Weather summary from Missouri area with temperatures and forecasts
Official 7:00 a.m readings show last 24 hours high 43 low 27. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy and not quite so cold tonight with low near 30 to 35, then a mild Tuesday with a 40 percent shower chance and highs in the 50s across Missouri and St Louis region. River stages listed for Kansas City Boonville Jefferson City and St Louis with hospital admissions and local police reports follow, including weather impact notes and livestock market results in National Stock Yards and Chicago futures updates.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Chicago
USDA
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Air Lines
Pan American
United Air Lines
Royal Dutch
Standard Oil
California
New Jersey
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. OF AG
Vietnam Attacks Continue as Vietnam Communists Target U S Forces
The Saigon area saw another gasoline bomb strike on a U S Army jeep with the driver burned and no injuries amid several attacks on American vehicles over three days. The violence is linked to last week s shooting of Vietnamese children by allied troops. A grenade in the Mekong Delta killed 13 villagers and wounded 50. officials cite Viet Cong or possible accident investors.
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Saigon
U.S
Binh Dinh
Mekong Delta
Coleman Ordered Executed
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for William Coleman for the flaming gasoline death of Geraldine Settle in a Moberly tavern on February 16, 1968. The court also affirmed life terms for Elmer Eugene Lee and ordered reviews of annexation cases in Columbia, among other rulings and cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
William Coleman
Geraldine Settle
Moberly
Coleman
Randolph Tavern
Missouri
Lloyd Leo Anderson
Supreme Court
Elmer Eugene Lee
Jasper County
Shoal Creek
Newton County
Cole County Man On Check Charge
A Cole County man is jailed in Audrain County charged with paying for mile with two checks totaling 2231.62 with insufficient funds. Magistrate J. L. Gier set a preliminary hearing for December 22 and bond at 500 on each charge. The checks for 1248.65 and 982.97 were drawn on the Bank of Lohman and dated October 19 and November 9 respectively, with Harold Erisman the recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole County
Audrain County
Mile
J. L. Gier
Harold Erisman
Lohman
Funeral services for John S. Tompson in Mexico
Funeral services for John S. Tompson longtime Mexico plumber will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. Robert R. Collins officiating. Burial follows at East Lawn Memorial Park. Memorials may go to the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund or the Lions Fire Bank. Immediate family and out-of-town relatives are noted as attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Tompson
Mexico
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
Robert R. Collins
First Presbyterian Church
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
George Keen
Max Spangler
James Clibourn
Howard Peck
Joyce Barrett
John D. Harrelson
Vietnam
Tompson
Lawton
Okla
John C. Tompson
Woodbridge
Winnabelle Harrelson
St. Louis
Fred Heimer
Heimer
Los Angeles
Gilbert Tompson
Houston
Tex
Lions Fire Bank
Rites Set For Roy Harrington
Roy Harrington 61 of Wellsville died at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia. He was born September 28 1909 in Readsville and married to Gladys Brookins who survives. Surviving daughters include Eleanor Briscoe Betty Qualls Dorcas Jones Gloria Harrington and Geraldine Qualls. He leaves brothers Howard and Hilman and sisters Marie Donnell and Helen White. Also 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He worked at Wellsville Fire Brick and was a World War II veteran. Funeral at St Pauls Baptist Church Wellsville Wednesday at 2 pm with burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Friends may call Myers Funeral Home Tuesday 7 to 8 pm.
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Wellsville
Roy Harrington
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Harrington
Readsville
Henry
Ida Holland Harrington
Gladys Brookins
Eleanor Briscoe
Betty Qualls
Springfield
Dorcas Jones
Gloria Harrington
Geraldine Qualls
Decatur
Ill
Howard
Hilman
Marie Donnell
Helen White
Peoria
Wellsville Fire Brick Company
St. Paul’s Baptist Church
St. Paul's Baptist Church
Lewis Bynum
Wellsville Cemetery
Myers Funeral Home
Nixon urges faculty to curb campus unrest
Nixon in a public reply to Scranton says he has used the presidency to end violence and asks clergy teachers and writers to help. He blames disruption on disrupters and supportive elders and notes Agnew’s criticism of the commission report. Scranton praised Nixon for cooling campus tensions and cited his Vietnam peace plan and campus visits.
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Nixon
Scranton
Spiro T. Agnew
Commission
Chicago
Mrs Adams Dies Rites On Tuesday
Funeral services for Cordelia A. Adams 62 of Centralia Route 2 near Highway 22 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Arnold Funeral Home with Don Wortman of Kentucky Road Christian Church officiating. Burial in Laddonia. Mrs Adams died Sunday at Greenwood Nursing Home after an extended illness. Born March 30, 1888 in Bethany Illinois, she was daughter of James T. and Jane Selby Brown. She married Edward B. Adams on August 7, 1907. he died December 25, 1947. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Frank Kelton of Centralia and Mrs Merle Forbes of Wishon California, a brother Louis Brown of Redmond California, four grandchildren including Roy Donaldson of Centralia and Edward Campbell of Perry, and seven great grandchildren. A daughter Mrs Cy Donaldson preceded her in death. Monday.
