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JUMBLE. by that HENRI scrambled wand game LEE Unscramble these four Jumbles, letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. IKKAH HECKE KRANET JUST THE THING IF A PUNCH 16 REQUIRED I RUFTUE Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. Print the SURPRISE ANSWER here A (Answers Monday) Jumbles: BROIL- DRONE ADAGIO WORTHY Yesterday's Answer: Wired in a strange Economy (CONTINUED FROM United Mine Workers approval of a proposed new contract bogged down as the union's regional leaders threatened to force a reopening of negotiations. A UMW official said he expected the nationwide coal strike to last at least three weeks, which would begin to trigger thousands of layoffs and force production cutbacks in the steel industry, with a rippling effect on other industries.

The Federal Reserve Board noted that the October production figures would have been even worse without a 9 per cent jump in auto assemblies and a 6 per cent spurt in iron, and steel production in. anticipation of the coal strike. The October slump left the Fed's index 1.7 per cent below a year ago, the most severe slump since the recession of 1969 and 1970. The Ford. administration earlier served notice that the expected drop in the latest monthly statistic had prompt- Mild Look For State KANSAS CITY (AP) Scattered and very light rain covered much of western and northern Missouri today, and National Weather Service forecasters had their own word for prospects for today, and tonight.

The word was "bleak. Despite: their gloomy outlook, they were promising continuation of temperatures that are on the mild side for mid-November. Some of this morning's rain was barely more than a mist, and generally it was moving to the northeast. At one time, it was only a narrow band from just north of Kansas City all the way across the state to Quincy, Ill. In the southern part of the state, it had reached the Lake of the Ozarks by midmorning and extended south to the Arkansas line.

The forecasters said the light rain probably will continue tonight over much of the state, but there is no precipitation in the forecast for Sunday and there is little or no chance for it in the long -range outlook for Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday: Forecast highs for today and Sunday were in the 50s, generallysa few degrees above normal for this time for year. Friday's range was from 48 at St. Joseph and Cape Girardeau to 53 at Kansas City. Lows tonight are expected to be mostly in the 40s, with a slight cooling into the 30s on. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Minimums early today ranged from 33 at West Plains to 43 at Kansas City, where the normal low for Nov. 16 is 34. Daytime highs are expected to be in the 50s on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. PAGE ONE) ed President Ford to conclude that a recession is seizing the economy. There were these other developments in the economy: -Corporate profits edged upward during the threemonth period that ended Sept.

30, the Commerce Department said. Corporate profits increased 12 per cent over the previous quarter, but the department said the bulk of the increase was accounted for by the higher value of business inventories as inflation drove prices up even while goods sat in warehouses. -The nation's inflation rate was 12.5 per cent in the third quarter, instead of the 12.1 per cent reported earlier, and the nation's economy declined at a rate of 2.1 per cent, instead of the 2.9 reported earlier, the department said. -The Federal Power Commission reported that tight supplies of natural gas mean: gas users face a 107 per cent greater deficiency than anticipated this winter. -Two of the country's larg-7 est sugar refiners, Amstar Corp.

and Sucrest announced price increases of about five cents per pound. -Government sources said the United States will impose tough quotas on the importation of Canadian beef and livestock in a move designed to get the removal of Canadian quotas on imports of U.S. beef. In Springfield Temperatures: Highest yesterday 52; lowest yesterday 22; Lowest this morning 37; highest this date in 87 years 76 in 1941; lowest this date in 87 years 8 in 1932; high a year ago 60; low a year ago 30. Precipitation: Rain or melted snow from 6 a.m.

yesterday to 6 a.m. today heaviest rain this date in 87 years 1.55 in 1964. Sun: Rose this morning sets tonight length of daylight 10 hours, 10 minutes. In Four States MISSOURI Continued cioudy with little temperature change tonight. Very light rain continuing.

Low tonight 40s. Sunday decreasing cloudiness and continued mild, high 50s. ARKANSAS Chance of rain tonight and Sunday. Cloudy and mild tonight. Partly cloudy and mild Sunday.

Low tonight near 40 north to low 40s elsewhere. High Sunday mid 50s northwest and near 60 elsewhere. KANSAS Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Lows tonight mid 20s northwest to mid 30s southeast. High Sunday mostly 508.

OKLAHOMA Gradual clearing this afternoon and tonight. becoming fair to partly cloudy statewide Sunday. Cool tonight and warmer Sunday. Low tonight mid 30s. High Sunday 60s.

