Weather and Hydrology Brief from Ledgerland Missouri Authorities
Official 7:00 a.m. readings report 24 hour highs and lows with a 7 a.m. temperature of 67. Forecast calls for thunderstorms tonight in Ledgerland with low 60s to mid 60s and 40 percent rain chances. Tuesday brings partly sunny mild conditions with highs mid to upper 80s. Missouri region shows showers and storms likely today north then south and an extended outlook through Friday with highs in the 80s and chances of showers Wednesday and Thursday. Lake of the Ozarks stage level at 657.3 feet, 2.3 feet above normal. Pomme de Terre 838.1 feet, 0.9 feet below normal. Grand 744.4 feet, 0.6 feet below. Stockton 864.8 feet, 2.2 feet below. Bull Shoals 653.82 feet, 0.18 feet below. Table Rock 909.04 feet, 5.96 feet below. Beaver 1112.86 feet, 7.14 feet below. Wright? levels reflect current readings. Local hospital admissions include multiple patients from Mexico Centralia Paris Martinsburg Versailles and Fulton. Recent births noted in Vandalia Hallsville and Wellsville. Numerous dismissals listed for area hospitals.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme de Terre
Grand
Stockton
Bull Shoals
Table Rock
Beaver
Public Safety and Local Deaths in Mexico Missouri
Deaths listed for Claude Vincent Thomas and several others. Public safety notes report Walter D. Barnett charged with careless driving and leaving the scene after a Sunday incident. Police log details multiple minor collisions, theft of van speakers later recovered, tampered gas at a company, and a tire cut. Highway Patrol records a fatal car speed incident near Highway 161. Magistrate Court notes two cases including theft and DWI. Missouri Livestock Market reports hog, cattle, and sheep prices and receipts.
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Walter D. Barnett
W. Liberty
Robert Hunsacker
N. Olive
Barnett
Deborah J. Deason
Hannibal
Plunkett Park
Margaret Bradford
Mastholm
Carol Gillespie
Hoxsey
Dale Cone
The
Mexico Plastics Co
Jean Lambert
Meyer
Rawlings Street
Court Upholds Calvert Conviction
A federal appeals court upheld the 1974 conviction of Ronald Calvert in St. Louis County for mail fraud and murder conspiracy in the death of inventor Victor G. Null. Calvert, 39, was sentenced to 45 years. Null was found shot dead at H.C.S. Turbine Co. offices, tied to Calvert and his father James Calvert.
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ST. Louis
Ronald Calvert
St. Louis County
Victor G. Null
Calvert
Null
Til
H.C.S. Turbine Co
James Calvert
School Wiring Shocks Workman at Richardson Hall renovation
Dave Frankhauser of Gamble Paint Co. was admitted for observation after an electrical shock while installing a window at Richardson Hall. He touched a live hat wire and was released Saturday. Sam Oliver, another Gamble employee, escaped injury as workers installed new front office windows at the old Hardin Junior High building. Frankhauser was unaware the wire remained connected.
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Dave Frankhauser
Gamble Paint Co
Audrain Medical Center
Richardson Hall
J. R. Houchins
Frankhauser
Gamble
Sam Oliver
Hardin Junior High School
Oliver
Houchins
Teal hunting expected poor amid Missouri drought
Missouri’s Sept 6 14 teal season outlook is poor due to extended drought. Wildlife areas including Montrose Schell Osage Fountain Grove Duck Creek and Trimble suffer low water conditions. officials say hunting could be impractical unless substantial rain arrives.
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Jefferson City
State Department of Conservation
Missouri
Montrose
Schell Osage
Fountain Grove Duck Creek
Trimble
Prices rise broad market in carryover rally
NEW YORK AP reports stocks advanced across the market as bargain hunting and short covering propelled the noon Dow Jones industrials up 3.44 to 808.26 after Friday's 13.07 rise. NYSE gainers led decliners by about 3 to 1 while American Stock Exchange values climbed, market value index up 0.40 at 83.98.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Six Killed In Week End In Missouri Area
Weekend traffic crashes in Missouri claimed six lives including Elsie Burt of Auxvasse on Highway 54. William Pierce, 33, Mountain View, died after his car overturned on Route W north of Carroll. Randy Evans, 18, Monroe City, died in a truck crash on Route W four miles east of town. Three others died Saturday: Ronald Wolvering, 21, St. Louis in a motorcycle crash. Michael Cooper, 25, Kennett in a head on crash on Missouri 21 near Clarkton. Aaron Miller, 19, Paris in a motorcycle car collision on Missouri 15 west of Paris.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Elsie Burt
Auxvasse
Texas
Carroll
William Pierce
Mountain View
Highway Patrol
Pierce
Randy Evans
Monroe City
Ralls
Ronald Wolvering
St. Louis
Michael Cooper
Kennett
Aaron Miller
Paris
Wolvering
Cooper
Clarkton
Miller
Deaths Flagman Dies After Being Struck Highway 136
Willard Carl Klusman, 57, of Clifton Hill, died Sunday morning after a vehicle struck him while he flagging for Hargey Construction Co. on Highway 136 east of Maryville. The driver faces a summons for careless driving. Born in Mexico, he is survived by his wife Betty Lou, a son Jerry Carl Klusman, his mother Ethel Klusman, and many Mexico area relatives. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Patton Funeral Chapel Clifton Hill, with burial in Clifton Hill Cemetery.