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Cordelia A. Adams
Centralia
Highway
Arnold Funeral Home
Don Wortman
Kentucky Road Christian Church
Laddonia Cemetery
Adams
Greenwood
Bethany
Ill
James T
Jane Selby Brown
Edward 8. Adams
Frank Kelton
Merle Forbes
Wishon
Calif
Louis Brown
Redmond
Roy Donaldson
Edward Campbell
Perry
Cy Donaldson
Rudolf Rolli Dies at 68 in Auxvasse
Rudolf Rolli 68 of Route 1 Auxvasse died at 6 p.m. Sunday at Audrain Medical Center Mexico. Born July 31, 1902 in Germany he lived in Auxvasse 30 years. Survived by brother Frank of St Louis two nephews Anthony and Thomas and a sister and nieces in Germany. Funeral Friday 9:30 a.m. at St Peter's Fulton burial Callaway Memorial Gardens. Browning Funeral Home Fulton after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Audrain Medical Center
Shawna Gay Hawkins
Albert Mefford
Ronald R. Johnston
Chalsia E. Crews
Frances D. Lucas
Ricky W. Wells
Darwyn Wells
Donald Lovell
Clark Mosley
Stephen Utterback
Winston Chitwood
Gary Skinner
Clarence Becker
Ralph Curry
Richard St. Lincoln
Brenda Lee Smith
Mexico
Billy Fricke
Thompson
Logan B. Well
Madison
Roy R. Carrington
Fulton
Joe R. Baker
Perry
Lewil B. Barnes
Earl Cook
Louise C. Murphy
Centralia
Ella B. Francois
Mineola
J. H. Jackson
Belton
Leroy Alderson
Perry Rutherford
Middletown
C. R. Covington
New Florence
Elmer R. Parsons
Montgomery City
Roy N. Thomas
Rush Hl
Mary A. Parrish
Vandalia
Theodore Kenyon
Wellsville
Virgil L. Hendren
Hendren
E. I. DuPont
Moberly
David Riser
Riser
Kaiser Refractories
Marvin D. Jennings
Frankford
Jennings
Jennings Brothers Saw Mill
William Gibbs
Lewis Foster
Jon Reeves
Josephine Franklin
Eugene Forsee
Warren McIntyre
Fred Wolf
Frances Lucas
Ira L. Charles
Nellie White
David Earle
Arden Egbert
Leo Smoot
Christopher Hall
Allen Benson
Victor B. Palmer
Luther Plybon
Shannon Adams
Ronald VanHooser
Thaddius B. Lewis
Auxvasse
Fannie Dews
Benton
Palmyra
David Cheney
Bowen
Mrl
Charlotte Ann Gastler
Auzvasse
Rudolf Rolli
Route 1
Germany
Rolli
Frank
St. Louis
Anthony
Thomas
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Callaway Memorial Gardens
Browning Funeral Home
Rev Admire Led Long Service In Baptist Circles
The Rev Mr Admire of Wellsville and Centennial Church served on multiple boards including Hannibal LaGrange College and the Baptist Children's Home. He organized Lockewood Park Baptist Church and pastored Centennial Church until 1966, later succeeded by his son Delbert Admire. He died after hospitalization for a broken leg and left a large surviving family plus a memory of sermons recorded for his congregation. Funeral home arrangements noted a donation to the Building Fund.
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Wellsville
Louisiana Divisional Mission Board
Mexico
Admire
Lockewood Park Baptist Church
Centennial Church
Delbert Admire
Nona Y. Admire
Ethlyn
W. Boulevard
Leighton Admire
Jack
Marie) Hammett
Vandalia
Gale B
Margie) Strank
Davenport
Clarence Admire
Winfield
Jobe Powelson
Lucy Mills
Otis Hammack
Elsberry
Willie Mills
Troy
J. ¥. Rector
Florissant
Derwood Admire
Obituary notices from Vandalia and Paris memorialize two longtime residents
Funeral services were held today at Waters Funeral Chapel Vandalia for Bess Evans 89 a former Vandalia teacher and library worker born April 7 1881 in Vandalia She helped found the Vandalia Library and was a 50 year PEO member Survived by two nieces and one nephew Services were led by Rev Glen Vernon and burial at Vandalia Cemetery Adolph Gus Voehl 80 of Paris died at Woodland Hospital Moberly after surgery He lived in Paris most of his life served as day marshal in 1919 married Myrtle Luntsford and is survived by four daughters nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Funeral at Agnew Funeral Home Paris Tuesday burial Walnut Grove Cemetery
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Vandalia
Waters Funeral Chapel
Bess Evans
Allen Nursing Home
Mexico
Miss Evans
Vandalia Library
Thomas
Betty Alford Evans
University of Missouri
Washington
Oregon
First Christian Church
PEO
Elizabeth Wright
Monticello
Ark
Louise Wolf
Hardin, Mont
John Coll
Atlanta, Ga
Glen Vernon
Vandalia Cemetery
Paris
Adolph
Gus) Voehl
Woodland Hospital
Moberly
St. Louis
Henry Adolph
Ann Clark Voehl
Voehl
Myrtle Luntsford
G. M
Mary) Simpson
Reading
Mass
Carl
Dorothy) Hill
Lewisburg
Tenn
Otho
Juanita) Nickell Jr
Richmond
Allen
Norma) McElwrath
Agnew Funeral Home
David Fisher
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Mrs Myrtle West Dies at 73 in Centralia
Mrs Myrtle Alice West, 73, died at Campbell Nursing Home in Centralia where she had lived three years. Born June 9, 1896 in Model Tennessee to William and Martha Crutcher, she is survived by two daughters Grace Seiler and E Dowling, grandchildren, a great grandchild and a great granddaughter. Services Wednesday at Meador and Son funeral chapel officiated by Rev Norman Charter. Burial Mount Horeb Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Centralia