In the Future Missouri extended outlook Monday through Wednesday Little or no precipitation. Only minor day to day temperature change with lows generally in the 30s and highs in the 50s. HOURLY TEMPERATURES Midnight. 39 8 a.m.. 39 1 a.m.

38 9 a.m.. 2 a.m. 38 10 a.m.. 3 a.m. a.m..

4 a.m. 12 noon 5 a.m. p.m... 6 a.m. 38 2 p.m..

7 a.m. 3 p.m.. 50 3000 29.77 29.77 30.00 30.06 30,24 COLD (BOSTON YORK COLD AN FRANCISCO 30.24 36.00 DALI LOWEST LEGEND 30.00 RAIN NOW FLOW UM WEATHER FOROCAST UPI Telephoto Rain or showers are ferecast from the central Gull Coast northward into Tennessee tonight while rain and snow are expected ever portions of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Seme snew alse will occur ever northern Minnesota. Rain is indicated for the extreme northwest Pacific Coast.

The rest of the country will have clear to partly cloudy skies. From Wire Services MILAN, Italy An 11-yearold girl was abducted as she walked to school here today, the fourth kidnaping victim in Italy in four days and the 36th so far this year. TOKYO Leftist leaders opposed to President Ford's visit said today they will not risk confrontation with the army of 100,000 riot police assigned to keep order while Ford is in Tokyo. The World MADRID The body of Eva Peron, the fiery inspiration to Argentina's workers a generation ago will be flown to Buenos Aires shortly, Spanish and Argentine sources said Saturday. WASHINGTON A General Accounting Office investigator wrote to the Secretary of Defense two months ago to inform him that the agency has found irregularities in Army and Air Force transportation accounting for wine and liquor sold to their clubs in Europe, Rep.

Les Aspin, said yesterday. WASHINGTON Marijuana users should not be treated as criminals, a top White House official has declared, stating that "criminal penalties have clearly failed to prevent widespread use of RIO DE JANEIRO President Ernesto Geisel; today praised Brazilians' behavior at the polls, saying Friday's nationwide elections were a "demonstration of a climate of freedom presently existing in the country." Unofficial results are to be announced Sunday. NEW YORK Russell D. Kelner, the operations chief of the Jewish Defense League who was arrested for threatening to kill Palestine guerrilla leader Yasir Arafat, was free today after a federal judge reduced his bail from $100,000 to $50,000 bail bond or $10,000 cash yesterday. MEXICO CITY Mexico has announced it will try to form a new Latin American organization to bar the United States and rival the Organization of American States.

INDIANAPOLIS David J. Robert, 29, Indianapolis, was arrested last night in the death of a 6-month-old boy mother reported him kidnaped after she was raped, police said. Police charged Robert with murder, kidnaping and rape. WARSAW Sen. James Buckley, said today he has seen enough on his tour of the Soviet Union and Poland "to make me kiss the soil of my own country when I return." BROOKLINE, Mass.

A funeral Mass is planned Monday for Margaret L. Burke, 76, an aunt of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. Mrs.

Burke died Thursday TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida State. University, its homecoming queen pageant abolished two years ago when a man nearly won it, cancelled and Chief' festivities yesterday because of black student complaints. NEW YORK Amstar Corporation, the nation's biggest sugar company, has boosted the wholesale price of grocery sugar 7 per cent to 65.9 cents a pound, and the action is expected to result in higher prices for consumers. PHOENIX, Ariz.

Representatives of the Greyhound Bus Line and union employes were asked to meet today with two federal mediators in an effort to avert a nationwide strike. TOPEKA, Kan. Don Long, 28, sought by authorities across the state since a University of Kansas student was shot to death early Wednesday was being held in the Shawnee County Jail here today. JEFFERSON CITY The state Board of Education, with some reservation about the legality of certain busing provisions, has approved and submitted to a federal judge an updated plan for the desegregation of the predominately black Kinloch School District in north St. Louis County.

In the Area Station high low pepn. Columbia 51. 037 .01 Ft. Smith Springfield 52 35 Tulsa West Plains Wichita 54 37 MRS. BERTHA L.

BRIDA Mrs. Bertha Louise Brida, 98, of 310 West Cherokee, died at 6 a.m. today in a private rest home on East Walnut Lawn after a short illness. Survivors are a son, Villard, of the home; a grandchild, three great; grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren. She was a member of St.

Agnes Cathedral. Herman H. Lohmeyer is in charge of arrangements. CLAUDE F. CASKEY BRANSON Claude F.

