Weather and police notices from The Daily Record
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show a 38 high and 14 low for the prior day, with 2.91 inches month to date and 32.40 inch year to date. Forecast calls for increasing clouds, warmer nights, and mild Sunday with highs in the upper 40s to 50s. Audrain Medical Center lists admissions and births, with a Montgomery City birth and several dismissals. Police reports record traffic incidents and a bicycle theft, plus magistrate court notes on arson and tampering with a motor vehicle.
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Missouri
Mexico Ledger Judge Tiny Docket Racks Up Fines and Bonds
The Mexico Ledger records a busy court page with various bond requirements and fines. Rosenthal bound over after a preliminary hearing set for Jan. 12, Hugh Wahlig, Bostic, and Williams fined for rabbit and wildlife violations, Britt for speeding, Bishop for fourth offense DWI, Stewart for speeding and tap sign, Dunavant for tampering with a vehicle, and Bosworth, Dollen, and Brooks among others facing charges or trials. Several magistrate court entries list hunting, trespassing, speeding, license failures, and plate issues with modest fines and court costs.
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Rosenthal
Vincent Harold Wahlig
Eugene Bostic
Richard N. Williams
Michael Thornton Britt
Clarence Fredrich Bishop
Robert Lee Stewart
Clarence Stewart
Tony Dunavant
Raye Wenough Bosworth
Doris Jane Dollen
William Edward Shocklee
Leonard Lee Brooks Jr
Ted Malcolm Henderson
Hannibal
Power transfer urged as Yahya faces protests in Pakistan
Radio Pakistan said President Yahya Khan will hand power to a representative government with a new constitution after demonstrations against his war handling. Bhutto, leader of the PPP, recalled from New York to return and oversee the transition amid unrest in Lahore and Peshawar.
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Yahya
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Peshawar
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New York
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Heath In Bermuda Conference Trip For Nixon Meeting
British Prime Minister Edward Heath arrives in Bermuda for a conference next week with President Richard Nixon. The trip marks a pivotal moment in Anglo American relations as officials plan talks on defense and Caribbean matters.
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Bermuda
Edward Heath
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Miss Powell Rites To Be On Sunday
Funeral services for Miss Virginia Powell 60 who died at her home in Sturgeon will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Sturgeon Christian Church with Rev. J M Jones officiating burial will be in Redtop Cemetery at Hallsville Visitation will be at Meador and Son Funeral Home in Sturgeon from 10 a.m. Saturday to 11 30 a.m. Sunday She moved with her parents to Sturgeon from Hallsville four years ago born February 3 1911 Her father Fabian Powell died in July Her mother Maude Loren Powell survives She also leaves three brothers E L Powell of Chicago R L Powell of Las Vegas and H E Powell of Lake Charles La
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Virginia Powell
Fabian &. Powell
Maude Loren Powell
E. L. Powell
Chicago
R. L. Powell
Las Vegas
H. E. Powell
Lake Charles
Grace Spelman Dies at 82 in Missouri Town
Mrs Grace Spelman 82 of Clark Missouri died yesterday at HealthCare Center Columbia. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Fenton Funeral Home Sturgeon with Rev Donald Mattson officiating. Burial in Chapel Grove Cemetery Clark. Visitation today from 1 p m. Born November 29 1889 Renick daughter of W B and Martha Ridgway Hamilton. Predeceased by husband Sam Spelman. Survives brother Dale Hamilton Centralia and three stepsons Mike Spelman Sturgeon E J Sims Newton Kan W Clay Sims Stillwell Kan.
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HealthCare Center
Columbia
Fenton Funeral Home
Donald Mattson
First Christian Church of
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Sam Spelman
Dale Hamilton
Mike Spelman
E.J. Sims
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W. Clay Sims
Stillwell, Kan
Mrs. Charlie Robinson Dies in California at 72
Mrs. Charlie Robinson 72 of Mountain View California formerly Leona Hildebrand of Mexico died Friday after a severe stroke earlier in the week. Born in Benton City, daughter of Alfred and Effie Hildebrand, she moved to California about 30 years ago. Survived by a son, three daughters and several California grandchildren, she was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and brothers Fred, Robert, and Paul Hildebrand of Mexico. Burial planned in Mountain View.
