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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1972

Page

9

Weather summary and police brief from Daily Record

Official 7:00 a.m. reading notes high 70, low 54, current 56 with trace precipitation. Forecast calls for showers, thunderstorms, warm highs 75–85, humid with 70 percent tonight and 60 percent Wednesday. Police report: theft from a purse, home intrusion in Mexico area. two burglaries and traffic-related citations in magistrate court. river stages logged for several Missouri cities. activity at Audrain Medical Center with admissions and births. various court actions and sheriff reports. Missouri livestock market results and National Stockyards estimates.

Mexico Ledger cattle and lamb market report

The Mexico Missouri Ledger lists livestock prices for heifers 900-1000 lbs at 33.00-24.00, cows 22.50-24.60, calves 44.00-48.00, and sheep with lamb futures. Slaughter lambs steady, ewes higher. spring lambs priced around 31.60 for 105 lb shorn. In Chicago soybeans, wheat, corn, and oats show mixed futures and cash grains. NYSE quotes mixed with RCA and CBS earnings aiding sentiment.

Missouri Livestock Market Center Dept. of Agr Chicago Chicago Board of Trade

Ex Marine backs Globe raid report on Tonkin airfield

Boston Globe sources say a former Marine officer corroborates the paper’s claim that a U S task force prepared to raid a North Vietnamese airfield in the Gulf of Tonkin north of the DMZ a year earlier. John Webster, discharged in July after seven years, says the report is correct in every way.

Boston Boston Globe Marine Corps U.S Gulf of Tonkin Demilitarized Zone Washington State Department Globe Department Defense Department the Globe John Webster Vinh Dmz Webster

Vandalia farmer Ray Lamme dies at 83 in Audrain

Ray F. Lamme longtime prominent farmer of the Vandalia Curryville area died at 4 44 p m Monday at Audrain Medical Center after months of ill health He had been admitted to Tri County Nursing Home at Vandalia last July Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church with burial in Vandalia city cemetery Visitation after 2 p m today at Waters funeral home He was born December 7 1887 in Peabody Kansas to George and Elnora Lamme and married Mary Victoria Sutton March 22 1915 in Curryville They lived in Curryville and Vandalia area until 1961 then moved to Vandalia upon retirement He is survived by a son and eight grandchildren four daughters and four great grandchildren one brother and four sisters plus many other relatives The family is connected with Curryville and Vandalia churches and local civic groups.

Vandalia Ray F. Lamme Curryville Audrain Medical Center Tri-County First Presbyterian Church Wallace W. Thurman Vandalia City Waters Funeral Home Mr. Lamme Peabody Kan George and Elnora McdJilton Lamme New Michigan School Vandalia High School Deckard Mary Victoria Sutton Raymond Victor Lamme Cartersville Ray Hazel) Bland Jr Don Clara) Kurtz Fulton Robert Glenn Dorothy) Rose Jim Arcle Sue) Inlow Bowling Green Wilkes Paynesville Hazel Cash Ipavn Ill Freda Dowell Mexico Pearl Sutton Bess Geiler Ethel Naysmith Leota Burgess Ernest Clifford Delbert Harry Lamme

Theodore Barnes Services To Be 2:30 Wednesday

Funeral services for Theodore Barnes 96 of Mexico will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. George B. Wraith of First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Memorials may go to Sunrise Cemetery Association or Twain Haven Nursing Home in Perry.

Theodore Barnes Mexico Arnold Funeral Home George B. Wraith First Christian Church Elmwood Cemetery Friends Sunrise Cemetery Association Twain Haven Perry Barnes

Mrs Anna Young Services Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna T Young, 77, of Route 3 Mexico, were held Sunday afternoon at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. Weldon Forman officiating. Mrs John Willer served as organist. Burial followed in East Lawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers were Wesly Pehle James Holtkamp Jim Carder Robert Wright Jim Hill and Merl Holtkamp.

Anna T. Young Route 3 Mexico Arnold Funeral Home Weldon Forman John Willer East Lawn Memorial Park Welsey Pehle James Holtkamp Jim Carder Robert Wright Jim Hill Merl Holtkamp

Carter Oration Winners Named

The Carter School civic oration contest on Thursday, sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America, named Lynn Earle winner and David Hagan runner-up in 8th and 5th grades respectively. Five finalists Scott Hagan Janet Welch Chevy Cox Jimmy Cling and India Melson received pins.

