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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1972
Page
10
The report covers daily weather for Zone 5 with fair to partly cloudy skies and temperatures around the low 80s, plus Missouri precipitation chances of 10 to 20 percent. It lists river stages, hospital admissions, marriages, police reports, and a broader roundup of livestock, fire calls, court actions, and market data from Missouri and national sources.
Missouri candidates for lieutenant governor in a Kansas City dominated field include William C. Phelps Joseph Badaracco William Ewald Marvin Kennon Gregory Hansman and others. Democratic hopefuls include Jack Shramm James E Godfrey James P Alyward and John Bond. Absentee voting in St Louis City St Louis County and Kansas City shows heavier than normal activity with thousands of ballots expected by day end.
In North Hollywood two 12 and 13 year olds stole a car for a joy ride. They triggered a high speed chase after being spotted, sideswiped a disabled sports car killing its driver Heidi Van Dorff and then crashed into a car carrying Army Spec. 4 Gary L. Jantz his wife Debbie and infant daughter Renee. The infant died. Mrs. Jantz is critically injured. The boys were booked on vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
Ballots were mailed out, about twice as many as in recent years. For the remainder of Jackson County, however, the count was running only slightly higher.
Funeral services for Clarence Goldie Myers 74 were held at 1 30 p m at Wilkey Funeral Home Perry. Burial followed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Myers longtime Perry blacksmith and Christian Church member had retired from Downers Grove Illinois school system in 1963. He was born July 30 1908 in Ralls County and left a wife Margaret Wise 1998 two sons Ed and Warren two daughters Mildred Pokorny Betty Edgell Judy a sister and two brothers plus four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Floyd Calvin Shoemaker longtime Missouri historian and Missouri Historical Society secretary librarian died at his Columbia home aged 86 after a heart seizure. He led the society from 1960 to 1960s expanding membership and editing the Missouri Historical Review. Funeral set for Wednesday with honorary pallbearers including Gov. Warren E. Hearnes. He was known as Mr. Missouri and helped grow state history preservation. He served as emeritus secretary and consultant since 1960 and wrote extensively for the sesquicentennial review. He born in Florida raised in Bucklin educated at the University of Missouri. Survived by wife Pearl McCown and one daughter Mrs. Charles Turner. two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Elmwood Cemetery for Darrell Wayne Newsom Jr. two-day old son of Mr and Mrs Darrell Newsom of 1300 N Wade St who died at Audrain Medical Center at 8:20 p.m. Sunday. Grandparents are Darrell Newsom of Mexico and Mrs Peggy Newsom of Mexico and Mrs Bonnie Lovell of Mexico and Harry Blatner of Marshall. The Rev Delbert Admire pastor of the Lockewood Park Baptist Church will officiate. Arnold Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
A field of lieutenant governor hopefuls branded change as the central theme in Missouri campaigning. Joseph Badaracco cited St. Louis political strength and outlined Republican gains, while Gregory Hansman urged better roads and tax reform. Marvin Kennon attacked the entrenched machine, William Phelps promised state problem solving and industry growth, and Mrs. Bond highlighted auditor reforms. Robert Prange closed with a broad take on congressional issues.
A rally feature includes a senator recounting his senate experiences shaping school legislation and Gov reorganization bills. He urged support for a constitutional amendment, defended the measure, and recalled political pressure from Hearnes Eagleton and a railroad boss. He extols personal liberty and lauds McNary, while local figures from Hallsville and Farber call for efficiency and change in Audrain County.
A 100 mph chase from West Monroe Street to near Thompson ended with Randall Adkisson facing four charges. He was accused of speeding, negligent driving, running a stop sign, and resisting arrest after abandoning the car and fleeing into a wooded area. Passengers Eddie Mills and Richard Dean were not charged.
Sen. George McGovern, addressing an AFL-CIO gathering, denounced President Nixon as the enemy of American workers and the labor movement. He criticized Nixon economic policies as outrages against workers and said Nixon favors big business and special interests. An AP survey showed six million union workers endorsed McGovern, while Nixon was backed by unions totaling about 2.4 million.
The City of Mexico seeks a declaratory judgment on annexing land east of current limits and lists property owners as defendants representing owners and inhabitants. Named parties include John I Salmons, Norma Lee Salmons, Ed D Hesterberg, Dorothea Hesterberg, H Bradford, Helen Brett, Charles Coats, Elizabeth Coats, James Crookston, Rena Crookston, M F Easterling, Carolyn Easterling, Charles Garcia, Genevieve Garcia, Raymond Campbell, Lizzie Lee Campbell, Gerald Rivers, Eva Rivers, George Blackmore, Maxine Blackmore, Moss Shoemaker, Halfred Randolph, Harrietta Randolph.
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