Local Weather and Health Report From Mexico Missouri
Weather summary shows sun inland with south drizzle and snow chances into Wednesday, colder tonight and midweek. Lake of the Ozarks and other area lake levels listed. Hospital reports admit several patients from Mexico and surrounding towns, with multiple dismissals and a handful of marriages license applications filed by residents including Hal Drake and Ey Jewett Brewer.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Hal A. Drake
Mexico
Alice E. Andrews
Valdosta
Ey _ Jewett F
Quiet Christmas At Nixon Family Estate In California
Richard M. Nixon plans a quiet Christmas at his oceanside San Clemente home after resigning the presidency. Daughters Tricia Cox and Julie Eisenhower, with their spouses, Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower, are expected to join. Nixon continues anticoagulation therapy after October surgery for blood clots and remains in a fragile recovery with leg elevation and a recliner chair. Medical adviser Dr John Lungren describes his mental condition as remarkable given recent hardships.
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San Clemente
Calif
Abr
Oceanside
Richard M. “Nixon
Nixon
Sdaughter
Tricia
Edward F. Cox
Julie
David Eisenhower
John C. Es Lungren
Landeren
Wre
Public safety report rounds up several local vehicle mishaps
The Daily Record reports multiple Monday incidents with no injuries or arrests. Raymond E. Taylor's and Frederick G. Neumann's cars collided at 5 Liberty and Green Boulevard, both minor damage. Sue A. Steele and Steven C. Creed crashed on Highway 15 north of Mexico, minor damage. Terry L. Sells's single vehicle wreck on Highway 161 near Middletown left the car demolished with no injuries. No arrests were made. Chicago AP notes soybeans, corn, oats weak early. wheat mixed. Prices listed for futures and cash grain by MFA and Slater and Fowles.
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Public Safety
Raymond E. Taylor
Route 1
Frederick G. Neumann
Kahoka
Liberty and
Green Boulevard
Sue A. Steele
Steven C. Creed
Mexico
Highway 15
Steele
Creed
Terry L. Sells
Middletown
Walter Kleinsorge
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
MFA
Slater and Fowles
Arab Armies On Alert For Israel Attack
Arab armies stood on alert across the region as Moslems observed Al Adha and Bethlehem celebrated Christmas. Israeli jets buzzed Beirut and south Lebanon while Lebanon intensified security around Beiruts outskirts. Damascus reported maximum alerts with border tension rising over the Golan Heights and Sinai. King Hussein canceled official festivities and urged prayer as Egypt prepared for possible strikes and Brezhnevs Cairo visit approached.
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Beirut
Lebanon
al Adha
Mecca
Jordan River
Bethlehem
Christ
Rashid Solh
Damascus
L'Orientle Jour
Israel
Golan Heights
Egypt
Sinai
Cairo
Leonid I. Brezhnev
As Safir
Hussein
Jordan
Missouri Human Rights Commission Aims to Clear Backlog
The Missouri Human Rights Commission will speed up hearings by clearing a backlog of about 66 cases. Executive director Ellen Roper said no public hearing will be held beyond 30 days once backlog is eliminated.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Human Rights Commission
State Auditor
Commission
Ellen Roper
Market Report of Over the Counter and NYSE Trading
Over the counter trading saw Commerce Banc bids at 14 percent and asks at 15 percent while Wetteran bids at 9 percent and asks at 103 percent. On the NYSE Robbie Brooks closed at 1 percent with 11,200 shares traded. A B Chance at 7 percent. Combustion Engineering down 2 percent at 64,900. Dresser Industries up 1 percent at 7,000. Interco up 17 percent. Kaiser Aluminum up 12 percent. Panhandle Eastern Pipeline down. Ralston Purina down. US Gypsum common down 1 percent at 13,900. US Gypsum preferred up. Wal Mart down 34 percent at 800. Dow Jones close at 589.64.
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Commerce Bancshares
Wetteran
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
A.B. Chance
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal-Mart
Dow Jones
City Council approves airport master plan grant and more
The council approved accepting a $222,088 federal and state grant for an airport master plan study with $4,418 city funds. It may examine expansion of the present Highway 54E airport and potential new sites. Abstaining were Ruth Olson and Enslen on related votes.
