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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1972
Page
1
Weather forecast for Missouri extends warm humid conditions through Sunday with high 90s. The Mexico Ledger reports hospital admissions in Mexico and surrounding towns, plus police activity including two minor traffic accidents, a theft, a fire call, and a drug juvenile case.
AP reports Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern plans a full week of campaigning during the Republican convention August 21 23 in Miami Beach. The move aims to capitalize on convention attention as Nixon resumes limited public duties.
Yesterday in over the counter trading A B Chance 2544 bid 25 percent asked Commerce Bancshares 63 bid 54 asked Wetterau 274 bid 27 percent asked. On the New York Stock Exchange Fixchange Robbie Brooks closed 9 percent up four with 2900 shares traded Dresser 88 4 up 8 100 Interco 46 up 34 2500 Kaiser Aluminum 20 up 0 Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 375a down 4 12400 Ralston Purina 3534 up 4 9900 US Gypsum common 2545 up 4 36500 US Gypsum preferred 30 percent unchanged 100
In Madison Wisconsin the state plans an investigation next week into claims of near total defoliation on up to 1000 acres of rolling hillsides near Prairie du Chien and Lancaster. Senator Gaylord Nelson charged some Grant County landowners hired Northair Helicopter Corp to spray 2 4 5 T illegally.
Audrain County Board of Appeals will meet Monday to hear appeals from action of the board of equalization which met last month to adjust tax valuations and set merchants and manufacturers valuations. The board will continue in session until all appeals are heard, County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes said. Few appeals are expected.
Jefferson City Missouri AP a 11 year old deaf mute girl Barbara Nevious rescued Kelly Rice who fell into a 10 foot cesspool at her home She used a dog chain to reach Kelly and pull her to safety Firemen said the child would have drowned without the brave act and they cited Miss Nevious for her courage.
Lady pilots from across the nation gather in Jefferson City to begin the 21st annual National Skylady Derby sponsored by the Women's National Aeronautical Association. The course runs from Memorial Airport to Nevada, then Higginsville, and back to Jefferson City.
ST. Louis AP reports Earl M. Calvey aged 64, a Clarksville Missouri grocery operator, was fined $10,000 and given a two year prison term for willful income tax evasion.
Mrs. Maude Loren Powell age 85 died Friday at Lenoir Home in Columbia after a week in hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Red Top Christian Church Hallsville with Rev. James Jones officiating and burial in the cemetery there. Body lies in state 2 p.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday at Meador and Sons funeral home. Born Sept 30 1886 in Audrain County she was a Hallsville student and later attended the Ladies Academy in Columbia. She married Fabian Estes Powell Jan 11 1910 and the couple lived near Hallsville until moving to Sturgeon in 1967. Surviving are three sons Eugene Loren Powell Robert Lee Powell and Hobart Estes Powell seven grandchildren and other relatives.
Miss Mildred Annetta Hensley retired school teacher died Friday at St Luke s Hospital in St Louis She was formerly with Jennings public schools daughter of Seth E and Minnie A Logan Hensley Surviving parents two brothers George of Arlington Heights Ill Harvey of California two sisters Missouri Hensley and Ruth Hensley two nieces Nancy and Judy Hensley services Monday at 2 pm at Montgomery City Christian Church burial in White Cemetery body lying in state at Schlanker funeral home after 1 pm Sunday
Funeral services for 77 year old Mike Dimmitt of the Vic-Mar Apartments were held today at Arnold Funeral Home. He died Thursday in Moberly with Rev. John Blass of Rush Hill Community Church to officiate. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery with pallbearers Gary O Bryan Paul Weinard Denver Hudson Larry Kimball Bill Baker and Glen Baker.
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Blondin, 94, former Mexico resident who died in Fulton Thursday, were held at 2:30 p.m. at the Church of God (Holiness) with Rev. A L Hayton and Rev. E G Garrett officiating. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jim McCall, Robert Field, Roy Field, Gale Stuart, Don Stuart and Bob Stuart. Arnold Funeral Home arranged.
Funeral services for Gladys M. Walker 89 of Route 2 were held today at 2 30 p.m. at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev Larry K Etherton of Union Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were J Holloway Neill Dave Kossmann Paul Love Leon Rutherford Frank Blum and Clarence Kampker.
An observatory in Palmer Alaska reports a moderate earthquake centered about 120 miles west southwest of Adak with preliminary magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale.
New laws provide lump sum pension credits for state workers, stop future employee contributions, and fund hospital costs. Retiring legislators gain pension boosts with higher contributions. Teachers gain modest retirement improvements. Pay raises for highway patrols and top judges, higher court fees, broader recognizance releases, and a new public defender law in counties over 75 000. A fair housing law becomes Missouri policy, with environmental, milk inspection, and various agency reforms. Unemployment, nursing home, and shelter wage adjustments accompany numerous regulatory updates.
A lengthy list of 4-H project entries from Audrain County including clubs such as Be Bo Bouncers Liberty Livewires and McClintic Pioneers. Projects cover clothing cooking knitting crafts home management electricity photography and more with numerous participants and club affiliations.
A fast moving brush and timber fire forced evacuations in the historic mining town of Shasta, destroying at least seven homes and burning 2,500 acres. A 400 man crew with bulldozers and nine aerial tankers fought the blaze, about 60 percent contained early today. Two firemen injured, one seriously, as residents flee and return orders vary.
Andrew B. Topping, 27, held on $500,000 bail on charges of threatening and attempting to kill President Nixon. He allegedly paid $1,000 to a Secret Service agent posing as a killer, and told the agent he hoped the assassination would occur soon. Federal counts carry life imprisonment and up to five years respectively.
Former Michigan governor and auto executive Romney becomes the eighth original Nixon Cabinet member to quit. He said he discussed his departure months ago and Nixon asked him to stay to handle housing and city problems. Romney urged a federal disaster director for Luzerne County and other Agnes disaster areas, and Nixon agreed to appoint one.
Rep. Robert F. Young filed in Cole County Circuit Court seeking a restraining order to block state Comptroller Vaughn and Treasurer Robinson from disbursing textbook funds to school boards until the constitutional challenge to a new free textbook law is resolved. A separate suit had been filed in St Louis County Circuit Court.
Linn Creek Missouri AP reports Tex Wayne Eaton 18 of Camdenton died Friday evening in an accidental electrocution at the Central Pipe Co. plant. He was operating a machine powered by 220 volts.
Layman Nunnelly, once known as Peter Rabbit from The Ledger carrier boy shows in Mexico, now visits Vallejo California with his wife and three of their six children. He serves as associate minister at Macedonia Baptist Church and studies at Bay City Bible Institute in Oakland.
A Young Republicans Club will be organized Wednesday night led by Rob Kennedy at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the courthouse. All youths interested in Kit Bond’s election or President’s reelection are welcome to attend. Call Bob Kennedy at 5460 if unable to attend. Louise 25.
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