Weather Snapshot and Local Notices From The Daily Record
The Daily Record reports 7:00 a.m. weather with highs in the 30s to 40s across Missouri and Iowa border regions, light drizzle or snow possible, colder tonight with subfreezing lows, and a forecast of bitterly cold days ahead. It also lists hospital admissions, births, and dismissals across several towns, including Mexico, Laddonia, Wellsville, Paris, and Centralia, plus obituaries for Barbara Franz and George Landers.
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Ledgerland
Iowa
Bootheel
Public Safety Reports Of Friday Vehicle Incidents
Public safety logs show multiple Friday incidents. David Power reported a curb roll at Hardees East with minor vehicle damage and no summons. Edgar Sparks and Robert Ball collided at West Boulevard and Gray Street causing moderate Sparks damage and minor Ball damage. Hiroko King and Basil Tate collided at South Clark and West Liberty Streets with minor damage to both cars. Leonard McKinnon reported his parked pickup struck by an unidentified vehicle. Mrs. Alvin Fowler reported her Aldi lot car struck by an unknown vehicle. Deborah Allison and Vicki Rowe collided on Green Boulevard near Breckenridge Street with minor damage.
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David Power
Thompson
Hardees East
Edgar F. Sparks
Gray
Robert D. Ball
Route 4
West Boulevard
Gray Street
Hiroko King
Mary
Basil Anthony Tate
Auxgasse
South
Clark
West Liberty Streets
Leon McKinnon
Bass
Alvin Fowler
Farber
Aldi’s Market
Hast Liberty St
Deborah Kay Allison
Vicki Darlene Rowe
1709
Westminster
Green Boulevard
Breckenridge Street
Market report signals mixed commodity and stock activity
The Markets section lists yesterday’s cash grain prices for soybeans at 5.81, wheat 2.54, corn 2.02, and mila 2.60 from Fowles Grain Co. Laddonia, plus over the counter bank quotes and NYSE closings for firms including Robbie Brooks, Combustion Engineering, Dresser Industries, Emerson Electric, Interco, Kaiser Aluminum, Panhandle Eastern, Ralston Purina, US Gypsum, and Wal Mart. Dow Jones Friday close stood at 831.17.
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Fowles Grain Co
Laddonia
Mercantile Bank Corp
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson
Community baby contest prizes listed for first twins
The excerpt lists prizes for the first baby of each gender in a community baby contest. Rewards include gifts from Commerce Bank Westlake Hardware Cline's Furniture Hatfield Service Safford Shoe Family Shoe Store Mud Puddle Riley Tire Center Baker Packing Audrain County Parkettes Kroger Pilcher Jewelry Little Dixie Drive-In Village Cheese and Wine plus free services and food items.
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Commerce Bank
Westlake Hardware
Cline’s Furniture Co
Hatfield
Safford Shoe Store
Riley Tire Center
Baker Packing Co
Vicki's
Smiley’s
Audrain County Parkettes
Kroger
Pilcher Jewelry
Little Dixie Drive-In
Village Cheese
Basques Win Home Rule After Long Struggle
Premier Suarez's government grants home rule to Vizcaya Alava and Guipuzcoa after a 10 hour cabinet meeting. The Basque provinces gain a four member general council and Navarra voters may join the Basque council by referendum. Provisional restoration awaits a new Spanish constitution.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Francisco Franco
ETA
Basque Land and Liberty
Vizcaya
Alava
Guipuzcoa
Navarra
Basque Council
Dancer Falls and Cello Break in Nutcracker Scene
Atlanta audience gasps as dancer David Graniero survives a fall into the orchestra pit while a cello from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra sustains a broken neck. Police probe Basque thefts as Spain moves toward democracy under Suarez.
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Atlanta
David Graniero
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Mrs Katherine Walker Dies At 90 In Kansas City
Katherine Walker, 90, of Kansas City died in the Baptist Memorial Hospital. She formerly lived in Mexico at 620 Robin Hood and spent most of her life there. Born July 27, 1887, she is survived by husband Thomas B. Walker of Kansas City, son Allen G. Walker of Independence, and brother Richard Squires of Centralia. Services are pending at Arnold Funeral Home.
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Katherine Walker
Kansas City
The
Baptist Memorial
Mrs Franz Of Hatton Dies At 84
Barbara W Franz 84 of Hatton died Friday at 12 32 pm at Audrain Medical Center after several weeks as a patient. Born February 24 1693 in Baritas Hungary she was the daughter of Anton and Maria Klein Weimann. Survived by son Robert S Franz Luzerne PA. Services Friday 1 pm at St Peter Catholic Church Fulton. Burial Callaway Memorial Gardens Fulton. Browning Debo Funeral Home Fulton in charge.
