Weather Summary and Lake Levels From AP Report
Official 7:00 am readings show highs in the 80s and lows around 60, with August and year to date rainfall totals. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies, cooler nights, and variable winds, with thundershowers possible in Missouri over the weekend. Lake of the Ozarks and others listed show levels near or below normal, with several sites reporting inches above or below normal levels.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Hospital Admissions At Audrain Medical Center Report
The Audrain Medical Center lists admissions including John Gentry, Lawrence Brand, John Abel, Mrs. Sadie Kossman, Donald Dunn, Dwight Linnemeyer, Michael P. Groves, Mrs. William Gallip, George Oser, Mrs. John Marshall, Mrs. Sandi Goslin, Clayton Maddox, Mrs. Jerome Schrameck, Mexico. Dismissals include Mrs. Polly Dell, Mrs. Roy Goff, Miss Patricia Davenport, and others. Deaths noted: Clay N. Egbert, Orville S. Lewellen, Celeste Dawn Moudry infant.
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Audrain Medical Center
John Gentry
Lawrence Brand
John Abel
Sadie Kossman
Donald Dunn
Dwight Linnemeyer
Michael P. Groves
William Gallip
George Oser
John Marshall
Sandi Goslin
Clayton Maddox
Jerome Schrameck
Mexico
Wendell Culwell
Sidney Smelser
Geneva Hammers
James A. Hardy
Fred O. Green
Vandalia
Keith Holohan
Polly Dell
Roy Goff
Patricia Davenport
Gordon Hale
Charley MecCravey
Lori Hall
Cecil Brooks
David Wehrman
Centralia
Charles Swarthout
Wellsville
Harvey Evans
Ver Marie Thompson
John Bryam
Margaret Wright
Richard Penn
Lowell Christian
Middletown
William Smith
Clark
Thelma Maddox
Shelbina
Kerri Teague
Milley Silvey
Laddonia
Edwin Delamarre
Benton City
Charles Roden
Montgomery City
Burtgin Batterton
Auxvasse
Tommy Tennison
Santa Fe
Harry Hunt
David Hill
Paris
Dennis Hall
George Beyersdofer Jr
New Florence
Greg Mosley
Thompson
Joseph Dubbert
Martinsburg
Hazel Boehmer
Wentzville
Clay N. Egbert
Orville S. Lewellen
Celeste Dawn Moudry
Public Safety Minor vehicle damage and theft reported
Damages were minor to a car owned by Murriel Sue when struck by a car driven by Lisa Hill at George Pontiac Olds GMC in Springfield. Harold Palauska reported backing into Ronnie Johnston at the Dairy Pride on Highway 22, with minor damage to both cars. Mary Jane Wagner’s car was sideswiped by a tractor trailer on Route 1 north of Highway 54, no damage to the truck. Sheriff's report notes theft at Carroll Myers home on Route 1 with items missing and vandalism at Vandalia including tires and paint damage on Jimmie Sheridan’s car at C E Refractories Co. parking lot.
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Murriel Sue
Union
Lisa Hill
S. Western
George Pontiac
Olds
GMC, Inc
Clark
Hill
Harold Palauska
Blue Springs
Ronnie Johnston
Route 4
Highway 22
Highway Patrol
Mary Jane Wagner
Rush Hill
Route 1
le Miles
Highway 54
Christopher L. Smith
Lowry
Carroll Myers
Mexico
Courts Report Highlights Local Violations And Pleas
In magistrate court Marvin Lee Cross remains jailed on a $500 bond after alleged gasoline thefts from Mexico Public School System properties on Aug 16. Several defendants face charges from unauthorized swimming to driving offenses with fines set. mix of guilty pleas and deferred sentences noted. A circuit petition for dissolution and probate administrator appointment are also listed, alongside numerous magistrate court traffic and misdemeanor cases from St. Louis to Wellsville and nearby towns. Marriage licenses issued to two couples in Centralia and Vandalia.
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Marvin Lee Cross
Lell
Mexico
Dwight Eugene Jessee
State Conservation Commission
William Terry Barnes
Gene Erwin Hoekstra
Revere
Joseph W
Susan Helen Lebrum
Chauncie James Gillenwater Jr
Judith Kay Gillenwater
Otto C. Davis
William Henry Davis
Magistrate Court
Montgomery County
John Anthony Thieman
St. Louis
Stephen Rhyne
Gary Oakley
Samuel Walter Tarrants
Wellsville
Missouri Livestock Market Report Summary
Slaughter hogs scattered with barrows and gilts unevenly steady to 45.40 per cwt. Sows steady to higher, most weights under 450 lbs, boars over 600 lbs 30.30 to 30.60. Grain bids show soybeans around 5.32, wheat near 1.76 to 1.79, corn ~1.53 to 1.58. Missouri MFA price quotes and National Stockyards figures reflect a mixed market with hogs under price pressure and cattle steady to higher in limited demand. Also notes Chicago Board futures: soybeans fractionally higher, wheat up, corn higher, oats steady to higher.
