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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1973
Page
9
Official 7:00 a.m readings show highs in the 60s, lows around 31 with a February rainfall tally of 40 inches month to date. Forecasts call for partly cloudy sky, fog tonight, and Tuesday with highs in the 40s to 50s, plus Missouri and Kansas City region notes on dams, deaths, public safety reports, and routine hospital admissions and dismissals.
Funeral services for Robert Dale Bradley aged 10 were held Sunday at the Fenton funeral chapel led by Rev. Donald Mattson of the First Christian Church with burial at Glendale Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were classmates Jeff Ausmus Wayne Kemper Larry Dale Prater Wesley Wilkerson Junior Wilkerson and Dean Wilkerson.
Word arrives of the death of Mrs. Rolla Virgil Sparks of Blackwell Oklahoma. She was sister-in-law to Sapp and a member of District No. 13. Funeral services and burial are set for 2 p.m. today at Audrain County court. In another item, Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Twitchell of Auxvasse announce the birth of a daughter at Audrain Medical Center at 9:49 a.m. Saturday, weighing eight pounds ten ounces.
Former Playboy bunny Joyce Williams says she did not realize the drink given by Robin Cranston, son of Sen Len Cranston, contained hallucinogens at the time. Williams, 23, testified Thursday as the trial continued.
In cautious New York trading the Dow Jones average rose 0.38 to 981.19 after an earlier peak of 983.67. Advancing issues led 639 to 588, with light buying centered on blue chips. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. jumped 18 percent following Gulf & Western’s tender offer and suit accusing its statements of SEC rule violations.
The SEC cleared a shift from fixed to variable life insurance allowing gains tied to stock growth while guaranteeing a minimum return. The change aims to combat inflation and competition from equities, appealing to a wealthier, educated public. Commissions dynamics may shift as federal rules apply to disclosures but not full regulation.
SAN FRANCISCO AP reports Harry Bridges months long effort to merge his West Coast Longshore union with the Teamsters collapsed over dockworkers demands for autonomy.
Edgar Dunbar Stafford 81, farmer north of Vandalia, died suddenly of a massive stroke at his home. Services were held at First Baptist Church with burial in Vandalia Cemetery. Survived by Mae Fowler Stafford, a son, a brother, a sister-in-law, and several in-laws and cousins.
Funeral services for Mrs Martha L Nichols aged 74 of 321 N Wade St were to be this afternoon at Precht Pickering funeral home with Rev Frank L Park of First Baptist Church officiating Interment was to be at Elmwood Cemetery Pallbearers named Albert Biggers Sam P Oliver Donnie Nichols Thomas W Talley Jr Wiley Talley and Homer Webster
Lena Hull was to be laid to rest at 2 pm today at Arnold funeral home with Rev. Jerry Ostrom of Centennial Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery with organ music by Mrs. John W. Willer and pallbearers Bill Stubblefield Roy Hull Virgil Miller Gerald Ricker Bill Cullom Brad Hulse.
Last rites for Earl Kindig were conducted this morning at Arnold funeral home by evangelist James Randall of Love Street Christian Church. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery with organ music by Mrs. John W. Willer. Pallbearers were Harold Quinlan, George Warner, Wesley Pehle, Hume Smith, James Mundy and Fintey Stumpf.
Troy Miller, 76, prominent Moberly resident noted in Mexico, died recently in Moberly. She served twice as president of the Missouri Branch of the International Order of King's Daughters and Sons and had visited in Mexico attending many KD meetings. Survived by her husband, a daughter Mrs. Robert Hasson of Redwood City, Calif., plus two sisters and two brothers.
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Hampton returned home from Henryetta Oklahoma after attending the funeral Thursday for Alma Dilley who died Monday.
Don Bolli, Mexico Public Safety Chief, said about 78 fines totaling 12.50 dollars have been issued since the Feb 1 deadline for city stickers. The airport security plan at Lambert-St Louis International added 13 guards to reach 39, with training and a daily cost of about 350 dollars.
The January index of prices received by Missouri farmers was 155 percent of the 1967 average, up eight points from December and well above 122 percent a year earlier. Livestock and livestock products stood at 160 percent, up 11 points over December and 30 points from January 1972, with meat animals rising 13 points, dairy products up two, and poultry and eggs up five. All crop prices rose two points from December, with food grains up but feed grains and hay down, oil bearing crops up four, and tobacco up one. Hog prices rose $2.00 and corn fell four cents. the January wormhog ratio rose to 21.7, up two points from December and 1.2 points from January 1972. The U.S. index rose seven points to 144 percent of the 1967 average.
The National Safety Council urged the beverage industry to add warning labels on cans and bottles about impairment from excess drinking. President Howard Pyle cited alcohol as a factor in about half of an estimated 56,700 traffic deaths in 1972. Thomas J. Vonovan of Licensed Beverage Industries challenged the idea, noting no evidence labels would work and stressing most users drink safely.
Cindy works as Kaiser's first woman brick setter in a male dominated plant. She operates presses to form bricks weighing up to 70 pounds with some runs producing four bricks at a time. She stacks bricks on kiln cars, weighs every few pieces for density, and endures soreness from heavy lifting while balancing shift work and pay.
Mrs. Jewell Null of 4035 South Clark Street entered Audrain Medical Center on January 4 and has now been moved to Coldwell Nursing Home for continued care.
Senate investigations will expand beyond the Watergate burglary case to probe espionage and sabotage tied to the 1972 campaign. Sen. Kennedy reported indications of a wider spying program with a key participant in contact with the White House, and an independent Ervin-led panel prepares for subpoena power as hearings loom.
Washington AP reports Congress opens a long review of tax preferences with former Treasury official Stanley Surrey urging that many loopholes are really spending methods. He warns that public outcry would be deafening if fully known and that losing loopholes could threaten the tax system, while Mills cautions against expecting sweeping cuts or windfalls from closing them.
Washington hears a warning from business leaders at a Chamber of Commerce conference that Phase 3 price and wage controls require rapid and forceful enforcement against early violations of voluntary standards. John Meehan says the Cost of Living Council must set examples early to curb excesses as unions push for higher wages.
Former Mexico resident Mrs. Wilmetta Boyd of Hannibal recalls her first assignment at the Missouri Employment Service in Mexico in 1935. She notes supplying a live-in babysitter for Kit Bond, the future Missouri governor, at the Bond home and reflects on a 37 year nine month career with the agency.
Mrs Elmore Slonaker of 528 Yale Street is listed as resting comfortably at Audrain Medical Center after a fall at Mexico United Methodist Church. She fractured her left shoulder when she missed the last step from the altar.
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