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Leona Hildebrand
Mexico
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Effie Hildebrand
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Robert
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Stocks in brief OTC bids and NYSE closes steady
Over the counter quotations show A B Chance at 26 27. Commerce Bancshares 46 47. Wetterau Foods 30 31. NYSE items include Bobbie Brooks at 15 with 3400 shares traded, Interco 47, Kaiser Aluminum 19 4, Panhandle Eastern 31, Ralston Purina 31, US Gypsum 63 44 with 7600 shares traded, US Gypsum preferred 35 with 1200 shares traded. directions include up or down marks for several issues.
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New York . Stock Exchange
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Kaiser Aluminum
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Ralston Purina
US Gypsum
Henderson Acquitted in My Lai Trials Near End
FT MEADE Md AP The My Lai prosecutions conclude with Col Oran Henderson acquitted of all charges of concealing the killings. Only Lt William Calley Jr remains convicted for murder in the South Vietnamese hamlet assault. Calley’s life term was reduced on appeal. Henderson faces no further court action. He blamed subordinates for the failure to uncover the full extent of the massacre.
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Telicopter
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Ernest Medina
Charles E.hutto
David Mitchell
Eugene M. Kotupe
Koster
George H. Young
Oe S
Mitchell
Attend Funeral In Arizona
Mrs. Jake Ward David Powell and Mrs. Kermit Ellis and daughters Cindy and Pam flew to Phoenix Ariz last Saturday to attend funeral services for Arthur T Lapp who died at Phoenix Ariz Mr Lapp 46 was a food service coordinator and was stricken at work Dec 7 He leaves his wife the former Dorothy Powell and a son Bradley 3
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Jake Ward
David Powell
Kermit Ellis
Cindy
Pam
Phoenix
Ariz
Arthur T. Lapp
Lapp
Dorothy Powell
Bradley
Resignation of Wack Rogers At St. James Home Effective
O B Wack Rogers superintendent of the State Federal Soldiers Home in St. James Missouri resigns effective immediately, announced today by officials.
Mexico Ledger Classified Rates and Office Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico MO 68265. Rates shown: single copy 10 cents, mail subscriptions vary by region with annual and six month options, and armed forces members pay 1.25 per month. Office hours are 8:00 to 5:30 Monday through Friday and 8:00 to 3:00 Saturday.
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Mexico
Audrain
Muskie urges antitrust, bargaining aid for farmers
Senator Edmund Muskie urged new antitrust laws to restrict big business in agriculture and a strengthened system of collective bargaining for farmers at the National Farmers Organization convention in Kansas City. He criticized Nixon administration farm policy and noted farm income declines under Nixon versus prior Democratic administrations. He also said the farm vote could be decisive in unseating Nixon next year.
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Edmund Muskie
Maine
Muskie
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National Farmers Organization
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Oren Lee Staley
Rea. Mo
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Earl Butz
NFC
Butz
Senate
United States
Pilot Rescued After Night in Treetops
Lt. Col. Arthur S. Blissett Jr. of Apple Valley Calif. spent nine hours dangling from a 70 foot tree after crash in enemy territory. He freed himself and held on overnight while his copilot Lt. Michael H. Murray of Chicopee Mass. landed about a mile away.
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Mass
Lawyer Fined and Jailed for Court Contempt in Missouri
St Louis attorney Robert H. Wendt was found in willful and criminal contempt of Audrain Circuit Court. He received a $400 fine and 15 days in jail for failing to appear when his client faced a jury trial. Judge Kelso Journey stayed execution until December 24 to allow appeals. The client, Alvin Odell Cluck, faces two counts of forged checks.
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Robert H. Wendt
Kelso Journey
Audrain
Mr. Wendt
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University Curators Back Plan To Shift MU Programs
The Missouri Board of Curators endorsed a plan moving many doctoral programs from the Columbia campus to St. Louis Kansas City and Rolla while most masters programs stay put. The Columbia campus faced heavy opposition from faculty and students who warned the move would shrink MU to a glorified community college. The chair reaffirmed MU as a four campus single university and noted revisions may delay formal submission until February.
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