Weather and civic news wrap from Ledgerland area
Official morning readings show chilly start with 12 degrees, heavy snow warnings in Missouri, river stage updates for St Louis and Kansas City, and hospital admissions. The Newark Teachers Union votes to strike, signaling upheaval in the city’s 80,000-pupil school system.
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Market Down amid Winter Storm Before NYSE Open
Profit takers pushed stocks lower as the NYSE began trading late due to a winter storm. The noon Dow fell 8.97 to 966.31, with losers slightly ahead of gainers among NYSE listed issues. Westinghouse led volume, down 1.5 percent. Kaiser Industries topped Amex activity, up 0.44.
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84 Are Stuck For No Stickers
Mexico police issued 84 summonses Sunday for failure to have city automobile license stickers. This marks the start of strict enforcement of the city vehicle sticker ordinance. The 1976 car stickers were due Jan 1 and fines rise from 12.50 in February to 32.50 by June. About 5800 new stickers have been sold this year by the city clerk's office.
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Marcos calls global tax on rich nations for aid to poor
Manila. President Marcos urged taxing the world's rich to aid the poor and asked oil producers to share windfalls with less developed nations. He spoke at the opening of a meeting of developing countries forming a common position for UNCTAD in Nairobi. He urged transforming the Group of 77 into a more militant Third World economic system based on self reliance.
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Kenya
Marcos
CIA Funds Went To Holy Year Paper Says
Turin report claims CIA contributed 3 million dollars to the 1950 Holy Year. Vatican spokesman dismisses the tale as pure invention, noting American bishops and faithful may have aided pilgrims but the Vatican knows nothing of the money.
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Deaths of Leo Eisele and Mrs Brooksie Davis
Leo Eisele 69 of Route 4 Mexico died at home at 12 10 a m funeral 1 30 p m Wednesday Arnold Funeral Home Mexico Rev John Blass officiating burial Centralia Cemetery he was born Audrain County near Skinner on December 23 1906 married Gladys Dawson March 23 1927 surviving are two sons Deane Farber Dale Rush Hill a daughter Betty Thomas Quincy nine grandchildren seven great grandchildren visitation after 2 p m Tuesday Mrs Brooksie Davis 77 of Dallas formerly of Mexico died at Medical City Dallas funeral services pending Arnold Funeral Home Mexico born February 14 1898 in Columbia daughter of Andrew Price Lena Rummans Rummans married to George H Davis who died 1948 survivors three sons W E Mexico Harry L San Jose California Richard H Columbia a daughter Carol Ann Carrollton Texas 12 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren three sisters all Hannibal moved from Mexico 1964 to Phoenix then Texas to live with daughter she was a Baptist member.
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Arthur Brown
Edwin T. Brundege
Charles C. Thompson
Edna Gray
Heather J. Selsor
Russell Blakemore
Don Decker
Mexico
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Howard L. Buck
Arthur C. Berck
Centralia
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Ashley
Ahrens
Martinsburg
Claude Rutherford
Rush Hill
Morgan W. Berger
Wellsville
Tonya St. Clair
Benton City
Emmett Allison
Nell ¥. Scott
Maudean Ruebling
John W. Hagar
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McDonnold
Vandalia
Frank Boyd
Kirk Davis
Mary K. Brown
Auxvasse
Melville Hawkinson
Jerry Graves
Farber
Homer Frye
High Hill
C.J. Bigelow
Laddonia
Gary D. Byrd
Thompson
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Paul Bruns
Ted Iwasczuk
Fulton
David James
Dale Rutherford
Middletown
Earl Cain
Paris
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Robyne R. Morton
Ira Meyer
Montgomery City
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Abilene
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James Hagar
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Leo Eisele
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Hugh
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Betty) Thomas
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Charles M. Johnson 82 Dies At Paris
Charles M. Johnson 82 of Paris died at 10 30 p m Sunday in a local nursing home. Born March 1 1893 near Paris he was the son of Samuel and Emma Coppage Johnson. He married Mae Jarvis on October 10 1917 who died earlier. Surviving are a daughter Mildred Wilkerson of near Paris and two grandchildren. He was a retired farmer and a member of Oak Ridge Christian Church. Services are pending at Agnew Funeral Home.
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Pard) Johnson
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Mildred) Wilkerson
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Oak Ridge Christian Church
Death of Centralia man H C Jesse at 73
Howard Clayton Molly Jesse of Centralia dies at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico after Jan 26 hospitalization. Born Feb 17 1902 in Mexico, son of William C Jesse and Laura Belle Ware. Survived by wife Telma Claudine Wisdom, daughter Dorothy Elizabeth Betty Pool, three sons, siblings, 13 grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Meador and Son Funeral Chapel Centralia with Rev Robert Vegiard officiating. Burial Glendale Memorial Gardens Cemetery Centralia. Visitation prior to service.
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Molly) Jesse
Audrain Medical Center
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Telma Claudine Wisdom
Frank
Dorothy Elizabeth Betty) Pool
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Albert Lee
Louis Riley
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Thompson
James
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Sturgeon
Rites Tuesday For Walter Trower 59
Funeral services for Walter Leslie Trower 59 will be held Tuesday at Wilkey Funeral Home Perry. He died Friday at Veterans Hospital after WWII Navy service. Survived by Lena M. Goodhart Trower wife four sons two daughters two brothers one sister. Visitation after 4 p.m. today. Burial at Lick Creek Cemetery Perry.
