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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1972
Page
7
Report covers last 24 hours highs and lows, forecast of snow totals, travel warnings in Missouri and Kansas City area, lake levels, recent hospital admissions and births, police and court notes, and national stockyards cattle and hog receipts with price ranges. Includes police incidents, traffic accidents, and domestic notices from Audrain and surrounding areas.
Missouri livestock reports note hog and cattle bids with varied weights and prices. Chicago wheat futures advance in early dealings, while corn and soybeans mixed. New York stocks rise with the Dow at noon and several sectors higher.
Fred G. Hughes of the Little Hoover Commission called the Missouri Senate’s inaction on state modernization a sad state of affairs. After Sen. Spradling said two constitutional amendments to reorganize state government are dead, Hughes urged a coordinating board with broad powers over higher education to revitalize executive reform.
Jefferson City Missouri Governor Hearnes announced banker and attorney John M McIlroy of Bowling Green will serve as 9th Congressional District chairman for the Citizens for Muskie Campaign. Hearnes along with Senators Symington and Eagleton endorsed Edmund S Muskie last October.
Claude Pipkin, 64, died at his Laddonia home. He served as city collector for years. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Laddonia Christian Church with Rev. Marvin Jones and Rev. Jerry Steeden. burial in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Mexico. Visitation after 2 p.m. Friday at Wilkey-Bienhoff funeral home. Born Oct. 17, 1907, to Edgar and Ida Pipkin. Survived by wife Mildred, two daughters Sandra Primus of Martinsburg and Cynda Foreman of Rush Hill, five grandchildren, and his mother and brother of St. Louis. Memorials to Audrain Medical Center coronary unit.
Funeral services were held at Arnold Funeral Home for Miss Liza Ann Wilkerson age 100. The Rev. George B. Wraith officiated with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery Paris.
Springfield residents Margaret Bodine and James A. Woodruff were charged with grand theft after police recovered Lincoln artifacts including two tintype photographs of Abraham Lincoln from a Springfield residence. The items, said to have been stolen over months from Lincolnland Library, include Brady era Lincoln images.
Pat Nixon bought spring and summer clothes while staying at the Pierre Hotel New York. Designers say pieces suit campaigning, with plans to wear similar outfits on upcoming Moscow and Peking trips. She notes she finished shopping for those international journeys and that the current buys are for U S spring and summer travel.
Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe designated 12 localities as economic growth centers eligible for increased federal aid for highway construction. Jefferson City and Sedalia, Missouri, were named for their potential to spur development and show how highways revitalize rural and small communities. The federal match rises to as much as 70 percent of project costs, up from 50 percent.
A Los Angeles superior court judge awarded Phillippe de Vossoli, former chief of French intelligence in the United States, 352350 against author Leon Uris for breach of contract over royalties from the best selling novel Topaz. The ruling stems from an agreement to share royalties from the espionage tale. De Vossoli had claimed Uris broke the deal, prompting the damages.
The Montgomery City council approved a new gas rate schedule effective Feb 1 raising rates for residential, medium and heavy users. The residential tiers start at 1.50 per MCF for the first 1000 and descend to 0.95 beyond 10,000. A 10 cent increase applies after the first 10,000 for medium users and after 50,000 for heavy users. For 10,000 cubic feet, a resident pays 11.75. medium commercial uses pay 9 and vary with usage.
Saigon AP reports two Americans were killed in action last week with 31 wounded, plus seven nonhostile deaths. Combat deaths declined to 205 government soldiers killed, while wounded rose to 718. Total allied casualties: American 45,646 KIA, 302,602 WIA, 10,065 nonhostile deaths.
Evangelist Billy Graham announced at a news conference that he plans to visit Attica state prison in New York, where 43 inmates and guards died in last year’s insurrection. He said inmates invited him after hearing him on the radio and that he would be happy to go at some future time.
GLYNDON Minnesota AP- ice harvesting nears its end as 250 tons are cut from Canary Lake by Andy Dolence a Fargo service station owner who hopes to build ice truck routes. Bruce Christensen the last major harvester plans 8500 tons this year yet is exiting the business citing dwindling demand and nostalgia for a vanishing era.
The University of Oklahoma declined to recognize the Gay Liberation Front saying recognition will not be granted until overruled by higher authorities. Campus discussions followed efforts to gain official university approval for the group.
ST LOUIS report says an FBI agent advised Harrisburg owner Nachman M. Gerber against renting space to the Harrisburg Defense Committee, tied to the Harrisburg Seven trial. Gerber later rented the office at half price after consulting a respected lawyer J Thomas Menaker. The building sits near the federal courthouse where Rev. Philip Berrigan and six others face conspiracy charges.
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