Johnson Grass Control Issue on Missouri Ballot
Southeast Missouri farmers face a key election decision on enacting a state Johnson grass control law in Scott county. The measure would declare the county a control area, create a three member weed control board, and empower the state agriculture commissioner to supervise eradication, inspections, and cooperation with other agencies, with enforcement actions and penalties for noncompliance.
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Scott County
Missouri
Tom B. Stroup
Pemiscot
New Madrid
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Missouri College of Agriculture
Matthews Man Appointed On New Madrid County FHA
Lyman Whitten of Matthews is appointed to the New Madrid County Farmers Home Administration committee serving with Sid Applegate of Risco and James Stoffer of New Madrid. Whitten, a 1,000 acre farmer with 480 owned near Canalou and Matthews, also serves on the Matthews School Board. The three member committee works with the county supervisor to judge loan eligibility and property values for FHA real estate loans. The FHA provides long term credit to farmers for land, buildings, soil and water conservation, and farm improvements, and offers farm management advice without competing with other lenders.
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Lyman Whitten
Matthews
New Madrid
Whitten
Missouri
Farmers Home Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Street signs vandalism costly to parents in city
Thief of Police Arthur Bruce notes a recent rise in street sign damage theft and destruction. Signs are expensive and replacements burden city funds partly paid by parents of offenders. Police say acts by teen boys attract jail and fines plus restitution.
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Arthur Bruce
Bruce
Plans to Get Industry Here Are Discussed
A luncheon at the Rustic Rock Inn featured Richard M. Kinne of Missouri Resources and Development discussing ways to attract new industry to Sikeston. Sikeston Industrial Development Co and Chamber committees outlined plans, stressing the need for a ready building on lease and proximity to St. Louis and Memphis with two railroads and strong local support.
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Rustic Rock Inn
Richard M. Kinne
Jefferson City
Missouri Resources and Development Commission
Sikeston Industrial Development Co
Committee of 100
Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston
Harold Courtney
Kinne
Committee of
Tongate Family Takes Two Week Daytona Beach Vacation
Mr and Mrs E L Tongate Jr and their son David depart Tuesday for a two week vacation in Daytona Beach Florida. D J Davidson was discharged Sunday from Cape Osteopathic Hospital after medical treatment.
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E. L. Tongate Jr
David
Daytona Beach
Fla
D. J. Davidson
Cape Osteopathic
Car hits bridge after driver drowsy in Missouri
Two weekend traffic deaths in Troop E region include Herbert Jones Jr 39 of Tiptonville Tenn and William Scott 43 of Tiptonville killed when a eastbound car drifted across the highway on Highway 162 and struck a bridge railing near Portageville. Lorene Jones 16, also of Tiptonville, died later at Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital Hayti from injuries. Rosie Scott 42 and Herbert Jones Jr. were hospitalized with injuries. Nearby visitors Wilburn Cockrell Jr Beverly Cockrell and the Kearser family are mentioned with no further action noted.
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East Prairie
Herbert Jones, Jr
Tiptonville
Tenn
Missouri
Troop E
State Highway Patrol
Portageville
William Scott
Lorene Jones
Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital
Hayti
Havyti
Rosie Scott
Herbert Jones Jr
Walter Maxwell Golden Wedding Celebrated at Dogwood
Mr and Mrs Walter Maxwell of Dogwood marked 50 years of marriage with a Methodist Church basement reception. The celebration drew 150 guests, with lunch on the church lawn and a long afternoon call period. Married in 1908 at the bride’s home, they are parents of six and have 16 grandchildren. three women from the 1908 wedding attended the 50th anniversary.
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Walter Maxwells
Mir
Walter Blaxwell
Dogwood
Maxwell
Maxwells
Walter Maxwell
Nettie Holland
D. G. Holland
Charles Heath
Oscar Herron
East Prairie
Deil Baker
Cape Girardeau
Martha Gupin
Sikeston
C. D
Edna’ Heath
James
Blanche Bleckhman
Harland Maxwell
Leland Maswell
Route 1
Fast Prairie
Clyde ‘Norma, Hurley
Bertrand
Ray Maxwell
Dumas
Ter
Lyman Harrisons Visit Cape Girardeau Family Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Harrison of Cape Girardeau spent Sunday afternoon visiting with the former’s mother, Mrs. R. L Harrison, and family.
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Lyman Harrison
Cape Girardeau
R. L Harrison
Mayor Felker Urges Sikeston Voters to Back Urban Renewal
Mayor C E Felker calls Sikeston voters to approve Urban Renewal on Aug 5 urging that federal funds from 500000 to 1900000 annually for 10 years will stay local, boost employment, fund sewers, attract a factory, and uplift the city without tax increases. He cites successful approvals in other towns and urges a yes vote.
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Felker
Sikesion
Sikeston
Scott County Court
Missouri
St Louis
Federal funds assure record road building statewide
Federal funds totaling 3.1 billion dollars were announced by Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks for the 1960-61 fiscal year, the largest allocation to date. Missouri gets about 95.6 million, Kansas about 40.2 million, funding road projects from Kansas City southeast trafficway to Interstate 70 work near Columbia and Junction City, with major ties to the Mark Twain Expressway and the West Wichita bypass.
