28 Dec 1970
Page 12
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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1970
Page
12
Weather brief shows 24 hour highs 34 and 41 with cool extended outlook across Missouri and St. Louis region. River stages given for Kansas City Boonville Jefferson City and Cape Girardeau. Local hospital admissions births and deaths listed for Audrain Medical Center with multiple names and towns including Mexico Paris Wellsville and Vandalia.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports several weekend incidents. A 68 year old driver, Nola Marié Terry, was cited after a collision when entering Highway 4 from a private driveway near Audrain, injuring three others with about $1,000 total vehicle damage. Gail Christina Caldwell, Ruth Ann Crow, and others suffered minor injuries. A separate head on collision on Main and Hickory in Farber involved John O’Farrell Rinker and Ruth Ann Crow with around $1,500 combined damage. Aubrey Ankrom remains hospitalized in satisfactory condition after a farm tractor incident on Highway 22 in Boone County. Larry L Schunemeyer and Charles I Courteon were involved in another on Highway 63 near the Randolph County line with minimal damage and no injuries.
Russell Fierge Jr and Gayle Bernice Fierge obtain marriage licenses in Mexico Missouri. Leighton Franklin Admire Jr wins divorce and child custody in a cross bill. Wyvetta Admire and others face damages suit after a October 17 collision. Market hog and cattle prices from Missouri Livestock Market Center and National Stockyards report wide ranges. Birth notices list October newborns throughout Salt River area.
A scanned page from the Mexico Ledger dated Monday 5 bee 28 1970 lists birth announcements and recent deaths. Names include Ronnie Lee Gipson Joseph B Elmer W Borntreger Rebetea Eve Lasty Dean Powell Robinson Jami Janes Randall Wade Susan Elizabeth Margaret Jean Phyllis Dean Filam S Robin Lynette Sonja Lynn Kevin Ramon Robert Lee Jr Dana Lea Matthew Edward Chad Walter Henry Clemens L Borntreger Tonya Rosecile Clint J along with death notices for William Pryor Barton James Lee Ragsdale Ben Fugate Wenser A Roberts Willis Hadley Carrington Dessa B Edgar Katie Cheatum Tenrietta Bush Mary Eunice Parker Melvern O Worley Fannie J Anson Clarence J Byrd Melvin D Dixon Leslie L Thomas Carrie Ball Chester Joe Chester Bush Edwin Eugene Campbell Ida Wylie Lucie Belle Green Anna Elvadene Swanton Alma B Paschal Nellie Ruth Rawlingsley Harriette Buchanan stock. New York AP stock market snapshot and New Year trading guidance also appear on the page. Funeral notice for Carl Lula Thornton included.
Clyde Walker reported an unknown vehicle struck his parked car in city parking lot No 3 at 1 45 p m Sunday A flower urn was stolen from Herndon Crews home on Promenade Street Sunday night and dropped a block away breaking the urn
Mrs Clarence Taylor 78 a resident of the Biggers boarding home Auxvasse died there at 1120 am Sunday of an apparent heart attack. Born Martinsburg Oct 6 1892 she was mother to Clarence Taylor who preceded her two years ago. She and her late husband raised six foster children now living in Missouri Iowa and Indiana. Funeral at Mexico Second Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 pm with burial Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation Arnold Funeral Home Tuesday 7 to 830 pm.
Otto Willis 79 of Pike County died at Moore Pike rest home Bowling Green Sunday at 9 0 a m after years of poor health He was born Oct 10 1891 in Farmer Community Pike County son of Thomas Jefferson and Molly Lewis Willis He married Ruth Reese Jan 6 1929 She died July 1965 Survived by five sons Charles Tom Bowling Green Kenneth Mexico Major Middletown Garland Middletown Orville Louisiana three daughters Imogene Eastman Louisiana Ester Sartain Elsberry Louise Atkinson Vandalia 17 grandchildren Funeral Tuesday 2 p m at Siloam Baptist Church with Rev Joe Barbour officiating Burial Siloam Cemetery Waters Funeral Home Vandalia attendees invited to call
In Missouri a mix of clear to partly cloudy skies and chilly conditions continued through Friday. Morning readings ranged from 10 at Kirksville to 25 at Springfield and Joplin, with daytime highs in the 30s north and mid 40s south. Tonight lows are forecast in the 10 to 19 degree range north and 20 to 25 south.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Arnold funeral home for Rudolph Adams aged with address 622 W Buchanan St. He died Saturday morning. The Rev George Wraith of First Christian Church officiated. Music by Mrs. John Willer. Burial in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dysart Wilson Paris Lewis Wilson Jr Lloyd Wilson Harold Wilson Kenneth Wilson and William Pilcher, all of Mexico.
