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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1977
Page
1
Official 7 00 a m readings show temperatures around 68 with highs in the mid 80s to low 90s and numerous showers or thunderstorms forecast across Missouri. Tonight and Sunday bring widely scattered thundershowers with warm, humid conditions and daily highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s through Wednesday.
Audrain Medical Center lists admissions including Darrell Beasley Homer D. Stewart and many others from Mexico Martinsburg Paris Vandalia Auxvasse and more. Dismissals noted for numerous patients across multiple towns. Deaths include Finis L. Stubblefield 63 Fred L. Durmeter 78 and Sam Wilson 86.
Public safety reports detail a series of incidents. Norene J Brown was issued a summons after her station wagon struck Central Loan Company building due to brake failure. Delbert Musgrove reported a left front tire blowout causing his car to crash into a yard and damage a stop sign. Highway Patrol issued summons to Homer Stewart for speeding after a motorcycle crash on Route FF. Henry Smith and Sue Ellen Worstell were injured in a Teal Lake Rd crash. no arrests. Sarah Burts and Jerry Baugh involved in a highway crash near Paris. Baugh cited for no operator license.
Virgil Frank Ryder faced second degree murder charges in the death of Wanda Yvonne Wykoff. He entered a not guilty plea and a venue change was granted to Warren County.
Gary Wieberg pleaded in magistrate court on common assault charges. The Markets section lists yesterday's cash grain prices for soybeans, wheat, corn, and milo from MFA and Fowles Grain Co., plus over the counter and NYSE stock quotes for several firms and the Dow Jones close at 884.96.
Guilty verdict. defendant to serve 30 days in jail after information allege assault on Brenda Davidson on May 6. McCluskey pleads guilty to improper turn, fined 20 dollars plus costs. Blair pleads guilty to speeding, fined 47 dollars plus costs. Probate issues letters to Iva M. Scott for Robert Scott estate. Value unknown. Marriage licenses issued to James Edward Welch Jr and Carol Jean Pipes, both of Mexico.
Five wind fed fires merged into a single blaze that scorched over nine thousand acres in Modoc County, California, amid a broader period with more than four hundred fires reported regionally. Fire officials mobilized aircraft and crews to battle the expanding inferno as hot, dry conditions persisted.
Mr and Mrs Gary E Wilson of Raymore formerly of Mexico welcomed son Michael Shannon Wilson born Friday at 11 20 am in Kansas City. He weighed six pounds seven ounces and has a brother Glendon Shane. Grandparents are Earl Jackson of Mexico and Betty Bishop of Clifton Hill.
Fred L. Durmeier, 78, of Troy, died this morning at Lincoln County Hospital. Born Feb 2, 1899, at Jonesburg, he was the son of James and Mary Fleahman Durmeier. Survived by Lois his wife two sons Richard of Arkansas and Johnnie of St. Charles two daughters Pat Sweeney of Ferguson and Marietta Sixkiller of Winfield one sister Mary Schlanker of Montgomery City Services are pending at Harding Funeral Home in Jonesburg with burial in Jonesburg Cemetery.
Sam Wilson 86 of Montgomery City dies Friday from a heart attack at home. Visitation after 6 30 tonight at Schlanker Funeral Home, services Sunday at 2 p m, burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Survived by son Ralph, seven grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, three brothers, two sisters.
Services for Mrs. Pearl Underwood, 81, formerly of 814 East Monroe, will be held Sunday at 1 30 p.m. at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. George B Wraith of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Benton City Cemetery.
Services for Odie L. Williams Sr. age 83 of Wellsville will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Myers Funeral Home in Wellsville rather than St. Paul Baptist Church. The Rev. Lewis Bynum will conduct the service. Burial will follow in Wellsville Cemetery.
President Carter steps up pressure on steel firms to curb inflation risks. He ordered the Council on Wage and Price Stability to study pricing policies and costs and directed the Pentagon and the GSA to buy steel where cheapest. Industry officials privately expressed surprise at his direct approach as prices rise in September.
President Carter's energy plan goes to the Senate where reception may be cooler. The House approved the measure 244 to 177, aiming to push conservation through taxes and regulations, with oil use expected to drop 2.5 to 2.8 million barrels daily by 1985 and half of daily oil imports. James Schlesinger sworn in as first Secretary of Energy, heading a department with about 20,000 staff and a 10.6 billion dollar budget.
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