Weather Summary with Temperature and Forecast Details
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show today 29F, last 24 hours high 4F low 28F with 4.00in precipitation. Forecast calls generally fair tonight with lows mid 20s to around 30, Wednesday sunny with highs in the 50s. Missouri outlook: rain southeast with 1-2 inches more, lows mid 20s east to 30s west, Wednesday fair to partly cloudy, highs 40s to 60s. Extended Thu through Sat: generally fair, highs 60s to 70s, mention of showers and mild conditions, lows 40s. Sunset 6:38 p.m., sunrise 5:45 a.m.
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Missouri
Break-in attempt at TG Y store reported. police say no theft
James L. Gilman alerted police to a failed break-in at the new TG&Y at West Plaza Shopping Center. No items were taken. Also note a series of local accidents on S Clark St and W Love N Clark Srs with minor injuries and brake problems. Court and patrol reports list various judgments, trials, and separations across Audrain and surrounding counties.
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James L. Gilman
Tg&y
West Plaza
S. Clark St
Jackson
Charles L. King
Sturgeon
Clark St
Julia L. Woodward
Route 3
Mexico
King
Woodward
W. Love
N. Clark Srs
Willy Waschenbach
Olive St
Kenna Lee Shean
Rockville
Waschenbach
Richard Earl Ruse
Donald Robert Fisher Jr
Benny B. Struttman
Mary Lavon Struttman
Robert Lee Lewis
Audrain Medical Center
Mitted
John F. Harrison
Archie B. Jackson
Bob G. Taylor
Frank Arnall
Leroy Hendricks
Lester Clough
James Kirk
Richard L. Armstrong
Howard Lewis
Marvin E. Griffith
Fred F. Crane
Thomas E. Hawke
Montgomery City
Benny Pritchett
Nevada
James Moore
Laddonia
Pritchett
Moore
Thomas Sullivan
Silex
Boone County Hospital
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Sullivan
Angel
Columbia
Carl Allen Roberts
Ralph Woodrow Knox
Southern General Insurance Co
Knox
Judy Ann Chapman
Roy Leon Chapman
Judy Ann Power
LaVaughn M. Fuqua
Orville L. Fuqua
Gary W. Puckett
Natha Mary Puckett
Janet Leake
Kirby Leake
Cassandra Sue McCord
Jack Lee McCord
Clarence Edwart Coffelt
Dale Edwin Manning
James Franklin Salmons
Robert Harrison Timbrook
Dale Eugene Bondy
Ernest Turley
Donald Franklin Chirillo
Floyd Robert Britton
Rex Eugene Jones
Wilthon Cody Smithee
Joe Frank Deimeke
Steven Ray Tiller
Melvin Jerome Forrest
Albert Douglas
Jerry Dale Foreman
Lawrence Clifford Claus
Leman Louis Moore
Ira Charles Day
Market gains lift stocks amid oil tied gains
In New York trading, the market rose with the noon Dow up 5.06 to 910.13 as advancers outpaced decliners 3 to 2. Oil stocks linked to Indonesia rose, Natomas gained 5 percent to 82, and other leaders like Federal National Mortgage, Memorex, Occidental Petroleum increased.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Indonesia
Natomas
Associated Press
Federal National Mortgage
Memorex
Reading & Bates
Bunker-Ramo
Occidental Petroleum
American Stock Exchange
Austral Oil
McCulloch Oil
Teleprompter
It Was Jung Not Borcherding Misidentification
Nelson Borcherding lives in the Mrs. June Smith house on South Highway 64 but does not rent the farm hit by a car that toppled a fence into a hog lot. Bobby Jung rents the farm and owns the hogs shown near the car in yesterday's Ledger. Mr. Jung repaired the fence before removal of the car, preventing hogs from wandering. Some confusion misidentified him as Nelton Borcherding.
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Nelson Borcherding
Ledger Reveals Friends Names Today
A notice notes that several friends appear in today's Ledger, listing familiar names found among the public notices and community items. The brief item flags local recognition and prompts readers to scan the page for familiar individuals.
Danforth backs plan for Missouri crime intelligence division
Jefferson City AP Atty Gen John C Danforth endorsed a bill creating a Missouri intelligence and investigation division to combat organized crime. The unit would have 20 agents and four assistant attorneys general under a director, costing an estimated 374,572 dollars first year, to coordinate with St. Louis and Kansas City police and the highway patrol. The measure, sponsored by Sen Albert Spradling, awaits Senate action and aims to consolidate investigative authority to avoid fragmented efforts.
