Trainer Makes Town Mecca for Horsemen
Mexico Missouri hosts Art Simmons Stables in a feature on the American Royal scene. The piece traces Simmons and Rex McDonald legacy, notes Rex Denmark roots, and describes the 200 acre farm with brood mares and stallions. Art Simmons, nicknamed Ole, reflects on fading fairs and the long horseshow tradition.
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Kansas City
Mexico
Tom Bass
Art Simmons
Dorothy Laskey
Bass
Kansas City Star
Boulevard Street
Cattle Feeding Down 24 Percent Across Major States
Washington AP report notes USDA figures show Oct 1 cattle fed for slaughter in 23 major beef states at 9,149,000 head, down 24 percent from a year earlier and 22 percent below Oct 1 1972. Officials call it the smallest Oct 1 feedlot cattle inventory since 1967 amid a continuing feed price squeeze.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Farm Committee Backs Proposals to Aid Cattlemen
Kansas City AP report notes a 33 member USDA advisory panel urged steps to prevent cattle industry collapse. Proposals include monitoring marketing margins, tracking imports, adjusting grading standards, and promoting short term measures like slaughtering calves and culling old cows. Recommendations also seek beef market development and improved market news.
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Kansas City
Ford Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Walter Stephens
Tifton
Ellen Haas
Maryland Citizens Consumers’ Council
Gordon van Vleck
Plymouth
Calif
American National Cattlemen’s Association
U.S
van Vleck
Calf Meat Sent to Honduras to Aid Fifi Victims
The White House directed the Agriculture Department to transfer meat from about 1,000 Wisconsin calves to hurricane Fifi victims in Honduras rather than let farmers dispose of the cattle in protest over prices. AP says AID will handle shipment after protests that saw 336 calves slaughtered and buried in Wisconsin last Tuesday. cattlemen criticize the action.
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Associated Press
White House
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Honduras
Agriculture
Agency For International Development
National Farm Organization
Chest Reaches 15 Per Cent Of Goal
Orvie Nix drive chairman of the Mexico Area Community Chest announced that the drive has reached 15 percent of its 55000 goal. Jack Mackey division chairman for the Southwest Commercial area reports he has exceeded his goal by 7 percent and completed his territory. A half way reporting meeting is planned next Wednesday with hopes to reach 50 percent of the goal.
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Orvie Nix
Mexico Area
Mackey
Nix
LA Transit Strike Ends After 10 Weeks in Los Angeles
The 10 week Los Angeles transit strike ends as the 1800 vehicle Southern California Rapid Transit District resumes operation. About 685000 commuters in Los Angeles Orange Riverside and San Bernardino counties lacked bus service during the walkout. Drivers and mechanics win roughly a 24 percent rise in wages and benefits under two year contracts approved by the district directors and accepted by workers.
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Los Angeles
California
Southern
Bookmobile schedule to visit Sturgeon two days
The Daniel Boone Regional Library bookmobile will visit Sturgeon Tuesday October 22 from 1 to 8 p.m. and return for another stop Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Daniel Boone Regional Library
Sturgeon
Two Initiated In Honor Society At Missouri Campus
Two area students are among 16 flag corps members for the Marchin' Mizzou event at the University of Missouri this year. Jeanie Eckler Route 1 Wellsville and Donna Nolan Route 2 Vandalia are named.
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Flag Corps
Marchin’ Mizzou
University of Missouri
Jeanie Eckler
Wellsville
Donna Nolan
Vandalia
Absentee Ballots Cast in Audrain County for Nov 5 Election
Forty four registered Audrain County voters have voted by absentee ballots for the November 5 election. Three of the ballots were from men in military service. War ballots may be requested by relatives and mailed to service members. Return deadline is 4 p.m. November 4 for all ballots. In person voting at the clerk’s office also closes at 4 p.m. the day before the election.
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Audrain Couty
Glenn Barnes
Angus Steer Best Royal FFA Entry
A 19 month old Angus steer named Reflection won the FFA champion title at the 76th American Royal Live Stock Show in Kansas City. About 200 steers from eight states competed. Reflection will face the 4-H club champion for grand steer honors Monday.
