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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1972
Page
10
The bulletin lists temperatures and precipitation, winterlike forecasts for Missouri and Kansas City, river and lake readings, hospital admissions and discharges, a string of local police calls including burglaries and traffic incidents, and livestock market notes from Missouri and national Doings.
McCloskey notes the invasion as a crisis prompt for the Nixon administration. Warren says Nixon asked the WSAG to meet due to the North Vietnamese thrust. WSAG, led by Henry Kissinger, includes Defense State and CIA officials. Ground forces are unlikely. policy remains unchanged. The Pentagon says remaining U S ground troops will not reinforce South Vietnamese forces.
Thousands evacuated along the Ohio River in Louisville returned after salvage engineers stabilized a runaway barge carrying poisonous chlorine. The incident prompted evacuations and a riverfront response as crews worked to secure the vessel and prevent leaks.
New York stocks drifted up amid light news flow with the noon Dow up 2.63 at 044.39 and advancing issues leading decliners 3 to 2 on the NYSE. Only motor and rubber groups rose while utilities fell. investors awaited first quarter results and the three day holiday weekend. Blue chips led gains with Texaco and Jersey Standard boosting the market.
Perry area student Jim is on the Perry high school football and golf teams and has earned a DAR Citizenship Award and History Award. Harold Deckerd from Perry is on the Mark Twain basketball team and in the senior band, active in church youth groups and the Perry Baptist Church. Don Mudd from Center is on Mark Twain basketball golf and track, member of let termans club and Catholic Youth Organization. Mark Twain School and Ralls County nominate these students for Missouri Government Day with alternates from New London Linda Britt Perry Eddie Hamill and Center Cheryl Wisdon.
An eight year old Dayton boy visiting grandparents in Vandalia was struck by a car near North School. He suffered a broken right femur and facial and body abrasions but is in good condition at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Hannibal after being placed in traction. The driver, Mrs Larry Youngblood of Vandalia, said to be an unavoidable accident. Local police reported Tri County Ambulance transported John L Nash Friday morning.
Election details show Raymond Lees leading coverage with proposals to remove tracts from Sims and add to Centralia. Plans would adjust director districts for 1973 high school boundaries, while Sims faces a voting pause until mid May after opposing annexation previously. Centralia seeks land from Two Mile Prairie District and Hallsville, with nearby districts weighing boundary shifts for farm parcels.
Mrs Lucy F Gifford 72 of Route 1 Centralia died Sunday night at Audrain Medical Center after a few hours admission She born May 8 1889 in Audrain County daughter of Alex and Mortis Brown Pulis She married J Jagan Gifford Aug 30 1930 in Mexico He survives at home Also survived by son Charles W Gifford Thompson a daughter Thelma Whanger Linwood Kan ten grandchildren three brothers four sisters Two sisters preceded her in death Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 pm at Arnold Funeral Home Burial in East Lawn Memorial Park Family receives friends after 7 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mrs Mildred C Baker 58 formerly of Mexico died Sunday at 4 46 am at Mercy Hospital Des Moines after an extended illness She was born July 11 1913 at Centralia to Grover and Dre Dickerson Chapman She married Robert H Baker July 14 1934 in Columbia He survives with three sons Morris Overland Park Jerry Wichita and John Johannesburg four grandchildren and a sister Mrs James Prather Denver Colo Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm Arnold Funeral Home with Rev Jeff Marsh officiating Burial follows this evening after 7 pm at the funeral home
Chris Miller 83 of Vandalia died Sunday at Audrain Medical Center after four months illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday Waters Funeral Home Vandalia with Rev. Virgil Smith officiating. Burial Kilby Cemetery near Curryville. Survived by sons Gordon and Earl and daughters Nellie and Pauline. brother Sam Miller. Born June 6, 1888 in Montgomery County. Previous spouse Dan Johnson preceded him in death.
James Sidney Rollins Columbia lawyer and former state senator died in his sleep at his home. Funeral at Calvary Episcopal Church Tuesday at 11 a.m. Burial in Columbia Cemetery. He was born May 4, 1887 in Columbia and served five terms in the Missouri House and one Senate term. He married Sarah Vivian in 1922, who died earlier. He leaves a son James Sidney Rollins Jr a grandson and a niece.
Huang Chen ambassador of China departs for a month long vacation in Peking with aides. Parallel talks with U.S. Ambassador Arthur K. Watson begin as the Wellsville R-1 administration opposes a boundary change. The property involved is owned by Joe Welschmeyer and Lester Arens.
Mrs. James Smith of south of Farber flew to Chattanooga Tennessee to attend funeral services for Ezra C. Frazier Sr. 48 of Daisy Tennessee who was killed Saturday in a car wreck. Frazier lived in Louisiana 1966 to 1971 and worked at Pike Manufacturing Co. He leaves a wife mother five brothers seven sisters three sons two daughters and four grandchildren.
About 150 Americans remain in Quang Tri Province mainly as advisers as fighting worsens. U S military sources vow to protect personnel but hint at pulling out if untenable while air support will remain the primary aid to South Vietnam. All U S troops withdraw from the Quang Tri base near the city as Marine reinforcements arrive. Thieu and Khiem brief leaders on the crisis as Bunker cuts short a Nepal trip.
Washington president Nixon signed legislation raising the dollar’s gold value from 35 to 38 an ounce. The move, first since 1934, amounts to a 6.57 percent increase in gold value and a 7.89 percent dollar devaluation. Connally will notify the IMF before effect. Volcker could not state timing of the official notification. The change will require higher U.S. contributions to international financial institutions, with Nixon seeking about 1.6 billion dollars from Congress.
Residents report no large fish die-off visible this morning as Kaiser workers replace river straw and skim oil near the confluence of Littleby Creek and South Fork just south of the Monroe County line. EPA officials from Kansas City supervise pumping and skimming while crews of 10 to 15 work to halt the flow and remove oil to ease downstream impact. The South Fork feeds Salt River at Mark Twain State Park and hosts channel catfish bass sunfish crappie and frogs.
Tricia Nixon Cox signed autographs and posed with a five foot bunny on the White House South Lawn. More than a thousand people gathered for the Easter celebration as gates opened at 10 am. No egg rolling occurred before her appearance. She greeted children and greeted guests beside a large white rabbit.
AP Military Writer Fred H. Hoffman reports U S defense officials say the South Vietnamese army is, so far, faring fairly well against the North Vietnamese offensive though the situation remains fluid. They warn against treating withdrawals from outposts as a major setback, noting the bases were not intended as a main line of resistance and that there has been no rout.
John Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. Barnes, has returned home from army service in Germany and has been discharged from service.
About half of the 1,728 inmates in U S Penitentiary work programs halted, with 600 still off the job by mid morning. Warden Harris said 741 men worked, 987 stayed in cells, and a Prisoners Solidarity Committee would negotiate as inmates push for amnesty, conjugal visits, law library, expanded library and pay raises.
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 2 that states may not automatically take away the children of unwed fathers. The decision held that a natural parent must have a chance to prove fitness, noting some unmarried fathers are fit to retain custody. The ruling marked a shift against automatic removal without a hearing.
City Manager Neil Nielsen attended an advanced management training class sponsored by the International City Management Association last week in Minneapolis. The week long class titled The Management Grid drew 28 city managers from across the country and aimed to update them on modern management techniques and practical organization of city government. Nielsen is president elect of the Missouri City Management Association.
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