Forecast and notices from Ledgerland and surrounding regions
A weather forecast notes clear and warmer conditions tonight through Tuesday with specific lows and highs, plus Missouri outlooks from sunny to warmer with possible rain or snow midweek. The Daily Record lists local deaths, hospital admissions, magistrate court activity, and various public safety reports, including vehicle accidents and a train collision injury.
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Women Escape Prison With Hostage From Florida Facility
A statewide search was under way for four women armed with knives who took a switchboard operator hostage and escaped in a prison van from the Florida Correctional Institution Lowell. They gained access to the control room in the administration building Sunday night and seized Elizabeth Peeler, 54. Two escapees were serving life terms for first degree murder with prior prison escape sentences.
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Lowell, Fla
Florida Correctional Institution
Elizabeth Peeler
Market Backslide After Early Rebound In Slumping Market
New York trading opened with a brief uptick following a Friday 12 year low but soon slid as recession fears persisted. The Dow Jones industrial average fell to 574.00 at noon after the early gain, with losers leading gainers by 4.3 points on the New York Stock Exchange composite. Phillips Petroleum dropped further amid tax speculation on Norwegian oil properties, while oil service and drilling shares remained under pressure.
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New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
American Stock Exchange
Phillips Petroleum
Norway
North Sea
Phillips
NYSE
Energy policy debates span taxes, rationing and imports
Interior Secretary Rogers Morton backs ideas once opposed by Sawhill and Simon, who favor higher gasoline taxes to curb use. Ford opposes tax hikes. Morton's proposals also include fuel allocation limits, import quotas, crude oil or horsepower taxes, and direct gasoline rationing. Hearings focus on resource development and later on environment and federal state local relations.
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Treasury
William E. Simon
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Morton
President Plans Strategy Sessions
President Ford plans major strategy sessions on energy and economic policy this week before a Martinique summit with Valery Giscard d'Estaing. He aims to craft a new national energy policy, possibly including conservation measures, and hopes to outline options at Camp David next weekend with a State of the Union decision targeted for mid January. Ford will discuss oil supplies and global economic conditions during the Martinique talks with the French president.
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Caribbean
Martinique
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White House
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Deaths E P Miller Rites Tuesday In Auxvasse
Edward Price Miller eighty four died Saturday at his Auxvasse home where he farmed for years He born April 19 1887 in Morgan County was son of William Henry and Benton Doolan Miller Married to Minnie Hall who survives He leaves three sons Elwood of Mexico Glen and Bill of Auxvasse and three grandchildren Also two sisters and a brother Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday Maupin Funeral Home Auxvasse Rev Clinton L Taylor Sr Harmony Baptist Church near Shamrock Burial Augusta Cemetery Visitation after 4 p m today in Auxvasse
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Edward Price Miller
Morgan County
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Elwood
Mexico
Glen
Bill
Maupin Funeral Home
Clinton L. Taylor Sr
Harmony Baptist Church
Shamrock
Augusta Cemetery
Miss Porter Dies At 80 In Martinsburg
Eva Jo Porter 80, Martinsburg, died at Sherwood Arms Nursing Home in Centralia at 7 am Monday after a three year stay. Born January 30, 1894 in Americus to Roy and Sue Ella Benson Porter, she belonged to Trinity Methodist Church in Americas. Survived by aunt Mrs. Clara Blackmore of Martinsburg with whom she had lived for many years. Funeral services pending at Arnold Funeral Home.
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Sherwood Arms
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Arnold Funeral Home
Americus
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Sue Ella Benson Porter
Trinity Methodist Church
Americas
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Porter
J M Coleman Rites Held At New Florence
James M Coleman 94 of New Florence died Friday in St Joseph Hospital St Charles after a 10 day stay. Services conducted at Baker Funeral Home New Florence with Rev Harold Spiva. burial in New Florence Cemetery. Survived by three sons Marion George Chester one daughter Wilma Galloway a sister and a brother plus grandchildren. He formerly farmed and ran a feed and produce business and was a member of the New Florence Methodist Church.
