1. Missouri: a state of the central US; capital, Jefferson City.

2. A city of central Missouri north-northwest of Jefferson City. The main campus of the University of Missouri (established 1839) is here. Population, 69,101.

3. A city of central Missouri north-northwest of Jefferson City. The main campus of the University of Missouri (established 839) is here. Population, '9,0.

4. A few days later the Jefferson City Bank was robbed and banknotes amounting to five thousand dollars were taken.

5. Given your reputation as a brilliant physicist, what ordinary interests do you have that might surprise people? —Carol Gilmore, JEFFERSON CITY, MO.

6. The department responded Tuesday to an anonymous complaint that a caregiver at Noah's Ark Nursery and Preschool in Jefferson City was taping babies' mouths shut.