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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1971

Page

9

Weather and livestock notes from Missouri and Kansas City region

Local forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with warmth and humidity, highs in the upper 80s to 90s, Lows in the 60s to 70s. Extended outlook shows a cooling trend midweek with scattered showers. Missouri reports thundershowers possible in the southeast this afternoon, otherwise warm and dry into Tuesday. Lake of the Ozarks level down 0.0, Pomme de Terre at 88.7. Several local hospital admissions and a list of residents discharged or moved, plus a birth noted in Vandalia.

Rentga Missouri Kansas City Lake of the Ozark

Multiple Petty Crime and Accident Briefs From Daily Record

Entries report a home burglary possibly by unknowns, a recovered bicycle theft, and several traffic accidents at local spots including A & W Root Beer Drive In and Beasley's Gulf. Also noted are highway patrol arrests, several minor injuries, and a string of marriages and court actions with names and locations in Audrain County.

Gerald Harris Washington St Barbara Dean Missouri St A & W Root Beer Michael Eugene Stowers Thompson Andy Wayne Popp Martinsburg Stower Timothy Polacek Eastholm Beasley Gulf Service Station Centralia West St David Owen Hartgrove S. West St Eric R. Brown Lorraine Kermaker Ozark Place South Clark East Liberty Clark Bob Beasley W. Blvd Highway Patrol Montgomery County Highway 19 Thomas Russell Job Jr Hermann Area Hospital State Highway Patrol Job Emerson Craghead Fulton Betty Engle Kingdom City I-70 Highway 54 Lonnie Hockmeyer Marian McNicholas St. Louis Hockmeyer

Missouri Livestock Market Center Hog and Pigs Prices

Slaughter hogs under 250 Ibs steady to 25 cents lower, over 250 Ibs steady, near 300 Ibs up to 50 cents higher. Sows strong to 29 cents higher, feeder pigs 1700 head with bulk offerings up to $2 higher. National Stockyards estimates show hogs 6,000 head, cattle 2,000, calves 100, steady to lower for hogs, cows steady to later weak. Cattle trade moderately active with varied prices across weight classes.

Missouri Livestock Market Center Dept. OF AG Marty Schroeder U.S Til

Midwest Market Notes and Graduation Highlight

The Mexico MO Ledger lists cattle and grain prices with ranges for various classes including cows, holsteins, calves, and lambs. Chicago grain futures were weak with wheat and corn down slightly and soybeans up. New York stocks rose on currency developments tied to Nixon's floated dollar plan, with gains in materials, drugs, motors, steels, and chemicals. Sid Hassen, a Northeast Missouri State College graduate, awaits National Guard duty after earning a Bachelor of Science. family attendance noted in Kirksville.

Chicago Ihe Board of Trade Cash Grain Chicago New York New York Steel Exchange Nixon U.S Campbell Soup Paris Tex Chrysler Ford Sid Hassen Northeast Missouri State College Kirksville National Guards Hassen Madeline Riley H. Hassen Jr E. Liberty St Arthur Riley Rosalaye Hassen Fred Hassen Anthony Houston

Wanted Babysitter Full Time for Busy Household

Wanted full time babysitter for two children aged 8 and 6. Housework duties included. Pay is $5. Call 684-1368 after 5:40. tb 108.

Deaths J E Jones rites at Middletown

James Erwin Jones 70 of Illinois formerly of Middletown died Saturday at Silint Hospital Pittsfield Illinois He lived in Winds after moving from Middletown He worked with Wells Funeral Home Middletown He was born April 6 1901 in Middletown son of William R and Elizabeth Ankrom Jones He was a United Methodist Church member Magonle Lodge Veterans of Foreign Wars WWII veteran He is survived by wife Nora Petty and brother Harry Jones Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday Myers Funeral Home Middletown Friends may call 7 8 p m today Burial in Fairmont Cemetery

Middletown James Erwin Jimmie) Jones Illinois Silint Pittsfield Winds Wells Funeral Home William R Elizabeth Ankrom Jones Nora Petty Harry Jones Myers Funeral Home Funeral Fairmont Cemetery

Mrs. Herman Kruger Dies at 87 in Montgomery City

Mrs. Herman Knight Krueger 87 of Montgomery City died at 4:30 a.m. today in Washington Missouri. Funeral services are pending at Baker funeral home in New Florence. Survived by two daughters Verle Renner of Montgomery City and Durward Baker of New Florence.