Caskey, 79, Branson, died at 9:45 p.m. Friday at his home after a short illness. Surviving are his wife, Hela son, Claude West Branch, Iowa; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Branson Bible Church, with the Rev.

Richard Claar officiating. The body will be sent by Whelchel Funeral Home here to Fairmen Funeral Home in Green Rock, for services and burial there Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Branson Bible Church missionary fund. Open East Berlin Embassy on Dec. 3 BERLIN (AP) John Sherman Cooper, the former senator from Kentucky, will arrive in East Berlin on Dec.

3 to establish the United States' first embassy in East Germany. A U.S. spokesman said Cooper. a former ambassador to India, will open the embassy "as soon as practicable" after his arrival. The East German embassy in Washington will open at about the same time.

Radiology Students Honored at Joplin JOPLIN Six persons were honored here Friday night after being graduated from St. John's School of Radiologic Technology in an associate degree program affiliated with Missouri Southern State College. Diplomas went to Mrs. Jan Chase, Mrs. Donna Cummins, Cleo Morse, Kathy Smith, Scott Tinney and Mrs.

Regina Whitelock. Chuck Whaley, continuing education director at St. John's, delivered a graduation address about professionalism. Actor Chill Wills Sued for Divorce LOS ANGELES (AP) Chill Wills, 73, the deep-voiced character actor of more than 165 movies, is being sued for divorce by his 46-year-old wife of less than one year. Novadeen Gogge Wills asked the Van Nuys Superior Court for a division of community property based on ostensible marriage since 1971.1 Her lawyer cited "irreconcilable differences" in Mrs.

Wills' divorce petition. Former Ozarker Council Appointee JEFFERSON CITY (UPI) Mrs. Virginia S. Swearingen of Sedalia was appointed Friday to the Missouri State Council on the Arts by Consumer Affairs Director Alfred C. Sikes.

Mrs. Swearingen replaces Mrs. William C. Hopkins of Sedalia, whose term expired. Mrs.

Swearingen moved to Sedalia this year from Nevada, where she was on the Vernon County Council on the Arts. LIBRARIAN KIMBERLING LIBRARIAN KIMBERLING CITYGuest speaker Monday night at a meeting of the Kimberling City Lions Club will be Dr. Benedict K. Zobrist, director of the Harry S. Truman Library.

at Independence. The 6:30 p.m. meeting will be held at Hillbilly Bowl in Kimberling City. Deaths Funeral services for Mrs. Frankie Irene Robertson Ray, 56, of 1041 South Thelma, will be at 2 p.m.

Monday in Ralph Thieme Chapel with the Rev. Niles Behrens officiating. Burial will be in National Cemetery. Mrs. Ray, cafeteria manager at Parkview High School, was dead on arrival at Cox Medical Center at 7 a.m.

Thursday after suffering an apparent heart attack at her home. LOWRY M. BELISLE MRS. FRANKIE I. RAY OSCEOLA Funeral services for Lowry M.

Belisle, 68, of Route 2, Osceola, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Goodrich Funeral Home here with William E. Harper officiating. Burial will be in Robinson Cemetery near Collins. A retired businessman and farmer, Mr.

Belisle died at 7:15 p.m. Friday in the Community Nursing Home at El Dorado Springs after a long illness. He was a member of Collins Christian Church and Osceola Masonic Lodge, and was a veteran of World War II. Survivors are his wife, Mabel; two brothers, John of Osceola, and A. of El Dorado Springs; and a sister, Mrs.

Elfa Berryman, El Dorado Springs. MRS. EFFIE MAE IBACH STOCKTON Mrs. Effie Mae Ibach, 87, Stockton, died at 6:40 a.m. Friday in the Bolivar Nursing Home.

She is survived by two sons, Altus, of Ash Grove, and Orel, of Stockton; one daughter, Mrs. Averil Ward, Springfield; and two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are under direction of Brumback of Stockton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Stockton Presbyterian, Church with the Rev.

Frank Brooks officiating. Burial will be in Stockton Cemetery, under direction of Brumbeck of Stockton. MRS. LELA McCULLOUGH Mrs. Lela McCullough, 80, of 2030 North Main, died at 12:04 a.m.

today in Springfield MediCenter after an eight month illness. A resident of Springfield for the past seven years, moving here from Kansas she was a member of United Pres byterian Church. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Gregory, Fresno, Mrs. Juanita Farrer, West Middletown, Mrs.