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James M. Coleman
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Charles
Katie Jane
Warrenton
Baker Funeral Home
Harold Spiva
Mr. Coleman
Danville
Lafayette Coleman
Lydia Messinger
Chester
St. Peter’s
Marion
George
Florissant
Wilma Galloway
Golden Gate
Fla
Mae Owen
Overland
Charles Coleman
St. Genevieve
Coleman
GM Executive and Three Children Die in Home Fire
A General Motors executive and his three children perished in a house fire in Oakland County, Michigan. The victims were William Metzel, 43, sales manager for Oldsmobile's Central Division, and his children Jody, 12, Julie, 14, and William Jr., 16. His wife escaped with minor injuries by leaping from a second-story window. The blaze began about 2:30 a.m. and the cause was under investigation.
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General Motors
Oakland County
William Metzel
Oldsmobile
Central Divison
Jody
Julie
William Jr
Archbishop Convicted Of Israel Smuggling
JERUSALEM AP An Israeli court convicted Msgr Hilarion Capudji archbishop of Jerusalem of smuggling arms for Arab terrorists in Israel and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The Syrian born archbishop led about 4000 Christians in the Holy Land and was found guilty of carrying arms and explosives from Lebanon for Al Fatah and Black September. Legal sources say Israel could expel him and deport him to an Arab country after serving the sentence. He faced a maximum 35 years on the charges.
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Holy Land
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Black September
Rescuers Dig Out Avalanche Victim in Mittenwald
Alpine rescuers in Mittenwald Germany dug out a teenage mountain guard alive from an avalanche eight hours after locating the survivor. A second teen buried in the slide was found dead on Sunday with the survivor.
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Germany
Mrs Pearl Campbell of Vandalia Dies at 77
Mrs Pearl Campbell 77 of Vandalia died at Audrain Medical Center at 11 05 a m Sunday She was born Jan 18 Survivors include son C E Campbell Jr of Kansas City and nephew Harry Stringer of Farber
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William T. Davis
Arnold Wells
Linda F. Stotler
Vandalia
Harold Bloomfield
Perry
Theodore DeOrnellas
Stoutsville
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Bernard E. Fort
Wellsville
Albert Holzknecht
Raymond Lewis
John Carey
Gilbert Kent
Mary Ann Forsythe
Joseph L. Bird
Centralia
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Norman M. Heim
Middletown
Hollie Burton
Martinsburg
Kenneth Scrogin
Elsie Louise Karhoff
Auxvasse
Christopher E. Harp
Thompson
Donald R. Vaughn
S. Elizabeth Hendricks
Lorene Dyke
Montgomery City
Mary Meek
Mexico
Delcie Hayden
Pearl Campbell
Audrain Medical Center
Waters Funeral Home
C.E. Campbell Jr
Kansas City
Harry Stringer
Farber
Mrs Delcie Hayden Dies at 65 in Vandalia
Mrs Delcie Hayden aged 65 died at Medical Center at 8 15 p m Funeral rites will be held at Vandalia Christian Church at 2 p m Tuesday Burial follows in Vandalia Cemetery She was born October 8 1888 to James Samuel and Cordelia Beshears Brice Survivors include daughters Mrs Brooks Branstetter of Vandalia and Mrs Reva Goodin of Chatsworth California and sons James Hayden of Vandalia Gilbert Hayden of Imperial California Visitation is at Waters Funeral Home Vandalia tonight.
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Delcie Hayden
Vandalia
Audraine Medical Center
Vandalia Christian Church
James Samuel
Cordelia Beshears Brice
Brooks Branstetter
Reva Goodin
Chatsworth
Calif
James Hayden
Gilbert Hayden
Imperial
the Waters Funeral Home
Picketing Keeps Miners Off Job Today
Charleston West Virginia AP report notes numerous coal mines remained closed as striking construction workers and pickets from the United Mine Workers union halted operations. Some mines resumed after a three year contract was signed, but closures persisted in West Virginia Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana. Company officials from Consolidation Coal Peabody Amax report closures varied by region and by mine.
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W.va
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Ilinois
Ohio
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Association of Bituminous Contractors
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Illinois
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Kentucky
Wyatt Services Conducted Sunday Funeral for Mrs. Lillian Wyatt
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Harding Funeral Home in Jonesburg for Mrs. Lillian Wyatt who died Friday night. Burial followed in Jonesburg. A Ledger report saying the funeral would be Tuesday was in error.
