the proud parents of a nine pound one ounce son born at 805 a m Friday at Audrain Medical Center. The infant joins a farm family where Mr Poindexter works for Rufus Burns.
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Michael D. Poindexter
Rush Hill
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Poindexter
Rufus Burns
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