Kathy Rasmussen, Parkville, Mrs. Joann Pfenninger, 733 South Kickapoo, and Mrs. Carol Brown, Great Bend, a sister, Mrs. Floyd Smith, Medina, N.Y.; two brothers, A. D.

Hensleigh, Iowa City, Iowa, and Theodore Hensleigh, Kinsley, 20 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. The body is being sent by Ayre Goodwin to Clarinda Memorial Chapel, Clarinda, Iowa, for services and burial there. LeROY MEDLEY Rosary services for LeRoy Medley, 37, of 1234 Ventura, will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Herman H. Lohmeyer East Chapel.

Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Springfield with the Rev. Mark C. Ernstmann officiating. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.

Mr. Medley, owner of Tri States Service Company here, was killed in a one car crash Thursday night on Mo. 248, a mile northwest of Branson. The family will be at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. today.

LANDOWNERS MEET There will be an organizational meeting in the Greene County circuit court room at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25 to discuss formation of a chapter of the Rural Landowners and Sportsman Association. The meeting will be conducted by Jim Sparks, of Ashland. Ford's Hat in '76 Ring WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford, in a lowkey way, has beaten all other contenders in tossing his hat into the 1976 presidential ring.

The announcement, which didn't come as much of a surprise, was made casually by Press Secretary Ron Nessen. Asked Friday at his daily news briefing whether Ford was about to declare his candidacy, Nessen said, He intends to run in Quite simply, Ford has found after his three months on the job that "'he enjoys being President," Nessen said. Ford, who previously had announced only that he probably would run in 1976, hadn't exactly kept it a secret that he had decided to run for a full four-year term. It was learned that Ford told southern state Republican chairmen at a private White House reception Monday that he had made up his mind to run. SPRINGFIELD Mrs.

Bertha L. Brida Herbert L. Celfman. Mrs. Alma Maples Mrs.

Lela McCullough Le Rey Medley Milton E. Moore Mrs. Frankie I. Ray Jeseph Schafers Clarence Small IN THE AREA Lowry M. Belisle Claude F.

Caskey Coker Infant Mrs. Effie M. Ibach Lewis H. Jones Miss Martha Kemp Ward T. Nelson Charles Patton Mrs.

Edd Slavens WARD T. NELSON, OZARK A resident of Ozark since 1959, Ward T. Nelson, 54, Route 1, Ozark, died at 4:45 p.m. Friday in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, after a long illness.

Mr. Nelson moved to Ozark from Springfield. He was also a former resident of Albuquerque, N.M. He was a member of the Bricklayers Local. 10 in Springfield, and the Hiram Lodge 13, AF and AM in Albuquerque.

Survivors include his wife, Rose Lee; two sons, Barry and Bruce, both of the home; two daughters, Miss Donna Jo Nelson, Springfield, and Mrs. Sharon Kay Davis, Ozark; three sisters, Mrs! Sybil Odom, Fordland, Mrs. Mayme Howell, Springfield, and Mrs. Violet Hamilton, San Diego, one brother, Wayne, address unknown; and one half-brother, Dewey Snow, Windyville. Funeral arrangements are under direction of Harris of Ozark.

CLARENCE SMALL A longtime Springfield resident, Clarence Small, 63, of 326 North Summit, died at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Cox Medical Center after a long illness. He was employed as a caretaker for the Springfield Park Board, and was a member of the Metropolitan Baptist Church. Survivors include a brother, Richard, of 1309 East Division; and four sisters, Mrs. Maysie Ellison, Omaha, Mrs.

Louise Whitson, Kansas City, Mrs. Ruby Owens, 1335 North Warren, and Mrs. May Mildred Richardson. 2022 North Washington. Funeral arrangements are under direction of GormanScharpf Abbott.

MILTON EUGENE MOORE Milton Eugene (Gene) Moore, 48, a native of Springfield, died in his New York City office Friday following a short illness. A freelance writer and advertising executive, Mr. Moore had lived in Brooklyn since 1948. He was a World War II veteran. He is survived by his, mother, Mrs.

Mazie Moore, 515 Mt. Vernon. Ralph Thieme is in charge of arrangements. LEWIS HOWARD JONES ASH GROVE Lewis Howard Jones, 78, Route 2, Ash Grove, died at his home about 10 p.m. Friday after a long illness.

Mr. Jones was born in Polk County, Ark. A former resident of Springfield, he moved to Ash Grove a year and a half ago. He was a farmer, veteran of World -War member of Disabled American Veterans and a member of Monett Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife, Rilla; two sons, Floyd, of the state of Idaho, and Cecil, of Route 11, Springfield; three daughters, Mrs.