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Lillian Wyatt
Harding Funeral Home
E J Christian Dies At St Louis
Ernest J. Christian nine of Wellsville died Sunday at Normandy Osteopathic Hospital in St Louis where he had been a patient since November. The body was taken to Green Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Wellsville
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Saigon Reports Fourth Day of Fierce Fighting
Saigon reports a fourth straight day of intense fighting across southern South Vietnam and the Cambodian border. Casualties exceed 2,600 on both sides with 248 government troops killed, 990 wounded, 210 missing, and 1,180 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, many by air and artillery strikes.
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Vesco Allowed to Stay in Costa Rica
President Daniel Oduber rejected a petition from 26 leaders demanding Vesco be deported. The American financier Robert L. Vesco will remain in Costa Rica despite public calls for expulsion.
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Costa Rica
Robert L. Vesco
Costa Rice Oe
Daniel Oduber
Vesco
Listerine Ad Verdict Faces Appeal Over Cold Claims
Washington AP A federal trade official said Listerine may kill germs but does not relieve colds or sore throats. Admin law judge Alvin Berman ordered Warner-Lambert to drop cold relief claims and add a two year disclaimer, with appeals possible to the FTC. Listerine has marketed since 1879 for cold and throat relief and other uses.
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Federal Trade Commission
U.S
Alvin L. Berman
Commission
Listerine
Berman
Warner-Lambert Co
Audrain County selects deputy recorder staff changes
Mrs. Glenda Orcutt of Vandalia is employed as deputy recorder in Audrain County to aid Doris Hamilton through December 31 after an election year reshuffle. Kathy Botkins was elected recorder and takes duties January 1, with Carolyn Wilson previously in the office on leave to assist Hamilton during the interim.
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Vandalia
Doris Hamilton
Orcutt
Miss Hamilton
Christopher Bond
LeRoy Werner
Kathy Botkins
Carolyn Wilson
Recorder’s Office
Audrain County Abstract Office
Ehrlichman Lawyer Claims Trial Unfair
John D. Ehrlichman’s attorney challenged the Watergate cover up trial as unfair arguing that a Krogh affidavit about the Plumbers and Ellsberg’s psychiatrist break-in should be admitted. Judge Sirica upheld the objection, with Frates planning to call more witnesses before Ehrlichman testifies Tuesday.
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Watergate
White House
Ehrlichman
William S. Frates
U.S
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Sirica
Egil Krogh Jr
Plumbers
Daniel Ellsberg
Frates
Lewis Fielding
Ellisberg
James F. Neal
Krogh
Charles W. Colson
William O. Bittman
Howard Hunt
William Treadwell
Earl Silbert
Atty
Henry E. Petersen
Richard Moore
Finest Holiday Concert In Years Fills The Hall
Mexico High School's vocal music department presented its best Christmas concert in years. Three choirs performed challenging pieces led by Gerald Valet at Presser Hall, with Britten's A Ceremony of Carols as the centerpiece. The program featured the freshmen choir, a strong Women’s Chorus, and a harp accompaniment by Martha Burwell, ending with encores and a grateful ovation.
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Mexico High School
Presser Hall
Benjamin Britten
Gerald Valet
Britten
Martha Burwell
Stephens College
Court Rules On Evidence Up For Hearing
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if prosecutors may cross examine a defendant about choosing to remain silent at arrest. It also refused to hear challenges on illegal entry evidence and reviewed various cases from federal appeals courts. Included were matters on a Detroit drug case, Indiana draft protests, Illinois financial disclosure rules, a North Carolina sex massaging ordinance, New York Europe air rates, welfare rental adjustments, and a Cleveland Browns ticket refund order from 1971.
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Sextuplets Home Start Framing Family Plans
Mrs Lange and husband prepare for a crowded three bedroom home as they welcome sextuplets. The fertility drug Pergonal aided the pregnancy, with doctor Vincent Nola initially predicting four or five babies and the mother expressing surprise at the sixth birth.
Weicker calls for ban on Middle East oil imports
Los Angeles AP Sen Lowell P Weicker Republican of Connecticut urges a ban on Middle East oil imports to end what he calls arab blackmail of U S foreign policy.
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