Weather brief with lake levels and stock market notes
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show highs near 89, lows 62, 64 at 7 a.m. Forecast calls for mild tonight in Ledgerland, then partly sunny Tuesday with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Missouri river gauges list Lake of the Ozarks above normal, Stockton and Table Rock below, Bull Shoals above, while St Louis area stages show mixed readings. Admissions and dismissals reported at Audrain Medical Center with several births, deaths, and public-safety notes. highway patrol and sheriff reports detail vehicle incidents and thefts. Cattle and hog markets mixed. Chicago futures lower on soybeans, wheat, corn, and oats with Missouri livestock prices noted.
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Ledgerland
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Post Prints On Own Presses After Strike
The Washington Post printed its entire run of more than 500000 newspapers on its own presses today for the first time since Oct 1 damage and the start of the pressmen strike.
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Washington
The
Washington Post
Pregnant Embezzler Sentenced by Kansas City Judge
Prudence J. Lawrence, 37, pregnant, received four years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing from Westinghouse Corporation. She admitted stealing about $165,000 over 18 months, with two checks totaling $14,800 cashed June 18, 1974. Westinghouse recovered losses via insurance. no funds returned. Lawrence, employed eight years as a credit clerk, was terminated the day of the incident.
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Kansas City
Tom J. Stubbs
Prudence J. Lawrence
Jackson County
Westinghouse Corporation
Westinghouse
Lawrence
Market Ends Mildly Dull On Columbus Day Trading
New York stocks barely moved in quiet Columbus Day action. The Dow fell 1.18 to 822.73 as major traders took the holiday. Arizona Public Service was active on the Big Board, down 1 at 14 with a 98,900 share block at 144. The Amex saw thin activity with Nolex leading volume, up 158 50 7 percent.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Arizona Public Service
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Nolex
Amex
Congress Eyes Major Battles After Recess
Congress returns Oct. 20 to fight over energy and tax bills. Senate aims to vote Oct. 24 on temporary natural gas price controls amid shortages, while oil pricing talks seek to keep old wells at $5.25 and roll back new-well prices. Ford favors gradual phase-out, veto possible. House and Senate panels clash on automobile efficiency, gasoline limits, and seven appropriations bills, including defense and foreign aid.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
U.S
Ford
House
Budget Committee
Appropriations Committee
Israel
Egypt
Teamsters Strike Judgment Cut in St Louis Pact
A Teamsters Local 600 in St. Louis avoids a $5.8 million federal judgment over a 1970 unauthorized 37 day strike. The Motor Carriers Council of St. Louis accepts $150,000 upfront and $200,000 yearly payments for 10 years, plus union work rule changes effective April 1 in 13 neighboring states.
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Council
U.S
Roy W. Harper
Deaths Vaughn Paris Brooks Vaughn prominent landowner dies
Paris obituary for 67 year old Monroe Audrain Counties farmer and landowner Vaughn who died at Audrain Medical Center after a yearlong illness. He served on Audrain C-2 school board and lived in Paris after retirement. Born June 15 1908 in Monroe County son of Robert T and Elizabeth Nugent Vaughn. Survived by wife Alice Hoheimer two daughters Mary Beth Mitchell and Sarah Jane Vaughn a brother Robert and one grandchild. Funeral arrangements pending at Agnew Funeral Home Paris.
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Paris — Brooks Vaughn
Monroe
Audrain
Audrain Medical Center
Vaughn
Tulip Christian Church
Centralia
Sturgeon
Monroe County
Paris
Robert T
Elizabeth Nugent Vaughn
Alice Hoheimer
Kansas City
Robert
Mary Beth) Mitchell
Sarah Jane Vaughn
Columbia
Anaheim
Calif
Agnew Funeral Home
Mrs. James Couch Dies at 64 in Perry
Mrs. James W. Couch 64 died at Audrain Medical Center Mexico after illness. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wilkey Funeral Home Perry with Rev. James Beahan officiating. burial in Lick Creek Cemetery. Survived by husband Donnie, daughter Anetta Youngblood, son, three grandchildren, and brother Harold Johnson. She was a Perry Christian Church and Perry Rebekah Lodge member.
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Perry
James W. Couch
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Wilkey Funeral Home
James Beahan
Lick Creek
Lila Johnson
Arthur
Meda Myers Johnson
Donnie
Calvin
Anetta) Youngblood
Harold Johnson
Vandalia
Jimmy Couch
Henry Johnson
Couch
Perry Christian Church
Perry Rebekah Lodge
City Council Set to Revisit Peddler Ordinance and Street Projects
Gary Eide reports tonight’s council meeting will include a third reading of a peddler and solicitor ordinance with a proposed amendment to exempt 18 and under student solicitors for not for profit groups. Final action on summer street tax bills for six streets and preliminary talks for seven more, plus rezoning for Osage Park and a subdivision plat, are on the agenda along with sewer and street acceptances in F and F subdivision and a brick entrance fence variance on Dogwood Drive. Mr and Mrs Gale Garrett of Centralia announce the birth of a son at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds one ounce born at 5 28 p m.