Myrtle Alice West
Campbell Nursing Home
West
Model
Tenn
William
Martha A. Crutcher
John West
Aso
Mary J. Crutcher
George
Grace) Seiler
Star Route
Sturgeon
E. Dowling
Fairbourne
Ohio
Ttwo
Meador and Son
Norman Charter
Death of C H Harrison Springfield Mo
Charles Henry Harrison aged 53 died Sunday morning in Springfield Missouri. He was formerly of Mexico and a brother of Mrs John R Hopkins of Mexico. Survived by his widow Jo a son Charles Douglas Harrison and a grandson all of Springfield. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the Methodist Church with burial in Senath. He worked for A P Green Refractories Co in this area and later for Green in New York.
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Charles Henry Harrison
Mexico
Springfield
John R. Hopkins
Charles Douglas Harrison
Methodist
Senath
Mr. Harrison
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Green Company
New York
Rodger Hays Dies in Illinois at 73
Rodger Hays formerly of Mexico died at 3 a.m. Sunday in a Mattoon Illinois hospital where he had been a patient since Thanksgiving. He was born in Mexico to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hays and worked in the oil business for years, later moving to Oklahoma and Mattoon. His wife died earlier this year and was buried in Mattoon. He leaves a daughter and several cousins including George Sullivan of Mexico.
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Rodger Hays
Mexico
Mattoon
Mr. Hays
Robert Hays
University of Missouri
Oklahoma
George Sullivan
Santa to Visit Martinsburg for Community Christmas
Santa Claus will be in Martinsburg at 2 p.m. Saturday to greet children and hand out treats. He will distribute goodies to all youngsters who gather around the downtown Martinsburg Christmas tree.
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Martinsburg
Santa Claus
George B. Ferguson Dies At 63
George B. Ferguson aged 63 of 732 W Liberty St died at 3 30 am Monday at his home after a period of declining health. He was born October 22 1907 in Thompson son of Hiram and Bedie Ferguson. He married Ada A Angel on September 19 1936 and she survives. He worked in construction and was a member of Union Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters Shirley Harrison of Mexico and Dee Dorman of Centralia, two sisters and two brothers, six grandchildren, with others preceding him in death. Funeral services were held at Precht Pickering Funeral Home and burial was in Hast Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Funeral home hours after 4 pm Tuesday.
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George B. Ferguson
W. Liberty St
Precht Pickering Funeral
Hast Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Thompson
Mr. Ferguson
Hiram
Bedie Creasey Ferguson
Ada A. Angel
Ferguson
Union Baptist Church
Leroy
Shirley) Harrison
Mexico
Donald
Dee) Dorman
Centralia
Jack Goslin
Frank Wilkinson
Frank Ferguson
Clay Ferguson
Sylvester
Willis Hall of Holliday Dies at 83
Willis Carl Hall 83 of Holliday died at 10 15 a m Sunday at his home He was a retired farmer and lived in the Holliday Madison area most of his life except two years in Colorado He was born March 8 1887 in Missouri He married Katy B Delaney who survives a son Eugene and a sister Mrs Clyde Overfelt of Moberly also survive Funeral services will be at the family home Tuesday at 11 a m The Rev Richard Van Hoosen Holliday Christian Church will officiate Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery Holliday
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Holliday
Willis Carl Hall
Hall
Holliday-Madison
Colorado
Missouri
Katy B. Delaney
Eugene
Clyde Overfelt
Moberly
Richard van Hoosen
Holliday Christian Church
Buria
Bethel Cemetery
Mrs Effie Thompson Dies in Kansas
Graveside services for Mrs Effie Thompson a former Mexicoan who had lived in Wichita Kansas about 10 years were held November 30. Morning services were in Nordin Oklo. She died November 26 of a heart attack after a period of failing health. She was a Methodist Church member and a niece and two nephews survive.
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Effie Thompson
Wichita
Kan
Nordin
Oklo
Thompson
Methodist Church
Forgotten Army Commander Slim Dies in Britain
Field Marshal Viscount Slim, commander of Britain's forgotten army in Burma that pushed Japanese forces from the Indian frontier during World War II, died today after a long illness.
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London
Viscount Slim
Britain
Burma
Ater
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