Bonnie Crocker, Florissant, Mrs. Donnie Flatt, Hurley, and Mrs. Annette Cottrell, Ash Grove; two brothers, Vester, of Russellville, and Arthur Jones, of Witts Springs, three sisters, Mrs. Notie Taylor, of Altheimer, and Miss 01- lie Jones and Mrs. Elsie Docekal, both of Witts Springs, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Daniel of Ash Grove. COKER INFANT BILLINGS Graveside services for Jennifer Marie Coker, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Coker, Route 2, Billings, will be at 2 p.m.

Monday in Aurora Maple Park Cemetery with the Rev. Nylene McKnight officiating, Burial will be under direction of Crafton Cantrell of Aurora. The infant died shortly after birth at Cox Medical Center, Springfield, Friday afternoon. She is survived by a sister, Catherine, and two brothers Michael and Jeffrey, all of the home, and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Liss Coker, of Billings. CHARLES V. PATTON SELIGMAN Funeral services for Charles V. Patton, 67, of Roaring River State Park, will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Culver Chapel, Cassville, with the Rev.

R.G. Batsen officiating. Mr. Patton died at noon Friday in South Barry County Hospital in Cassville after an apparent heart attack. Mr.

Patton was born near Hailey, and was operator of the Patton Trailer Park at the state park near here. He was an ordained Freewill Baptist minister, and was a retired barber. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church in Lebanon. Survivors include his wife, Reba; one daughter, Mrs. Doris Moony, Monett; one stepson, Jackie James, Eagle Rook; one step daughter.

Mrs. Mary, Belle, McGrath, Altus, one brother, Earl Patton, of Jenkins; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Stockton, Jenkins, and Mrs. Pearl Payne, Los Angeles, and six grandchildren. MISS MARTHA KEMP EL DORADO SPRINGS Miss Martha Leah Kemp, 93, El Dorado Springs, died about noon Thursday here at the Cedar County Hospital about one month after she entered the hospital because of a broken hip.

A retired school teacher, she is survived by one brother, Ralph, of El Dorado Springs; and one sister, Mrs. Sallie Relaford, Blue Springs. Funeral services were here at p.m. today at the United Methodist Church with the Rev. James Crawford officiating.

Burial was here in City Cemetery under direction of Isbell Carothers. HERBERT L. COFFMAN OKLAHOMA CITY Funer- al services for Herbert L. Coffman, 81, who died here Friday, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Rose Hill Mausoleum with the Rev.

Jerry Darter officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Mausoleum. Mr. Coffman, who died while a patient in the Baptist Hospital here, was a former resident of Springfield and Ozarks area, towns. A member of St.

John's United Methodist Church, he was a retired farmer and carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Nelle; two daughters, Miss Margaret Coffman, of Kansas City, and Mrs. James J. Jackson, of Oklahoma City; and one grandson. MRS.

EDD SLAVENS BUFFALO Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret N. Slavens, 80, Buffalo, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Montgomery Chapel here with the Rev. Frank Linton officiating.

Burial will be Monday in the Fairview Cemetery, Apache, Okla. Mrs. Slavens died at 11:50 a.m.. Friday in Cox Medical Center, Springfield, where she has been a patient one week. She was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Edd Slavens; one daughter, Mrs. Lena Wilson, Ivanhoe, two stepdaughters, Mrs. Mary Ruth Abolt, of the state of Florida, and Mrs. Fern Daniels, Talpa, one step-son, Don Slavens, Los Angeles; one sister, Mrs.

Julia Buford, Porterville, two brothers, Paul and Silas Sutton, both of the state of Texas; and two grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren, three greatgrandchildren and five stepgreat-grandchildren. MRS. ALMA LEE MAPLES Funeral services for a native of the Kirbyville area, Mrs. Alma Lee France Maples, 62, of 831 South Ferguson, were at -2 p.m. today in the Whelchel Chapel, Branson, with the Rev.

Don Dixon officiating. Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery near Omaha, under direction of Whelchel of Branson. Mrs. Maples died at Cox Medical Center about 7 a.m. Thursday after a long illness.

The location of the funeral service was originally set for the First Presbyterian Church in Branson, but was later changed. JOSEPH G. SCHAFERS Funeral services for Joseph G. Schafers, 79, of 1415 West Lynn, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Greenlawn Funeral Home with the Rev.

