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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1971
Page
9
Official 7:00 am readings show 84 high with 24 hour low. Kansas City and Missouri forecasts call for fair conditions tonight with mild temps and a warm, sunny Tuesday. River stages listed for major stations. hospital admissions report multiple named individuals. court and police notes cover burglaries, accidents, and licenses. livestock market results and national stockyard data provided.
William C Adams 73 of Centralia died Sunday at Campbell House after a long illness. Born August 9 1898 he was married to Frances Faucett who died in 1961. Survivors include two daughters Edith Ann Williams Denver and Mrs Charles Roemer Columbia plus four grandchildren and a sister in law. Services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Fenton Funeral Chapel with Rev Melvin Stanton officiating. Burial in Centralia Cemetery. Visitation begins today at 2 pm.
The program lists multiple evening classes including surveying with Hans Neuman, welding with Charles Spires, and various business courses led by John Moore, Elton Walker, Delmer Fisher, and Mrs. Mundy. Sessions run 12 to 15 weeks, fees range from 12 to 75 dollars plus books, meeting one to three nights weekly.
Noble Kenneth Usherwood 68 of Centralia died Saturday at home after months of illness. He farmed in Illinois before moving to a southeast Centralia farm and retired two years ago. Born Sept 15, 1902 in Pleasant Hill Tl he was the son of George and Edith Groves Usherwood. Survived by wife Addie Lois Smith two stepsons a step daughter three brothers a sister and 11 grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Ballew Pickering Funeral Home with Rev Donald Mattson officiating. Burial Glendale Memorial Gardens. Friends may call today from noon until service.
New York stocks gained a mood of consolidation as the noon Dow Jones average fell 0.97 to 907.20. Declines edged advances on the NYSE while analysts cite mild profit taking after recent gains. Steels aircrafts and chemicals dropped. remaining issues showed mixed prices.
Funeral services for Miss Florence Ficklin 91 of Mexico were held Sunday at Arnold funeral home. She died Friday at Coldwell nursing home. The Rev. George B. Wraith of the First Christian Church officiated. Burial was in Salt River Cemetery with organist Mrs. John Willer and pallbearers Donald Suris Blake Hinton Howard Graf Harold Boswell Tom Groves and Henry Dowell.
Elmer E. Housel of Mena Arkansas formerly of Mexico died unexpectedly at his home Sunday August 22 death caused by a heart attack Funeral services and burial were held in Mena He is survived by his wife Hazel of the home and two sisters in Mattoon Illinois Today In History By The Associated Press highlights include MacArthur arriving in Japan in 1945 and Cleopatra’s death by asp bite in 30 B C
Two youths accused of stealing over 50 dollars from Danny Miller, 19, then driving him to a wooded area north of Thompson and tying him to a tree gagging him, have been released on 750 dollar bonds each. Arraignment set for September 3 in Audrain Magistrate Court. Victim freed after an hour, sustaining rope burns. he plans to return to the University of Missouri campus tomorrow.
State Auditor Christopher Bond reports multiple county audit findings across Vernon Knox and surrounding counties. Key items include $2,090 owed to subdivisions from Knox County Collector John O Donnell, $132,804 collateral shortfall at Citizens Bank of Edina, overcharges of $171 by former Assessor Perley Thompson, $250 in unturned sheriff fees, and $87,951 collateral deficiency at Sure Bank for Dade County. Vernon County shows a $37,500 time deposit lacking securities, plus several county officials owing sums or facing deficits. Nevada bank deposit of $4,889 should transfer to new public administrator or appointed executor.
Jacqueline Onassis slipped into an empty Warsaw streetcar to avoid a pushing crowd after the funeral of Prince Edmund Radziwill. Thousands pressed outside the small cemetery, forcing her to walk through a potato field before she reboarded a car with aides keeping back fans.
Washington action forces railroads to reverse increases made after Nixon wage price freeze. George A. Lincoln of the Office of Emergency Preparedness said carriers were notified Friday of violations and Arnold Weber of the Cost of Living Council reported railroads had agreed to roll back. It was unclear how many railroads are involved. Lincoln noted concerns over one railroad and difficulties locating 28 railroads' addresses. Weber cited Georgia railroads in testimony.
Former Charlie Company members testified Henderson did not thoroughly question troops after the My Lai assault. Witnesses said Henderson spoke to some individuals and that others reported no inquiry. Kinch recalled a boy killed by rifle fire and a helicopter radio request about bodies as Capt. Medina faced trial.
The father of slain Soledead Brother George Jackson condemns Black Panther tactics at the burial in Mt Vernon Illinois. He seeks a Kent State style inquiry into the San Quentin shooting. The ceremony drew Black Panther disruption and a photographer assault before the casket was lowered.
Prime Minister Edward Heath turned a seaside picnic cruise aboard the Morning Cloud into a rescue operation near Burnham-on-Crouch England when he and his eight-man crew spotted a teenage boy and girl clinging to an overturned dinghy They asked if they wished to be rescued and were brought aboard Heath explained dinghy sailors may prefer to right their craft to continue racing The two teenagers were not identified.
Senator Thomas F. Eagleton visits Missouri for a campaign swing with planned appearances in Mt. Vernon Joplin Lamar Clinton Harrisonville and Kansas City Kan sas City and Independence on successive days. The stops span southwestern and western regions as part of his electoral outreach.
Irregular study session hears Supt. L Buford Thomas report no new directives on the teacher pay freeze. He notes most of Mexico's teachers likely won’t receive the $700 yearly raise as federal rules depend on master contracts and earlier bargaining, while individual contracts and board salary schedules complicate the effect.
Granite City Steel Co laid off 100 supervisory and non union workers last week after a slowdown in steel orders and a blast furnace breakdown. A month earlier 650 workers were laid off, including 200 college students on summer jobs, with stockpiled supplies in anticipation of a possible strike by steelworkers.
In Kansas City, twelve early graduates from the University of Missouri at Kansas City Dental School received diplomas as a result of American Dental Association revision of education requirements. The 12, chosen from a high competency third-year group of 43, can start practice about nine months sooner than before.
In Eastern Missouri, 500 volunteers cleaned three miles of the Meramec Bourbeuse and Big Rivers plus Huzzah and Curr tails creeks during a weekend under Operation Clean Stream. The four year project drew about 50 organizations and removed over 100 tons of trash including tires washing machines and stoves.
In Castel Gandolfo Pope Paul VI criticized the suspension of nine civil liberties by the Northern Ireland government, saying the move worsened fighting involving rover Hallah and Fea Beltish troops and urged divine guidance for a peaceful solution.
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