World This Week Striker Demands 20-Cent Wage Rise
The CIO union calls a nationwide strike of 100000 meat packing plant workers to press for a 20 cent per hour wage increase, set to begin March 16. Also notes on executioner Rich Owens death at 67, spy charge against Edward A. Condon, Cambridge cemetery dedication, plexiglass coffin display, bachelorhood fines in Aurora, five Sundays in February 1948, St Lawrence deep water project defeat, Vandenberg urging Marshall Plan, witness of kin wedding, Washington University gambling ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Coon resigns after 17 years with highway department
Edward J. Coon, auditor for 17 years at Division 10 Headquarters of the State Highway Department, has resigned to enter private business interests at Charleston. He vacated his office yesterday.
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Edward J. Coon
Division 10
State Highway Department
Charleston
Coon
Hospital Drive Adds Contributions in Sikeston
Local drive in Sikeston records new donations including Mrs. John A. O Hara and the John L. Tanner family giving in memory of Mrs. Anna Winchester. Wardell and Peewee Renee contribute, with a noted amount of 31000.
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John A. O'Hara
John L. Tanner
Anna Winchester
Adrian Anderson Named Wheat King in Missouri
Adrian Anderson of near Sikeston receives the Phillip Pillsbury trophy for best wheat grown in Missouri last year. Presented by F. S. Hunter of the New Madrid County Farm Bureau at the Kiwanis Farmers Night at Dunn Hotel with 120 Kiwanians and Sikeston district agists. The award wheat sample won at the State Seed Show in Columbia, marking a revival of district wheat quality after years of decline.
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Adrian Anderson
Sikeston
Phillip Pillsbury
Missouri
Pillsbury Mills
F. S. Hunter
New Madrid
Jurors Named for March Term of Scott County Circuit Court
The March term jurors for Scott county circuit court were named. From Richland township: J M Kelley W W Lankford Ralph Anderson Edgar Crouthers C H Poe John Calvin J T Griffin Paul W Cannon Kelso Lawrence Oliver Leonard Lux J W Copeland J E Dunagan Paul Roberts Jr Lawrence LeGrand MiltonGehrs Morley J F Porter L P Phillips Sylvania Raymond Gringer Moreland Leo Glaus Sandywoods W S Bailey Commerce Lawrence Vetter Tywapitty Raymond Gaines. From Richland township: Fremont Goetz Lee Bowman Tom M Mathis Sr Ira Keller Wendall Hall W A Love J L Swaim Frank W Van Horne Harry Buckles Kelso Fred Thornton L S McCormick Don F Glasser Edward Heisserer A A Edmonds J O Slaughter Morley Clifton Daniels Hudson Duncan Slyvania Jim Wildes Arthur Dirnberger Moreland Joe Dirnberger Sandy woods J E Davis Commerce J Anderson Tywapitty Thomas New.
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Richland Township
J. M. Kelley
W. W. Lankford
Ralph Anderson
Edgar Crouthers
C. H. Poe
John Calvin
J. T. Griffin
Paul W. Cannon
Kelso
Lawrence Oliver
Leonard Lux
J. W. Copeland
J. E. Dunagan
Paul Roberts Jr
Lawrence LeGrand
Milton Gehrs
Morley
J. F. Porter
L. P. Phillips
Sylvania
Raymond Gringer
Moreland
Leo Glaus
Sandywoods
W. S. Bailey
Commerce
Lawrence Vetter
Tywapitty
Raymond Gaines
Fremont Goetz
Lee Bowman
Tom M. Mathis Sr
Ira Keller
Wendall Hall
W. A. Love
J. L. Swaim
Frank W. van Horne
Harry Buckles
Fred Thornton
L. S. McCormick
Don F. Glasser
Edward Heisserer
A. A. Edmonds
J. O. Slaughter
Clifton Daniels
Hudson Duncan
Slyvania
Jim Wildes
Arthur Dirnberger
Joe
Oran And Morehouse Approve 20-Year Utility Franchises
New twenty year electrical service franchises for Missouri Utilities Co. were approved by voters in Oran and Morehouse at special elections Tuesday. Oran passed 155 to 9 and Morehouse 247 to 8 in favor.
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Missouri Utilities Co
Morehouse
Sikeston Eats Under Poor Health Report
A city health department report rated Sikeston eating and drinking places at 42.8 percent, far below the 90 percent standard. Only one inspection area, doors and windows, met requirements. light, toilet facilities, handwashing, and sanitization fell far short. The survey covered 25 of about 35 establishments. officials urged adoption and enforcement of a health ordinance to push toward a 90 percent compliance rating.
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Public Health Department
Sikeston
Division of Health
Final Christmas Seal Drive Totals Reported
Jos A Leslie president of the Southeast Missouri Tuberculosis Association announced final receipts from the Scott county Christmas seals campaign reached 1979 with 3891 letters mailed and 1115 contributions. Expenditures totaled 1513.60 including X ray medical service education and seal sale costs.
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Jos
Missouri Tuberculosis Association
Shaffer Fined for Disturbing Peace in Lakeview Court
FINED J. C. Shaffer was fined ten dollars and costs in Magistrate M. E. Montgomery's court yesterday morning on a charge of disturbing the peace at the Lakeview Court.
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J. C. Shaffer
M. E. Montgomery
Lakeview Court
Government Bids High for Wheat
Wheat rose after the Federal Government announced a foreign shipment allotment exceeding 32 million bushels for April, prompting a price gain up to 10 cents before settling 50 cents above May quotations. The action left Scott County Milling Co in paralysis as mills in Oran, Dexter and Sikeston faced delays and nine million bushels were tied to milling for foreign shipment.
