Today marks some momentous occasions at the national level, while locally officials have their eyes on expanding agriculture, the search for an invalid and sewer projects for local towns.
June 25, 1924
• Fist fights feature in Democratic convention, is the headline spanning the top of today’s edition. It is reported the fights were the result of a parade against the Ku Klux Klan as Democrats sought to make its stand against the Klan part of its platform in this presidential election year.
• Butler County could be home to three chicken hatcheries in the next year, with plans underway by K.R. Becker, a vocational agriculture teacher at the high school.
June 25, 1949
• The final phase of street widening and resurfacing is expected to start in the next week on West Pine Boulevard, from Broadway to 10th streets. It is reported the contractor has been greatly hampered in recent weeks by rain. Work of building new sidewalks, driveway entrances and concrete retaining walls is nearly done.
• Chief Lester Massingham issues a warning against shooting or selling fireworks in the city limits.
• Jontha Woods, 70, of Hilliard was found in a ravine by volunteers. The invalid had been missing since the night before. Woods was taken to Poplar Bluff Hospital for treatment. Authorities were attempting to find a way of caring for his two sons, aged 11 and 14, who resided with their father.
June 25, 1974
• The Supreme Court declares today in a unanimous decision that states cannot demand newspapers give political candidates free space to reply to editorial attacks. “The choice of material to go into a newspaper, and the decisions made as to limitations on the size of the paper and content and treatment of public issues and public officials — whether fair or unfair — constitutes the exercise of editorial control and judgment,” Chief Justice Warren E. Burger wrote.
• The communities of Bernie, Essex and Fisk are among Missouri towns on a final version of a priority list to get grants for sewer construction.