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Sadie King Trower
Lena M. Goodhart Trower
Larry
Carl
Richard
Dennis
Vanda Allen
Sherry Trower
Robert Trower
Paul Eugene Trower
Opal Gilmore
Auxvasse
Gordon C. Campbell
Lick Creek
Services Today For Mrs Hubbard in Center
Funeral services were held at 2 p m at Wilkey Funeral Home Center for Pauline Hubbard 79 of Center who died Friday at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Paris The Rev Ed Harmp ton officiated She was born November 14 1896 in Ralls County to Jess and Lutacius Harlinger Rissmiller Her husband William Hubbard preceded her in death Surviving are a daughter Martha Weers of San Diego California two brothers Theodore Rissmiller and Clarence Rissmiller both of Center and several nieces and nephews
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Center
Pauline Hubbard
Pleasant View
Paris
Ed Harmpton
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Ralls County
Jess and
Lutacius Harlinger Rissmiller
William Hubbard
Martha Weers
San Diego
Calif
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Clarence Rissmiller
Gourley Dies in California at 47
William Walter Gourley, 47, died Saturday morning at Watsonville Community Hospital in Watsonville, California, after a heart attack. A former Vandalia resident, he was brother to Jay H. Gourley of Mexico and had many friends here. He leaves Juanita, six sons, two sisters in California, and a brother in Fort Worth, Texas. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at White's Mortuary with burial in Hecker's Pass Gardens in Watsonville.
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Watsonsville
Crash Victim Dies After Weekend Missouri Accidents
Four people were killed in Missouri traffic incidents over the weekend. Scottie Hartung, 18, of Macon, died Sunday night from injuries after a one car crash on U S 36 west of Clarence. The car’s driver was hospitalized with a thigh injury. Mr and Mrs George E Green of Centralia welcomed a daughter weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces born Sunday at 11 45 p m at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Green works for A B Chance Company in Miss Janet L Seckler, daughter of Mrs Eileen Seckler of Route 2 in Mexico, remains a patient at Eastwood Hospital in El Paso Texas admitted Jan 23.
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Centralia
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Mexico
Eastwood Hospital
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Texas
Hearst Court Opens Earlier To Speed Jury
San Francisco AP reports juror questioning for Patricia Hearst bank robbery trial to speed selection. Judge Carter plans an earlier court start and imposes a news ban on intensive questioning, with 16 of 36 prospects named and a jury of 12 plus four alternates to be chosen amid a looming second anniversary of Hearst's kidnapping.
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Prouty Name Chosen for Wilbraham Baby Richard Lewis Prouty
Mr and Mrs Lewis Prouty of Wilbraham Mass welcome their first child born at 9 30 a m The baby named Richard Lewis weighed nine pounds and 13% ounces Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Lowe of Mexico Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Richard Prouty of Holden Mass Father works for Springfield Savings.
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Foege Town miniatures in Audrain Room display
Museum folks highlight Foege Town by Mrs. Fred LaVerne Foege, a turn of the century miniature village. The display in the Audrain Room is open 2 to 5 pm Tuesdays through Fridays, inviting lingering visits. The note also covers a $300 Community Chest donation from Norfolk and Western Railroad and a mistaken highway accident report clarified as road spill from Boonville rendering firm.
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Rockwell Chief Says Contractor Influence Is Inconceivable
Rockwell International Corp president Robert Anderson told Congress that contracts cannot be won through lunches football tickets or lodge visits. Senator Proxmire cited evidence of contractor efforts to influence procurement. Northrop's Thomas V. Jones defended defined rules yet endorsed informal as well as formal communications with the Pentagon.
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Senate Consideration Shifts On Armed Criminal Action Amendments
On the last day of the session two amendments to a bill propose mandatory prison terms for armed criminal action. One sets a three year term, the other five years. Skelton failed last session to revise the criminal code amid delaying tactics. Other top Senate items include a hotel tax to boost tourism, constitutional amendments for disabled homestead exemptions, a new state court system, and raising St. Louis school tax levy limits.
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Debate over rice program bill and consumer protection measures
Congress halted debate on a rice grower program similar to wheat and cotton supports, proposing 8 dollar target price with payments if markets dip. Opponents cite unfairness to small farmers. Senate plans action on Truth in Lending Act expansions and anti discrimination in credit. House set to consider postcard voter registration, opposed by Republicans.
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Pike Charges Cover-up On Kissinger
Washington AP Chairman Otis G. Pike accuses Ford aides of blocking the House intelligence committee report to shield officials including Henry Kissinger. He asserts Kissinger was involved in covert actions. The panel votes to keep or release the report with Ford’s approval.
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Pravda Accuses Kissinger Over Angola Policy
The Soviet Union defends its Angola stance and accuses Henry Kissinger of falsifying Moscow’s position. Pravda criticizes his Congress testimony claiming the USSR and Cuba seek advantages, stating Soviets do not seek gains and are not engaged in armed fighting. Moscow backs MPLA with arms and Cuban troops.
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Walkeres Welcome Son at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Robert W Walker of Auxvasse welcomed a son weighing eight pounds fourteen ounces on Sunday at 12 28 p m at Audrain Medical Center The father is employed as a service manager at Roy Graham Mobile Sales in Auxvasse.
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