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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1971
Page
9
Official 7:00 am readings show last 24 hours high 6 low 14. At 7 am today 16 degrees. December normal 1.91 inches, year to date 32.54. Sunset 4:51, sunrise 7:30. Forecasts call for increasing clouds, not so cold tonight, lows 25–30, then mid 40s to 50s with 10–30% rain chances on Wednesday. Lake of the Ozarks stage 658.2, 1.8 feet below full.
A BB pellet struck a passenger side of Wonneman's Truck on Love Street. A Bertels couple reported threatening calls from a man, who returned and refused to leave their home while officers advised him to depart. A tractor trailer struck a guard rail on I-70 near Montgomery, causing a ditching incident with minor injuries to other drivers. A Kansas City driver, Jolene Johnson, was cited after a two car collision on Highway 54 north of I-70 with no injuries reported.
Missouri livestock center reports 1200 slaughter hogs 50 to 75 cents lower with varying weights 200 to 300 plus pounds. Sows rise up to 25 cents. Feeder cattle and calves mixed gains and declines. Sheep and lambs show scattered gains. Chicago grain futures US hog and cattle receipts noted with price ranges. Real estate ad ends.
A long list of patients admitted and dismissed at Audrain Medical Center includes Carol Nelson and many others across Mexico Fulton Wellsville Auxvasse and surrounding towns. The Ledger notes a memorial tribute for Lawrence M. Barnes and ends by promoting Real Estate Want Ads.
Tommy Moran faces common assault by molestation charges from two women in City Parking Lot No 3. Arraignment continued this afternoon. Transcripts in Vandalia City Court appeals show Althea Stotler fined 8 dollars costs and Billy Joe Stotler fined 50 dollars plus 8 dollars costs after police court convictions. Franco nearing 80 as Spain’s leader vows to stay in power.
A compiled list of notable fiction and non fiction titles including Wheels Hats Hatley The Day of the Jackal Marsyth Message from Malaga Matlines Winds of War Wouk The Mauretian Blatty Eleanor and Franklin Josh Honor Thy Father Talese Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Brown Beyond Freedom and Dignity Skinner Any Woman Can Heuben.
New York stocks posted modest gains with the Dow Jones average up 2.18 to 883.65. Trading showed balance between advances and declines as investors awaited year end portfolio shifts. Big block Eaton trade at 41, rails oils and metals rose while farm implements and aircrafts fell. Vital statistics note October births and deaths in Salt River area with many names listed.
Funeral services for Mrs Finis Jessie Saling 58 of Fulton will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Browning Funeral Home Fulton. She died Monday at Boone County Hospital Columbia after tests. Burial will be in Callaway Memorial Gardens. She is step mother of Mrs Leon Rutherford of Mexico and twin sister of Mrs Curtis Snow, also of Mexico. Friends may call 7 to 8 30 p.m. tonight.
Missouri forecast shows increasing cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with rain in the south and rain or snow in the north. Tonight lows in the 20s to 30s, Wednesday highs 30s to 50s, while Monday highs ranged from 72 at St. Louis to 25 at Kirksville, with varying nightly lows.
A. H. Baldwin was named acting superintendent of the Missouri Training Center for Men, effective Jan. 1. Baldwin, previously assistant superintendent in custody at Moberly, has worked for the Department of Corrections since 1955 and has been at Moberly since the center opened in 1963. Edward Haynes, the departing superintendent, will become acting deputy director of the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Postmaster R. C. Roundall said the post office will work with the INS to aid locals in meeting the 1952 act alien address reporting requirements. Each alien must report a current address by January 31, 1972, with forms available after January 2 at all post offices.
Senator Robert Young set January 12 as the first hearing date on a plan to form an airport authority for a second St. Louis area airport in Missouri. The bill aims to block a new commercial airport near Waterloo, Illinois. A separate measure would raise the St. Louis city sheriff’s pay from 15,000 to 7,000. Rep. Al Mueller sponsors the change.
A series of brief death notices lists individuals with October and September dates, including Tandy Lee Witten, John B. Brown, Sidney Lincoln, Jennie Mary Steele, Claude E. Bailey, Norman B. Asbury, Robert Shelton Britton, Pearl Avery, James Lafe Orr, Barna R. Taylor, Gladys Playter, Ida A. Wright, Mary Fern Gass, Maimee Beckley, Charles Blackwell Gregory, Tressie L. Stone, James Fred Hoffman, Lee M. Jeffrey, Edna D. Laws, Charles E. Powers, Mamie D. Parkey, Addie Miller Donnelly, Clarence William Spry, Roger R. Moore, and J Forrest Brown. Also notes a previously unreported infant born Sept. 14.
Edgar Bergen, after five years away, plans a return with playdates in Minneapolis and San Carlos and a two hour TV special. He laments show business boredom but says it is his marijuana and bourbon, and he will perform with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd on his knee. He reflects on Candice Bergen and her film Carnal Knowledge and says he supports her choices. Otto Kerner Jr. is indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery, mail fraud, tax evasion, perjury, and conspiracy linked to race track stock transactions during his governorship.
Econ columnist notes Federal Home Loan Bank Board forecast abundant mortgage funds and potential rate relief in 1972. Martin projects conventional rates stabilizing or easing slightly with current national mortgage commitments around 7.37 percent, down from 7.79 percent in November and far below August 1970’s 8.52 percent. The IRS requires prominent base price display. base price is the 90 day freeze level. Price Commission denies a 19 percent fertilizer price hike by Swift & Co. 52 other increases approved and totals reach 249 of 1,917 applications.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War organized protests at Philadelphia, Travis Air Force Base, and Liberty Island New York to pressure President Nixon for a definite Southeast Asia withdrawal date. At Philadelphia Betsy Ross home encampment ended after 45 minutes. at Travis 18 enlisted men occupied an ward for 10 hours. Liberty Island was closed to sightseers as the National Park Service sought an eviction order.
U S troop level in Vietnam down to 160000 as Robert Laird stresses protecting remaining forces while critics blame escalation. George McGovern condemns renewed bombing as quagmire deepens, Humphrey calls for total withdrawal date and end to bombing, while lawmakers press for a public address and congressional oversight of the air war. Laird cites 1968 accords violations and vows to reveal targets after bombing ends.
ST. LOUIS AP reports a Pinkerton guard was shot dead by an apparent robber on Tuesday morning on the grounds of the Masonic Home of Missouri in St Louis west end. Homicide detectives tentatively identify the victim as 43 year old Charles Hudson.
The State Department reports a 50 fold rise in heroin seizures in the first nine months of the year, with increases in other drugs. Customs plans high speed aircraft with sensors and ground support as part of a broader Narcotics Control effort led by Secretary Rogers.
Kansas City Philharmonic announced three cabaret style concerts for the 1972 season. One will be in Union Station main waiting room in Kansas City, with Jan 7 Feb 11 at Plaza Inn and March 10 at Union Station. Audience sits at tables as beverages are served throughout.
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