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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
9
Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 35 and sunny warmer Saturday near 60. Missouri forecast calls for fair, highs in 50s north 60s south, little or no precipitation. Also reports births, deaths, marriages, arrests, court actions, and local police and highway patrol updates from Mexico to Centralia and Montgomery City.
British troops kept a full security alert across Northern Ireland after a morale boosting visit by Prime Minister Edward Heath. Army spokesmen said Christmas precautions would not be relaxed despite sporadic harassment. Gunmen fired on a military patrol in Belfast and on an armored ambulance with no casualties reported.
Modesto California AP reports Cyril Beauford Sherwood, 70, long time Santa for local children, spent this Christmas in a hospital room with terminal cancer. He told adults he may not recover as youngsters from his church sang carols around his wheelchair.
Washington reports the Cost of Living Council refused to impose controls on interest rates at this time, pledging voluntary restraints later. Rep. Wright Patman condemned the move as a failing response to the Economic Stabilization Act. The Postal Service also raised third class mail rates by about 23.9 percent, effective Jan. 24, after the council allowed increases with minimal justification. Ford Motor Co applied for a 1.5 percent price rise on cars and trucks, the first case of two Phase 2 increases approved. previously the commission okayed a 2.9 percent hike last month.
Orville Leslie Grow aged 52 died at his Paris area home after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Agnew funeral home Paris with Rev Jimmy Jones of Sturgeon officiating. Visitation 7-9 Saturday and Sunday until service. Burial Walnut Grove Cemetery Paris. Survived by wife Lucille two sons Lee and Billy daughter Mrs Charles Ensor four grandchildren sister Mrs Ted Byrd. Born May 11 1919 to William and Ada Grow. He was a deacon and former chairman of Oak Ridge Christian Church.
Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at the Arnold Funeral Home for Louis H. Fuhrer aged 76 of Route 1 Benton City. The Rev. John Blass officiated with burial in East Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. John Willer was organist. pallbearers were Glen Robison Clarence Phears Fritz Lierheimer William Ray Louis Luckner and Edgar Conklin.
Sen Stuart Symington chairman of the security subcommittee meets President Chung Hee Park premier Kim Jong-pil and Foreign Minister Kim Young-shirk in Seoul on a worldwide observation tour. He will receive briefings at the U S Embassy and 8th Army before departing Sunday.
Ella Baker of 523 West Pearson Street returned home after attending funeral services for Earl Martin Baker 81 of Kirksville. Born August 25 1890 at Laddonia he was a railroad telegraph operator later retired in Kirksville. He married Annette Lovejoy November 10 1913. Survived by four sons Kenneth Harold J B Eugene, 13 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, two sisters, two brothers, and a host of relatives. Burial in Maple Hills Cemetery.
David Rothenberg 27 entered an innocent plea and asked for a jury trial in the Dec. 10 slaying of insurer William S. Wells in Edwardsville Illinois. Attorney Irving Wisemann sought a grand jury transcript and media conversations before trial. Rothenberg free on 100000 dollar bond as investigators questioned two men resembling sightings near the club Wells visited the night he was shot.
An American cargo ship and a Russian fishing trawler collided off the New Jersey coast 26 miles from Barnegat Lighthouse. The Jefferson Davis developed a 10 by 6 foot hole yet stopped leaking hours after the crash as it limped into port under rescue craft. No injuries were reported and the Russian vessel, damaged below the waterline, said it needed no assistance. The Coast Guard offered few details about causes in smooth seas and good weather.
Seven month old Brandy Hancock of Tulsa was treated for biliary atresia a rare liver obstruction. Doctors say without operation the disorder would have been fatal in 10 to 20 months. Surgeons rebuilt a bypass channel restoring drainage though lasting liver damage remains.
MILWAKKER AP A man gave away about 1400 dollars to strangers on a city bus before vanishing. Police stopped further withdrawals from his savings account and took him to a hospital after noting his wife’s death. Hendersonville AP A Christmas benefactor handed out 300 dollars in five dollar bills at a railroad baggage station as a preacher auctioneer explains the gift came from a wealthy donor.
Mr and Mrs James Johnson of New Florence welcome their second child a son born Thursday at 8 15 am at Audrain Medical Center He weighs 7 pounds 1 ounce and is named Stephen Craig Johnson He is the brother of Michelle Grandparents are Mr and Mrs James Krop of Mexico and Mrs Clara Duckworth of New Florence
Marshall Green, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, says 1972 will see U S attention pivot to China, Japan and Korea as involvement in Vietnam winds down. He notes convergence of interests among China, the Soviet Union, Japan and the United States, and cautions about continued U S roles and commitments in the region.
A three car GM&O derailment at Farber last night caused minor damage and service disruption. One car was re-railed, while the other two including a badly damaged car will be through the holidays and re-railed Monday. Storage track at Farber used for through traffic. The incident occurred during switching near North American Refractories siding. no track damage was reported.
Paris AP Maurice Chevalier, 83, was reported to have a good night after another treatment with a kidney machine at Necker Hospital. He has been hospitalized with a kidney ailment since December 13. Secretary Felix Paquet said many sympathy messages arrived and that an American in New York and a Parisian offered kidneys, but doctors indicated no transplant was planned.
In Springfield Massachusetts a Penn Central freight crew surprised three year old Janine Besancon by delivering Christmas gifts after she waved to their train from her home for two years. The box contained a big doll tea set and gifts for her siblings.
The U S Department of Agriculture issued an immediate quarantine on cattle across 16 western Oklahoma counties due to a scabies outbreak. Federal veterinarian Dr. Lloyd Miller announced the order signed in Washington during a Thursday briefing.
President Nixon was flown by helicopter to the Naval Hospital in Bethesda for his annual physical. Aides expect the Navy doctors' examination to last about three hours. The white-topped Army helicopter landed on a golf course helipad after an eight minute trip from the White House.
Washington AP The Department of Transportation exempted farm vehicle drivers from qualification rules for vehicles 10 000 pounds or less and for heavier farm trucks within 150 miles of the farm. Beekeepers seasonal hauls and custom harvesting machinery drivers also gained relief. The changes, effective Jan 1, allow 18 year olds to operate light and some heavier units with relaxed certification timelines, citing farm operations as a factor. Robert A. Kaye, director of the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, said the move reflects the seasonal and short-range nature of farm work and lower collision risk.
St Louis leaders hear caution from Dr. Morton E. Long of Missouri St Louis about Illinois proposed second metropolitan airport near Waterloo. He warns the plan might be a Trojan horse that drains St Louis while trying to stem westward business loss, urging aldermen to scrutinize Governor Ogilvie's bid.
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