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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1977
Page
1
Official 7:00 am readings show a mixed forecast with a slow warming trend. Expect mostly cloudy skies, tonight lows in the upper teens, and tomorrow's highs in the low 30s. Missouri outlook calls for considerable cloudiness in the north and partly cloudy in the south with highs from the teens to around 30 and a gradual warming through Sunday.
List of admissions and dismissals at Audrain Medical Center including names Mrs Mabel Roberts Joseph F McGrew Barry Stevens and many others from Mexico New Florence Holliday Vandalia Auxvasse Paris and surrounding towns. Births noted for Mr and Mrs Wallace Cruger 1027 Harwood with a son and Mr and Mrs Bruce Clemonds Jr. of Montgomery City with a daughter.
Friday saw several minor to moderate vehicle collisions at various locations including West Plaza Shopping Center and Breckenridge West Streets, with minor injuries. Reported thefts from Mexico High School lockers and Marilyn Potter’s apartment added to the day’s incidents. Highway Patrol noted a DWI arrest after a three car crash on Highway 54 at Vandiver Village and a separate ice related rear end collision near Danville with a child passenger not treated.
Magistrate Court records show charged defendants including Nelson Scott Decker Powell Selvidge Duffy Cheney Haynie Day Crenshaw for speeding stop sign illegal gun and destruction of property with fines and restitution. Circuit Court reports Larry Lowery released from Fulton hospital after commitment for assault related to 1976 case with conditions. Marriage licenses issued for Jackson Stuart Moser Kenney Buckner Boicourt.
The Markets column lists yesterday's cash grain prices for soybeans, wheat, corn, and milo from MFA Mexico and Fowles Grain Co. Laddonia, followed by birth notices. Geoffrey Lincoln Brown born Dec 4 at 5:54 a.m. to Randy and wife in Phoenix. Jeffrey Philip Wolfington born Thursday at Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka to Kerry and wife. Includes grandparent and employer details.
A daughter named Jennifer Dawn Clemonds was born Friday at 9 32 a.m. at Audrain Medical Center to Mr and Mrs Bruce T Clemonds Jr of Montgomery City. She weighed six pounds 12 ounces. Mr Clemonds works for the Montgomery City Sheriffs Department.
Sixty one Americans returned from Mexican prisons to U.S. soil in time for Christmas as the first phase of a prisoner exchange under a treaty. Crowds cheered at Lindbergh Field while observers argued the reception glorified criminals.
At the Bergland event in Mexico the local farming community shows little interest in a national strike movement. An American Agriculture spokesman said no local offices exist. nearest branches are in Moberly and Palmyra. Gale Bybee notes no strike chatter and describes the area as relatively stable compared with other regions.
Services for Eva Lee Walters 86 of King's Daughters Nursing Home will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Precht-Pickering Funeral Home conducted by Rev. George B. Wraith of First Christian Church. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Survivors include nephew Roy Cafer of Barstow California niece Alice Connaway of Mexico great nephew Robert L. Cafer of Kansas City and three great nieces Betty Lou Connaway Alice Darnell both of Mexico and Mary Grainger of Columbia.
Services for Harold D. Hayden, 77, of 1705 E. Anderson Street, are set for Monday at 2 pm at Arnold Funeral Home. Russell Key of Huntsville and Richard Blount of Fulton will officiate. Burial follows at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday after 2 pm with 7 to 9 pm family viewing at the funeral home.
Washington AP reports congressional negotiators move toward a compromise on the natural gas portion of Carter's energy plan. Delegates plan to submit fresh proposals next week aiming to reconcile House and Senate versions, with debates over deregulation and a possible five year glide toward price increases and a safety net. Representative Charles Wilson supports lifting controls in five years with a reimposition option to curb spikes, while House Speaker Thomas O Neill has not objected.
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Anwar Sadat met beside the Nile to press Arab backing for the Cairo peace conference. Vance stressed U.S. support for a Geneva settlement as he planned talks with Assad, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia to sustain momentum toward a broader peace.
Tass reported Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko blasted off from Baikonur before dawn to joint experiments aboard Salyut-6. A previous docking attempt by Kovalenok and Ryumin was aborted due to deviations in the docking plan.
After five years of work the Lake of the Ozarks General Hospital in Osage Beach is dedicated. The $8 million facility provides full services with an emergency room and serves a region key to Missouri tourism and industry.
A series of ice falls in Mexico left three residents injured. E J Hotep of 1304 Rosebud broke an ankle and is treated at Audrain Medical Center. Mrs Bob Hopkins of 1002 Luther Dr fractured two wrist bones and is hospitalized at AMC. Miss Anna Lee McGee of 408 N Calhoun injured a shoulder and is in AMC care.
The Menico Audrain County Library will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, instead of 9 p.m., according to library director Eldon Burgess. The staff will hold its annual Christmas party at that time.
The First Presbyterian Church of Mexico will hold its traditional Christmas tree lighting during Sunday morning worship. A 21 foot tree will be lighted, per Rev. Robert Collins, with parking guidance to face east and west due to icy conditions on the lot.
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