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Jefferson City
John C. Danforth
Missouri
Danforth
Senate Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri Highway Patrol
Albert M. Spradling
D-Cap. Girardeau
Jury Can't Reconsider Its Verdict
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. defense said reconsideration of the sentence is probably impossible as the court has already chosen the least severe option. Maj. Kenneth Raby noted no details on a Los Angeles Times report that half the officers have doubts and said clemency deliberations would depend on law and timing.
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Ft, Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Army Defense
Calley
Kenneth Raby
Los Angeles Times
Army
Ronald Salem
Times
My Lain
Raby
Rab
Lt. Calley
Mrs Pollock Remains Quite Ill in Audrain Center
Mrs. W. W. Pollock of 603 E Promenade St remains quite ill at the Audrain Medical Center. Her nephew C R Gibbs and wife with family from Cape Girardeau visited Sunday. They were guests of sister Mrs Ellis Davis and brother Andersen Gibbs.
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W. W. Pollock
Promenade St
Audrain Medical Center
C. R. Gibbs
Cape Girardeau
Ellis Davis
Andersen Gibbs
Film on Pollution to Be Shown at Hawthorne School
James Long of the Missouri Air Conservation Commission will present a film about pollution and its impact on people tonight at 7 p.m. in the Hawthorne School auditorium. Mexico Girl Scout Cadette Troop 27 and Senior Troop 250 sponsor the meeting and plan a city-wide cleanup on April 17 along with other pollution campaigns this spring.
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James Long
Missouri Air Conservation Commission
Hawthorne
Mexico
Audrain County drug test finds marijuana at farm party
An Audrain County investigation found marijuana in a bag and five marijuana cigarettes after a Thursday night beer bust near Mexico. Trooper Bolli and Sheriff Sulgrove later visited the farm, tested materials, and found no other drugs on the grounds. About 200 youths attended, with names taken for those remaining after most fled into the woods.
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Audrain County
Mexico
Highway Patrol
Don Bolli
Harold Sulgrove
Bolli
Attendance Grows at Jaycee Lenten Breakfast
The Jaycee Lenten Breakfast series drew 103 attendees this morning led by Rev. Richard Wohlers. About 65 men attended the first program, with breakfasts set daily at 7 am in the United Methodist Church dining room through Good Friday. John R. Cline of Commerce Bank of Mexico will speak Wednesday on Your Commitment. Rev. Jeff Marsh gave the invocation and Rev. Edward Malzer the benediction.
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Richard Wohlers
Briday
United’ “Methodist
Woblers
John R. Cline
Commerce Bank of Mexico
Ervin Hoffman
Jeff Marsh
Edward Malzer
Vietnam War Update From Khe Sanh Front Lines
Vietnam reports describe Khe Sanh as a forward support base aiding the South Vietnamese invasion of Laos. North Vietnamese forces press government outposts in the central highlands with shelling and clashes near Fire Base 6 and Tan Canh. Saigon cites 1,800 enemy killed at Fire Base 6 amid heavy air and artillery bombardment. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops also attack positions west of the Chup plantation in Cambodia.
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Khe Sanh
U.S
Laos
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Highlands
Trung Hien
Tan Canh
28Th Regiment
66Th
Cambodia
Vietnam
Saigon
28Th
Big Chup Plantation
Nixon Urges Consolidated Education Revenue Sharing Plan
President Nixon asks Congress to create a $3 billion education revenue sharing fund to broaden aid to non public school pupils and fund disadvantaged students the handicapped vocational training books and equipment states would administer most categories by a population based formula including federal property districts and installation areas with $1.53 billion for disadvantaged students the largest share in the first year and new money of $200 million.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Iowatiea Vicanr
MHS News On Occupations Tonight and Dances
The MHS Guidance department sponsors an Occupational Exploration Program tonight at 7 30 in the auditorium for parents and students to learn about careers. Refreshments at 9 p m in the cafeteria. The Area Vocational Technical School Student Representative Committees sponsor a dance Friday night from 8 30 to 11 30 p m tickets at lunch or from Student Representatives. The Palace Guards provide the music. The MHS Key Club hosts a dance Friday night April 23 at the Empire Club for members and guests.