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Kansas City
Angus
FFA
Reflection
Val Eberspacher
Max Eberspacher
Beaver Crossing
Neb
Jill Bonham
Cordell
Oklo
Young Eberspacher
the Royal
Dave Joestes
Argenta
Ill
Gary Shaw
Trivoli, I
Jack Stoltz
Elgin
Dawn Santman
Dysart
Iowa
Rodney Rooker
McLoud
Okla
Terry L. Lawson
Edmond
Bob Postin
Lewistown
Ford Signs 7.75 Billion Housing Bill to Boost Market
President Ford signed a 7.75 billion dollar housing bill to inject government funds into the mortgage market. About 3 billion is available immediately to assist home buyers and the rest could be spent later if the industry fails to recover. The plan backs purchases of mortgages at 9 percent and resales at current 10 percent, with Treasury backing and no VA or FHA insured loans. Ford said it would not cure all ills but would provide a shot in the arm for housing.
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Washington
Ford
White House
National Mortgage Association
Treasury
Congress
Mexico club plans National Business Women's Week events
The Mexico Business and Professional Women's Club outlines a week of observances from Sunday through Oct 26, including worship with a luncheon at the Mexico Country Club, an evening slide program at the First National Bank, and an old fashioned ice cream social. Mayor Tolson issued a proclamation praising working women and the club notes its long history since 1927 with ongoing scholarships and educational support.
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Mexico
First National Bank
Herman C. Tolson
The
National Youth Foundation
Michigan
Missouri to buy only U S beef to aid cattlemen
Agriculture Director James Boillot announced that Missouri will purchase exclusively U S grown beef for state operations including prisons, hospitals, and colleges. Beginning Monday bid requests will require delivery of U S raised beef to help ease farmers’ financial squeeze amid rising costs and falling cattle prices. Missouri ranks high in cattle farms and slaughtering yet faces a downturn in cattle on feed.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
James Boillot
United States
Boillot
U.S
Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Fatal crash near Norborne claims Hardin man
Glen Sides of Hardin was killed Friday when his car struck a car parked on the shoulder along a county road west of Norborne, according to Missouri highway patrol reports.
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Norborne
Glen Sides
Hardin
Highway Patrol
Central Missouri State initiates two Mexicans into honor society
Two Mexican students joined the MU Flag Corps initiation ceremonies for the Central Missouri State University chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, a national honor society for graduate and senior teacher education scholars, held Oct. 10 on the Warrensburg campus. New initiates include Terry Jean Weber, a junior education major, and Donna Morris, a senior business education major, with details on parents and addresses provided.
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Warrensburg
Central Missouri State University
Kappa Delta Pi
National Honor Society
Tho Chapter
Terry Jean Weber
Randall W. Weber
Venus
Mexico
Donna Morris
John L. Farris
Rush Hill
Drops in Missouri ADC errors cited in state report
AP reports Missouri's Aid to Dependent Children program saw a 7 percent drop in payment errors in the first half of the year from the prior period. Ineligibility and overpayment rates fell, officials cited simplification of guidelines and more frequent case reinvestigations as key factors. A new fraud unit is planned to pursue welfare cheats.
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Jefferson City
Lawrence Graham
Missouri
Ewing Gourley
Family Services Division
ADC
Pe Gourley
Gourley
Twelve Counties Declared Disaster Areas in Drought
AP reports twelve Missouri counties are disaster areas due to a severe drought and adverse weather. Governor Bond announced farmers in Barton Chariton Clinton Davies DeKalb Douglas Howard Lawrence Ozark Ralls Stoddard and Vernon counties may obtain 5 percent five year loans from the Farmers Home Administration to cover weather losses.
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Jefferson City
Christopher S. Bond
Farmers Home Administration
Barton
Chariton
Clinton
Davies
DeKalb
Douglas
Howard
Lawrence
Ozark
Ralls
Stoddard
Vernon
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