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Barbara W. Franz
Hatton
Audrain Medical Center
Baritas
Hungary
Anton and
Maria Klein Weimann
Robert Franz
Franz
Robert S. Franz
Luzerne
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Fulton
Bob Chenoweth
Callaway Memorial Gardens
Browning-Debo Funeral Home
George W. Landers Dies At 84 In Vandalia
George W. Landers 84 of 312 East State Vandalia died at 5 40 a m at Audrain Medical Center where he had been a patient since December 16 He was born August 5 1892 near Mokane and married Nora Humphrey July 27 1918 in Mexico Audrain County courthouse Survived by wife Nora two sons R M Pete Landers Vandalia Russell Henry Landers Marshall four daughters Georgia Barker Middletown Faye Smith Vandalia Goldie Gaw Laddonia Minnie Chism Laddonia and a number of grandchildren Services Monday at 2 p m place to be announced Burial in Wellsville Cemetery Visitation Sunday 7 to 9 Waters Funeral Home Vandalia
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George Walter Landers
E. State
Vandalia
Audrain Medical Center
Mokane
Nora Humphrey
Mexico
Audrain County
R.M
Pete) Landers
Russell Henry Landers
Marshall
Georgia Barker
Middletown
Faye Smith
Goldie Gaw
Minnie Chism
Laddonia
Wellsville Cemetery
Waters Funeral Home
Wilford Keele Dies Rites To Be Monday
Wilford R Keele 1 of Wellsville died Friday at his home after a six year illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Myers Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Hodkins officiating. Burial in Montgomery City Cemetery. Calling hours 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Born November 3, 1891 in Montgomery County to Clinton and Elizabeth Keele. First marriage to Anna Hooke in 1916, she died in 1956. Married Anna Appling September 1, 1962. Survived by son John Wilford Keele and five stepchildren plus grandchildren.
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Wellsville
Wilford R. Keele
Myers Funeral Home
Robert Hodkins
Montgomery City
Mr. Keele
Montgomery County
Clinton
Elizabeth Hayden Keele
Anna E. Hooke
Anna Appling
John Wilford Keele
Phillip Sayers
Germany
Patricia Reiser
St. Louis
James Sayers
Washington
Gene Sayers
California
John Sayers
Harrisburg
Charles Covington Dies In Ironton
Charles Ruffin Covington, 85, a farmer from Callaway and Montgomery Counties who retired to New Florence, died Tuesday at the Home for Aged Baptists in Ironton. Born Aug. 6, 1882, he married Ella Joyce in 1906 and Gertrude Jones in 1929. Survived by two sons, a daughter, two step daughters, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. A stepson and four sisters preceded him in death.
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Charles Ruffin Covington
Callaway
Montgomery
New Florence
Aged Baptists
Ironton
Callaway County
Richard
Nancy Covington
Ella Joyce
Gertrude Jones
Home For
New
Audit faults Missouri fuel aid program duplicate payments
A Missouri state audit criticizes an emergency fuel assistance program, finding weak controls that could lead to duplicate payments and ineligible recipients. The effort distributed 5.8 million dollars in federal funds to aid poor families with fuel bills, with an estimated 87 thousand dollars in duplicate payments in one phase, of which over half was recovered.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Department of Social Services
Tom Keyes
Social Services
Department
Auld Lang Syne signals year end in New York
AP reports that New Year’s Eve will feature Auld Lang Syne performed at the Waldorf Astoria for the 49th year without Guy Lombardo. The piece traces origins from Burns to bagpipes, with comments from Scotland’s embassy staff and scholars on nostalgia and renewal. Also notes birth of Orville Lee Nichols III in Wellsville at Audrain Medical Center.
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Washington
Scotland
Beethoven
Robert Burns
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Guy Lombardo
Victor
Burns
June Smith
Miss Spitzner Rites Monday
Funeral services for Miss Bessie Spitzner 65 will be held Monday at 1 30 p m at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home. The Rev Jerry Ostrom and the Rev Marvin Jones will conduct the service with burial at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Bessie Spitzner
Precht-Pickering
Jerry Ostrom
Centennial Baptist Church
Marvin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Miss Spitzner
Ledford
Edward and
Fannie Sanders Spitzner
Chillicothe
Services Today For Mrs Ila Brown
Funeral services for Ila Brown 89 of Auxvasse were held at Auxvasse Christian Church with Rev Paul Meyer officiating. Pallbearers included Wells Van Wyngarden Alan Van Wyngarden Danny Shyrack Joe Shyrack Mike Boulware and Don Boulware. Burial followed in Auxvasse Cemetery with Arnold Funeral Home in charge.