The Ledger mentions several familiar names among readers today. Readers are invited to spot friends and neighbors in the listing, with potential notes about local events and community updates.
Gordon Pasley of Community H-6 High School reports 71 humane treatment letters for American POWs held by Hanoi were mailed December 16 by registered mail. A Paris suburb post office delivered receipts confirm delivery to the North Vietnamese peace-talk delegation.
The account details a prison camp with a grassed central area, a concrete pond shaded by willows, a 80 by 100 foot space, a single low building with multiple rooms, and a barred veranda. Interviewed prisoners recall two beds per room, minimal furnishings, Yuletide messages, and access to a volleyball court.
Secretary Melvin Laird forecast lower draft calls for 1971 as the United States moves toward an all voluntary military by mid 1973. He cited congressional approval of a 20 percent pay raise for lower enlisted men and improved living conditions and education as key factors, while noting annual military manpower costs would rise about four to five percent for several years. The January draft call is set at 17,000, reflecting seasonal fluctuations.
In 1846 Woodrow Wilson the 28th U.S. President was born in Staunton Virginia. In 1869 William Semple of Mount Vernon Ohio was granted a patent on chewing gum. In 1895 golf clubs rose from 40 to about 100 in one year in the United States. In 1942 Japanese planes bombed Calcutta India. In 1962 John F Kennedy flew to Miami to greet Cuban prisoners released by Fidel Castro. Ten years ago protests over a French nuclear test in Algeria.
The U S Coast Guard reported 48 crewmen rescued from two sinking tankers in the Atlantic. 17 from the Norwegian Ross Mt picked up the Panamanian Chryssie 270 miles southwest of Bermuda, with 21 still missing. 31 Finns aboard Ragny were rescued after the vessel broke up 600 miles southeast of New York, with 6 likely lost in an earlier abortive rescue. Weather remained rough with 15 to 20 foot seas as searches continued.
Gladys Clifton, who had been mute since 1964 while married to Jan, suddenly spoke Sunday while trimming a hedge in Auckland. The return of her voice brought joy to her husband and a flood of calls from friends and relatives, ending six years of silence.
Mrs Johnny Weismuller reported that a weekend burglar ransacked her third floor apartment but James Weismuller later found a $50,000 bracelet used as a hairpin holder. Police estimated total losses near $1,000. Weismuller, 66, an Olympic swimming champion in 1920.
Norbert Sternal a 58 year old retiree from White Bear Lake is undergoing body stretching therapy that has raised his lung capacity from 9 to 29 percent and added about 2 percent to his height. Doctors say he is among a few polio survivors to benefit and he hopes to sit up and leave bed after the holidays.
The Christmas holiday weekend proved costly on Missouri highways with 28 deaths and at least 26 lives lost nationwide in three days. The report lists victims from Hartville to Kansas City and St. Joseph, including families in several crashes on I 28 and U S 50, noting eight deaths on Christmas Eve and 11 on Christmas Day.
The Ledger highlights small, regular notices such as hospital admissions, marriage licenses, births, deaths, real estate transactions, and families moving, offering readers convenient access to everyday civic information.
The article lists numerous Christmas Day and holiday visitors to Vandalia area homes, including families from Columbia, Big Spring and O'Fallon, plus extended kin. It notes Board of Public Works awarding meritorious certificates to several members and ten-year service recognitions for Municipal Utilities staff.
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