Weather Digest From Ledgerland Missouri and beyond
Local weather notes show a 7:00 a.m. reading with last 24 hours highs around 68 and lows in the teens. Forecast cooler tonight, sunny Tuesday near 30, and Missouri mixed precipitation ending today with clearing in the northwest. River stage reports from Kansas City area and St. Louis area list several gauges with varied departures from normal. Admissions and births logged at Audrain Medical Center include multiple individuals from Mexico Fulton and surrounding towns with new arrivals and discharges noted.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Northwest Third
Bootheel
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme de Terre
Grand
Bull Shoals
Table Rock
Beaver
ST. Louis
Missouri Res City
Ulinville
Heres City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Quincy
Alton
Deaths and public notices in The Daily Record
Deaths listed for John Albert Crawford 90 Martha Lynn Cottey 14 Eugene Jack Utterback 62. Marriage license application in Columbia for Paul Edward Perry and Janet Lee Bradley. Public safety notes include two minor vehicle incidents, a theft of four wire wheels and a broken window. Sheriff reports a gate theft valued at $60. Magistrate and circuit court notes, and Missouri livestock market and price data.
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John Albert Crawford
Martha Lynn Cottey
Eugene Jack Utterback
Columbia
Paul Edward Perry
Janet Lee Bradley
Centralia
James Emil Hoenig
Washington, Mo
Richard E. Spoor
Fairground
Johnson and Liberty Streets
Dennis W. Littrell
Webster
Norma E. Benjamin
W. Boulevard
A&w
Benjamin
Bob George Pontiac
S. Clark
Estelle Darnell
E. Bolivar
Walter W. Newson
Fulton
Mexico
Kathryn Holloway
Albert S. Holloway Jr
Highway 22
Holloway
Kenneth Wayne Chandler
Middletown
Frank Davis
Montgomery City
Highway 161
Liborius Ahrens
Route 1
Martinsburg
Market Reports Mix in Grain and Stock Activity
Market notes show soybeans at 4.45 for January while corn dips to 2.53, oats 1.52, and wheat around 3.18. CHICAGO and NEW YORK reports reflect subdued trading as inventories and sales rise in October, with Kansas City Southern active at 13 percent in late morning trading.
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Chicago—Board of Trade
Chicago
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Kansas City Southern Industries
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Brutal Robbery at Handicapped Home Leaves Two Dead
In Jacksonville a predawn break in at Bethesda Center, a home for the handicapped, left two dead and three injured. The assailants, a man and a woman, beat and shot residents after obtaining keys and money. Staff member Gary Reach survived and was treated in hospital. Authorities seek two suspects as police describe the scene as brutal and senseless.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J. W. Wynn
Bethesda Center
Thelma Eloise Lehman
Delta Post Bemis
Bemis
Joseph
Joy Denise Castlen
Gary Jackson Reach
Reach
Wynn
Lehman
Inventories Rise Sharpest October Gain Since 1974
U S Commerce data show overall inventories up 1.9 billion in October, the third straight monthly rise and the largest since December. Retail stocks led with a 1.6 billion increase, while wholesale added 391 million and manufacturing fell 96 million. Sales rose 1.1 percent to 175.3 billion, keeping the stock to sales ratio at 1.52 to 1.00, its lowest since September 1974.
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Washington
Commerce Department
New York Congressman Hastings Plans Resignation
U S Representative James F Hastings Republican New York will resign his seat on January 1 to take over as president of the Associated Industries of New York a 2000 member group officials said Hastings announced his decision in Washington noting his move follows consideration of offers and his intent to lead the organization in its efforts to promote industry growth and policy advocacy
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Washington
U.S
James F. Hastings
Rn.y
Associated Industries of
New York
John Albert Crawford Rites Held Today
John Albert Crawford 90 of Auxvasse died Friday at Coldwell Nursing Home Mexico. Retired farmer. Services 2:30 p.m. Pleasant Grove Church Hatton. Burial in church cemetery. Born Sept 21 1885 in California Mo. Survived by three daughters Mildred Winterbower Stockton Calif Myrtle Keeling Edna Worthy Mexico. four sons Truman Stockton Ralph Mexico Glenn Charley Hatton. 15 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren. Wife Birdle Cunningham preceded him in death 1969.
