Missouri roadside development gains on federal aid program
Jefferson City December 14. Under the Missouri Highway Department and in cooperation with the U S Bureau of Public Roads roadside development has become an expanding phase of road maintenance. Federal funds require at least one percent of combined state and federal aid for roadside work each year. Projects across nearly every county include trees shrubs and flowers, grading, seeding, drainage and erosion control. Scenic turnouts and gardenways such as Henry Shaw Wildlife and Gardenway on US 66, and work along US 51, Lake of the Ozarks, and Route 40 New Florence to Kingdom City illustrate ongoing efforts and plans for more in the next two years.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Highway Department
U.S Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Bureau of Public Roads
Henry Shaw
St Louis
Franklin
Miller
Camden
Lake of the Ozarks
New Florence
Kingdom City
Building Highways To Meet Traffic Needs
An analysis of rational road design linking pavement thickness and width to traffic volume and vehicle types. Overdesign wastes funds. underdesign raises maintenance costs. Proper design uses traffic counts and economic trends to set exact standards, preventing overly heavy or inadequate roads.
Community highway plans promise long life at low cost
Officials outline needs of communities served by the highway project aiming for durable improvements with savings for road users. The proposal emphasizes long life and reasonable costs, balancing local needs with state goals.
State Officials Urge Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
Governor Lloyd C Stark State Highway Engineer Carl W Brown and Highway Patrol head Captain A D Sheppard call on Missouri newspapers and radio to urge a concerted effort to cut holiday traffic deaths. They cite last Christmas three days saw 18 injuries and 2 deaths, urge early travel careful driving no alcohol, pedestrians face traffic white clothing at night and knowledge of drunk driving laws.
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Jefferson City
Lloyd C. Stark
Carl W. Brown
A. D. Sheppard
Highway Patrol
Missouri
Safety Bureau of the
Mussour
Highway Department
Seven Missouri Cities to Try for TVA Service
At a Hart meeting an association formed to seek electric power from the Tennessee Valley Authority for seven Southeast Missouri towns. Roy Nelson said Washington had marked Pemiscot county for TVA service and limes would cross the Mississippi at Russouri. Filbert L Ford, Kennett, was elected president. board members will gather data on distribution and power needs before an official TVA application. The seven cities represented were Steele Portageville Lenath Kennett Caruthersville Hayti and Wardell.
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Fnday
Missour
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roy Nelson
Blytheville Ark
Washington
Pemiscot County
TVA
Norris
TV -4v
Mississippi River
Russouri Filbert L Ford
Kennett
Steele Portageville
Lenath Kennett
Caruthersville, Hayt
Wardell
New Patrolman for Troop E Arrives
State Trooper Herbert F. Wickham of Jackson arrived Friday to take up duties in Troop E of the State Highway Patrol. He is living at the Dye Hotel. Mrs Wickham and their young son will join him here about the first of the year.
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Herbert F. Wickham
Jackson
Fnday
State Highway Patrol
Dye Hotel
Wickham
Auto Injury Fatal to Dexter Youth
Injuries from a Saturday automobile accident near Kingsley Friday night led to the death of a Dexter youth. On the trip to Emience to seek work were thrower, Benny Medcalf, and Charles Christian. The other youths escaped serious injuries. Surviving are parents Mr and Mrs O Thrower and two sisters. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Christian church with burial in Dexter cemetery.
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Kingsley
Thrower
Dexter Thrower
Bennie Medcalf
Charles Christian
Emirence
O Thrower
Christian Church
Dexter Cemetery
Negro farmer killed in traffic accident near East Prairie
Scott Spillers, a Negro farmer, was instantly killed in a automobile accident two miles south of East Prairie late Friday. A Negro youth driving Spillers' hay truck swerved to avoid a car. Spillers leaped from the vehicle and was struck by a wheel. The driver and Sam Green, a white man and owner of the hay, were not injured.
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Scott Spillers
East Prairie
Fadar Miles Bennett
Spillers
Sam Green
Minor crash on Highway 61 near Matthews reported
The Highway Patrol notes a minor collision on Highway 61 near Matthews Monday night. A truck driven by Turner Withington of Tupelo Mississippi struck the rear of Albert Rodgers’s truck from New Madrid. Damage described as slight.
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Highway Patrol
Matthews
Turner Withington, Negro
Tupelo
Miss
Albert Rodgers
New Madrid
Tiny Tim Time Brings Help For Crippled Children
St Louis reports the Missouri Society for Crippled Children sponsors a Christmas Carol plan to aid crippled kids. Groups sing on Christmas Eve to raise funds for surgeries hospital care and artificial limbs, filling gaps left by county funds and state services.
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ST. Louis
Tims
Missouri Society For Crippled Children
Missour Society For Crippled Children
Crippled Children’s Service
Shriners
Missouri Baptist
Mercy
Kansas City
Missoui Society
Missouri Society
Crippled Child Needs Training Funds in St Louis
The Missouri Society reports many Tiny Tims in the county needing financial aid for speech training after deformities were corrected as far as possible. A $50 request stands unmet due to lack of local resources and limits of the County Social Security Commission. Send contributions to 35334 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, or to the local chairman.
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Oxarks
St. Louis
County Social Security Commission
Tims
Missouri Society
Washington Boulevard
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Conoco
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Schroff & Aufdenberg
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Archie. Cook S
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