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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1970
Page
1
The Daily Record Aran Forecast reports hot conditions in Missouri with highs near 100 and a Sunday chance of thundershowers. Extended outlook shows midweek cooling with 80s to 90s, lows 55 to 65, and variable cloudiness. Kansas City records top temps around 100, with calmer nights in the 60s.
Hospital officials list births including a son for Mr and Mrs Robert Hurshman at 7 20 pm weighing seven pounds eight ounces at Wellsville and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Benny Newsom at 3 53 am weighing six pounds thirteen ounces. Police logs note numerous speed summonses, a car collision, a damaged antenna, a dog bite, theft of a battery, and a hospital collision incident with Miss Olie Johnson, Auxvasse. Died notices include Mrs Addie Schulz and Brian L Phillips. Local weather and patrol updates follow with multiple city names.
Jehwyn Sete has returned home after a month in hospital following a heart attack. Friends and family welcomed him as he recuperates, with medical staff noting stable condition and ongoing recovery plan.
Centralia owner James H. Reams and handler Pam Twillman displayed a Charolais-Hereford Cross steer that won reserve champion at the Missouri state fair steer show. It sold for 1.68 per pound to Alliance Printing Co. of Kansas City, weighing 708 pounds and bringing $423.60. A separate reserve champion Angus steer from D. M. Leyings of Perry weighed 45 pounds and sold for 60 cents per pound to Jerman Farm Supply of Vandalia.
Reports from Phnom Penh Bangkok Amman Portland New York Washington summarize wartime and political tensions. Viet Cong activity near Phnom Penh and U.S. aid debates in Congress appear alongside claims of negotiations and anti-pollution and aviation policy efforts.
Elmer Krigbaum, 79, of Vandalia, died at 5 a.m. today at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Hannibal after surgery complications. He had been ill three weeks. Funeral arrangements are pending at Waters Funeral Home. Born near New London in 1890 he lived around Perry and Vandalia all his life. He retired from Harbison Walker Refractories. He was married Jan. 5, 1957 to Delphia Wilson who survives. He also leaves a sister Lena Hicklin of Perry and five stepdaughters and a stepson.
Commerce BancShares of Kansas City acquires controlling interest in the bank, which will open Monday under the new name Commerce Bank of Bonne Terre. Judge Swink denied James Crisman’s injunction bid amid embezzlement charges and disputed loan collectability figures. In Columbia, Mrs Earl Jesse recovers after eye surgery at Boone County Hospital, room 688.
Mrs. Charles Schulz, 85, of Wellsville, died last night at Audrain Hospital. Funeral 9 a m Monday at Church of the Resurrection Wellsville, Rev Stephen Lamping. burial in Wellsville Catholic Cemetery. Prayer service 7 p.m. Sunday Myers Funeral Home. Born February 18, 1885 in Laddonia, former Addie G. Reighley. Survived by husband dead May 6, three children Melbourne Monroe City Raymond Fayetteville Ark Charles Schulz Jr Moscow Mills, three grandchildren, eight great grandchildren.
Former Gov. George Wallace, Democratic gubernatorial nominee, underwent minor surgery to remove a growth from his left quad and is recuperating at home in Montgomery after the procedure in Birmingham.
Stephen Douglas Rush, 24, of Lathrop was killed when his car veered right, struck a parked vehicle, let into a ditch and overturned. He died at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City.
New Haven jury deliberations continued into a fourth day in the Lonnie McLucas case. The Black Panther member faces charges of kidnapping and conspiracy in the death of Panther Alex Rackley. Supporters demonstrated on the Green while jurors, six men and six women, sought readings of conspiracy instructions.
ARCADIA Florida AP Walter Martin a husky 15 year old who served two hitches and was wounded in Vietnam arrived home after disguising as James J Wilson later claiming service under S Sgt Albert Lewis Jr Fort Carson officials say the Army does not officially recognize his service He faces possible legal action over the disputed claim as a mother prepares a coconut cake and tearful reunion unfolds at a small Florida home With charges of fraud dismissed in Colorado Springs he was freed from jail and his mother Alma Lee Jones vows to treat him with a homecoming feast and a chance to rest after a long journey from Ft Carson
AP News analysis notes ongoing discussions among US and Soviet security experts about a joint Middle East force to guarantee peace between Israel and the Arabs. The idea, not new, would involve troops from smaller nations or a UN buffer, reflecting past UN peacekeeping limits and regional dynamics.
Clayton Missouri AP A niece of Jacob L Babler who died in 1943 filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court to recover and estate land sold by the State Park Board She contends Babler willed 3000 acres and only 800 acres were park property The suit names 46 defendants including buyers the park board and State Treasurer William Robinson The Park Board sold tracts through agent William W Dolan and Gov Warren Be Hearnes Friday named a three man panel to review the sales
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