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Mexico
Highway 54
Ruth Olson
State Division of Commmerce and Industrial Development
Trout Investment Inc
S. Fairground Avenue
Park South
Enslen
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mid-Missouri Council of Governments
Mrs Viola Bell Stevens Dies At 68
Mrs Viola Bell Stevens 68 of Columbia died Monday at Boone County Hospital. Funeral services 1 p.m. Friday at Meador and Son chapel Centralia with Rev Arthur C Fulbright officiating. Burial in Bethel Cemetery Harrisburg. Born December 25 1905 in Sturgeon, she married Benjamin Stevens in 1960, who preceded her in death. Surviving are a brother Ryland Kanatzar San Diego stepmother Mattie Kanatzar two nephews a niece an aunt and many cousins.
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Centralia
Viola Bell Stevens
Columbia
Boone County Hospital
Arthur C. Fulbright
Meador and Son
Bethel Cemetery
Harrisburg
Charles
Josie May Roberts Kanatzar
Benjamin Stevens
Ryland A. Kanatzar
San Diego
Mattie Kanatzar
John A. Buchanan 91 Dies in Montgomery City
John A. Buchanan 91 of Montgomery City died this morning at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. The body was taken to Schlanker Funeral Home where arrangements are pending.
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Montgomery City
John A. Buchanan
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Schlanker Funeral Home
Trial Attention On Absent Nixon
Washington AP report on the Watergate coverup trial notes focus on Richard Nixon not being named as defendant or witness. Judge Sirica comments on the Nixon pardon as jurors await a Christmas recess as prosecutors and defense reference an orchestra metaphor about a missing conductor. The six defendants including Ehrlichman Halderman Mitchell Mardian and Parkinson face charges of conspiring to obstruct the Watergate investigation.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Nixon
Ford
William S. Frates
John D. Ehrlichman
Frates
James F. Neal
Neal
Ehrlichman
Richard Nixon
Si- Tica
Sirica
White House
H. R. Haldeman
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Robert C. Mardian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Kissinger and Rockefeller Vacation at Rockefellers Puerto Rico Property
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller are expected to vacation this week at a Rockefeller owned estate east of San Juan Puerto Rico. They may arrive with their wives on Thursday. Kissinger previously vacationed in the Caribbean at Laurence Rockefeller’s Caneel Bay on St. John. The Rockefellers own 1700 acres of resort property in Puerto Rico.
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San Juan
P.R
Henry A. Kissinger
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Here
Kissinger
Caribbean
Laurence Rockefeller
Caneel Bay
Island of
St. John
Virgin Islands
Rockefellers
Puerto Rico
Mrs. Nellie Gordon Henning Rites Held Today
Funeral services were held today at Agnew Funeral Home Paris for Nellie Gordon Henning 77 of Paris. The Rev Michael Barrett of Paris United Methodist Church officiated with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery. She died Monday morning after years of ill health. Pallbearers were Charlie Wilson Gerald Byars Bob Buckman Harold Johannaber Pollard Brengle and Hayes King.
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Paris
Agnew Funeral Home
Nellie Gordon Henning
Michael Barrett
Zumwalt Denies Firm 1978 Senate Run Plan
Retired Navy chief Elmo Zumwalt Jr says he has no firm plans to challenge Sen. William L. Scott in 1978 as a Democrat. The idea was raised by Evans and Novak, with Zumwalt noting future public service interests but no decision on form.
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Charlottesville
Naval Operations
Elmo Zumwalt Jr
William L. Scott
R-Va
Virginia
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Zumwalt
Falls Church
Nixon Pays Up New York Tax
NEW YORK AP Former President Richard M Nixon has paid New York state 11544.17 in taxes penalties and interest from the 1969 sale of his Fifth Avenue co op The Tax Commission said full payment was received December 17 and found no evidence of fraud or criminal negligence by Nixon Last April the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue said Nixon was ineligible to claim a 142192 capital gain on the sale because reinvested profits in his San Clemente estate, not his principal residence, making the deduction invalid.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
State of
Fifth Avenue
Tax Commission
Nixon
Congressional Joint Committee On Internal Revenue
San Clemente, Calif
San Clemente
Last Santa Letters Included Today At The Ledger
The Ledger reports all letters to Santa Claus received today have been forwarded to Santa while the paper keeps a copy. Young writers submit messages in a seasonal page, reflecting festive wishes and cheer.
