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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1970

Page

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Stocks Swing Higher As Dow Reaches Four Month Peak

The New York Stock Exchange closed with the Dow Jones industrial average up 15.8 points to 745.51, the market boosted by easing inflation signals and promises the economy will rebound in the second half. Local weather and Missouri area reports follow with hospital notices and police records from Sedalia.

Bancshares Wetterau New York Stock Exchange Bobbie Brooks Dressier Thiduatries Inferco Kaiser Aluminum Ralston Purina U.S Labor Department Federal Reserve

Nixon signals Cambodia strike capabilility reported

Multiple dispatches note President Nixon may authorize air strikes into Cambodia. A source says American warplanes did not support Cambodian forces near Phnom Penh during two days of heavy fighting. Other reports detail a Greek magnate’s coroner case and Agnew’s Asian trip discussing the Nixon Doctrine.

Saigon Nixon U.S. Air Force Cambodia Phnom Penh

40th Anniversary for New Florence Baptist Church Sunday

The 40th anniversary of New Florence Baptist Church will be observed Sunday with special services. Dr. A E Price, former president of Hannibal LaGrange College, will be guest speaker at morning and afternoon services. He will speak at 9 o clock and again at 1 30 o clock after a dinner. Charter members and all former members are urged to attend.

Organization of New Florence, Baptist Church A.E. Price Hannibal LaGrange College Hannibal Dr. Price Shareh

Fires Do $200,000 Damage At Cape Girardeau Lumber Yard

CAPE GIRARDEAU Mo AP two fires Friday night caused about $200 000 damage to the M B E Leung Lumber Co and the City Sanitation Co on the citys south side Firemen battled the blaze for nearly two hours no injuries reported and cause is undetermined Gardner rites set for today at 2 p m at Arnold funeral home with Rev C A Trotter officiating Burial in Elmwood Cemetery pallbearers named and flower girls listed

Highway Patrol Terry L. Poindexter Montgomery City Poindexter Gary Eldert Markwell Centralia Boone County Jefferson JJ Highway 124 Augworth FIA Iditeh A.B. Chance Co Cape Girardeau, Mo M. Be, Leung Lumber Co City Sanitation Co Lumber Company Mabel Sue Delicious Barnes Jeanetta Nunnlley Joyce Cook Liza Kyles

Mrs Della Schupbach Found Dead in New London

Mrs Della Hazel Schupbach 7? was found dead at her home in New London at 2 00 am by her brother Butler Beshears. She had been treated for a heart condition and is believed to have died of a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 2 00 pm Sunday at Waters funeral chapel with Rev. Wall officiating. Burial will be in Vandalia cemetery. Surviving are two brothers Butler and Jack and two sisters Velma Griggs and Eulsh Featherston.

Della Hazel Schupbach New London Schupbach Butler Beshears Ambrose Myra Butler Schupbach Arch Schupbach Butler Jack Vandalia Velma Griggs Hannibal Eulsh Featherston Waters Wall New London Baptist Church Vandalia Cemetery

Six Killed In Sweet Springs Crash

Six young men died and a young woman was critically injured when a Volkswagen bus collided with a parked tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 east of Sweet Springs Missouri. The dead appeared aged 18 to 24. the injured girl, about 18, was taken to Community Hospital in critical condition. The truck driver Ronald Edward Childress of Memphis Tennessee had minor facial lacerations. Vehicle occupants William Albert Hopson of Macomb Illinois was unharmed. The truck rested on the shoulder to allow the driver to rest. The bus at 54 to 60 mph slid off, striking the parked truck. Victims were described as hippie style dress. origins possibly California Texas Maine Vermont.

Sweet Springs Ronald Edward Childress Memphis California Texas Maine Vermont

Dorothy Moves West Carri Anne Van Cleave Born in Kansas City

Mr and Mrs Robert Van Cleave of Kansas City welcomed daughter Carri Anne born at 2 47 pm yesterday weighing six pounds five ounces The infant is the child of the Van Cleaves with Dorothy moving westward and travel from the Caribbean noted in the report The scene mentions relatives Imra Van Cleave and the paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs A H Van Cleave The source mixes several fragments including Tropical Storm Dorothy and Mary Lou Spangler references

