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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1977
Page
6
Five teachers completed two week jail terms for defying a no strike order while 12 more were found guilty of contempt in the 38 day old Kansas City strike. They walked free to supporters and said they would endure jail again if needed.
Claude Kinsey of Bismarck Mo. was killed Tuesday night when his car ran off a St. Francois County road and struck a tree, according to the highway patrol.
Marilyn K. Maupin of Mexico was among seven University of Missouri Columbia students honored by the UMC chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta for scholastic merit. A horticulture senior with a 4.0 GPA since 1975, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs F M Maupin and was co valedictorian in high school. She also joined the National Honor Society Latin Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Police in Grandview Kansas City suburb describe the three slayings as execution style. Victims identified as Calvin Brown Janet Blewett and Christine Mackey were bound gagged and throat slashed. one man Bernard Wolfskill survived in critical condition. Brown a former Lincoln University student body president and drug dealer known to authorities. Mackey with long arrest record. Wolfskill with narcotics history. Investigators found bloodied knives and disarray with no obvious missing items. The death scene was discovered around 9:30 am.
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