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Missouri and
Kar>s
Sinclair Weeks
Washington
Yeersouri
Kansas
Rex Whitton
Missouri State Highway Commission
Kansas City
Columbia
Boonville
U. S. 40
S. Louis-Japain
St. Loui--inclinge
Junction City-Abilene-Salina
West Wichita
East Prairie Farmer Jack Ashlock Missing in Wilkerson Ditch
East Prairie farmer Jack Barker Ashlock 36 disappeared after a small boat sank in Wilkerson Ditch Friday evening. Nesby Stokes swam to aid but Ashlock slipped away. his body was recovered near the crash site after Stokes called for help. He is survived by a wife Patty Hudson, a daughter Nickie Allene, four sisters and two uncles. No inquest.
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East Prairie
Nesby Stokes
Jack Barker Ashlock
Near East Prairie
Wilkerson Ditch
Elgin McMikle
Mississippi County
Stokes
Ashlock
Mr. Ashlock
Jack Hugh Ashloch
Patty Hudson
Nickie Allene
Ed Knatchen
St Louis
Thelma Freeze
Denver
Cole
P. D. Davis
Charleston
Leo Allen
Ben Barker
Eugene Barker
Wasps' Stings Nearly Fatal To 15-Year-Old
A Matthews teen, Webster Allen Sibley Jr., 15, was stung three times by wasps while on a roof and pronounced dead for three minutes. Doctors at Missouri Delta Community Hospital used a cardiac pacemaker and resuscitation to restore breathing and heart activity. Within hours he showed responses, and by the next morning his condition improved with normal labs and unimpaired intelligence. The incident is cited as a historic success in Sikeston medical history with team effort and advanced equipment credited for the survival.
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Webster Allen Sibler, Jr
Airs
Webster Alen Sibler
Matthews
Abert Sikeston
Harold Jones
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Geatn
Sikeston
Thevt
Allen
Bus Safaris To St Louis For Cardinals Games
Two American Legion sponsored bus safaris to St Louis for Cardinals games prove popular with plans for two more trips in August. On August 24 a married couples outing aboard The 49th State includes a ball game picnic and round trip fare. The following Sunday a stag trip sponsors by Lepton departs for the ball game and diversions. Tickets are on sale through Legion members.
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St. Louis
Cardinals
American Legion
le £ 10N
Red Cross Chooses Sikeston As 3-County Training Center
The Red Cross names Sikeston as a three county swim and lifesaving training center for Scott New Madrid Cape Girardeau Stoddard and Mississippi counties. It aims to boost water safety and swimming skills with 23 certified instructors and 17 pools in the five‑county area. Local civic clubs in Portageville Cape Girardeau back the program with plans to instructor training and a long term youth program.
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L 18
Sikeston
Red Cross
Scott
New Madrid
Cape Girardeau
Stoddard
Mississippi
Ithe
Missouri
Portageville
Charles Eisom
Douglas Taylor
Eishit
Biis. Taylor
Ellis J. Tubbs
Jaycee Pool
Carl Elam
Redross
Tractor Overturns Injures Mississippi County Worker
While mowing along the highway three miles east of Wyatt on Friday morning, Herman Ward of the Mississippi County Highway Department was hurt when the tractor he drove overturned. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo where X rays showed no fracture, only cuts and bruises.
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Charleston
Wyatt
Herman Ward
Mississippi County Highway Department
St. Mary's Hospital
Cairo
Hold Man On Suspicion of Break-ins Here
Sikeston and Scott counties pursue a break ins spree across Southeast Missouri as Billy G. Harbison 37 captured in Poplar Bluff while trying to steal a car. Thurman Lee was with him but eluded authorities. Clothing found in Harbison’s car ties him to Sikeston thefts. prosecutors from Butler Stoddard and Scott counties may decide who handles the case.
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Sikeston
Scot County
Heber Laundries
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Lester Massingham
Billy G. Harbison
Michigan
Ohio
Loonie Johnson
Semo Motor Co
Dexter
Poplar Scruff
Aubrey Michael
Arthur Brice
Harbison
Scott County
Butler
Stoddard
Scott Counties
Butler County
Kiwanis Hear Plan To Type Blood And Urban Renewal
Kiwanis Club members heard about blood typing and an urban renewal program. A Missouri Delta Community Hospital technician will collect blood samples at the police headquarters on North Prairie Street this Saturday at 10 a.m. to create a donor card file. The effort aims to speed donor matching and support Civil Defense.
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John Donoho
Kiwanis Club
Civil Defense Group
Alissouri Delta Community Hospital
North Prairie Street
Six polio cases reported in Missouri through mid 1958
The State Health Division reports six polio cases so far in 1958, with two identified last week in St Louis County. The notice from Jefferson City notes calendar inconsistencies but confirms the six cases to date.
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SNLE
Jefferson City
State Health Division
St. Louis
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Johnson Grass Control
State of
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Gulf
New Madrid County
Selony of
Wilburn Cockrell Jr
Mobile
Ala
Lelia Cockrell
Beverly Cockrell
Junian Kearser
Kay
Memphis
Eugene Buckles
C. E. Felker
Jack Ashlock
East Prairie Farmer
Eom
Webster Allen Sibley
Gary Newman
Route One
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Bor
Robert Mow
Priscilla
Centralia
Robert D. Mow
Mow
The
Legion
Heerman
George Kirk
E. HR. “Dich
Man
Akiwarlamns
Weber Gumcore
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