Weather and community notes from Missouri and Kansas City region
Official 7:09 a.m. readings show last 24 hours highs near 50s and 60s, lows 50 at 7 a.m. Forecast for Zone 5 shows isolated showers this afternoon, sunny Saturday with highs low to mid 80s, rain chances 10-20%. Extended Missouri outlook warm early week with scattered showers, cooler Monday. Local lake levels and hospital admissions include several names and births, plus a list of recent dismissals and deaths.
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Missouri
Break-in at Elsie's Cafe and local theft report
The Daily Record notes a 5:17 a.m. break-in at Elsie's Cafe 216 South Monroe Street entry gained by breaking a front window then unlocking the door 15 cents from the cash register and $10 to $12 from the juke box missing a knife used to pry the jukebox door and drawers ransacked. Also reported is hubcaps stolen from a car in the South Trails lot and a traffic accident resulting in a Mexican national being cited for failure to yield the right of way at Liberty and Morris Streets. Various court actions follow including prison terms probation divorces and custody rulings. magistrate court fines for careless driving and hunting without a permit. stock market and agricultural pricing updates from National Stockyards and Missouri Livestock Center. commodity futures open higher in Chicago.
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Elsie’s Cafe
S. Monroe St
Liberty
Morris Sts
Beryl Sublette
Fairground St
Roy W. Moser
S. Western St
Morris
Sublette
Moser
Eugene Nemo Green
Linda D. Harris
William C. Harris
Dennis Lee Newbrough
Charles P. Moore
Frances E. Moore
Alice Albert
Tony Lynn Hulen
Danny Joseph Mosley
James Edward Rise
Mary Elizabeth McIntire
Montgomery County
Marvin Lawrence Swanson
Overland
Michael Allen Connelly
New Florence
Thomas Leon Johnson
Karl Joseph Hasik
St. Louis
James P. Lever
Shawnee Mission
Kansas
Shannon Jackson
Mrs Lesar Injured In Vehicle Collision at Jackson and Western
Margery Lesar of 509 Woodlawn Ave. is listed in satisfactory condition at Audrain Medical Center after a Wednesday night crash at the Jackson and Western Streets intersection left her with a broken pelvis and facial injuries.
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Margery Lesar
Woodlawn Ave
Audrain Medical Center
Jackson and
Western Streets
Ben-Gurion Ailing. Government Seeks Calm
Former Premier David Ben-Gurion is treated for joint inflammation, with a government spokesman stating no cause for alarm. Officials say a lavish 85th birthday celebration will be scaled back, though Ben-Gurion is expected to appear briefly at about 25 events in his honor.
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SDE Boqer
Israel
David Ben- Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Asbury Rites Conducted Today
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Arnold Funeral Home for Norman Buck Asbury 67 of 1025 Lakeview Rd. Rev Terry Moore officiated with organist Mrs John Willer. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included Richard Isaacs Frank Blum Harold Huff Jack Park all from Mexico, Jim Sullivan of Paris and Charles Playter of Auxvasse.
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Arnold Funeral Home
Norman
Buck
Elms Removed From Adair County Courthouse Lawn
Three large elm trees on the Adair County courthouse lawn have been removed after succumbing to Dutch elm disease leaving only two elms standing. The removal was completed to prevent spread and protect nearby structures and visitors.
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Kirksville
Adair County
Stock Market Roundup From Over The Counter and NYSE
Over the counter trading saw A B Chance at 29 bid with 29 percent asked, Commerce Banc shares at 47 bid and 48 asked, and Wetteran 2534 at 26 percent asked. On the NYSE Robbie Brooks closed at 15 percent down 4 percent, Dresser Industries at 3244 down, Interco steady at 45 percent, Kaiser Aluminum up 22 percent, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline down 1 percent, Ralston Purina up 4 to 10,800, US Gypsum common 70 percent down Ya, US Gypsum preferred at 3644 down 1 percent.
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A. B. Chance
Bancshares
Wetteran
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal-Mart Promotes Harry Green to Nevada Store Manager
Harry Green, longtime Wal-Mart assistant manager since April, moved Friday with his wife and son to Nevada to take over as manager of the new Wal-Mart store opening soon. Green has spent five years with the company and resided with his family at 802 N Olive St.
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Harry Green
Wal- Mart
Nevada
Wal-Mart
Mr. Green
N. Olive St
Andrew Wright Dies in California
Andrew E. Wright, 74, formerly of Mexico, died Oct. 13 at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento. Funeral services were held in Sacramento. He was born Jan. 5, 1897, to Thomas N. Wright and lived in Mexico, attending local schools and McMillan High. He was advertising manager for the Masonic Trestle Board before retiring ill. Surviving are his wife Charlotte, a sister Mrs. H. C. Baker of Columbia, and two nieces.