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John Albert Crawford
Auxvasse
Coldwell
Mexico
Pleasant Grove
Hatton
Melvin Underwood
Gary Gray
Mr. Crawford
California
Samuel
Nannie Bybee Crawford
Daughers
Mildred Winterbower
Stockton
Calif
Myrtle Keeling
Edna Worthy
Truman
Ralph
Glenn
Charley
Birdle Cunningham
Martha Lynn Cottey Dies at Emmaus Home Edina
Martha Lynn Cottey aged 14 died at 2 30 p m Saturday at Emmaus Home St Charles Graveside services set for 2 p m today at Bee Ridge Cemetery near Edina Rev Robert Collins officiating Born Dallas June 14 1961 daughter of Dr John H and Donna Harbert Cottey Survivors include parents three sisters Christine Lesley Jo Ellen and one brother John H Cottey II Paternal grandparents Judge L F Cottey Lancaster and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J D Harbert Unionville Funeral arrangements handled by Precht Pickering Funeral Home
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Martha Lynn Cottey
John Cottey
W. Boulevard
Emmaus
St. Charles
Bee Ridge Cemetery
Edina
Robert Collins
Dallas
Texas
John H
Donna Harbert Cottey
Christine Cottey
Lesley Cottey
Jo Ellen Cottey
John H. Cottey II
L. F. Cottey
Lancaster
J. D. Harbert
Unionville
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
Eugene Utterback Services Held In Perry
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at Wilkey Funeral Home for Eugene Jack Utterback 62 a former Perry resident who lived in East St. Louis He died Saturday at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis Rev James Beahan of Hannibal officiated Burial was in Lick Creek Cemetery He was born June 5 1913 in Perry to Elmer and Margaret Sullivan Utterback He left Perry in the 1940s Survived by three sons Paul of Erie Charles of Winchester Ill and Calvin of Whitehall a daughter Miss Mary Utterback of Illinois James of Sunrise Beach Mo and a sister Mrs Dana Nana Newel of Perry
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Perry
Wilkey
Eugene Jack Utterback
East St. Louis
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
James Beahan
Hannibal
Lick Creek Cemetery
Mr. Utterback
Elmer
Margaret Sullivan Utterback
Paul
Erie
Charles
Winchester
Ill
Calvin
Whitehall
Til
Mary Utterback
Illinois
James
Sunrise Beach
Dana
Nana) Newel
Lebanon in Turmoil Deepens as Government Crumbles
Amid eight months of civil war, Lebanese security forces shrink, an 850-man strike force is set for a no man's land, and the government loses authority. Diplomats warn of either a military dictatorship or leftist regime as President Franjieh and Premier Karami fail to stem the fighting in Beirut. Palestinian guerrillas and private militias fill the vacuum, policing neighborhoods as officialdom dissolves.
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Suleiman Franjieh
Rashid Karami
Beirut
Karami
Dynamite Find Prompts Evacuation in South St. Louis
Police evacuated about 100 residents in a two-family flat after discovering 150 sticks of old dynamite in unstable condition following an explosion at a tavern nearby. Two suspects, a 30-year-old man and a 17-year-old youth, were detained after wrecking their car while fleeing police. One woman injured by flying glass. Red Cross and Salvation Army aided residents. Obbie LaPlante owned the tavern and a barber shop damaged by a prior blast.
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ST. Louis
Obbie LaPlante
LaPlante
South St. Louis
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Israel to Boycott UN Mideast Debate
Defense Minister Shimon Peres says Israel will not participate in the UN Security Council debate on the Middle East scheduled for January 12. He reiterated opposition to a Palestinian state on the West Bank and stated no good would come from Israel’s attendance.