Montgomery City Herman Mary Knight) Krueger Washington, Mo Baker Funeral Home New Florence Verle Renner Durward Baker

John Searcy Capps Rites In Paris

Funeral services for 35 year old John Searcy Capps, who died Thursday in Cadillac Michigan, were held at 2 p m at Agnew funeral home Paris. He was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery with Rev David Fischer and Rev J H Vanlandingham officiating. Pallbearers included Caskie Painter Roy Linson Larry Gray Bill Orton Edwin Orton Robert Crabtree and Ralph Jordan.

Paris John Searcy Capps Cadillac Mich Agnew Walnut Grove David Fischer Paris First Christian Church J. H. Vanlandingham Paris Presbyterian Church Caskie Painter Roy Linson Larry Gray Bill Orton Edwin Orton Robert Crabtree Ralph Jordan

Prison Break At Soledad: Systemic Escape Led To Slayings

In a violent breakout at Soledad Prison guards contend with a guard shot dead, 27 inmates released by an unlocked cell switch, and a mass slaying of two white convicts and two white guards. Soledad Brothers figure in the chaos as investigations identify dead guards Graham De Leon Krasnes and convicts Lynn Kane.

Jackson Soledad Brothers Soledad Park Graham Rachell ‘Magee Angela Davis Marin County Larry Spain Spain Frank P. de Leon Paul Krasnes

Vernie Utterback Dies At 75 In Vandalia

Vernie Utterback 75 of Route 3 Vandalia died Sunday at 1 am in Audrain Medical Center where he had been a patient since August 14. He was in failing health, lifelong farmer, and member of Vandalia Christian Church. Survived by wife Ruby son Bobby Eugene Utterback and three grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 pm at Vandalia Christian Church with Rev Glenn Vernon officiating. Burial in Vandalia Cemetery. Friends may call Waters Funeral Home Vandalia before the service.

Vandalia Vernie Utterback Route 3 Audrain Medical Center Utterback Vandalla Christian Church Ruby Bobby Eugene Utterback Vandalia Christian Church Glenn Vernon Vandalla Cemetery Waters Funeral Home

Harold Morris Services Held

Graveside services were held at 10 30 a m for Harold N Morris 60 a former Mexico area resident The Rev Robert Collins presided at Benton City Cemetery He died Saturday morning in a Fulton hospital

Harold N. Morris Mexico Area Robert Collins Benton City Fulton

Mexico Chamber Officials and Awards Highlight Community Betterment

Board members retiring this December include Arens McNamara Mihalic Ollis and Runge. The nominating committee aligns Arens and Runge with McNamara. Mexico will enter again in the Missouri Community Betterment Awards, with scrapbook highlights on economic development, occupational survey, industrial location factors, youth center, and college development. The conference will be October 19–20 in Jefferson City at the Ramada Inn. contact Jim Stowe at 581-2765 to attend.

Donald Arens Williams- Keepers-Oliver J. Ja McNamara Missouri Power and Light Co William Mihalic Kaiser Refractories Robert Ollis Citizens Savings Association G. Andy Runge Edwards, Seigfield and Runge McNamara Mexico Jefferson City Ramada Inn Jim Stowe Chamber

History highlights from 1775 to 1914 in brief tale

On this date in 1775 King George III proclaimed open rebellion in the American colonies. In 1500 Christopher Columbus was arrested in Haiti on mistreatment charges and sent back to Spain in chains. In 1858 Ten Nights in a Barroom opened in New York. In 1869 Mary Baker Eddy followers in Lynn received a charter to organize the Church of Christ Scientist. In 1914 Japan declared war on Germany in World War I.