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Santa Claus
Rancher Plays Santa Claus for 33 Years in California
Roy Loftis, a rancher in Coalinga, California, has spent 33 Christmases delivering gifts as Santa. Each year he visits about 6,000 children with his wife assisting in wrapping and packing. He began at 14 after a JP asked him to play Santa and vows to continue while children believe.
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Coalinga
Calif
California
Santa Claus
Santa
Roy Loftis
Loftis
Letters To Santa Claus From Ardell Family Members
A collection of handwritten Santa letters from Amy, Jennifer, Alan, Pamela, Patricia, Stacey, Timmy, Stacey Renea, Tara, Heather, Jennifer, Greg, Julie, Amy Susan, a Paris reader, Tiffani, Tama, Tilly, Derek, Beth, Darrell, Wendy, Chuck, Kenny, Derek McCord, and others aged 2 to 30 years. Requests include toys such as roller skates, Barbie items, dolls, GI Joe, sets, games, bikes, and a variety of other gifts, with notes about leaving treats and family members to remember.
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Amy Ardell
Mary Mexico
Santa
Jennifer Ardell
Jennifer
Amy
Pat
Pam
Morfimy
Daddy
Alan Ardell
Pamela
Patricia Ardell
Stacey
Timmy Joe Brandow
Falcon Dr
Mexico
Stacey Brandon
McDonald’s
Sunshine Family
Darey Daring
Tim
Stacey Renea Brandon
Falcon Dr. Mexico
Spitz
P.J
Tara Darnell
Heather Melissa Matthiesen
Heather Melissa Mattiesen
South Western
Jennifer Tiller
Johns
Kevin
Frank
Greg George
Kent Rd
Mrs. Claus
Jeff Dickey
Paris
Sissy
Ryan
Tiffani Lea Williams
Laddonia
Tama
Wendy Crouch
O.K. Corral
Rudolph
Chuck Duckworth
Kenny McCord
Humphrey Campaign Aide Indicted Over 12 000 Dairy Donation
A former Humphrey campaign manager, Jack L. Chestnut, was indicted in New York on a single count alleging he arranged an illegal $12,000 contribution from Associated Milk Producers Inc. to the Lennen & Newell firm for Humphrey's campaigns. Chestnut faces up to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine. He will plead January 6. Chestnut denies wrongdoing and says precautions were taken to avoid violations.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Humphrey
Jack L. Chestnut
U.S. District Court
Minneapolis
Chestnut
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Lennen & Newell
Lennen
AMPI
Dairy Cooperative
Lennon
Washington
Minnesota Democrat
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Table Rock
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James Kropf
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Wellsville
John H. Matthews
Virgil Lovelace
Gary
Ind
George Wiest
Larry Cuno
Rush Hill
Herbert Blades
Helen Miller
Susan Hart
T.C. Fennewald
Charles Darnell
Roy Lee Goff
William Clement
Sandra Shivers
Donald Dunn
Gary Westbay
Charles King
Beulah Stafford
Cline Wasson Jr
Johnson Davis
Laura Dieckmann
Vandalia
Robert Billerdeaux
Clarence Drew Sr
Delbert Sinklear
High Hill
Leonora Sydenstricker
Jewell Wheat
Bellflower
Katie Shepard
Glen Boyles
Fulton
Mike Baehr
the Daily Record
Human Rights Commission
Bill Johnson
Mid-Missouri Areawide Comprehensive Health Planning Agency
Johnson
Cruzan’s
Clark
John Buchanan
Patrick Wilson
Indianapolis
Indiana School For the Deaf
Mrs. Henning
Real
Julie Cox
Love
Amy Susan McMurtry
North Pole
Tilly West
Bougainville Mexico
S. Western
Derek Ellis
Beth Smith
E. Jackson
Lama
Darrell Black
N. Wade
Derek McCord
Tommy Wainscott
Mommy
Todd Clay
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