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New York
Israel
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Shimon Peres
Palestine Liberation Organization
Peres
West Bank
Jordan
US Talks With Russia On Laser Threat to Satellites
A Defense Department official told Congress discussions are under way with the Soviet Union about claims it is testing a laser to blind U S spy satellites. The official declined to confirm or deny specifics, noting facts are not yet in. The issue mirrors broader SALT debate and potential Soviet violations under discussion.
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Washington
Defense Department
Soviet Union
U.S
James P. Wade
Pentagon
House Armed Services Committee
Wade
Les Aspen
D-Wise
Aviation Week
Kamchatka
Court Namer Mix Ups Stir Wit and Woe
Patrolman Joe Horton complains of repeated misidentification after a legal notice on car storage bills listed another Joe Horton. The piece notes light temp shifts from 70s to 20s since the date, and mentions friends seeking Herbert B. Plunkett's address in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Joe Horton
Mexico
Herbert B. Plunkett
Hialeah
Jackson
Miss
Means Guilty On Riot Charge In 1974 Siege
Sioux Falls AP Russell Means AIM leader was found guilty of riot in the 1974 Minnehaha County courthouse clash between police and AIM sympathizers. He was found not guilty of injury to a public building and remains free on 2000 dollars bond pending sentencing, with a hearing set for December 31.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Russell Means
Minnehaha County
AIM
Means
Circuit
Richard Braithwaite
Oglala
Wallace Loses After Recapitulators Recount Moment
Georgia Wallace tells about 600 young farmers that in 1964 he appeared to lead the Maryland GOP primary before officials recapitulated the vote three times and he lost. He warned against recapitulators while recounting the ancient political history.
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Atlanta
George Wallace
Alabama
Maryland
Wallace
Home Town Pays Tribute To Kissinger
Henry A Kissinger received Fuerth Bavaria's Golden Citizen's Medallion as he reflected on his boyhood town. He spoke of humanity's self-inflicted anguish and the dark force of brutality, praising renewed US German friendship and democracy. The ceremony drew crowds behind police barriers as officials stressed freedom and law.
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Fuerth
West Germany
Henry A. Kissinger
Bavaria
lJarge
Germany
Kissinger
Harvard
Nancy
Walter
Louis Kissinger
United States
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Ann Margret And Newton Win Las Vegas Awards
Wayne Newton and Ann Margret were named the top male and female performers in the fifth annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Wayne Newton
Ann-Margaret
Doctor Warns of Malpractice Insurance Crisis
Dr Hagan warns that skyrocketing medical liability premiums threaten Audrain Medical Center and training for interns residents nurses and technicians. He cites Chicago Missouri premium ranges, potential shutdowns, and calls for legislative action including peer review boards and cap on pain and suffering while eliminating contingency fees.
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University of California Medical
Chicago
Missouri
Globe
Hagan
Audrain Medical Center
AMC
San Francisco
University of California
California
State Board of Healing Arts
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William S. Robinson
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Merle L. Langford
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Lottee M. Kipp
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Hazlitt Wright
Claude H. Maxwell
Vandalia
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Arthur Lewis
Kingdom City
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Bert VanHorn
Roy Helzer
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Harold Mi
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the Daily Record
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St. Joseph
Chester Armstrong
Sue Bounds
Paris
Jacob Freyer
Alvin Deichman
Laddonia
Jerry Wasson
Gertrude Hendrix
Williamsburg
Anton Wilders
Westphalia
John Oligschlaeger
Charlie Wilcox
Wellsville
Charles Briggs
Eugene Keith
Harry Bowne
Sturgeon
Robert Hickman
Melvin Decker
Bellflower
Alva Powell
John Holguin
Thomas Torreyson
Walter Beasley
Vicki Williams
Virginia Mahl
Robert Giltner
Violet Kobusch
Rowland Schmidt
Brandy Milter
Lawrence Arnold Wilburn
Benton City
Eric J. Miller
Miller
Shirley Frame
Barbara R
Arthur L. Seals
Mrs. Seals
Fenlon and
Fenlon
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agr
MNS
Roger Parker
National
Chicago Board of Trade
Eugene Utterback Services
Lebanon
Russia
Witt Miter
Newton
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