Five Year GOP Record Speaks for Itself
Evaluation of the 1952 to 1957 Republican era cites Korea casualties, corruption cleanups, and reduced government spending. It credits Eisenhower Nixon and party leadership with budget balance, fewer scandals, and lower cost of living while contrasting with Truman policies. The piece includes a Humphrey quote urging continued unity and prosperity under Republicans.
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Korea
Truman
America
Eisenhower
Nixon
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Chicago
Washington
Fourteen Fail Drivers Tests at Sikeston Armory
Sixty eight? The article reports 38 took tests, 24 passed and 14 failed on written and road tests at the Sikeston Armory. One driver’s license issued to Boboy Dwane Harris. many names listed for licenses, permits, and instructions. tests held every Monday at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Sikeston Armory
Boboy Dwane Harris
Gray Ridge
Glen Richardson
Matthews
John Richard Frain
Einora Ruth Bramleit
Oran
Jezy Ras Northcutt
Kenneth Orton Morse
Morehouse
Bettyv Butt Roach
Frank Delano Alford
Carolyn Sue Parker
Donnie Lee
Ken
Lida Bell Boaman
Green Meadows
M. Wt. Cotton
Orville Brute Taylor
Lake
James Alexandra Elliott
Lower Rot Loop
Sikeston
Leamond Exgene Troph
Bell City
Tom Neal
East Prairie
Thurl Daniels
Morler
Charles Harold Wrmck
Anna Mar-garet Bean
Robert Aberham Gadis
Greer
George Joseph Scinedt
Park
Sikeston High Game Cancelled Due to Flu Outbreak
Sikeston High School principal Harold Kiehne reports Cape Girardeau authorities notified that 37 football players are ill with flu, forcing cancellation of Friday’s game. The contest will instead be played on Friday night November 22. Cape Girardeau had two pupils absent due to flu.
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Harold Kidhne
Sikeston High School
Cape Central
Kiehne
Cape Girardeau School
Jaycees Seek Ground for Permanent Jaycee Rodeo Grounds
Junior Chamber of Commerce acts to secure 30 to 40 acres for a permanent Jaycee Rodeo site. Aiming to lease for two ten year terms with a renewal option, the group seeks a location on a major thoroughfare at a reasonable rent. Louis Jones is coordinating contact for offers already received though prices remain high.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Louis Jones
Commission Reports On Highway Conditions
State Highway Commission reports road conditions for the period ending Nov 5 in Sikeston area. U S Route 60 near Fisk shows new grading and paving from Fisk east 8 miles with a short bypass five miles east of Fisk. Route 25 near White Oak and Kennett has new grading and a bypass north of White Oak. shoulders on Independence Street in Kennett. Traffic should use extreme caution in these areas.
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State Highway Commission
Sikeston
Stoddard
Fisk
Dunklin Co
White Oak
Kennett
Independence Street
Masons Hear Judge Harper at Sikeston Meeting
More than 600 Masons, their wives and friends attended a Sunday Armory gathering in Sikeston with U.S. Judge Roy W. Harper as speaker. He urged civic responsibility and patriotism while praising democracy and Western civilization. A Scottish Rite Choir and local officials participated in the program.
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Judge Harper
Sikeston
Armory
Roy W. Harper
U. S
Gistmer
Missouri
Qur Organization
America
Toro
Scottish Rite Choir
David W. Thornton
Oscar H
J. C. Montgomery
First Methodist Church
Rotary Minstrel Show Practice Sparks Names Mocked by Cast
The Rotary Club plans its blackface minstrel with a cast listing Homer Stallings as interlocutor and many Rotarians rehearsing. Members will use stage names such as Wigle Jaw and Rastus during two shows on Monday and Tuesday, with dress rehearsals ongoing and tickets available now.
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Murmerngz
Bastus
Rotary Club
Dunn Hotel
Homer Stallings
Rotarians
Melvin Gateler
Tony Statler
Chip Schmerbauch
Chuck Cromwell
Frank Sisson
Lloyd Ogen
Lennie Whitworth
Virgil Bryan
O. D Claxton
Milford Taylor
Leroy Parmenter
Ed Allard
Bill Pinnel
Gene Aufdenberg
Bot Miller
Harvid Jones
Louis Clark
Bob Summers
Howard McGill
Ivan Bowers
Bill Denton
Frank Altum
Wigle Jaw
Bumps
Willie
Moses
Flatfoot
Snowball
Fairlane
Sambo
Rastus
Lightning
Pill
Baldnob
Rotary Thespians
Rotary
Rotary Anns
Jaycees Sponsor Annual Halloween Parade at High School Field
Jaycees announce their annual Hallo ween parade at the high school football field on Oct 31 at 7 p.m. Spooky contestants vie for prizes in costumes with judges mingling among participants. Also noted is the Jaycee refreshment stand at the R. D. Clarion auction Sunday offering drinks and snacks.
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R. D. Clarion
Canalou couple win in New Madrid Plant to Prosper program
Mr and Mrs Peter C Myers of Canalou win in New Madrid County Plant to Prosper program. Panel reviewed contestants Oct 18 with county judges Henry Huishof Sam L Hunter Jr and Solon T Gee. Winners in white landowner group and close runner up Haubold of Marston. Colored landowner Tom Wright of Laforge named country winner. Program honors farm and home improvements with cash prizes and a Memphis rally in December.
