Boone GOP Pushes County Zoning and Boys Ranch Plan
The Boone Republican platform endorses county wide zoning and a county farm boys ranch for juveniles, to be run near Prathersville. It proposes using the current county courthouse for courts, with other offices moving to a new city county complex. Butcher cites 50 monthly juvenile cases and a $10 charge, urging home rule, electronic voting, road master plan, health study, and stronger environmental and anti patronage measures.
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Columbia
Boone Republican Party
Prathersville
GOP
James Butcher
Butcher
Boone County
Boonville Reformatory
Jefferson City
First Beans Brought In at Bellflower
The Montgomery County soy bean harvest opened this week with Bellflower Farm Supply reporting the first load received Tuesday. Lester Sachs brought in the beans that tested 13.9 percent moisture. Vic Johnson commented on the early harvest pace.
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Montgomery County
Vic Johnson
Bellflower Farm Supply
Lester Sachs
Bellflower
Rainy Days Ahead For Missourians
Missouri forecasts cloud cover and scattered showers for Labor Day weekend with thundershowers in the southeast. Rain likely across much of the state Sunday, with 90s Friday cooling to the 80s by weekend. Note heavy rainfall in Columbia and other spots, with city totals listed.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Labor Day
Columbia
St. Joseph
Springfield
Joplin
Kansas
Wal. Wee Lawn Upeers
Elaine Linnenbringer
Hadley Linnenbringers
Herbert Duffy
LeRoy McDonald
Fulton
Thomas Hill Lake
John Hopkins
Ricky
Patti
Ronald
Sedalia
T. Coolley
Centralia
Coolley
Audrain Hospital
Harold McCarty
Charles Sweitzer
Mexico
Howard McCarty
Engineer T. E. Curtis Retires From Chance Co
Centralia engineer Tom Curtis retired this week after a 37 year career in electrical engineering. He joined A B Chance Co in 1954, served as chief engineer for 12 years, then as consultant for four years. Curtis expanded work in manufacturing utilities and contracting before joining Chance from Southern States Equipment in Georgia. He is Auburn University trained, a registered professional engineer, and an IEEE fellow honored in 1962 for power fuses and switching equipment standardization. A retirement dinner at Centralia Country Club honored him and his wife with 50 friends in attendance.
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Centralia
T. E
Tom) Curtis
South Jefferson Street
A. B. Chance Co
Curtis
Chance
Yeer
Southern Sates Equipment Company
Georgia
Chance 0
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn University
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
The
Centralia Country Club
Ronald Bridges
Joe
McBride
Victim fights rattlesnake during long car ride
Bill Palmer was bitten by a rattlesnake after it crawled into his car near Las Cruces. He fought off the snake while driving to Alamogordo for medical help, later recovering in a local hospital.
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Alamogordo
N.M
Bill Palmer
Palmer
Las Cruces
Curtis
Cemralia
Integration Progress and Tensions in Deep South Schools
Openings across the Deep South show mixed progress with Montgomery Carver High School desegregating slowly, while some districts report weeks needed to assemble integration figures. In Richmond a white girl, 14, fears mother’s jailing as schools shift to unified systems. President Nixon celebrates peaceful transitions amid boycotts and private school openings, as governors pursue busing amid ongoing debates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Richmond
Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
Deep South
Nixon
South
Mianton Engle
Peg
Joel Hall
Tom Callis
Walter Bridgford
Montana
Paris Personal News and Courtroom Drama Forestalls Trial
Local notes report Don Carman earning a BS in agriculture from MU Columbia Sara Acuff earning a BS in Education and Tom Cartright earning a Masters. Baptist Women meet at 7 30 pm on a Venezuela theme led by Mrs Mary McCreery and Mrs Dean Turner. Baptist Church launches a nine month Youth Training Union aligned with the school term. Athletic Boosters elect a stand committee with Dr Bob Swartz as president. In court Miss Atkins, 21, testifies amid health concerns and anxiety while doctors report constipation. testimony links to the murder conspiracy case involving Charles Manson and others with hair sample comparisons by a police chemist.
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Columbia
Sara Acuff
Tom Cartright
Womens Missionary Union of the Baptist Church
Venezuela
Mary McCreery
Dean Turner
Miss Atkins
Charles M. Manson
Muss ‘Love
Svenhcead Moonday
Superior Court
Charles Older
Margaret McCarron
Los Angeles County-Usc Medical Center
McCarron
Durathon
Joseph Granado
Tate
Personal News Of Hatton Continues With Local Meetings
Readable notes from Hatton women on Wednesday paras describing the Callaway Red Cross donation, an art bazaar, and a fall extension tour to Silver Dollar City. Reports of Narcotics and Citizenship talks plus family milestones include Elaine Linnenbringer’s birthday and multiple local visits and connections among residents.
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Reed
Leo Sobba
Hall
Gay Yeater
Hadley Litnen
Mieke
Ent
Roy Black
Heaven
Calin
Callaway Red Cross
Haden
Callaway Hospital
Silver Dollar City
Kingdom Nursing Home
Larkin Poff
Deene Cannell
Fee
Bob Christensen
Howard Davis
Martin Dudley
David Haden
Joe Haden
Tinsley Haden
Hadley Linnenbringer
Larken
Poff
Vernon Ratekin
Murray
Tate Judge Orders Trial Resumed
Los Angeles AP report notes Susan Atkins reports constant pain during the Sharon Tate murder trial while Kit Bond urges a strong platform. Bond, former aide to the attorney general, testifies before the Republican Platform Committee meetings calling for audits to restore confidence in Missouri government and to scrutinize tax dollar handling.
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Los Angeles
Susan Atkins
Sharon Tate
Chris Anxiety
Topher
Kit) Bond
Republican Platform Committee
Bond
Missouri
Government efficiency push cited in 1970 report
The passage notes concerns about finances and stewardship with emphasis on performance audits to improve efficiency and effectiveness of government programs and save taxpayers’ dollars. It mentions Bond stressing the need for adults to ensure oversight and accountability in public finance and operations.
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Peabody Fined for Pollution in Boone County Court
Peabody Coal Jr. pleaded guilty to polluting two Boone County streams with acid from old strip mines. Magistrate Temple Margett fined the company $500 at Boone County Magistrate Court on Wednesday, at the request of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Charles Franklin.
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Columbia
Peabody Coal Jr
Boone County
Temple Margett
Charles Franklin
Governor Scott weighs suit to curb school bus desegregation
Gov. Bob Scott of North Carolina met with state officials to discuss filing a suit aimed at blocking state lending of buses to districts. The move targets desegregation plans in districts like Charlotte-Mecklenburg, which will begin classes next week under a federal desegregation order now challenged in court. The case follows nationwide boycotts and protests as districts face attendance impact and court deadlines. Roy Burton of the Norfolk anti busing group stresses adherence to law while opposing forced busing and supporting neighborhood schools.
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North Carolina
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
Supreme Court
Civic Leagues
Norfolk
Concerned Citizens of
Roy Burton
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