Carter School Modern Woodmen of America Lynn Earle David Hagan Scott Hagan Janet Welch Chevy Cox Jimmy Cling India Melson M.L. Stephenson Clemie Moody Randy Dewar Wanda Smith Laura Correction Pitts Carter Lawrence Ad Gerald Monday Goff Wvo-Nph

Mexico City council approves land deeds and zoning changes

The Mexico City Council finalizes a deed dedication from the Mexico School District near Park South subdivision to secure correct right of way on 8, Fairgrounds St. It vacates Holt St. for MFA storage expansion and loosens liquor code rules including a dancing ban repeal. It approves Elmwood St. design funding and surveys alleys in Fairview Place for urban renewal. New mayor Harold Enslen and Councilman Dr. John Boyce are welcomed.

The Mexico Housing Authority Co-Op Hamilton Nielsen Housing Authority Mexico Park South Fairgrounds St Holt St Calhoun St Trinity St MFA Holt Engineering Services of Columbia Elmwood St Boulevard Herman Tolson Fairview Place Fairrounds M.L. Stephenson Stephenson Bonnie Coleman Bonnie & Clyde's Leonard Snyder W. Monroe St Western W. Monroe Herman Toulson Harold Enslen A.P. Green Refractories Co John Boyce Snyder Warner Williams

Oat Crop 79 Percent Planted in Missouri

Missouri oat planting reached 79 percent by last Saturday, up from 77 percent a year earlier. Wheat was in good condition and pastures were fair overall, with southeast counties enjoying better conditions. Farmers had about four suitable field days. plowing was 70 percent done and soil moisture was adequate except in the southwest and south central regions.

Columbia Missouri State

City Cleanup Gets 40 Loads In First Day

City Manager Neil Nielsen reports strong progress in spring cleanup with 40 dump truck loads collected in the northwest quadrant near railroad tracks and Clark Street. Crews planned to finish each area on schedule, with northeast today, southwest Wednesday, and southeast Thursday. Residents cooperate by not placing out large appliances or brush.

Neil Nielsen Carera Goring Clark St Nielsen

Death toll from quake nears five thousand in southern Iran

TEHRAN AP The quake toll in southern Iran nears 5000 with 963 killed in Qeer and about 4000 in 44 villages damaged. More than 1000 aftershocks since Monday. Relief efforts resemble a full scale war operation with helicopters planes dropping supplies and doctors flown in as public appeals for blood donors are issued.

Tehran Iran Pars Qeer Geophysics Institute Shiraz University Shiraz

Saddlebred Club To Meet Tonight in Mexico

The American Saddlebred Pleasure Horse Club plans its second meeting at 7:30 p.m. at 337 S Jefferson Rd, home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Simmons. The group aims to promote Saddlebred riding among young people and invites interested persons to attend.

Mexico Jim Simmons S. Jefferson Rd

Missouri House Advances Unemployment Benefits Increase

The Missouri House passed a bill raising unemployment compensation from 57 to 63 dollars weekly, with a plan to reach 65 by January 1, 1974. The measure, sent to Gov. Hearnes, faces Senate revisions and broader budget considerations affecting related tax and public aid reforms.

Jefferson City Missouri House Warren E. Hearnes House Senate Donald J. Grabke D-St. Louis Thomas D. Graham John Paulus Missouri General Assembly House Governmental Organization Committee St. Louis Missouri Senate

Viet Cong attack shakes Saigon. relief convoy nears An Loc

A sapper blew a charge at an ammunition dump near Saigon, destroying a quarter of stores and wounding a soldier. Maj. Gen. Hollingsworth said a 20,000 man relief column would reach An Loc by Wednesday, with air power and ground forces massing to retake Loc Ninh. North Vietnamese troops reportedly threatened Highway 13 and a hamlet near Quang Tri City faced militiamen defending it.

Quang Tri Saigon James F. Hollingsworth U.S An Loc Lynn Co. Newland Fead Hollingsworth Loc Ninh An Lac Holligsworth Newland Quang Tri City

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