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agri
MNS
Roger Parker
MFA
Mexico
Fowles Grain Co
Laddonia
Stock market mixed as bonds and rates weigh on gains
The day’s trading mixed with gains on some issues and losses on others. Dow Jones noon average stood at 867.64 after a 1.64 drop as investors fret rising interest rates and a slower economy. NYSE volume reached 8.29 million shares with modest activity.
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Wal-Mart
NEW York
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Southwest Baptist Opens on Aug. 30
Southwest Baptist College will start its Centennial year with about 1,500 students registering for fall classes. Classes begin Tuesday, Aug. 30. Registrar Jack Stevens says more than 1,300 pre-enrolled, with 200 to 300 additional students expected Monday, Aug. 29. Registration times: 8 a.m. for new and non pre enrolled students and 12 noon for returning pre enrolled students.
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Bolivar
Southwest Baptist College
Southwest
Jack Stevens
Clay Egbert Dies At 78 Rites Thursday
Clay N. Egbert 78 of Madisonville Missouri died Tuesday at Levering Hospital Hannibal. He was a retired farmer from Center and had lived in Center 51 years before moving to Madisonville. Services 2 p.m. Thursday Olivet Christian Church Center with Rev. C D Hamilton officiating. Burial Salem Cemetery east of Center. grandsons pallbearers.
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Center
Clay N. Egbert
Madisonville
Levering Hospital
Hannibal
Olivet Christian Church
C.D. Hamilton
New London
Bill Cornelius
Cleo Huse
Salem Cemetery
Wilkey
Perry
Egbert
Missouri
William
Mary Walker Egbert
Eva Draper
Byron
Ray
Terry
Glorietta King
Murryville, Ill
Lynn
Tarkio
Donald
Climax Springs
Fern Francis
Murryville
Helen Henning
Excelsior Springs
Mrs Julia Kunkel Dies In San Diego
Mrs Julia Kunkel a former Mexico resident and San Diego teacher for 28 years died on August 9 cremation followed by scattering ashes at sea She was married to Lt Henry William Kunkel an Army Air Corps pioneer killed in 1926 His widow a Hardin College graduate lived in the San Diego area with two daughters and was active in bridge retired teachers arts and church groups
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Henry William Kunkel
Mexico
San Diego
Calif
Julia Tucker
H.E.C. Tucker
Woodlawn
Kunkel
Hardin College
Louise Johnson
Army Air Corps
Hawaii
Chanute Field
Arlington National Cemetery
San Diego State University
California
California Retired Teachers Assn
The
Fine Arts Society
Albert Hstill Tuggle Dies at 55 in Bates City
Funeral services were held for Albert Hstill Tuggle 55 of Bates City at Slater Christian Church. Died Friday at Independence Medical Center. Born March 13 1922 in Fayette he lived in Blue Springs before moving to Bates City. Survivors include wife Dorothy a brother one sister Mrs Brashear two stepsons two step-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Burial was at Slater Christian Church cemetery with World War II Army honors from Slater American Legion post.
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Slater Christian Church
Albert Hstill Tuggle
Bates City
Catherine Brashear
Mexico
Tuggle
Independence Medical Center
Fayette
Blue Springs
Dorothy
Brashear
Slater American Legion
Wilburn Infant Services Held After Fatal Accident
Funeral services for Timothy Robert Wilburn infant son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Wilburn were conducted at Arnold Funeral Home by Rev Cleo Sexton pastor of First Baptist Laddonia. Pallbearers were Tom Becker Bob Becker John Freyer and Ronnie Deimeke Burial was at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Three adults watched as the infant in a stroller near Marshall home was struck and killed Monday evening by a car driven by Gary Piercer of Ft Worth Texas.
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Timothy Robert Wilburn
Marvin Wilburn
Martinsburg
Arnold Funeral
Cleo Sexton
First Baptist Church
Laddonia
Tom Becker
Bob Becker
John Freyer
Ronnie Deimeke
East Lawn Memorial Park
Marshall
Bob Ferguson
Rabbitt Appeals After Missouri House Speaker Sentenced
Former Missouri House speaker Richard Rabbitt was sentenced to seven years in prison plus five years probation and an $18,000 fine after being convicted on 15 counts of mail fraud extortion and attempted extortion. He said he would appeal and criticized the federal witness immunity law as subverted, claiming it harmed politicians and businessmen.
