Weather and Market News Briefs From Local Reports
Local readings show 7 a.m. temperature at 83 and a high of 16 and a low of 65 in the last 24 hours. Forecasts for Zone 5 predict clear to partly cloudy skies tonight with 60 to 67 degree lows and showers possible Friday. Missouri outlook calls for warm highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s with chances of thundershowers, and an extended weekend into Monday with minor temperature changes. River and lake stages are listed for Kansas City area and St. Louis region, with various readings and notes on reservoir levels. Officials at Audrain Medical Center report admissions and dismissals, while local deaths and tributes are listed for several residents.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozark
Escaped Cows Cause Town Wide Scramble in Indiana
About 40 dairy cows escaped from Arnold Underhill farm in Greensfork Indiana. They wandered a half mile along a highway through the center of town and onto Main Street before volunteers and local farmers rounded up most of the herd after roughly two hours. No damage was reported though officials declined comment.
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Greensfork
Ind
Indiana
Arnold Underhill
Detroit man recovers after partial artificial heart operation
A six year old suburban Detroit man is reported doing well after receiving a partial artificial heart at Sinai Hospital. Officials said the operation, performed Wednesday, marks the first success after prior attempts where patients died.
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Detroit
Sinai Hospital
Haskell Shanks
Warren Jant
Multiple incident reports and court actions in Mexico city
Police logged vehicle damage to a parked truck in the A. P. Green lot and a car being struck under Green Blvd underpass by an unknown vehicle. A driver in Mexico was charged with driving while intoxicated after reckless operation. Court totals show several DWI, speeding, and license violations plus bonds forfeited. Livestock market notes and Chicago grain futures wrap the rural and commodities brief.
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Robert Shuck
Jackson St
A. P. Green
Janet Belcher
Route 1
Mexico
Green Blvd
Charles F. Richmond
Glencoe
Ill
William H. Hightower
Johnson St
David Allen Snyder
N. Clark St
Kenneth D. Finch
Sunset Trailer Park
Daniel Lee Pipes
Virginia
Sue Modory
Hisey St
Richard Lee Freeman
Laddonia Youth and Men’s Day Schedule noted
Laddonia emphasizes youth day today and men’s day tomorrow with events Friday including a garden tractor rodeo at 10 a.m. and an egg and spoon race at 11:30. Other activities list tomato roll, tree stumping, balloon race, beard prejudging, three legged race, watermelon eating, greased pole climbing, tug of war, final beard judging, and prize awards.
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Big Squawk
Alvin Wagner
Little Squeak
Jeannie Fisher
Laddonia
Helmet Save After Bare Head Collision in Key West
Patrolman Jimmie Jones says his helmet saved him when a telephone lineman dropped his hard hat, striking Jones on the head as he managed traffic light controls. He escaped with only a slight headache and expressed relief at not being bareheaded.
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Key West
Fla
Jimmie Jones
Jones
Lone Gunman Robs St Louis Bank for 8000
A lone gunman, asking for change for a $20 bill, robbed Mercantile Commerce Trust Co in St Louis afternoon. He left with about $8000 in a car driven by a woman as police search for the suspect. There were roughly 30 customers in the bank during the hold up.
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ST. Louis
Mercantile Commerce Trust Co
Stock Market Rally Lifts Dow as NYSE Shows Broad Gains
New York prices surged with the Dow Jones up sharply to 856.82 at midday, as advancers led declines about five to one on the NYSE. Trading volume reached 8.07 million shares in two hours amid renewed buying and bargain activity across major issues including IBM Xerox and Gulf Oil.
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A. B. Chance
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Bobble Brooks
Dresser Ind
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
NEW York
IBM
Xerox
Control
Natomas
Litton Industries
Evans
Gulf Oil
R. H. Macy
Fighting Slacks Off In Ireland
In Northern Ireland rioting surged as Catholics and Protestants clash across Londonderry and Belfast. Five more killed in Belfast, toll for the week reaches 23 with thousands fleeing, hundreds of buildings burned, and internment driving the unrest. British troops led by Lt. Gen. Sir Harry Tuzo predict a continuing but improving situation.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Harry Tuzo
TRA
Bogside
Fountain
Butterflies clog cars clogging roads around Mt Shasta area
Millions of monarchs and other butterfly species swarm the Mt Shasta Dunsmuir and McCloud region, clogging radiators and covering U S 89 as locals report cars hidden behind swarms. Forest Service ranger John Wilczynski notes an unusually large, cyclical population this year, likely moving toward lower elevations for water.
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Mt, Shasta
Calif
California
Mt. Shasta
Dunsmuir
McCloud
Dunamuir
Jack Gillespie
U.S. 89
U.S. Forest Service
John Wilczynski
Mrs. Joe Deimeke Dies at 68 in Martinsburg
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph G. Delmeke 68 of northeast of Martinsburg will be Saturday at 10 am at St. Josephs Catholic Church with burial in St. Josephs Cemetery. She died at 6 56 pm after a three and a half year illness. Born Feb 28 1903 in Laddonia she was Myrtle Mae Rodgers. Surviving husband Joseph G. Delmeke a daughter Wendy Pullaro and four sisters. Rosary will be said Friday evening at the Arnold funeral home Martinsburg.