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Andrew E. Wright
Mexico
Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento
Calif
Mr. Wright
Thomas N. Wright
McMillan High School
Masonic Trestle Board
Charlotte
H. C. Baker
Columbia
Wage-Price Controls Backed by Industrial Leaders
Business leaders meeting with the Business Council supported Nixon Phase 2 measures to curb inflation while warning some prices and wages may exceed two to three and five to six percent respectively. They foresee a gradual return to freer markets but acknowledge inflation expectations may keep Phase 2 intact for 18 to 24 months.
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Stein
Business Council
Nixon
Council
Labor Industry-Public Pay Board
Price Commission
White House
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Heavy Vote On LBD Today At Kirksville
Voters in Kirksville faced a special election on liquor by the drink with a simple majority needed. The measure, launched by a Local Legal Liquor Control committee led by Ralph Niehaus, requires a $300 county license, a $300 state license, a city license up to 1.5 times the state fee or $450, and a $2,000 state bond for establishments seeking to serve liquor by the drink.
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Kirksville
a_ citizens committee for Legal Liquor Control
Ralph Niehaus
GM knew engine mounts failures in 1966 69 Chevrolets claim
An unnamed Nader aide said GM knew for at least two years that engine mounts on some 1966 to 1969 Chevrolets could break but GM did not recall the cars or inform owners. The aide cited letters from the NHTSA files including a 1969 letter from Charles H Combe of Livonia Michigan about a broke mount on his 1968 Chevrolet. The NHTSA has received similar complaints. GM says it is investigating engine mount failures and has answered inquiries from the agency.
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Detroit
Ralph Nader
General Motors
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Charles H. Combe
Livonia
Mich
Combe
NHTSA
Robert Wagner Granted Uncontested Divorce From Marion Marshall
In Los Angeles, actor Robert Wagner won an uncontested divorce from Marion Marshall after seven years of marriage. Superior Court Commissioner John L Goddard awarded custody of their 7-year-old daughter Katharine to Miss Marshall. Wagner must pay $1250 monthly alimony plus 12.5 percent of gross income over 150,000 per year and $400 monthly child support.
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Los Angeles
Robert Wagner
Marion Marshall
Superior Court
John L. Goddard
Katharine
Miss Marshall
Wagner
Army Plans To Evade Ban In Cambodia
In Phnom Penh the U S Army outlines a workaround to the Cooper Church amendment by hiring foreign workers worth 200000 dollars for noncombat tasks. The plan aims to supply roles the ban forbids American personnel from performing, with third country nationals likely drawn from Korea, Taiwan, Australia, or New Zealand to assist the arms transfer team led by Brig Gen Theodore Mataxis. The Senate committee proposes capping foreign hires at 50.
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Phnom Penh
U.S. Army
Cooper Church
Cambodia
U.S
Congress
Theodore Mataxis
Saigon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Vietnam
Laos
Peace Talks Lose Momentum In Vietnam War Analysis
AP analysis by David Mason notes stalled momentum in 41 month old Vietnam peace talks in Paris. Observers cite downed momentum across all sides, with recent moves by Nixon toward Beijing and Moscow helping to overshadow Hanoi and Viet Cong, while concerns grow over possible deals made without Hanoi.
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David Mason
Associated Press
PARIS
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Peking
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Nguyen Thi Binh
Moscow
Willian J. Porter
Nixon Declares October Country Music Month
President Nixon proclaims October as Country Music Month noting its place in American culture. He cites common themes such as family happiness and heartbreak, mercy of God, and goodness reflecting values shared by many Americans.
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Washington
Nixon
Textile surcharge lifted on noncotton imports
The White House announced the United States will lift the 10 percent surcharge on noncotton textile imports. Agreement with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong to restrain textile inflows goes into effect retroactively from October 1. Japan pact lasts three years with possible two-year renewal. others five years.
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Washington
White House
United States
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Ronald L. Ziegler
U.S
David M. Kennedy
Seoul
Peter Peterson
Nixon
Computer Bid To State Law At $4,476,000
Jefferson City Missouri Electronic Data Preparation Corp of Bradenton Florida was the apparent low bidder today on privatizing the state Department of Revenue’s computer operations. Four firms submitted bids from 15 invited. Prices span first year about 1.98 million and second year around 2.49 million, with other bids ranging up to nearly 3 million annually.