George III England Christopher Columbus Haiti Spain National Theatre New York Hononolulu Mary Honolulu Star

Prison Break Triggers Korean Security Alert in Seoul

A group of South Korean prisoners seized a bus, fled to Seoul, and fought police on the mainland. Defense Minister Jung Nae hiuk said 30 people were killed, including at least 12 prison officials. The incident prompted the army to raise alert and shutter Seoul airport briefly.

Seoul Yellow Sea Jung Naehiuk Shilmi Ichon Counter-Espionage Operations Command Inchon U.S Defense Shilmi Island Yongdungpo Chung Hee Park North Korea Kim Chae-myung Red Cross

Parked Horse Provides Help on Mountain Rescue

A California man and his 15 year old son were stranded near the summit of Mt. San Gorgonilla when the boy fell on a slope. A horse tied to a tree carried a two way radio and a Forest Service response aided by a helicopter evacuated Merle to hospital with head injuries. The horse had been left by a ranger checking a nearby campground.

San Bernardino Calif J. W. McKnight Merle Mt. San Gorgonila McKnight U.S. Forest Service

Assemblies of God Council Keeps Pace in Final Hours

In Kansas City the 44th general council of the Assemblies of God nears completion with debate over procedural resolutions. The final session is set for Tuesday noon after a day that saw talk of scrapping a rally and potential votes on abortion and divorce. Don Cox of Brownsville Assembly of God is slated to speak. The gathering is chaired by Thomas F. Zimmerman. The church, founded in Hot Springs Arkansas in 1914, now lists 8,734 U.S. congregations and 645,891 members. International HQ is in Springfield Massachusetts.

Kansas City General Council The Assemblies of God Church Warren ¥. McPherson Don Cox Brownsville Assembly of God Pensacola Fla Thomas F. Zimmerman Hot Springs Ark United States Springfield

Weather Outlook Mixed Across State With Rain Tuesday

The weather service predicts thundershowers in the Bootheel tonight and more rain in northwest Missouri Tuesday. Highs will reach 87 to 95 on Tuesday, with overnight lows in the 60s. Over the past 24 hours highs ranged 97 in Kansas City to 59 in St. Joseph. Cape Girardeau and West Plains logged rainfall totals of .35 and .55 inches respectively. A cooling trend is expected Wednesday through Friday with scattered showers, highs 85 to 90 Tuesday, then about 80 by Friday. Lows around 70 Wednesday falling to near 60 by Friday.

Kansas City Weather Service Bootheel Missouri Cape Girardeau Joplin St. Joseph West Plains

Bolivian ties link to Mexico and Kentucky over eruptions

The item notes historical links between La Paz Bolivia and Mexico Missouri through John Davis O'Rear, a former US ambassador who died in Bolivia and whose wife and son resided in Mexico. It mentions the home at 811 S Jefferson St, built as a replica of the American embassy, and references Cassius M Clay of Mexico Kentucky in the exploration that broadened knowledge of the Amazon basin.

LA Paz Bolivia Mexico John Davis O'Rear United States Cassius M. Clay Liberty Theatre Amazon River Kentucky Clays

Denouncement of Gun-Barrel Politics by House Panel

Washington AP report on the House Internal Security Committee split over its Black Panther Party findings. It denounces gun-barrel politics and violent rhetoric while noting the Panthers pose no immediate threat to the government. The panel credits ongoing concern with public safety but asserts Panthers lack mass subversive power.

Washington House Internal Security Committee Black Panther Party United States U.S America Richardson Preyer Panthers Ohio Roger

Dollar values swing as world markets reopen after crisis

Global exchange centers shift as the dollar stabilizes yet remains volatile. Frankfurt traders note slow dealing with the dollar near 3.4250 marks versus 3.4225, while Italy, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands post split or regulated rates. Tourists face varied rates. Indonesia seeks set rates.

Pagel Stock Exchange Agai West Germany Frankfurt South Africa Italy France Belgium Netherlands Amsterdam Brusaels Europe Indonesia Karas Mgnt

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