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Willard Carl Klusman
Clifton Hill
Hargey Construction Co
Highway 136
Maryville
Mexico
Betty Lou
Jerry Carl Klusman
Ethel Klus
Ferdinand Hochhalter Dies At 80
Ferdinand Hochhalter 80, former principal and teacher in the Jonesburg school system, died after a month illness at his High Hill home. Funeral at St Johns United Church of Christ Wednesday at 2 p.m. Visitation at Baker Funeral Home Tuesday. Born Sept 22, 1894 in Wishek North Dakota. Survived by wife Ilse, two sons Rainer and Michael, one brother, two grandchildren. Memorials to American Friends Service Committee.
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High Hill
Ferdinand Hochhalter
Jonesburg
St. Johns
Rainer Hochhalter
Columbia
Michael Hochhalter
Albany, Ga
Christoph Hochhalter
Streeter, N.C
Paul
Rebecca Hochhalter
American Friends Service Committee
Cycle Victim Aaron Miller Rites Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday at Agnew Funeral Home for Aaron Zane Miller 19 of Paris who was killed early Saturday when thrown from his motorcycle and run over by a car whose driver was blinded by lights from a car that stopped to help on Highway 15 south of Paris. Miller rode south with Larry Ray Wolfe 22 who was injured but flagged down help. Burial was in Walnut Grove Cemetery. He was born in Monroe County November 16 1955 to Zane and Vivian Mitchell Miller. He is survived by his parents a sister IdoydiChanda Huffman Paris and other relatives.
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Paris
Agnew Funeral Home
Aaron Zane Miller
Highway 15
Miller
Larry Ray Wolfe
Wolfe
Ford balances duty and leisure amid yacht dinner and hydro plant dedication
President Ford hosts a private Chicago Yacht Club dinner for Star Class Yacht Racing Association officials during the 1975 championships. He notes his evolution from crew to skipper and recounts a ski of golf at Vail and a June trip to Libby Dam Montana to dedicate a $470 million hydroelectric plant while clocking 108 hours at work and 44 hours of leisure.
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Ford
Chicago Yacht Club
Daley
Vail
Colo
Libby Dam
Mont
Severe storms bring tornadoes and flood deaths across regions
A weather system produced four tornadoes from Wisconsin to Nebraska, with twisters in Wisconsin and Iowa. A Montello man died when a tree toppled onto his car. six injured as trailers were overturned in northwest Wisconsin. A Texas crash killed five after heavy rains. In Cleveland, sewers overflowed and waters swept youths. two Cleveland Heights boys died from lightning while playing.
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Ohio
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
Montello
Wis
Texas
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Yellowstone National Park
Cleveland
Jacqueline Boomer
Michael
Jacqueline
Richard Ambeau
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland Heights
Conroe
Joyce Scott
Robin Gillaspie
Albert H Wittliff Jr
Houston
Das Wile Shirley
Claude V Thomas of Vandalia Dies
Claude Vincent Thomas 65 of Vandalia died Sunday at the Sheridan Boarding Home after an extended illness. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Waters Funeral Home with Rev. Noel Edwards officiating. Burial Vandalia Cemetery. Visitation this evening. Born Sept 7 1909 to Homer and Frances J. Thomas he was a radio technician. Brother Paul William preceded him in death. Survivors include two aunts Grace Kindred Vandalia and Lila McGrew Mexico.
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Vandalia
Claude Vincent Thomas
Sheridan
Waters Funeral Home
Noel Edwards
First Baptist Church
Homer
Frances J. Thomas
Paul William
Grace Kindred
Lila McGrew
Mexico
Mrs Lechliter Dies In Arkansas
Sylvia Ruth Lechliter 66, a former Paris resident, died yesterday in Ashdown Arkansas where she had resided. Funeral held 2 p m Tuesday at Agnew Funeral Home conducted by Rev Al Baum. Burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Visitation after 5 p m today at the funeral home. Born December 10 1908 to Henry L and Minnie A Shumard. Married to Harold Lechliter who preceded her in death. Former teacher and housemother at Hannibal LaGrange College. Survived by daughter Wilma Ruth Gentry of Ashdown two brothers Lynn Shumard Paris and Ben Shumard Holliday three sisters Mrs Ernest Morgan Shelbina Mrs Margaret Wheelan Montgomery City and Mrs Jessie Kincaid Wayland and other relatives.