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MHS Guidance Department
Area Vocational Technical School
Palace Guards
MHS Key Club
Empire Club
Voting Today in St Louis Zoo and Museum Ballot
Voters in St Louis city and county decide today on a special tax district to fund the zoo museum and related institutions. Aldermanic races in city wards and charter amendments on ward reapportionment and prison fine clemency are also on the ballot amid estimated turnout around 40 percent.
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ST. Louis
Zoo and Art Museum
Zoo and Museum
Museum of Science and Natural History
Clayton
Joseph Barbaracco
Stephen Durst
Gerald Fischer
Mexico
Chamber
Jim Stowe
Retail Activities Committee
Ed Martin
Missourile Retailers' Association
Stowe
Martin
Senate
Charles Dickey
Norman Merrell
Missouri
Dickey
Merrell
Sen
Jefferson City
Norman L. Merrell
State Capitol
Niece Sees Nixon as Guest at White House Visit
A 10 year old West Coast girl named Beth Nixon asked President Nixon months ago to be a White House guest. She, her sister Amy, parents, and Edward Nixon flew in on Air Force One and will stay at the executive mansion through Thursday. The family enjoys sight seeing during cherry blossom season.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
California
Air Force One
Executive Mansion
Beth Nixon
Edward
Beth
Edward Nixon
Seattle
Oceanographic Fund
Amy
Gay
Armstrong Improves After Heart Illness Hospital Stay
Louis Armstrong, known as Satchmo, is described as stronger and more cheerful by doctors at Beth Israel Hospital after hospitalization on March 15 for a heart ailment and subsequent respiratory problems. The famed jazz trumpeter was replaced on the critical list as his condition improved.
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New York
Beth Israel Hospital
Louis
Armstrong
Justices Clash Over Constitutional Construction and Privacy
In a heated dissent, Justices Black and Douglas challenge a rightward drift on the Supreme Court. Black protests a 5-4 ruling stripping naturalized Americans abroad of citizenship after five years in the U.S. and urges a strict constitutional approach. Douglas condemns a 6-3 decision allowing informers with hidden transmitters, arguing such surveillance erodes privacy and liberty.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Nixon
Warren Court
Black
Douglas
Warren Burger
United States
Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Welfare plan proposes $6500 yearly aid for families
A group of House members led by Rep. Parren J. Mitchell proposed welfare legislation to provide an average of 6500 dollars per year for a family of four, costing 50 to 60 billion more in federal funds. The plan, expected to be drafted by the Ways and Means Committee, faces changes, while opponents say current bills undermine poor peoples rights.
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Washington
House
Rep
Parren J. Mitchell
Dmid
Black Caucus
Ways and Means Committee
George A. Wiley
National Welfare Rights Organization
Missouri Farm Bureau Opposes Clean Water Commission
C R Dick Johnston of Springfield, leader of Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, says the group opposes a bill to create a Missouri Clean Water Commission. The measure, set for first-round House debate, could force farmers to seek permits to operate manure spreaders. It would require permits for any pollution labeled by the commission and bars representatives of potential polluters from appointment.
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Jefferson City
C. R
Dick) Johnston
Springfield
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Missouri Clean Water Commission
Johnston
Commission
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Ernest Antrim
Arthur A. Clark
Centralia
James D. Oberhaus
Wellsville
Dennis G. Blac
Perry
Roy B. Leake
Alan C. Godager
R. Paul Griffith
Nettie North
Walter Groeper
Warrenton
Orville Poland
Rush Hill
Bailey E. McDonald
John F. Rees
Claude A. Bishop
Alma Ruebling
Earl Robinson Jr
Homer R. Banks
Martinsburg
Hospital
Marguerite Rutter
Paul C. Ekern
Alma Remley
Renick Herbert Orr
Edwin Maddox Buckner
Specu
Edna May Hull
Ray Edward Prosser Sr
Novelty
Marvin Maiden
Ronald Dean Stewart
Novinger
Lyle Mitchell Rice
Fairground Ave
Bobby Wayne Ruby
Edward Dodd
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. OF AG
Chicago
USDA
A. B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
Bobbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Jung
Borcherding
Crime Unit
Senate State Departments Committee
Division of Budget and Comptroller
Harold Volkmer
D-Hannibal
Little Hoover
Volkmer
MHS
By Dale Duffy
C-Of-C
Zoo Museum
Black and
Bureau
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