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Peter. Myers
Canalou Win
New Madrid County
New Madrid
Henry Huishof
Sam L. Hunter Jr
Solon T. Gee
Peter C. Myers
Canaioa
Joe Haubold
Marston
Haubolds
Moers
Tom Wright
LaForge
Memphis
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Docia Hunter 86 Bertrand Dies Sunday
Mrs Docia Eleanor Hunter 86 a Bertrand resident died at home Sunday morning. Born June 5 1871 in Sumner County Tennessee she married Frank Hunter in Charleston September 9 1905. Survived by husband son Walter Hunter two sisters two grandchildren one great grandchild and two step grandchildren. Funeral 2 30 p m Monday General Baptist church Bertrand Rev J C Baker and Rev Jim Edmundson officiating. Burial Armer Cemetery bearers McArkle Funeral Home Charleston in charge.
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Bertrand
Docia Eleanor Hunter
Sumner County
Tenn
John Blackburn
Frank Hunter
Charleston
Walter Hunter
Blodgett
Sadie Lane
St. Louis
Ander Kunter
General Baptist Church
J. C. Baker
Jim Edmundson
Armer
McArkle Funeral Home
New Madrid County Red Cross Chapter Opens 1957 Campaign
The Kick Off meeting for the American Red Cross fund drive in New Madrid County was an enthusiastic social and business event. President Lee Coon opened the session, secretary Mrs Hill read minutes, and Roy Beoker presented the treasurer’s report. Coon urged cooperation, praised solicitors, and thanked Kewaunee women for hosting.
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New Madrid
American Red Cross
Lee Coon
Hill
Roy Beoker
Coon
Red Cross
Kewanee
Waterfowl season opens Friday across Missouri blinds
Missouri hunters gear up for the 10 day waterfowl season with more than 70 008 ducks and about 69 000 wild geese. The opening Friday starts a half hour before dawn except two Swan Lake prescribed areas where opening is at noon. Shooting hours the first day end at 5 10 p m.
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Missouri
Swan Lake
Benton voters approve $133000 sewer bonds in special election
Benton residents approved two bond measures in a special Tuesday vote. Proposition No. 1 authorized $61,000 in general obligation bonds, passing 133 to 61. Proposition No. 2 approved $72,000 in revenue bonds, 131 to 6, with $19,672 earmarked to retire a water bond. The sewer plan will join the existing water department, bonds bought by Small Milburn Co. of Kansas City, project engineer Joe Williamson of St. Louis, and a $10,000 federal grant supporting the project.
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Benton
Hess Porter
Milburn Co
Kansas City
Joe Williamson
St. Louis
Porter
Services Held For Connie Schaefer In Lilbourn
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Lilbourn Baptist Church for six year old Connie Schaefer who died after being thrown from and run over by a truck driven by her father J C Schaefer near Walnut Ridge Arkansas Surviving are her parents maternal grandmother and grandparents and great grandparents Interment followed at Mounds Cemetery near Lilbourn with Rev Clide officiating and Ponder Funeral Home in charge
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Lilbourn Baptist Church
Connie Schaefer
J. C Schaefer
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Connie
J. C. Schaefer
Emma Schaefer
Lilbourn
Howard Scott
Dock Hawkins
Sikeston
Mounds Cemetery
Rev
Clide
The
Baptist Church
Ponder Funeral Home
Libourn
Asian Flu Epidemic Wanes At Cape Girardeau Area
The Asian Flu seem to abate locally while remaining severe in the northern end of the county. Dr Thelma Buckthorpe reports 195 flu cases in Chaffee since last Thursday. Cape Girardeau schools show absentee rates but not a full epidemic. Football, schedules, and several district schools face disruptions with several towns reporting rising absences.
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Thelma Co. Buckthorpe
Buckthoce
Chaffee
Fred Lewellan
Sune
Afr Lewellen
Cape Girardeau
Louis G. Schutz
Sikes
Charleston
John Harris Marshall
Lynn Twit
Festus
Jackson
R. O. Hawkins
Kesir
B. Mu Adams
A. W. Wright
Srabde
Onlr
UL Bennett
Droon Masterson
Chiteéren
Caruthersville
Fiu
Aish
Buckthormine
Orser
Kiwanis Hear Reports On Kansas City Convention
The Kiwanis Club's Tuesday meeting at the Dunn Hotel focused on reports from the recent Kiwanis district convention in Kansas City. Speakers Chrnt Scott Gene Nunnelee and Rev Wayne Davis shared attendance impressions while George Kirk inducted Harold Miller and Ralph Williams outlined progress for the KRA event.
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Kiwanis Club
Dunn Hotel
Kansas City
Chrnt Scott
Gene Nunnelee
Wayne Davis
George Kirk
Harold Miller
Kiwanis
Ralph Williams
KRA
Soybean cyst nematode quarantine noted in Missouri regions
USDA agriculturist William Hare reports extended quarantine areas in Pemiscot New Madrid and Stoddard counties amid soybean cyst nematode. He describes control challenges, soil movement risks, and ongoing research while stressing no lift in restrictions.
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Usda Agriculturist
Wiliam Hare
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sikeston
Missouri
Pemiscot
New Madrid
Stoddard
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FLU
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Graham Clark
School of the Ozarks
Holluster
Men’s Council of
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Farmington
Arkansas
Ene Mount
Cape Girardeau Presbyterian Church
Aniami
Fla
Herbert Kandred
Stevie
Bert C. Rice
Docia Hunter
Sanitary Sewer Department
Sateday
Dwight Crader
Chanter
Department of Labor and Industrial Relatons
Crader
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations II
Murray Lane
North Street
Linn Street
W. OS. McMullan
Norn Street
Don Harris
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Leon Wood
Grace Neal
Hare
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