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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1973
Page
9
Official 7:00 am readings show last 24 hours high 70, low 40 with 7 am temp 40. Saturday forecast clears tonight then warmer Tuesday with highs 58 to 64. Missouri lake stages and river levels listed. Audrain Medical Center reports numerous admissions and dismissals across many local residents and surrounding towns.
The Daily Record lists obituaries for Mrs. Annie C. Miles, 85, and Arthur Hawkins, 75, alongside marriage licenses for Ronald Ray Mills with Patsy Lee Wright and Norvel Duane Woodruff with Cheryl Fae Staffelbach. Public safety notes report a summons for failure to yield, a station money box theft, vehicle vandalism, juvenile custody transfer, and two Highway Patrol accidents with minor injuries on Highway 19 near Bigspring and near Bipspring, plus Missouri Livestock Market details and national market summaries.
New York stocks edged down in a lackluster day with the Dow off 2.93 to 956.43 at noon. Advances barely outpaced declines as inflation concerns muted strong first quarter earnings. Northwest Airlines led volume on the NYSE after a large block trade. LCA rose on the American exchange while market indices slid modestly.
KEY BISCAYNE FLA AP Rising teat prices force Crandon Park Zoo to substitute horse kidneys livers and lungs for regular horsemeat. Animals largely refused at first with two veterans the 11 year old tiger and 90 year old lion boycotting the diet and being allowed to eat pure horsemeat as a listal.
Graveside services for James J. Hughes of Jefferson City, formerly Wellsville, were held at Resurrection Catholic cemetery in Wellsville. The funeral mass was at St Peters Church in Jefferson City. Born March 18, 1885, he was survived by one sister Agnes Shocklee of St. Louis and was preceded by two sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers included Tom Shocklee and John Brown among others.
Chrysler Corp. reports record first quarter 1973 sales of 2.9 billion dollars, up 30.4 percent from 1972. Net earnings reach 89.8 million dollars and earnings per share rise to 1.71, surpassing prior records.
Reports say Viet Cong agreed to end all military activities in Cambodia and Laos and withdraw troops, while no ceasefire pact exists for Cambodia. Cambodian forces south of Phnom Penh attacked near Takhinau injuring three, with 12 wounded. Mekong convoys and trucks aided Phnom Penh’s fuel shortage amid civilian refugees, as prisoners turn up north of Kontum and U S officials debate peace efforts and diplomacy.
Arthur Hawkins 75 of Holliday died at 2 a.m. Saturday in Community Memorial Hospital Moberly after years of ill health. Funeral services were planned this afternoon at Agnew Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Kinder officiating and burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery Paris. He was born July 12 1897 in Monroe County, a retired Wabash Railroad employee of 40 years, and a member of the Methodist Church. He and Bessie Young married November 21 1920. Surviving: wife, son Arthur M. Hawkins, three daughters Virginia Haywood Bettie Atkins Thelma Lewis, 12 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren.
Annie C. Miles 85 longtime High Hill resident died Saturday in a Lutheran convalescent home in St. Louis Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Harding funeral home in Jonesburg with Rev. Tom Higgins officiating. Burial in Jonesburg cemetery. Survived by daughter Helen Rossiger of St. Louis. sons Lester Chicago George Washington Ia. James Arnold Mo.. brother John Kolling of Montgomery City.
Funeral services for Henry J. Hasty 67 of Bellflower were held in Overland with the Rev. Roy Long officiating. Burial followed at Laurel Hills Cemetery in St Louis County. He died Tuesday at Audrain Medical Center Mexico. Survived by wife Edna L Lee five daughters and four sons, twenty grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters.
Carral Skiles, 50, of Sedalia, died at 3:20 p.m. Saturday at Bothwell Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. He was brother to Mrs. Robert E. Gilmore of Auxvasse and Mrs. Herbert Sterven of Mexico. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kent Funeral Home in Green City with burial in Green Castle Cemetery. Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Sterven and families will attend.
