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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1972
Page
9
Forecast shows chance of showers tonight and Wednesday with a 40 percent rain probability. Temperatures dip to 55 62 tonight and 70s Wednesday. extended outlook through Saturday calls for cool, partly cloudy conditions with highs in the 60s and lows near 60. River and lake readings noted along with station reports and local police notices.
The page lists livestock quotes for feeder lambs and ewes with prices per head and per hundredweight, along with slaughter ewes and bucks cull ranges. It also provides yesterday's cash grain quotes for soybeans hard wheat soft wheat corn and Milo with reported prices.
The New York Stock Exchange moved higher with investor enthusiasm for first quarter earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 972.08 at noon, up 3.49, as advances outweighed declines 7 to 4. Vietnam tensions kept a lid on buying despite news of bombing cessation lifting sentiment. Oils rails metals and mail order retail mixed, chemicals lower, other sectors up.
A six session prenatal class series begins Tuesday May 2 and runs through June 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mental Health Center activities area at 704 E. Monroe St. It is sponsored by the March of Dimes Audrain Medical Center and Audrain City County Health Unit with coordinator Mrs. Sandy Morgan. Guest speakers include Mrs. Velda Ogar Mrs. Barbara Dowell Ray D. Morgan Tom Wells and Mrs. Carolyn Wohlers. Participants should wear exercise attire and bring a pillow or blanket. Call 581-1332 to enroll.
Holt Summit girl Judith Carol Morris, 21, a Jefferson City High School graduate, won the Miss Kingdom of Callaway title at Auxvasse Jaycees pageant. Runners up were Karen Guerrant, Nancy Conner, Carolyn Purvis, and Jennifer Cooke. Morris will enter the Miss Missouri pageant in Mexico.
A Ledger correction fixes Calvert Extra pricing to quart 4.85. The classified page urges readers to inspect the used car column for bargains to find desired model make and price.
Raymond Lloyd Laird 47 of Middletown Route 1 died at home after a World War II service with three wounds. He received the Silver Star Bronze Star and Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Christian Church in Middletown with burial in Warrenton Cemetery and military graveside rites. Visitation after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Myers Funeral Home. Survived by wife Hazel Ruth Aston two daughters Donna Hoerstkamp and Brenda Higgenbotham a son Raymond Tony Laird a granddaughter three half brothers James William Levi Taylor Laird Charles Alfred Laird four half sisters including Mrs. Lowell Genshur Mrs Kenneth Aston Mrs Hazel Summers and Mrs Beda Bland.
Edna May Garnett 54 of Slater Route 1 died Sunday at Barnes Hospital St Louis. She was a sister of Mrs Ned D Rodes of Mexico and wife of Robert Garnett. Survived by two sons Kirt California and Bill Chicago, plus nieces and nephews. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm at First Baptist Slater Rev Orval Haines. burial Rehobeth Cemetery Slater. Family gathering Tuesday after 7 pm Braun Funeral Home Slater.
Funeral services for William J. Browning 50 were held at Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with Rev Delbert Admire officiating. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park. Organist Mrs Delbert Admire accompanied vocalists Candy Admire and Beverly Allen. pallbearers named. Honorary pallbearers listed.
Funeral services were held for John Spencer Carr aged 72 of 514 Woodlawn. Rev Patrick Dolan of St Brendan's Catholic Church officiated at St Brendan's Church with Rev John Harmon assisting. Burial followed in St Brendan's Cemetery. Pallbearers included Col C R Stribling Col Joe Bailey Glen Sims Col Eugene Lamm Clayborn Jackson and Carl Burchfield. Arnold Funeral Home supervised arrangements.
Channel 12 airs a preview of the Jaycee Wives 10th annual Antique Show and Sale with French clocks china napkin rings and more. Co chairs Mrs. Robert Kirgan and Mrs. Dahl White will discuss items to be shown April 22 23 at the National Guard Armoury. Program taped for Wednesday at noon.
Conferees from Senate and House meet to resolve appropriations proposals after the House rejected Senate changes to the $1.8 billion budget. Debate centers on a $200000 plan for juvenile halfway houses in Boonville Kansas City Springfield and St Louis. Strong remarks target funding shifts affecting mental health welfare and corrections while school aid remains at $339 million as both chambers seek compromise before the April 22 deadline.
ST LOUIS AP Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm urged a broad coalition of blacks women the young and other minority groups to back her Democratic presidential bid. Speaking at Washington Universitys Graham Chapel she said she would attend the July convention with or without delegates and that Indians and Chicanos would be represented.
Oshkosh, Wis. Carl Martin, 81, vanished Sunday after a relative alerted police at 3 30 p m. A 12 hour search located him and his bike stuck in mud in Appleton, 20 miles away. Police note two prior missing episodes to Eureka and New London. Relatives asked deputies to seize the bike but cannot legally do so.
Washington AP Nixon meets China's table tennis team at the White House in a 14 day ice breaker mission amid warming U S China relations. Tricia Nixon Cox watched the exhibition as antiwar protesters heckled, with chants and Viet Cong banners surrounding the event.
Oberlin Ohio keeps its nonreturnable beer can ordinance with a three to two council vote, effective Jan 1. James Bell became the first fined violator, pleading guilty and receiving a suspended $5 costs, with a $10 fine plus costs. Bell was arrested for driving with a suspended license and failing to control his car.
Ramsden a Wall Street partner disputed the Rohatyn memo on Hartford divestiture and testified that the economic impact would hurt ITT and the stock market. Kleindienst McLaren cited Ramsden’s report in settling antitrust cases. Kleindienst urged reopening hearings amid Anderson memo links to ITT funds.
Emperor Hirohito cancels a May 15 trip to Okinawa for a ceremony marking the island’s return to Japan, citing security fears. He will attend a Tokyo ceremony the same day. Government had urged the Okinawa visit last December, but reacted to local displeasure with the reversion terms.
John W. Neuberger of Omaha was appointed by President Nixon as chairman of the Missouri River Basin Commission earning 36000 dollars annually. He will leave his deputy assistant secretary of the Interior post to take the new job created by executive order on March 22.
Apollo 16 astronauts David Young and Charles Duke inspected the lunar lander Orion and found peeling white silicone paint flaking like dried skin after a two hour check. They planned a Thursday descent to the Des Cartes highlands, aiming for a 3 40 p m landing, to study the moon's interior history and its cold billion year evolution.
Jim Thomas, a licensed fishing guide and Democratic candidate for Missouri governor, attacked the state boat commission as a luxury expenditure. He cited duplication among Coast Guard, Engineers, Conservation, and sheriff patrols as wasteful. He spoke at a School of the Ozarks convocation. He pledged a constitutional convention if elected.
Vietnam reports six crew saved from a crash near An Loc after a mission to the city. An enemy rocket hit an Army helicopter near Da Nang, but both crewmen survived unhurt. Saigon said heavy fighting produced 399 North Vietnamese deaths and 21 South Vietnamese deaths near a key base southwest of Hue. Farther south, battles near Da Nang and Kontum, with paratroopers killed or wounded in air attack incidents. In Cambodia, forces struggle near Kompong Track while Hanoi claimed U S ships were hit off several coastal areas. The Worden and Buchanan suffered casualties amid unclear causes and attribution of enemy fire.
Johnnile Co. Walker has been named chairman of a new committee to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages in Dale County Alabama. The move aims to oversee licensing and compliance as authorities seek to enforce state laws on libations.
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