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Paris
Sylvia Ruth Lechliter
Ashdown
Ark
Agnew Funeral Home
al Baum
Neosho
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Harold Lechliter
Hannibal LaGrange College
Baptist Children’s Home
St. Louis
Wilma Ruth Gentry
Lynn Shumard
Ben Shumard
Holliday
Ernest Morgan
Shelbina
Margaret Wheelan
Montgomery City
Jessie Kincaid
Wayland
Conservation Tax Petition Gains Signers
More than 25,000 persons signed petitions to place an eighth of a cent sales tax hike for conservation before voters next year. Volunteers collected over 6,000 signatures in the first three days at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, with counties often meeting quotas during county fairs. The tax would fund upland and wetland wildlife areas state forest land river access urban fishing lakes and work on rivers and endangered species. The Citizens Committee for Conservation aims for 150,000 signatures and needs 8 percent of last gubernatorial voters in at least seven of Missouri’s 10 districts. submissions to the secretary of state are due next July.
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Jefferson City
State Department of Conservation
Sedalia
Citizens Committee For Conservation
Missouri
Mississippi
Secretary of State
Murder Probe In VA Deaths
Officials at a Veterans Administration Hospital report eight patient deaths from respiratory arrest over three weeks and say murder cannot be ruled out after a week of FBI joined inquiry. The hospital cites a critical suspicion of injections of a muscle relaxant that could paralyze breathing, while noting no determination yet that injections caused deaths.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Veterans Administration
FBI
Alice Faye Loses Jewelry in New York Car Theft
Actress Alice Faye was dining at a Fast Side pub when a thief broke into her chauffeured limousine and stole two cosmetic cases with about 20 pieces of jewelry worth an estimated 25000 dollars. The loss included gifts from husband Phil Harris. Faye was away from the car with her press agent and the driver for about 40 minutes.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Alice Faye
Miss Faye
Phil Harris
Jewel Baxter
Dem hopeful Ken Maurer visits Mexico on bid for office
In Mexico, Ken Maurer a 28 year old Orchard Farms School teacher in St. Charles County meets courthouse officials and The Ledger, arguing for a congress with fewer lawyers and better education in early grades. He backs hiring more teachers to reach about one per five pupils. A retired teacher, Mrs Shelby Lester of Portageville, who left teaching after marriage, recalls discipline challenges. Central Missouri Livestock Auction reports state fair results with champion lamb sold for 3.65 a pound to Keith Kinne of Hamilton and junior reserve champion barrow sold for 2.70 a pound totaling 634.50. Alewel’s Country Meat in Concordia bought the junior reserve champion barrow and state fair champion ham sold for 1550. Boone County is noted for Ed Bettenhausen and wife in a photo miscaption.
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Ken Maurer
Orchard Farms
St. Charles County
Mexico
The
Ledger
Congress
Shelby Lester
Portageville
J.C. Montgomery Jr
Central Missouri
Keith Kinne
Hamilton
Alewel
Concordia
Barrow
Doug Alewel
Boone
Ed Bettenhausen
Audrain County
Bobby Dale McBride
Ford Co Reports Car Sales Up in Mid August
Ford Motor Co boosted by dealer incentives reported mid August car sales of 66,206 over August 11 20. Daily average 7,356 on nine selling days, slightly above last year. Analysts estimate domestic industry down about 9 percent. overall August 1 20 period seen as weakest since 1971.
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Ford Co
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors
Ford
U.S
Victoria Falls Bridge Talks Open Between Rhodesia and Black Leaders
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and black nationalist leaders met on the Victoria Falls bridge to discuss the future of white minority rule as John Vorster and Kenneth Kaunda attended the opening. Muzorewa led the ANC delegation seeking immediate majority rule while Smith resisted.
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Victoria Falls
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Smith
John Vorster
South Africa
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Nairobi
Kenya
Daily Nation
Abel Muzorewa
African National Council
ANC
ANG
Zambezi River
Kaunda
Livingstone
Muzorewa
Wie
Vorster
Mobil Chairman Urges Gradual Oil Decontrol
Washington AP Mobil Oil Corp chairman Rawleigh Warner Jr urged a gradual end to oil price controls to avoid shocks to the economy. He warned a sudden end could raise prices and risk jobs but said a multi year phase could cushion the impact. He also opposed a windfall profits tax as potentially counterproductive.
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Mobil Oil Corp
America
Rawleigh Warner Jr
UB Ol
Warner
Congress
U.S
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Ihe
Ford
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Libby Dam
Mont
Theice
United States
Slayton To Undergo Lung Surgery For Lesion
Houston AP report says astronaut Donald K. Slayton will check into M D Anderson Hospital for exploratory lung surgery after X rays found a small left lung lesion. Surgeons will remove a wedge specimen for pathology. benign results end treatment, malignant may require lobe removal.
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Houston
Donald K. Slayton
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Tumor Institute
Space Agency
Slayton
Earth
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Stayton
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