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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1970
Page
11
Deaths list includes Ernest E. Hopking, 88, among other local obituaries and hospital notices. The passage also catalogs farm market data for Missouri livestock, weather figures, river readings, police reports, and a city notice about stolen ordinances in Lesser, Illinois.
Chicago livestock market update from AP via USDA shows cattle and steer prices jumping 26 to 50 with higher yields for prime and high choice steers. Slaughter heifers and mixed grades show gains, while ranges span from mid 20s to low 30s per hundredweight. Sheep note incomplete.
Corpus Christi area reels from Hurricane Celia with 32 dead statewide, 8,950 homes destroyed, 35,000 families reporting losses. Red Cross seeks 6 million in relief. Cattle and grain prices mixed on Chicago and New York exchanges as infrastructure recovers. electricity and water slowly return with widespread damage across Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Port Aransas, and Robstown.
Belgian born actress Catherine Spaak asked a Rome court to grant custody of her 7 year old daughter Sabrina to Spaak and Italian dressmaker Roberto Capucci. The marriage ended six years ago. The court will decide next month. Capogrossi was Sabrina's guardian. Spaak argued Capogrossi is too old to care for her.
Ernest E Hopkins 88 native of Mexico died at 5 30 am yesterday in Peoria Illinois He was a retired Rock Island Railroad ticket agent and telegrapher in Peoria He is survived by his widow Vinita two sons a stepdaughter three brothers and several grandchildren Masonic services will be held at Precht Pickerling Funeral Home with graveside rites at Elmwood Cemetery officiated by Rev Marvin Jones
Governor Warren E. Hearnes voiced clear disappointment at the defeat of his constitutional amendment to divert public highway funds to toll road financing. He defended toll roads as a means to quicken and improve road safety, blamed misinformation from opponents, and criticized state papers radio and TV for the campaign outcome.
Robert J Harris 55 of Chaffee Mo died in his hotel room in St Louis Friday at 6 45 am. An engineer for the railroad and deacon of Calvary Baptist Church at Chaffee he was born September 11 1914 in Lawrenceville Illinois. He married Marie Hull January 24 1941 and is survived by his wife six children nine grandchildren his father two brothers and a sister. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm in Chaffee with burial in Chaffee Cemetery.
Graveside services for Tom W. House will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Maple Hill Cemetery in Fairfield. The body will be taken to Fairfield from the Arnold funeral home Saturday morning. Mr. House resided at 7024 S Western Ave and died at Audrain Hospital.
Reported clashes extend east of the border into Vietnam with no American casualties. The USS Rogers collided with the Panama-flagged Sally B near Vung Tau, leaving a gash in the destroyer and a hole in the tug. South Vietnamese General Nguyen Van Thien disappeared after a missing twin-jet incident near Da Nang. Prison rioting occurred on a Can Son transit. In Cambodia, reinforcements move toward Skoun as fighting subsides in Kompong Thom. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launch two attacks near Phnom Penh including Prey Totung and Prey Sandek districts.
The Kennedy family defends Bobby Kennedy Jr, saying he has never been in trouble before and will take responsibility if guilty, while offering sympathy to other youths involved. Sen Edward M. Kennedy flew from Washington to Providence and then Cape Cod to support the family.
A two headed calf born May 12 on the Walter Reichter farm near Bourbon Missouri shows two eyes and two mouths that move together as it nurses. The calves remains joined at the forehead and has one ear pair. The owners report it seems to be weakening.
Donations to the Cancer Research Centre in Columbia were made by Mr and Mrs F Turner Sr Mr and Mrs E F Turner SrMr and Mrs Warren Turner Claude WoCash of Mexico and by Mrs Elner Prouty and Violet Young of Austisse, the cellar repara?
Columbia Boone County voters see Prosecuting Attorney Frank Conley with a strong lead for second circuit judge as early returns show Conley ahead Granville Collins of Fulton. Boone County tabulations were not final with totals possibly tomorrow.
A plumber's wife, Mrs. Loredana Luzzitelli Petrone of Rome, gave birth to sextuplets after fertility drugs. Four babies died early, two boys and two girls survived. the six were three months premature. Doctors cited fragile outlook for the remaining two. The Petrone family reported the event amid widespread national news of multiple births linked to fertility treatments.
New York police reported they shot a six foot alligator Tuesday night after neighbors alerted authorities to a sighting in a pond off Mill Road. The pond owner Alley Ryder could not explain how the reptile arrived at the site.
Washington AP reports four more cities with 6 percent or higher unemployment join the Labor Department list. New Britain Connecticut. South Bend Indiana. Portland Oregon including Clark County Washington. and the Springfield Chicopee Holyoke Massachusetts area are cited as substantial unemployment communities alongside a U.S. average of 4.7 percent.
In Clayton Missouri a nonpartisan court plan won approval by about two to one in the counties primary election Tuesday Complete unofficial returns show 75 48 yes votes to 47 092 mo Under the plan judges would be appointed by the governor from nominees submitted by a judicial commission and would not have to run for re election against candidates of another party but would submit to voters periodically Approval nullified probate and circuit court judge races in the primary Incumbent judges will run on their records in November
Dennis Hartley Sanborn 17 of 1127 Lakeview Rd faces second degree burglary charges in Aus Train County Magistrate Court after a 10 30 p m arrest following a tip about a burglary at the A&W drive-in in June Sanborn admits involvement claiming he watched as a juvenile burglar opened a window and entered the building They say the juvenile left with six cartons of cigarettes two hot dog packages four beer cans and change before driving away Co owner Jerry Kalkofen filed the June 29 complaint and the juvenile was placed in authorities custody in accordance with state juvenile provisions
Washington AP reports Congress sent President Nixon an 18 billion dollar urban renewal and veterans bill with 531 million over his request. The Senate cleared the measure 70 to 8 with no Republican echo of Nixon’s spending charges.
Los Angeles AP reporting President Leonard Woodcock of the United Auto Workers warns that steadily rising wage increases could trigger a major recession or a low national mood. He spoke as negotiators bargain for nearly 800,000 UAW workers in the auto and farm implement industries and urged moderation only if fully protected against ongoing price pressures.
Benjamin L. Goins, a former city license collector, became the first Negro nominated for citywide office in St Louis after winning the Democratic primary with 43,878 votes. His opponents totaled under 17,000. Gov. Warren E. Hearnes previously appointed Goins in 1968. State Rep. Francis R. Slay won the nomination for recorder of deeds, defeating incumbent Anthony J. Denny by about 7,000 votes.
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