Audrain Hospital Carl Jackson Henrietta Hulen Roberta Withers Mexico Bobby E. Baker Sturgeon Archie Shikles Wellsville Ivyl G. Gheer Davenport Paul Dobbs Martinsburg Montgomery City Machow U.S. Post Office Elmer L. Albright Richard Chitwood Chester Burdick Adella Throckmorton Donald Coates Kathryn Redhouse William Roy Maddox Florence Jensen George Allen Ernest Yardley J.D. Montague Columbia Harry Shocklee Vester Gilbert Howard Harrington Debbie McCurdy Harold Swensen Middletown John Riesberg George Campbell Holliday Merle Leake Fort James Calif Harold Overstreet St. Charles Clara Weareves Skoweien Teddy J. Weldy Lilian Welch Metcale Conse Vandalia John Buchanan Rober Starr Chester Armstrong Par Carri Anne van Cleave Robert van Cleave Kansas City Carri Anne Imra van Cleave Miami Mary Lou Spangler Daugh Tar Max Spang Martinique Dorothy He van Cleaves Caribbean A. H Iinican Republic

Passenger Denies Threat After Plane Delay

A Pittsburgh man previously injured in Columbia tells a stewardess a dangerous package contains dynamite during a flight. FBI agents arrest him after an unscheduled landing at Greater Pittsburgh Airport. He is in custody and resting at Audrain Hospital.

Columbia Harry Lindsey Thompson Pittsburgh Boone County Hos Prtal Yecover FBI

Niarchos Denies Fatal Injuries To Wife Amid Inquiry

ATHENS AP Greek shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos disputed a prosecutor's claim he fatally injured wife Eugenia last May 4. He said witnesses agree and noted a coroner found barbiturate overdose with bruises from revived efforts. Niarchos faces possible trial. ban on leaving Greece was lifted last July.

Athens Stavros Niarchos Niarchos Mediterranean Eugenia Niap Villefrance sut-Mer French Riviera Aegean Sea Tel Constantine Fafoutis Penal Council Aristotle Onassis London Constantine Dracopoulos Charlotte Ford Dracopouilos Charlotte Greece

Nursing Home Operators Meet Here

Operators of 21 licensed practical and domiciliary care homes in 15 communities attended a Thursday meeting at St. Matthew's parish hall. The session, sponsored by local couples, focused on enforcing Missouri Nursing Home Licensure Law, fair tax funding for aged care, equalizing state institution fees, and creating a full time field representative for care facilities.

St. Matthew's Parish Hall Thomas Coldwell Darrell Phillips Missouri Edith Hillis Kirkwood Peter Hartman Hannibal Missouri Nursing Home Association J. W. Jolley Clinton Senior Citizens Home Cuba Maryridge Home St. Louis Lafayette Manor Lexington Wright Nursing Home St. Joseph Phillips Nursing Home Moberly Sevbel Retirement Union Beth Haven Life Sisters of the Poor Scott Nursing Mabenly White Oaks Jonesburg Coldwell Mexico Nodaway Maryville Sarah Frances

Landmark Homes and Localities Listed in Briefs

A compact list names Bridgeton Riverview Manor Ste Genevieve The Phillips Home Mexico Chastains of Marceline Mar seeline Colonial Rest Home St Charles The Phillips Home Payette Villa de Silva Mober y Jolly Domiciliary Home Clinton.

Rural electric cooperative annual meeting remarks endorsed

CEC Board member Holliday Missouri spoke for sound judgement and low cost service while William Audley promised fair decisions for all. Featured speaker David A. Hamil, national administrator of the REA, described program beginnings and growth and lauded women for driving rapid rural electric adoption.

Holliday William Audley David A. Hamil REA

California tax defeat reshapes looming election battlefield

The long California legislature ended with Governor Reagan losing his 1 billion tax reform bill and welfare plan. Reagan trails challenger Jess Unruh as Democrats gain leverage, eyeing tax as a campaign weapon while Republicans vow to fight back.

Sacramento Calif California Senate Ronald Reagan Reagan Jess Unruh Iac Hamil Ileal

4-H Baby Beef Sale Prompts Welfare Reform Debate

A 4-H baby beef sale item listed as a Bank of Mexico sale item was readied for a First National Bank event but rejected by the Senate on a 17 to 12 vote. The measure would raise the state sales tax to six cents and provide property tax relief while aiming to cut welfare aid across the board next year. The sale item involved the Charolais cattle sold by Tommy Spurling at the event.

Tommy Spurling Senate Bank of Mexico Reagan Havig

Young Robbers Kept Family Captive

AP reports two robbers held a family in their Wal l ops Island home while five passengers prepared for a one way trip aboard a small rocket toy mission. The Gipson launch was delayed from Wednesday to Friday and then pushed to next Tuesday at the earliest.

Wallops Island Kansas City Shir Gipson Mit Pnart

Two youths tied up family after Gipson holdup

Mrs Gipson said the two suspects were 18 or 19 and believed to have participated in a nearby food store robbery. When Gipson's husband rushed home, the pair bound everyone in the house and fled in Gipson's car.

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