Norman Noble officiating. Burial will be in Elm Springs Cemetery north of Springfield. Mr. Schafers died at 9:05 a.m. Thursday in Mercy Villa after a long illness.

Nov. 16, 1974 9 SPRINGFIELD (Me.) LEADER-PRESS Pet Apparently In Good Health ALBANY, Ore. (AP) book was returned to the library at Linn-Benton Community College recently with no cover, its pages shredded and bearing teeth marks and paw prints. The title was still readable: "How To Keep Your Pet Healthy." LEGAL NOTICE COUNCIL BILL NO. 74-571 RESOLUTION NO.

5888 RESOLUTION DECLARING IT NECESSARY to codstruct sanitary sewers in Sanitary District No. 22F of Section No, 12 in er the City of Springfield. Missouri: providing for the method of payment therefor: setting forth the estimate of cost: and providing for publications and notices and authorizing sale of tax bills. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. MISSOURI.

as follows: SECTION 1 That the City Council hereby declares it necessary to construct. sanitary sewers in Sanitary SewDistrict- No. 22F of Section No. 12 in er the City of Springfield. Missouri, in accordance with the plans and specifications.

on file in the office of the Public Works of the City of Director of Springfield, Missouri, and heretofore submitted to this Council. SECTION 2 The cost of all necessary materials and -labor to construct the sanitary sewers, in the sewer district. of publications pertaining to the cost said construction: the cost of necessary abstracts, the cost of engineering. which shall not exceed eight cent of the contract price of. the per construction: and the cost of right-ofnecessarily acquired by the City of way Springfield.

for the construction of said improvement is estimated as shown by the Sealed Estimate of Cost No. 3358-SP be $104.958.13. The apparent low (o bidder for the construction of sanitary in Sanitary Sewer District No. sewers 22F of Section No. 12 is Clayton Construction Company, who submitted the lowest responsible bid in the amount of $134.062.86.

Except for any amount which the City may be authorized to contribute to the improvement which is subject to the actual quantities of work units involved and estimated to be the sum of $NONE. the payment of all said materials, labor. cost of publications, abstracting, engineering, and necessarily acquired rightof-way will be obtained by a special tax assessment and special tax bills issued 10 the City. The special assessment shall be levied against and the special tax bills be issued against all the property in the said sewer district subject to each special assessment in to the square footage of said proportion property. The special tax bills shall be payable to five (5) equal annual installments becoming due together with interest to date in one, two.

three. four, and five years respectively after the date of issuance of the tax bills: provided, however, that the person paying such tax- bills shall have the right to pay the same, in full within thirty (30) days after issuance thereof and with interest thereon up to the date of payment, and shall have the further right to pay any unpaid balance of said tax bills with interest thereon up to the date of payment within thirty (30) days after the end of any yearly period when any installment is payable. The interest rate on the tax bills shall be determined by taking competitive bids for the sale of the tax bills with the proceeds from the sale of the tax bills to be used for the cost of the project. The City Manager is hereby authorized to solicit sealed bids for the sale of said special tax bills by preparing an appropriate notice of the sale: which shall be published in some daily newspaper printed in the City for at least three (31 consecutive issues with the date of sale not to be sooner than days from the date. of the first publication of the notice.

The City Manager is hereby authorized -10 open the bids for said tax bills at the time and place specified in the bid notice and shall read said bids aloud and report to the City Council at its next meeting the name and bid of the apparent low bidder. Tax bills so issued shall be a lien against the property assessed and shall be made payable in accordance herewith and if any annual installment, thereof is not paid within thirty (30) days after it is due. then all the remaining installments shall at once become due and payable and payment of the entire amount of such tax bill remaining unpaid shall continue for a period of six (6) years from the date of issuance: that is. for one year after the last installment becomes due, unless sooner' paid. or in the event suit be brought to enforce the collection of such special tax bills under such lien, then until the expiration of the litigation.

SECTION 3 This resolution shall be published in some daily newspaper printed in the City for five (5) consecutive issues and at the same time not less than three (3) copies of this resolution shall be posted in conspicuous places within the limits of the district or joint district. Approved as to Form: Howard Wright Jr. Approved for Council Action: Don G. Busch 836-1150 THE WANT AD NUMBER DIAL DIRECT To place your ad in the News, Leader Press Classified Advertising Section. Ralph Thieme Funeral Service 1200 Boonville 862-5505 MEMBER NATIONAL SELECTED MORTICIANS Full Service Funeral Home".

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