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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1972
Page
9
Weather report details 7:00 am readings, temperatures, precipitations, and forecasts for Missouri and nearby zones. Includes river and lake stages, hospital admissions and discharges, a birth, and police reports noting a car collision with minor injuries and a rear-end incident, all from local newspapers.
Police log two mini bikes stolen from a store and a string of Wednesday night break ins at homes on Clark and Jefferson streets. Reports include a door glass break, a porch noise, and a back door lock intrusion. A highway patrol correction notes misreported names in a wreck case and lists subsequent summonses. Courts note marijuana possession charges in multiple cases. Missouri livestock and national stockyard market data, grain prices, and crop futures round out the day’s briefs.
Funeral services for Leonard DeKoning 85 of 308 E Jackson St will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Arnold Funeral Home The Rev Ivan Donaldson pastor of the Mexico United Methodist Circuit will officiate Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today No pallbearers have been selected yet
City officials argue annexation will prevent ad hoc fringes from sprawling into Mexico, align land use with zoning and building codes, and extend services like sewers, police, and fire protection. Mayor Enslen says it lowers fire insurance class and spreads growth costs, aiding urban renewal and curbs blight in the fringe.
Retired educator and principal FULTON Oran Liley was found not guilty by a jury after a 20 minute deliberation. The charge involved alleged common assault on student Kent Hasselman at New Bloomfield High School on April 7.
New York trading yielded modest gains as jobless rate held at July level and wholesale prices spiked. Dow inched up 0.22 to 947.02 amid mixed NYSE advances and a flat Amex, with Allied Stores steady and retailers posting July sales gains.
CDC reports sixfold increase in nursery staph infections after hospitals stopped routine hexachlorophene baths for newborns following an FDA warning. While 95 percent of U.S. hospitals kept handwashing with HCP, outbreaks rose mainly where HCP bathing ceased. agencies urge limited short term use if outbreaks occur.
Lt. Gov. William Morris flew into Mexico at 12 20 for a brief visit and then flew out Youarday the Morris lighter than air balloon and campaign staffers came to Mexico accompanied by a spell of rainy weather They planned to inflate sail and drop literature but wind and rain stalled the plan Today the weather cooperated and the balloon sailed aloft The seven story high balloon with a four passenger gondola uses gasoline blower and a heat burner to rise at 500 feet per minute Also Democratic candidate James Spainhower for state treasurer was in Mexico yesterday
Kansas City AP report notes Joseph P. Teasdale criticizing opponent William Morris over narcotics policy claims. Teasdale cites rising case numbers from 1970 to 1971 and six months of the current year, defends prosecutorial record, and accuses opponents of misreporting and using big spending to crowd out real issues.
Tennessee Democrats nominated State Sen. J O Patterson the first Black candidate for Congress after defeating three white opponents in the primary. He will face Republican Dan Kuykendall in the general election in the realigned 8th District as redistricting makes it heavily black and more Democratic. Senator Howard Baker seeks reelection against Ray Blanton in a race with Democratic presidential race overtones, while Republicans court conservative Democrats to join the GOP.
Gus Karellas, manager of the G&D Steakhousen at South Trails Shopping Center, became a naturalized U S citizen. He came from Greece four years ago, lived in Columbia three years, and later moved to Mexico to manage the new restaurant. He and his wife, with one child, reside at 602 S Olive St and took the oath before the U S district court in Jefferson City.
In St Louis Democrats Joe Teasdale and Edward Dowd clash over campaign finance disclosure. Teasdale accuses Dowd of accepting large sums from Pipefitters Union Local 362 and pays for ward endorsements while Dowd defends publicity timing and asserts he is within the law. Teasdale is the only major candidate to disclose fully.
HARVEY Illinois AP Geraldine Hurches heads the Harvey YMCA Diaper Division. The program trains infants as young as three months in 10 week sessions, teaching mothers water exercises then pool time to build breath control and dog paddle. A waiting list shows high demand as babies swim well by age three or four.
South Vietnamese infantrymen drove the North Vietnamese from two major strongpoints along Highway 13 north of Saigon, predicting the road to An Lac would soon reopen. They overran a bunkered position near Tau O, with U.S. air strikes failing to dislodge defenders. No South Vietnamese casualties were reported.
Bremer's diary reads aloud in court detailing months of stalking President Nixon and Governor Wallace, a failed attempt to reach Ottawa airport, and fleeting plans against McGovern. The manuscript notes Bremer’s fatalistic themes and belief he would be captured or die, with contemplation of trial or prison.
St Louis resident Cornell Burnett 21 died at DePaul Hospital in Hannibal after injuries from a July 1 auto wreck on U S 6 half a mile south of Hannibal Mo. He was among the victims hospitalized following the crash.
Don Hudson, raised in Hatton and son of Harold and Mrs. Hudson of Centralia Route 3, replaces Dr. Donald Phillips as Mexico’s vet. He and his wife and child move into the community as the local clinic adopts new leadership. The old stairway from the J. F. Llewellyn house at 315 N Jefferson St was preserved for reuse. Sen Tom Eagleton wowed Mexicans on Dick Cavett, describing campaign highs and lows, medical help, and Mount Rushmore jokes.
Audrain County Sheriff Harold Sulgrove reported at 12 30 a m that Dele Edwin Manning 38 escaped from the Fordland Honor Farm a division of the Department of Corrections in Webster County He remains at large Manning was arraigned in circuit court here last October on forgery and uttering a stolen payroll check He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary at Jefferson City Manning a former Mexico resident had been living in Ottawa NL before arrest He was first jailed in 1971 and bond posted May 3 1972 He then failed to appear and an unlawful flight warrant was issued He was arrested by FBI agents Oct 4 1971 and taken to Tulsa where arraigned He was returned to Mexico Oct 10 and later pleaded guilty in court here.
Pittsburgh AP The United Steelworkers of America, the nation’s third largest union, backed the AFL-CIO and voted to sit out the November presidential election. The almost unanimous resolution by the USW International Executive Board cuts campaign funds for Democratic nominee George McGovern. The move, unseen in 30 years, affects 1.2 million members.
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