W H S O'Brien of Festus Crystal City Lodge was chosen president of the Missouri Association of Elks at its annual spring meeting in St Louis.
Isaiah McMillan, a 25-year-old ex POW freed after five years in Communist prisons, reported his three-day-old Plymouth was damaged while parked with no one in it. He noted the incident as a hassle but said no one was hurt and described the police investigation workload.
University of Pittsburgh researchers report that injecting cyclic AMP into animals reverses overdoses of barbiturates and alcohol, waking rodents in 15 to 20 minutes. They suggest synthetic forms could one day treat hangovers and counteract depressant abuse, with safety trials needed. The work ties to Earl Sutherland’s Nobel Prize discovery of cyclic AMP as a cellular messenger.
In Audrain County Circuit Court Judge George P. Adams overruled a motion to suppress evidence by Michael Goslin in a marijuana possession case from a raid at 811 N Washington St on Feb 2. Sheriff Riley testified to smell and equipment at the scene. other officers backed the marijuana smell. film of the raid was shown. Goslin remained free on bond with trial set for Thursday.
President Nixon asks Congress for power to dispose of materials from the national defense stockpile to curb inflation. He argued the stockpiles exceed needs for security and should be reduced, noting adjustments possible if circumstances change. Deputy Defense Secretary William Clements said it would take long to reach the advised levels and could be increased again if needed.
Mrs Crawford of 308 North Western Avenue suffered a broken right wrist Saturday evening in Columbia after falling down three rows of steps at the Stadium while attending the Ice Capades. She had her wrist placed in a cast at University Medical Center and is now staying with sister Mrs Mabel Ray Stewart at 524 West Whitley Street.
NICE France AP Charles Chaplin marks his 84th birthday with family at a Beaulieu sur Mer hotel and plans to stay on the Riviera for ten more days. His home is in Switzerland. Washington AP The Supreme Court lets stand a Maine law barring whites only private club licenses, denying Elks lodges’ bid to overturn. Justices Douglas and Blackmun dissent. The court also refused to block a Massachusetts hospital sterilization ruling and did not hear a Black Caucus appeal on chrome imports from Southern Rhodesia.
President Nixon labeled budget cuts to defense as sabotage of upcoming arms limitation talks with the Kremlin and Warsaw Pact, warning there will be no deal if the United States shortens forces unilaterally. He defended Labor Secretary Brennan amid wage bill criticism, urged team play, and pledged vetoing spending to keep the $268 billion budget tight while denying tax hikes.
Terry Armstrong, 27, of 725 West St., began work Saturday as an officer trainee with the Mexico Public Safety Department. He faces a six month probation before becoming a patrolman. Armstrong came from Granger Missouri and worked as a service man for Ingram's Mobile Homes. he also served in the U.S. Navy.
Ralston Purina Co. of St. Louis announced record first half earnings and sales for the six months ending March 31. Earnings rose to 1.08 dollars per share, up 11 percent from 97 cents. Total net earnings reached 37.451 million dollars versus 31.925 million a year ago, according to chairman R. Hal Dean.
Oklahoma Governor David Hall will toss the first cow chip at the World Championship Cow Chip Throwing Contest in Beaver next Saturday. Regional winners from Pittsburgh to Beverly Hills will converge for the national championships with separate men and women divisions and a Politicians Class for Hall.
Washington AP reports Special Agent Edward Leary testified the FBI reviewed 86 calls over six months by columnist Jack Anderson and associates to assess links to stolen Bureau of Indian Affairs documents. Subpoenas targeted long distance records from Anderson's home and office and names tied to the American Indian Movement. Only one interview occurred. Anderson claimed the FBI harassed callers.
Worcester England AP David Anthony McGreavy, 21, charged with murdering his landlord's four year old son and two infant daughters. Bodies allegedly mutilated and impaled on railings after they were taken from their beds Friday night. Father Clive Ralph left children with McGreavy. McGreavy silent at hearing. Another hearing set for August 29.
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