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Scott County Milling Co
Oran, Dexter and
Sikeston
Lyman Bowman
House Appropriates $500,000 to Rebuild Houck Field House
Atty Ralph Bailey of Sikeston said the state house appropriated 500000 to rebuild Houck Field House at Cape Girardeau after a fire. He cited 78 voluntary messages from Southeast Missouri educators editors and business people influencing the committee. Initial 250000 vote was 5, but 500000 won with all 26 members voting in favor.
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Ralph Bailey
Sikeston
Board of
Regents
State College
Cape Girardeau
Jefferson City
House of Representatives
Bailey
Field House
Southeast Missouri
Residents Protest Failed Asphalt Pavement on City Streets
Citizens filed complaints with the city council over four streets where experimental asphaltic surfacing laid last fall failed in recent freezes. Contractor Asphalt Products Corp. faced claims of improper cut-back and insufficient surface. Repairs will be made when weather permits. Ruth Street paving petition was later approved for invalidation.
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Billy Walker
Asphalt Products Corp
Cape Girardeau
Vernon
Hunter Streets
Wallace and
Heath
Heath Street
Ruth Street
School Street
Scott
Floodway evacuation plans clarify advance notices
W A Steele of the Cairo office, U S Army Corps of Engineers, says Birds Point New Madrid Floodway need not open this spring. He outlines advance notices to residents, including mail drop, personal deliveries by officials, and newspaper and radio alerts. If evacuation is needed, Red Cross, Coast Guard units, and State Patrol would assist.
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Birds Point
New Madrid
Mississippi County
W. A Steele
Cairo
Memphis
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Steele
Mississippi
Ohio
American Red Cross
U. S. Coast Guard
State Highway Patrol
Representative seeks congressional probe of Missouri voting abuse
State Representative Robert W. Brown introduced a resolution in the Missouri House urging Congress to investigate alleged discrimination against Negro voters in Southeast Missouri. The measure names Pemiscot Dunklin New Madrid Mississippi Scott and Stoddard counties and asks for prosecution of anyone interfering with Negroes’ right to vote.
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Robert W. Brown
Kansas City
House
Congress
Missouri
Pemiscot
Dunklin
New Madrid
Mississippi
Scott
Stoddard
Brown
Senate
House Elections Committee
Visit Upheld as Mrs Reed Travels to Monroe
Mrs. S. E. Reed travels to Monroe, Louisiana to visit daughter Mrs. L. A. Fourmy and family. Mrs. Fourmy recently underwent surgery and is recovering.
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S. E. Reed
Monroe, la
L. A. Fourmy
Baker elected new president of Sikeston Rotary Club
Wm Z Baker an instructor in vocational agriculture at the local high school was elected president at the Sikeston Rotary Club meeting held at the Dunn Hotel. New officers include Rev Earl Weis vice president Leonard Schumacher secretary W J Schmuerbach treasurer and board members Howard Handwerker and Gene Aufdenberg. They will start their term in July and plan to attend the 130th district assembly in St Louis March 28 29 30.
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Wm. Z. Baker
Rotary Club
Dunn Hotel
Earl Weis
Leonard Schumacher
W. J. Schmuerbach
Howard Mhandwerker
Gene Aufdenberg
F. L. Sisson
Rotary Assembly
St.Louis
Howard Handwerker
Retain Sikeston Vet Office Faces Move to Cape Girardeau
Local veterans groups and civic organizations press Congress to keep the Veterans Administration contact office in Sikeston. They cite higher Sikeston contact volume than Cape Girardeau and forward data to Rep. Orville Zimmerman. The office may move to Cape Girardeau on April 1, with itinerant service to Sikeston confirmed.
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Sikeston
Veterans Administration
Orville Zimmerman
Washington, D.C
Cape Girardeau
Zimmerman
American Legion
Lions Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Columbia
Geo. E. Seybold
Youth Arrested for Auto Theft in Cobden Illinois
Donald Ditto, 14, of Cobden, Ill., was arrested by Troopers C. C. Anderson and Eugene Harris for stealing a 1948 Ford. The car, stolen earlier in Cobden, was recovered abandoned near Matthews. authorities brought the youth back to Cobden Monday.
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Donald Ditto
Cobden
Ill
C. C. Anderson
Eugene Harris
Illinois
Matthews
District Highways Severely Damaged
The freeze and thaw severely damaged district highways, with heavy losses on Highway 51 between Fisk and the north Bollinger county line and soft, impassable sections elsewhere. Division 10 of the State Highway Department notes potential private contracting for new work as repairs begin, while load restrictions may be temporary to protect road beds. Route H between Miner and Blodgett with an oil sand mat fared well. continued weather repairs are planned across the district.
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Sikeston
Division 10
State Highway Department
M. S. Gwinn
Fisk
Bollinger
Poplar Bluff
Paxico
Gwinn
Morley
Jackson
Miner
Blodgett
Con
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Rich Owens
Oklahoma
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
American Activities Subcommittee
Cambridge
England
United States
Cambridge University
Hugo
Okla
Aurora
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St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
United States Senate
Vandenberg
Arthur Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
Jessee Picket
Alfred Wesseldine
Washington University of St. Louis
Highway Department
San Peeveeteey
Wardell
Peewee Renee
Nlewepa
State OF
Petit Jury
Scott County
Oran and
Morehouse Vote Utility Franchises
Oran
Hunter Street
Dysart-Auer
Scott County Mills
Houck Field House
Candet Ote
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