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Ila Brown
King’s Daughters Home
Auxvasse Christian Church
Paul Meyer
Wells van Wyngarden
Alan van Wyngarden
Danny Shyrack
Joe Shyrack
Mike Boulware
Don Boulware
Auxvasse
Arnold
Ford To Appear In St. Louis Fundraising Reception
Former President Ford will be the guest of honor at a Republican fundraising reception at the Marriott Hotel in St. Louis on February 19. State GOP officials say the event aims to raise money for 1978 party candidates.
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ST. Louis
Ford
Marriott Hotel
GOP
Monday Ledgerland Station Listings and Highlights
Parades host Cotton Bowl Festival Parade at 9 a.m. on dates 4 7 and 13 with comic strips. Tournament of Roses Parade previews on 5 8 10 at 9 and 11 at 9 30, grand marshal Gerald Ford. Sugar Bowl featuring Ohio State and Alabama at 1 p.m. on dates 2 3 and 17, Notre Dame vs Texas in Cotton Bowl on 4 7 and 13, Rose Bowl coverage at 3 30 on 5 8 and 10. Includes TV schedule blocks for morning to late night with many programs and movies.
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William Conrad
Shields
Yarnell
Gerald Ford
Ohio State
Alabama
Notre Dame
Texas
Michigan
Nashville
CBS News
Capit Kroom
MacNeil-Lehrer
Flintstones
Washington
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Lee Remick
Maude
Philemon
Jolson
Flipper
Mr. Rogers
Electric Co
Jeannie
Beaver
Mary Tyler Mo
ABC
Sesame St
Gomer
NBC Reports and Lipchitz Profile Dominates Evening Lineup
NBC airs a three hour medical program exploring family doctors versus specialists with Edwin Newman guiding the discussion while Jacques Lipchitz is profiled. The schedule lists soaps, game shows, cartoons, news casts, and late night features across ABC NBC and CBS, including MASH and The Devil's Daughter.
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America
NBC
Edwin Newman
Jacques Lipchitz
Hawkeye
B. J
Gomer
Weatherscan
Donahue
Dick Cavett
Cross-Wits
Dick van Dyke
Fernwood
Fish
Hollywood
Mary de Moore
Lou Grant
St. Louis
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Nona D. Admire
Robert Goff
Ruth E. Byram
Narvel
Allen Young
William R Sneed
Centralia
Deann L. Colley
James 0. Sheets
George L. Heck
Enne A. Korpal
van- Nia
Raymond L. Springman
Dewey L. Hooke
Curryville
Larry
Canton
William Cunningham
Claude Straube
Cleo Lunceford
Woodrow Hilbert
Stoutsville
Mable Wilhelmi
Tina Wyatt
Mollie Heckart
Paris
Michael Sell
Monroe City
Patricia Terry
Robert Motley
Roger Atkinson
George Baumgartner Jr
Donna Curtis
William Sneed
Teresa Saunders
Barbara Franz
George Landers
Public Safety Agencies
Commerce Banc
Dancer
Cello
Franco
Juan Carlos
Suarez
Franz of
George W. Landers
Wilford Keele
Charles Covington
Menaham Begin
Left
Israel
Begin
Jerusalem
Ezer Weizman
Shimon Peres
Knesset
David Daiches
Smith
Orville Nichols
Orville Lee Nichols
Orville L. Nichols Jr
Laddonla
Nichols
Mrs. Brown
PTL Club
Phil Donahu
Pyramid
Ryan
Mister Moses
Robert Mitchum
Carroll Baker
David Janssen
James Farentino
Ursula Andress
Charles Boyer
Edward G. Robinson
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Goulet
Hell
Frank Lovejoy
Uares
Wild Kingdom
MacNeil & Lehrer
Mary Hartman
Three Sons
Police Story
Adam
Stee
Chicago
Sanford & So & Woman's World Electric Co
Hollywood Squares
Financial Observer
Young Restless
Ryan's T
Mickey Mous
Progra Weathersean
All My Child
One Life
Guiding
Mike Douglas
Medical Center
Brady Kids
Merv Griffin
Bewitched
Sanford
Charles
Yehudi
Hephzibah
Yaltah
Menuhin
Willa Cather
Shelley Winters
Belinda Montgomery
Bugs Bunny
Dinah
Family Feu
Big Valley
Partridge
Gilligan
Cartoons
Batman
Emergency
Get Smart
Showtime
Brady
Beverly Hill
Mary Tyler
CBS
ABC News
Hocum
Tyrone Powers
Robert Blake
Greer Garson
Gregory Peck
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