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Joseph G. Delmeke
Martinsburg
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Ray
Leo Stamm
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Detmeke
Laddonia
Myrtle Mae
Betty) Rodgers
James I
Sarah Rhoads Rodgers
Audrain County Schools
Chillicothe Business College
T. A. Ham
Tularosa
N. M
W. G. Hutchison
Jane Fortman
Sidney
Australia
Walter Ehrman
Kansas City
Arnold Funeral Home
Mrs Blakesley Former Mexicoan Dies in Ohio
Mrs A H Blakesley 86 of Columbus Ohio formerly of Mexico died Aug 3. Funeral Aug 6 at Sunset Cemetery West Columbus. Surviving daughter Mrs Thurston Shook of Columbus sister Mrs Na Mallon Nelsonville and brother Frank Landis Columbus. Three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren also survive. Blakesley was Mrs Barker Beattie in Mexico and Beattie worked as a construction engineer for A P Green Refractories Co.
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A. H. Blakesley
Columbus
Ohio
Mexico
Sunset Cemetery
West
Thurston Shook
Na Mallon
Nelsonville
Frank Landis
wMirs
Blakesley
First Christian Church
Beattie
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Memoirs Cost Minister's Job Triggered by Gorton Firing
In Sydney AP report Prime Minister William McMahon dismissed predecessor and Defense Minister John Gorton after five days of controversy over the former prime minister's memoirs.
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Sydney
Australia
William McMahon
John Gorton
Weathervane Goat Kidnapped Near Roseburg
In Roseburg Oregon deputies search for a baby goat stolen from a seven goat weather herd on Mt Heho a 1200 foot peak. Residents use the goats to predict fair weather by watching them from town via binoculars. If the goats stay low it signals rain.
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Roseburg
Ore
Oregon
Mt. Heho
King urges state act on transportation reform
Rep. RJ King of Clayton urged creation of a unified Missouri Department of Transportation to solve the state's transit problems. Speaking to the Downtown Kiwanis Club, he criticized fragmentation among state agencies and supported both highway construction and rapid transit. He noted needs vary by city size and urged a businesslike, well planned approach to secure financing.
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King
Act On Transportation
ST. Louis
Missouri Department of Transportation
Clayton
Kiwanis Club
Transportation Department
Highway Department
Missouri
Governor's Office
Department of Business and Administration
Department of Community Affairs
Department of Education
Highway Commission
Jefferson City
Jaycees Buy Stereo For Youth Center
The Mexico Jaycees voted to purchase a turntable AM FM radio and track stereo for the Youth Center after a sermon by Rev. Ivan Donaldson highlighted a recent youth project drawing about 100 youngsters to a free swim and watermelon feed. Upcoming events include a tractor pull on August 20 with 1550 in prize money and a junior golf tournament on August 17 at Arthur Hills. A shelter house slab in Robert S Green Park nears completion and a community ball is planned for October at the National Guard Armory to benefit the Community Chest.
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Ivan Donaldson
Mexico
Robert S. Green Park
Arthur Hills
National Guard Armory
Berrigan Transferred To Springfield
Rev. Philip Berrigan and 10 inmates from Danbury were moved to Springfield Missouri around 1 a.m. CDT arriving by chartered aircraft and taken to the federal prisoners medical center. Danbury Warden Norton cited hunger strike and limited hospital space as reasons for the transfer. The Berrigans are serving sentences for destroying draft records in Cantonsville Maryland.
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Springfield
Philip Berrigan
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
John J. Norton
Bureau of Prison
Berrigan
Daniel
Norton
Berrigans
Cantonsville
Hula Hoop Champions Set For Regional Championship
In St Louis a regional hula hoop contest features entrants from Missouri Kansas Illinois and Iowa. Winners advance to Hollywood for the national event with 1000 500 and 250 bonds for top prizes. Open to ages seven to sixteen, regionals begin at 1 pm with finals to follow.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Ilinois
Iowa
Hollywood
Calif
Irving Clay
Hula Hooper
California
Richard Low Jr
Portland
Ore
Woman Dies After Jump From John Hancock Center
AP reports 29 year old Lorrance Kowalski died after plunging from a 90th floor window of Chicago's John Hancock Center. Homicide detectives pursue theory of suicide while police note she was visiting in an apartment leased by Marshal Berlin of Berlin Press.
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Chicago
John Hancock Center
Lorrance Kowalski
Michigan Avenue
Berlin
Kowalski
Hancock Building
Empire State Building
World Trade Center
New York
Central Missouri Diabetes Association forms with Mexico branch
A new Central Missouri Diabetes Association chapter organized on August 1, 1671 near Holts Summit aims to educate on diabetes, promote detection, and support research. Mexico voices prominent in the meeting, with officers including Dr. Donald James as president and Mrs. Joe Ehrhardt as president elect, plus board member Dr. Peter Ekern.
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Cait
Holts Summmit
Missouri
Mra
Peter
Elsie) Chi
Dietitlan
Audrain Medical Center
Arid
City-Counity Public Health Unit
Phillip Dillard
Goldie Thompson
Bert Francis
Joe Ehrhardt
Donald James
Dept. of
Mexico
Robert Jackson
Univ. Med. Center
Richard Guthrie
M.A. Medical Center
Ji'd. Wood
Jefferson City
Central Missouri
Peter’. Ekern
Missouri Diabetes Asan
Paris
Perry
Central Auxvasse
New Florence
Montgomery
City Wellsville
CMCDA
Ranadstional
Mosig
Mry
Merle Yelton
Eher Sens
Provo School Board Bans Wigs In Dress Code
Provo Utah based school district prohibits wearing wigs to school and adds rules on natural hair length. The updated dress code requires boys’ hair to be cut above the eyes, off the ears, and above the collar of a dress shirt.
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Provo
Utah
Provo Bo
Education
Boyd
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