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45 Years Ago–November 5, 1976

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
November 4, 2021
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Platte County voters passed the $2 million courthouse and jail bond with a 68% yes vote at the general election Tuesday.


There will be an open house to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Reineke on Sunday, November 14th from 2-4 in the afternoon at their home.

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John Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller, Platte City, and a senior at Platte County R-3 High School, has been named a semifinalist in the 1977 National Merit Scholarship Program.


Miss Cathy Denise McTaggart and David Lynn Lewis were united in marriage on Saturday, Oct. 16, 1976 at the Hoover Christian Church, Platte City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McTaggart of Kansas City, and Mr. and Mrs. Carter C. Lewis of Platte City, are the parents of the couple.


Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray Shanks, Jr. of Kansas City announce the arrival of a baby girl, Nov. 2, 1976. She weighed six pounds. The maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lake of Dearborn and the paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Billy R. Shanks, Sr. of Dearborn. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shanks are the paternal great-grandparents.

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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley, longtime owner/publisher of the Platte County Landmark, is a past winner of the national Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism, presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. He lives in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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