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ST. Louis
Richard Rabbitt
Missouri
Rabbitt
John F. Nangle
U. S. District Court
8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Berger Field Hurley Architects
Kansas City
Missouri Bus and Truck Association
Missouri House
House
Lewellen Rites Friday In Paris
Orville Stanley Lewellen 81 of Moberly died Tuesday at Community Memorial Hospital in Moberly. A retired farmer formerly lived near Paris, his services are at Agnew Funeral Home Paris Friday at 2 p.m. burial Walnut Grove. Born October 18, 1895 to James W. and Gertie Paris Lewellen, he is survived by Lena F. Hickman his wife, two daughters Lavola Dooley Jefferson City and LaFern Greening Moberly, eight grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and three brothers Oliver Greentop Norris Shelbyville and Glenn Colorado Springs.
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Paris
Orville Stanley Lewellen
Moberly
Community Memorial Hospital
Agnew Funeral Home
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Mr. Lewellen
James W
Gertie Paris Lewellen
Lena F
Refresher Course For Licensed EMTs at MU College
The University of Missouri Columbia Office of Continuing Medical Education offers a 20 hour Refresher Course for EMTs. It starts August 23 and requires pre registration by calling 882-2255 or visiting M175 Continuing Medical Education Office. Applicants must hold a state 61 hour EMT license to be eligible.
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University of Missouri- Columbia Office of Continuing Medical Education
University Medical Center
Lance Says He Has Done No Wrong
Budget Director Bert Lance told ABC radio he had not done anything improper and expected investigators to reach the same conclusion. He said that allegations should be checked through the process and that findings would show no merit as the related report on his finances nears public release.
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Washington
Bert Lance
ABC Radio News
Lance
Georgia
Carter Administration
Comptroller of the
Mrs. Clara P. Blackmore Rites Set
Martinsburg services for Mrs. Clara P. Blackmore 93 are planned for Thursday at 1 p.m. at Martinsburg Community Church with Rev. Tom Petree officiating. Burial follows at Bethany Cemetery near Americus. The family will receive friends after 4 p.m. today at Arnold Funeral Home in Martinsburg.
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Martinsburg
Clara P. Blackmore
Tom Petree
Bethany
Americus
Arnold Funeral
Haig Urges NATO Unity to Counter Soviet Power
Gen Alexander Haig says NATO members must pool resources to face relentless Soviet power growth. The former White House chief of staff told the Kansas City International Relations Council during a nationwide tour that Soviet military buildups exceed defensive needs.
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Kansas City
Alexander Haig
NATO
Haig
White House
Richard Nixon
Wheat Growers Push Exports Endorse Export Subsidies
Great Plains Wheat directors in Wichita endorsed government loan programs and export subsidies to lift U.S. wheat sales abroad. Wyoming farmers voted to join the export marketing group, with Minnesota likely to decide by December. President Hall cited aggressive moves by Australia, Canada and Argentina and anticipated EC subsidies to aid U.S. wheat, while board members elected Harlan Weber as chairman.
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Wichita, Kan
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
U.S
Wyoming
Minnesota Wheat Commission
Mike Hall
Australia
Canada
Argentina
European Economic Community
Hall
Harlan Weber
Wichita
Great Plains Wheat
Washington, D.C
Africa
Latin America
Europe
Middle East
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Humphrey Admitted To Hospital For Routine Checkup
Senator Hubert Humphrey, 66, was admitted to the University of Minnesota Hospital for a routine checkup and drug treatment. His wife Muriel accompanied him as doctors pursue tests for intestinal problems possibly linked to prior bladder cancer surgery and past chemotherapy.
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Minneapolis
Hubert Humphrey
University of Minnesota
Humphrey
Muriel
Minneapolis Tribune
New York
Washington
Graveside Rites For Moudry Infant
Celeste Dawn Moudry, newborn daughter of Daniel Elson and Ronda Sue Hardwick Moudry of Paris, died at 5 15 p m at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. Survived by her parents are two sisters and a brother. Graveside services will be held at 10 a m Thursday at Stoutaville Cemetery.
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Paris
Celeste Dawn Moudry
Daniel Elson
Ronda Sue Hardwick Moudry
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Stoutaville
No Warsaw Jail Bonds At Sedalia
Pettis County elected a new sheriff, with Don Stratton defeating three candidates after Sheriff Emmett Fairfax resigned to become U.S. marshal for western Missouri. Benton County rejected a $297,000 jail, while Sedalia voters approved $11 million in industrial revenue bonds for a Waterloo Industries plant expected to hire about 800 when opened.
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Associated Press
Pettis County
Benton County
Don Stratton
Emmett Fairfax
Fairfax
U.S
Missouri
Stratton
Warsaw
Robert Breashears
Sedalia
Waterloo Industries
Court Rules Air Force Can Cut Gebaur Base
A federal judge ruled for the Air Force to move most personnel from Richards Gebaur Air Force Base to Scott AFB. The July restraining order expired as officials weigh next steps, ending a 24 year effort to keep the base open in Kansas City.
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Air Force
Gebaur Base
Kansas City
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Scott Afb
Willam R. Collinson
U.S. District Court
Jackson County
Mike White
Stanley Christopher
Collinson
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