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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1970
Page
8
Local station reports 7:00 a.m. weather and temperatures with highs in the 80s expected midweek, plus scattered notes on fire calls, police reports, hospital admissions, births, and local traffic incidents. Names, places, and times reflect routine daily police and weather briefs.
John Gregory Penn Seer rere DORE announces that the United States AFC and Mrs. John Penn of Riverside California will provide military aid up to 40 million dollars including arms ammunition communications equipment spare parts and training for the Lon Nol government in Cambodia. Vice President Agnew on his Asia trip says the U S is committed to helping. Chicago grain markets end mixed with wheat up two cents and soybeans down about two cents as corn and oats hold near steady.
New York stock prices hold early gains with the Dow up 10.89 to 758.30 at noon. The Associated Press index climbs 3.0 points to 246.8 as industrials lead, with rails, utilities and various sectors advancing. IBM gains about 5 percent to 255 as other glamour issues rise.
U S B52s flew within a mile of the DMZ to strike bunkers and bases six miles west of Fire Base Fuller, targeting a threat to allied artillery there. Fuller, along the DMZ line, houses American personnel as part of bases guarding against infiltration. Ground fighting in Vietnam and Cambodia remained light with small skirmishes reported.
Airman Penn, stationed at Marsh Field California, and his family expect a 30 day leave before reporting to Thailand. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Penn of Ausvasse. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Albert Bailey of 1401 N Western Ave. Airman Penn and his wife are joined by Bernie Miss finery Jen ey? and Miss Bailey in this homecoming notice.
Police in Kennebunk and nearby Maine communities hunt a killer after 13-year-old Mary Olenchuk was found strangled in a hay-filled barn. Her father, Brig. Gen. Peter G. Olenchuk, denies any link between her death and a protest gas shipment incident.
In Jerusalem the Israeli cabinet named Foreign Minister Abba Eban as its peace talks delegate, with Yosef TeKOah as deputy. Eban will enter negotiations after Jordan and Egypt send their UN ambassadors to New York for the General Assembly opening. Israel aims for ministers to lead talks, while the US faced criticism for not backing earlier charges about Egyptian missiles near the Suez. Golda Meir warned allies may not fully back Israel in forthcoming discussions.
Mrs Eugenia Torreyson 69 of Centralia Route 2 died at Audtain Hospital after a month-long illness. Funeral at Meador and Funeral Home 2 pm Tuesday, Rev Donald Mattson officiating. Burial Glen Dale Memorial Gardens. Born Mexico August 16, 1901, she was survived by husband Tom Torreyson, two daughters Hazel Cox and Marjorie Wright, a brother James Thomas Scott, two sisters Fannie Dews and others, and one great-grandchild. She belonged to First Christian Church Centralia and was active in the CWI Mid-Week Club.
Pauline Metcalf 50 of Vandalia dies at home after nearly two years illness. Born April 25 1920 in Vandalia daughter of John T Clithero and Maude Fowler. Survived by husband Virgil Metcalf a son Virgil Lee Metcalf of Alliance Ohio a grandson Virgil Lee Jr and sister Olene Holbrook Sr. Services at First Baptist Church Vandalia with Rev Jack Young burial Vandalia Cemetery. Friends may call Waters funeral home.
Funeral services for Mrs Leola Edwards 56 of Blue Springs were held with burial in the cemetery. She was born August 9 1904 in Salem Oregon to George and Aura Smith and married Paul Edwards May 27 1927. Surviving are daughters Doris Cooper Lois Adams a brother G W Smith a sister Naomi Thompson and five grandchildren.
Funeral services are set for Mrs Marjorie Phillips 48 of Bloomington Ind formerly of Middletown with Rev Clarence Smith officiating burial in Fairmount Cemetery Middletown She was born May 14 1922 in Middletown to Frank and Eva Mitchell Her husband Nate Phillips survives along with her mother Eva Mitchell and uncle Thomas McElfresh She was preceded in death by a son Parry Aldrich.
Quantico Road repairs are in progress today with city engineer Gil Patrick overseeing the project. Tomorrow the remaining work will be completed and repairs start on Missouri Street. Sirens will remain active and open for traffic trail use.
In Jefferson City official urges teachers to participate in democracy. He notes referendums on income tax and pensions, praises Missouri achievements in records management and mental health care, and calls educators to register, vote, and lead in schools and communities.
The Consolidated Electric Co operative annual meeting debated and approved reimbursing board member D. R. Miller for 630 dollars in attorney fees. The vote approved by the board and for services legally rendered, to be paid by the ward, with the full proposal text omitted in a Saturday follow up.
At a party marked as a double surprise in St Louis an armed robbery occurred as four men left a neighbor’s house with a large bundle. The bundle reportedly contained seven pairs of trousers and wallets, taken during the incident.
Lightning knocked a 200 pound cross from the roof of the Church of the Good Shepherd near the state capitol. No one was inside when the bolt hit. Pieces damaged the roof as the cross fell to the ground.
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