Tragic Highway 61 Crash Kills 13YearOld Girl
A 2 p.m. Saturday crash on Highway 61, one half mile north of Matthews Lane, killed 13 year old Norma Jean Lightfoot and injured her mother Zona Lightfoot who later had an above knee amputation. The Lightfoot family from Detroit were traveling with a 1941 Chevrolet load and were en route to Gideon Missouri. The driver Jewell Lightfoot and passengers Phyllis OBrien and Louise Johnson, all Kalamazoo residents, were uninjured. The truck driver A H Fleming of Browning Texas avoided collision by veering off the road, the truck overturning with minor injuries to Fleming. The Kerr vehicle from Kalamazoo, driven by Herbert Kerr, experienced engine trouble and was pulled by the Lightfoot car. Funeral services were held in Campbell Missouri for the young victim.
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Highway 61
Matthews Lane
Sikeston General Hospital
Norma Jean Lightfoot
Jewell Lightfoot
Zona Lightfoot
Lightfoot
Detroit
Michigan
Chevrolet
Herbert Kerr
Kalamazoo
Phyllis O’brien
Louise Johnson
Fleming
Everett Lawrence
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Kerr
Deadline August 1 for stocking of fish ponds
Jefferson City The deadline for applying to stock fish in new farm ponds is August 1 the Conservation Commission reminded pond owners. Approved ponds must meet specs including eight feet minimum depth fencing to keep out livestock erosion controls and shoreline vegeta tion. Fertilizing the water to produce fish foods in advance is advised. Pond owners must allow a reasonable amount of fishing without charge subject to permission and trespass control.
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Jefferson City
Conservation Commission
Third Time Pay Raises For Labor Union Members
Government officials in Washington say upward of 10 million to 12 million union members have won a third round of post war wage increases. About three quarters of roughly 15,000 union workers have received boosts, averaging 10 to 15 cents per hour. Railroad workers totaling 1.25 million completed a second round of raises and are not yet in the third round. First and second rounds averaged 18 and 15 cents per hour respectively.
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Washington, D. C
Collision at Highways 60 and 61 injures five near Sikeston
Automobile driven by Cle arne Quinn 19 of Anderson Indiana collided with a truck trailer at the Highway 60 61 intersection at 11 15 a m last Sunday. Passengers Rev Charles Quinn 45 Mrs Quinn 45 a nine year old daughter and AL Lou Anne Parsons 19 from Anderson sustained minor injuries treated at Sikeston Hospital. Truck driver Robert Windisch of Cape Girardeau reported en route to Cape Girardeau for repairs after previous day’s crash near Matthews that proved fatal to Norma Jean Lightfoot 12 of Detroit Michigan.
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Clearne Quinn
Anderson
Ind
Per‘sons
State Highway Patrol
Robert Windisch
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston Hospital
Windisch
Veterans Administration mail guidance
The instruction requests the writer to use their full name complete address service serial numbers and any other means of identification when writing to the Veterans Administration. It emphasizes including precise personal identifiers for official correspondence.
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Veterans Administration
Corrigan Named to Board of Missouri Public Survey
Corrigan vice president of Bank of Sikeston was named to the board of Missouri Public Expenditure Survey announced at the survey headquarters in Jefferson City. The state taxpayer group focuses on improving efficiency of local state and federal government.
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Corrigan
Missouri Survey
Ww. Os. Corrigan
Bank of Sikeston
Missouri Public Expenditure Survey
Jefferson City
State Taxpayer Association
Mother of Sikeston Man Dies in Arizona
Mrs. Rosalee Dace of Douglas Arizona, mother of Melvin Dace of Sikeston, died Sunday morning from complications. Funeral held today at Sullivan Missouri, former home of Mrs. Dace. Survived by sons Dennis Date of Texas City Texas and Bill Dace of Douglas, Ariz., and daughters Mildred Dace and Abs Genevieve Cannon of St. Louis.
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Rosalee Dace
Douglas
Ariz
Melvin Dace
Sikeston
Sullivan, Mo
Dace
Dennis Date
Ssidine
Texas City
Texas
Bill Dace
Douglas, Ariz
Gro
Mildred Dace
Abs. Genevieve Cannon
St. Louis
Road Repairs In Pemiscot County Affect A J P Routes
Pemiscot county oiling operations on Routes A and J require caution and avoidance if possible. Route P closed between Route A and Route K due to bridge construction with ongoing oiling work from Hayti north. travelers urged to avoid the area if possible.
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Pemiscot County
Rts. A
Rt. P
Hayti
Arrests Connect Two Youths with Beating of Matthews Woman
Two youths were arrested in Matthews on charges arising from the robbery and assault of 80 year old Mrs Liza Smith. She was found in her home seriously injured after a burglary the prior Sunday night. Russell Peridore 18 and Delbert Stuttler 19 are jailed in New Madrid county awaiting preliminary hearings. Stuttler is a parolee from Mansfield Ohio for burglary and larceny. Mrs Smith is reported in good condition at Sikeston General Hospital.
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Matthews
Liza Smith
Smith
STO
Sherif Robert Cea Kimes
New Madrid
Russell Peridore
Delbert Stuttler
Cape Girardeau Repair Contract Approved at $220 458
State Highway Commission approved twelve county road projects totaling about $1 138 million after bids opened July 2. One urban project on Route 74 in Cape Girardeau covers 1.5 miles of grading 22 foot concrete pavement and a bridge over Cape La Croix Creek between U S Route 61 and Sprigg Street. The Cape Girardeau project is awarded to R B Potashnick for 220 458.
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State Highway Commission
Moore County
Cape Girardeau
Cape la Croix Creek
U. S. Route 61
Sprigg Street
R. B. Potashnick
Couple Observe 65th Wedding Anniversary Here
Mr and Mrs Christopher Columbus Clark of 828 Matthews street quietly celebrated their sixty fifth wedding anniversary at home Monday. He is 86 and she 81. Congratulatory telegrams came from daughters Mrs Fred Nelson and Mrs Hollis McClellan their husbands granddaughter Mrs Emmett Beeler and her husband and great granddaughter Marie 22 of Granite City Illinois. Mrs Clark said they did not expect their children to come as they are far away and she had been hoeing in the garden and visiting neighbors.
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Christopher Columbus Clark
Matthews Avenue
Mr. Clark
Matthews Street
Clark
Fred Nelson
Hollis McClellan
Emmett Beeler
Marie
Beelers
Granite City
Illinois
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Sikeston Soldier
James A. Shain
Alaska Communications System
ACS
Fairbanks
Alaska
American Legion
Shaina
Aubrey Shain
Shain
Arizona
Raymond E
Cox
Sikeston, Missouri
Batterias
Ferrell Oil. Company
Malone Ave
Tad
Coodyear Service Stores
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