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Jefferson City
Electronic Data Preparation Corp
Bradenton
Fla
State Department of Revenue
Norbert Rothove
Administrative Services Section
Electronic Data Preparation
System Development Corp
Santa Monica
Calif
Computer Sciences Corp. of
St. Louis
Polo Gas Service closure approved by Missouri commission
The Missouri Public Service Commission authorized Polo Gas Service Inc. to go out of business by mid May. Polo Gas serves Polo, Missouri, a 500 resident town in Caldwell County, with local wells failing and winter pressure dropping to 13 pounds. Home heating customers will be prioritized to keep service last.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Polo Gas Service Inc
Polo Gas
Polo, Mo
Caldwell County
Kissinger to Lead U S Preparations for Nixon China Visit
An advance team will map Nixon's schedule for talks with Chinese officials including Premier Chou En-lai. Henry Kissinger will head the mission from Andrews AFB to Shanghai with two Chinese fluent aides, arranging agenda, travel, press facilities, and communications. Alfred LeSesne Jenkins and Dwight L. Chapin join as key aides, handling logistics and security angles.
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Kissinger
Andrews Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hilo
Guam
Shanghai
Peking
Anchorage
Alaska
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Mao T'se-tung
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Mainland
Harvard University
Alfred LeSesne Jenkins
State Department
Manchester
Nixon entourage marshal leads the White House briefing team
Tim Elbourne and John Holdridge join Kissinger's NSC mission with Nixon's 1968 entourage. Navy Cmdr Jonathan Howe and generals Redman Hughes join the White House advance party to coordinate security and communications. Robert Taylor heads the Secret Service protective division while Col Albertazzie screens air facilities in Peking.
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University of Southern California
Los Angeles
New York
J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency
Nixon
Timothy G. Elbourne
Los Angelen
USC
Walt Disney
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Kissinger
NSC
John Holdridge
New Yorker
East Asia
Dartmouth
West Point
China
Cornell
Harvard
Foreign Service
Thailand
Hong Kong
Singapore
Winston Lord
Yale
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Geneva
Defense Department
Office of International Security Affairs
Holdinge
Lord
Peking
Navy
Jonathan T. Howe
San Diego
U.S. Naval Academy
Army
Albert Redman Jr
Toledo
Ohio
Commu
Morgantown
W.va
Albertazzie
Robert H. Taylor
Secret Service
Iola
Kan
Presidential
Taylor
Treasury Department
Caracas
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
Ohio Girl Is FFA Queen
Debbie Lee Carey of Marion Ohio was crowned 1971 Queen of the American Royal at the FFA national convention. An 18-year-old freshman at Columbus Teachers College she was selected after interviews with 15 finalists and plans to lead the American Royal parade through downtown Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Debbie Lee Carey
Marion
Ohio
Future Farmers of America
Richard Carey
Columbus Teachers College
Miss Carey
Kosygin Holds Talks With Eight US Governors in Moscow
Premier Kosygin met eight American governors in the Kremlin for 70 minutes and urged an end to Indochina fighting and a Middle East settlement before Nixon’s Moscow visit. He expressed hope for warm U.S.-Soviet ties and praised the five year plan’s peaceful development. Governors included Hearnes and Mandel. press remained in the room after Kosygin overruled a room-clearing move.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nixon
Indochina
Middle East
Israel
Kremlin
Soviet Union
United States
Kosygin
Warren EK. Hearnes
D-Mo
Marvin Mandel
D-Md
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
William G. Milliken
D-Mich
John A. Love
R-Cole
David Hall Dokla
Stanley K. Hathaway
Rwyo
Luis A. Ferro
Puerto Rico
Kiev
Ukraine
Tbilisi
Georgia
Leningrad
Gold
The
Star
Soviet Council of Minsters
Hearnes
Missouri
White House
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Patricia I
Atterberry
Tommy W. Turner
Centralia
Fern J. Gass
Philadelphia
Richard W. Day. Fulton
Robert Nevins
W. Breckenridge St
Carroll W. Hollensteiner
Middletown
Hollensteiner
Wellsville Firebrick Co
Charles E. Dooley
E. Jackson
Jackson G. Stewart Jr
Frances St
Howard T. Collens
Marvin Stone
Dennis Diederich
Carl Pickett
Mignon Towne
Clarence Varvil
Loyal Anderson Jr
Thomas Poff
Anthony M. Heim
Alberta White
William K. Hall
Jesse Cates
Stone Trower
Montgomery City
5. W. Wyatt
Jonesburg
James D. Jones
Vandalia
Charles Martin
Thompson
John V. Mikulecky
Robert Shelton Britton
the Daily Record
James E. Basinger
W. Pearson St
South Trails
National Stockyards
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Missouri Livestock Center
Dept. OF AG
Marty Schroeder
Lesar
Asbury
Andrew Wright
California
Nader
McDonnell-Douglas Automation Co
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