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Gary Eide
Ordnance
Teal Lake Road
S. Clark Street
Empire Club
Mississippi Street
Liberty
Alabama
Adams
Morris
Fairgrounds
Pollock Road
Grand
Bridge
S. Washington
Southmor
Lakeview
Gm&o
Osage Park
F&f
Central Wrecking Co
Kansas City
Old City Hall
Dogwood Drive
Boulevard
Park Circle
Gale G. Garrett
Centralia
Audrain Medical Center
Garrett
3-M
Columbia
Runde Dies In St. Louis Residence
Herbert Charles Runde of St. Louis died Saturday at West Pine Nursing Home. Born November 1, 1899, son of Charles and Elizabeth Blattner Runde, he left a sister Edith Randall of Arnold and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Tuesday in St. Louis with burial in Laddonia.
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Herbert Charles Runde
St. Louis
West Pine
Clem
Charles Runde
Mexico
Charles
Elizabeth Blattner Runde
Edith Randall
Hillview
Arnold
Clifford Hogshead
Howard Tucker
Charles E. Runde
Gas Plant Blast Kills Three Men in Goldsmith Texas
A ruptured 12 inch pipeline at the El Paso Natural Gas Co plant caused a blast and flash fire in Goldsmith Texas killing three men James C. Fife Robbie J. Carpenter and James E. Lackey and injuring three others. The explosion damaged buildings broke a truck’s tires and shattered windows within 300 yards. The fire was controlled by the local volunteer fire department about two hours later.
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Goldsmith, Tex
West Texas
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Goldsmith
Goldsmith Volunteer Fire Department
James C. Fife
Robbie J. Carpenter
James E. Lackey
John McFall
Gas Company
McFall
No Brown Race Now His Father Says No
Sacramento California AP California Gov Edmund Brown Jr would be foolish if he started running for president nine months after becoming governor his ex politician father says Former California Gov Rda mund G Brown Sr was asked Tuesday why his son was shying away from announcing any strong desire to be president He certainly would be foolish to run for president after nine months of the governorship I think he owes a duty to the people to work as hard as he can If that makes him a presidential candidate so be it said the 69 year old Democrat Brown Sr said his son was definitely presidential timber.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Rdamund G. Brown Sr
Auto crash damage suit seeks $100,000
Laura C. Jahn of Ballwin sues estate of Harry K. Mechlin for $100,000 in Ralls County Circuit Court alleging negligent head on crash on I-70 four miles east of New Florence that killed Mechlin and left her with permanent injuries and lost earning potential. Stephen F. Platt of Miss is passenger in other car. William E. Sorrell of Clayton represents Jahn.
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Harry K. Mechlin
Laddonia
New Florence
Ralls County
Laura C. Jahn
Ballwin
Lawrence Mechlin
Balls County
Miss Jahn
Three Prisoners Escape Jasper County Jail in Carthage
Three inmates at Jasper County Jail in Carthage sawed through a dormitory window bar and over a fence to flee. They may have stolen a blue and white 1973 International Harvester travel-all from Alba, six miles away. The escapees were Joel Green, Jim Dudley, and Richard Williams. 16 hacksaw blades were found outside the window and jail staff are under investigation.
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Carthage
Jasper County
Joe Hart
International Harvester
Alba
Hart
Joel Green
Kansas City
Jim Dudley
Webb City
Richard Williams
Indianapolis Ind
Congressmen Split On Aid For New York City
Washington probes show Sen. William Proxmire supports possible aid for New York City via loan guarantees, while Rep. George Mahon warns aid would trigger a flood of requests from other cities. Proxmire rejects federal loans but emphasizes spending cuts if defaults loom.
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Washington
New York City
Senate Banking
House Appropriations Committees
ABC
William Proxmire
Dwis
New York
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Mahon
Congress
Proxmire
New York State
International Money Meet Opens With Conciliatory Tone
Delegates from 18 nations begin talks on a new international economic relationship with a cooperative mood. The United States signals pursuit of a constructive dialogue while avoiding oil-first demands that previously stalled negotiations. Four commissions will work in parallel on energy raw materials development and financial matters, aiming for a yearlong effort.
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Paris
United States
Charles Robinson
U.S
Robinson
Louis de Guiringaud
France
United Nations
The
Financial Commission
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Iran
Venezuela
India
Brazil
Zaire
de Guiringaud
Moscow
Ait Challal
Connally predicts Ford Reagan 1976 Republican race
John Connally says Ronald Reagan will challenge Gerald Ford for the 1976 Republican nomination in a horse race. He has not decided whom to support and notes he learned Reagan would enter about ten days earlier. He criticizes Ford’s cross country trips as a failed attempt to deter Reagan.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
John Connally
Ford
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Highway 151
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Battle
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St. Ann
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Sheriff's Report
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Leslie Turner) Kozanecki
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