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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1976
Page
9
Official early morning readings show last 24 hours highs near 82 and a low around 60 with a warm forecast ahead. Forecasts call for generally clear to partly cloudy skies, mild nights, and isolated showers possible Tuesday across Missouri and portions of Kansas City. River and lake stage updates for Missouri and surrounding areas accompany local admissions and births listed from multiple communities.
Tributes are noted for Wylbert L. West and Emmitt Hesse, with obituaries listing Harold C. Bloomfield 59 Speed C. Mitchell 71 and Bert Richardson 91. Police reports cover a Sunday motorcycle accident on Green Boulevard, two vehicle collisions on Morris and W Monroe Streets, and highway incidents on Highway 54 and 19. Magistrate and Circuit Court activity includes DWI charges, leaving the scene, littering conviction, and a jury selection and trial for Larry Callahan involving theft of two chairs from James Stubblefield. Market briefs below include wheat soybeans corn oats futures and Missouri livestock prices with regional hog and cattle figures.
Market notes cover cattle and sheep markets with prices for slaughter cows bulls feeder steers and lambs, plus rising futures quotes for corn wheat and soybeans at Chicago. Stocks edged higher in New York amid ongoing, modest gains from Friday, with the Dow up to 987.
Ford announced he will submit his parks plan to Congress on Tuesday as sessions wind down, stressing recreation as one of seven core campaign themes alongside housing, jobs, health care, crime, education, and peace. Mondale warned that Republicans failed on these areas, while Dole met with Reagan aides and prepared for appearances with Maryland senator Beall. Carter urged Christians not to withdraw from society, and Rockefeller critiqued the GOP platform as not reflecting his beliefs.
Harold C Bloomfield 58 of Perry died early Sunday at Audrain Medical Center. Funeral services set for Tuesday 10 AM at Wilkey Funeral Home Perry with burial at Lick Creek Cemetery. Survived by wife Pure Whelan five daughters one son Richard two sisters and many grandchildren. He was born Feb 2 1917 in Greenlawn and lived in Perry all his life. He worked at Central Stone Co Frankfort and was a Perry Presbyterian Church member. Visitation today after 4 PM at Wilkey Funeral Home.
Funeral services are pending at Arnold Funeral Home in Mexico for Albert Richardson 91 formerly of Mexico who died Sunday night at the Biggers Home near Auxvasse where he lived many years Born March 2 1885 he retired from Guthrie Coal Yard in Mexico He is survived by two nieces Mrs Hazel Minter of Kansas City Kansas and Mrs Angeline Tallaferro of Buffalo New York and one nephew Robert Tipton of Mexico
Funeral services were held today at 1 p.m. at the First Church in Centralia for Luella Long 77 of Centralia. The Rev Edward Burris officiated assisted by Rev John CrotchHeld with organist Mrs Carl Yager and soloist Mrs Dean Friedli. Burial followed in Centralia Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included L C Henderson Lloyd Overton Victor Bugg Warren Henderson Lee O Grace and Fred Littrell. Pallbearers were Larry Spauldin Emerson Rice Wayne Schneller Ed Johnson Robert Sturgeon and Bradford Barkwell. Fenton Funeral Chapel of Centralia arranged.
Services for Mrs Ottmer Cora Davis 87 of Centralia were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fenton Funeral Chapel Centralia with Rev Arthur Griffin officiating. Burial followed at Glendale Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were James Reams Dean Jacobs Clyde Ward Lyle Auck Wessie Miller and Harry Leverett.
An AP report notes fading microwave links disrupted telephone service in parts of the western United States early today. Bell Telephone spokesman Bald attributed the outage to a temperature inversion between Amarillo Texas and Prospect Valley Colorado acting like a curtain between microwave towers as signals waned before clearing.
Thieves used a CEC maintenance truck to flee after stealing about 2000 pounds of copper grounding wire worth roughly 1800 dollars from the Consolidated Electric Cooperative yard. The crime occurred after noon Saturday with the missing reels loaded into the truck and moved to a field.
Helen Puchalski, 29, on a weekend pass from a Massachusetts mental hospital, climbed the White House fence and was arrested for unlawful entry. She was held in a D C detention center as Secret Service noted she was the first woman in recent memory to be arrested after jumping the fence. Ford was away in Colorado at the time.
Senate House conferees reached accord to extend individual income tax cuts through 1977 while tackling a broad tax revision bill. The package preserves a $35 per person credit or 2 percent of the first 9,000 of taxable income, with a refundable work bonus up to 400 dollars for families earning up to 8,000. Frozen withholding rates likely extended another month. The North Carolina New River hydro project pits environmental advocates against the measure, with a Senate vote anticipated later.
About 500 Kaiser Refractories workers in Mexico and 450 Harbison-Walker Dresser plants in Vandalia vote on a three year contract. The offer includes 38 cent wage rise first year and 20 cent raises the next two years with uncapped cost of living adjustments plus higher insurance and pension benefits. Tomorrow Wellsville Fire Brick CE Refractories and others vote on the proposal as the current contract nears expiration. Negotiations also begin this week for 660 A P Green Refractories workers in Mexico and Fulton whose two year pact runs to Oct 1.
Eldridge Cleaver, former Black Panther, told NBC Meet the Press he would accept prison if it is the Lord’s will after converting to Christianity. He said he will do God’s work whether writing lecturing or criticizing politicians as he faces a Oakland California trial on 1968 police shootout charges. Cleaver fled the U S by posting 50 000 bail and returned last November after seven years abroad.
Congress nears final action to block a hydroelectric project on the New River in North Carolina by preserving a 26.6 mile river segment. The bill, already approved by the House, has broad Senate support and Ford administration backing, with a presidential sentence expected if approved.
Mark Felt, former FBI vice director, defends 1972 break-ins at Weather Underground and PLO offices, saying national security justifies actions and that he would do it again. He calls the FBI a magnificent organization under pressure and defends Hoover as a great man who stayed too long.
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