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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1977
Page
1
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show yesterday's high 68? but the text lists last 24 hours high 468 low unlisted. Temperature at 7 a.m. 36. December precipitation month to date 1.33 inches, normal 1.91 inches. Year to date 46.83 inches, normal to January 39.12 inches. Sunset 4:53 p.m. Sunrise 7:27 a.m.
Ledger weather warns of cloudy, much colder tonight with a chance of snow flurries and northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Sunday remains mostly sunny but cold with highs near 20. Missouri region reports heavy cloudiness, cooler conditions into the week with multiple near zero and low teens temperatures. Admissions list details patients and towns. dismissals and deaths follow, including Kathryn Sheets aged 64 and Lillian Summers aged 92.
Bob Rivers reported his parked pickup was struck by a Kelly Furniture Co truck driven by Bill Casper with minor damage. Other two car collisions involved James Price Vera Ferrier on Promenade and Agricultural Streets, and Wesley Erdel and Alvina Simmons on Green Boulevard near East Liberty Street. Portions note a broken rear car window, a pedestrian incident, a drunken driving arrest, and a highway patrol review of several minor wrecks with modest damages and one overturned vehicle.
Edward Lee Embry Swinton fined 100 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated. Eugene Fred Griffith of St. Charles fined 10 dollars and costs for expired license. William Earl Lackey of Independence fined 30 dollars and costs for exceeding speed limit. Eugene Edward Van Vranken of Jefferson City fined 50 dollars and costs for possession of intoxicants by a minor, plus 50 dollars and costs for exceeding speed limit. William George Lewis of Middletown fined 35 dollars and costs for driving while revoked. VanHorne Nicholas Price of Milwaukee Wisconsin fined 20 dollars and costs for exceeding speed limit. Larry Edward Haller of Mexico fined 20 dollars and costs for exceeding speed limit. Shirley Mae Mamgam of St. Louis fined 24 dollars and costs for exceeding speed limit.
Over the counter trading showed Commerce Banc at 22 bid 23 asked Mercantile Bank 27% bid 28% asked Wetterau 15% bid 1544 asked. NYSE closings included Robbie Brooks 6% Combustion Engineering 36% Dresser Industries 42% Emerson Electric 3344 Interco 44% Kaiser Aluminum 30% Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 46% Ralston Purina 13% US Gypsum common 22% US Gypsum preferred 244% Wal Mart 2044 Dow Jones Friday close 829 87.
Mr. Erde! notes biggest week for tax collections was in early November but expects next week to surpass it as taxpayers rush the deadline. Railroads and utilities usually pay taxes in the final week. President Granum expressed support for strike leaders, inviting representatives from Israel, Kersey, Florida, and Alabama.
Mrs Lillian F Summers dies Friday at 8 40 p m in a Fulton hospital after a 12 year stay. Born July 18 1885 in Callaway County she married John F Salmons who preceded her in death. Survived by two sons Floyd and Richard Salmons two daughters Maudie Meyers and Ethel Mae Roll a sister Maudie Audrey four half sisters and two half brothers plus nine grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 30 am at Precht Pickering Funeral Home with Rev Marvin Jones officiating burial Elmwood Cemetery visitation Monday after 2 pm.
Kathryn Sheets 64 of New Florence died early today at Coldwell Nursing Home Mexico Services set for 2 p m Monday Schlanker Funeral Home Friends may call after 6 p m Sunday She was born January 5 1913 in St Charles daughter of Martin and Suzanne Starr Brown She survived by husband James Edgar Sheets a daughter Barbara Ann Laird of Vandalia two sons Carl W Preston of Sullivan and Billy Joe Preston in Arizona nine grandchildren and a sister Clara Bullock of Phoenix Ariz A son Earl Preston
The Ledger correction notes that a December advertisement for Kline's Department Store misstated the price of electric blankets. The ad should read Entire Stock Electric Blankets five dollars off instead of a five dollar fifty cent price.
In Belfast, a store window proclaims Good Will To All Men despite a looming IRA cease-fire breach. British troops patrol Royal Avenue as sectarian violence and bombings escalate, with 1,800 killed over eight years and Christmas travel warnings prompting much isolation.
Evel Knievel’s request to delay the remaining five months of his six month jail term for assault was denied by Superior Court Judge Edward Rafeedie. Knievel argued that jail would ruin him financially. He has previously been allowed daytime work furlough to handle business. The sentence stemmed from a September 1977 baseball bat attack on television executive Sheldon Saltman.
Pasadena police called Hillside Strangler Task Force after a young black woman, about 28, was found partially clothed beside a hillside road near the Rose Bowl. Two men were arrested and questioned as investigators compare evidence.
Moscow reports Brezhnev says USSR opposes neutron bomb but will respond if the West develops one. Pravda interview notes Soviet readiness to engage in new strategic arms negotiations with Washington while warning the arms race could intensify. Brezhnev stresses the need to avoid being a passive observer.
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