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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1977
Page
10
A fragmentary weather note reports temperatures and conditions for the day and upcoming days. It mentions high 80s, low 30s to 40s, sunshine likely, and cooler tonight. Also references rain in Missouri and clearing trends with variable wind.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures from Monday through Wednesday. Lows will be in the teens and highs in the 30s. Little or no precipitation is expected.
List of admissions and dismissals including Herbert A. Peak Miss Rachie Bi Munford James W Rutter Henry G 5nwalt Harold Li Paradiests B Watta Robert G Dishman Elmer G Stetedmont Howard C Russell George D Surls Norma Dale Dunlap Perry Mrs Della M Abdérson Paris ott Harold Berrey Thompson Mrs George Harlow and others. Born to DanC Botts Route 4 at 4 57 am. Dismissals include Miss Tracey Parrish Mrs Robert Rodgers Miss Vera Britt and many listed names.
A Friday afternoon traffic crash on Clark Street near Boulevard led to a summons for Bernice Gilbert after her vehicle hit a pickup driven by Vernon Chcard and a third party. Several incidents followed including a second non summons accident, purse theft report, egg damage prank, a fire at Mc-Con Construction, and a highway patrol DUI arrest. Sheriff’s office handled thefts and burglaries in Vandalia and Mexico with multiple items recovered and ongoing investigations into hog thefts.
Magistrate Frank T. Johns Jr pleads guilty to driving without valid plates and is fined 25 dollars. Elmer Lee Stuart pleads guilty to driving on the left side and is fined 40 dollars plus court costs. Others include speeding fines 14, 20, and 40 dollars. charged individuals for intoxicated driving, theft, and assault. Audrain Cooperative Association sues Russell Unger for 12790.40 on a sale of goods. Robert Lee and Linda Snedden's marriage is dissolved. Mary Louis and John Brian Flood seek dissolution.
Prices from MFA and Fowles Grain Co. show soybeans 7.08, wheat 2.42 or 2.43, corn 2.40 or 2.34, milo 3.55 or 3.50. OTC bids and asks include Commerce Banc 25/26, Mercantile Bank 28/30, Wetterau 17/18. NYSE notes Robbie Brooks 3, Combustion Eng 49, Dresser 39, Emerson 32, Interco 41, Kaiser 34, Panhandle Eastern 43, Ralston Purina 16, US Gypsum 25/28, Walmart 13. Dow Jones at 931.52.
Air pollution from seal oil and whale blubber lamp fumes caused a severe lung condition in a 1,000 year old Eskimo woman found on St. Lawrence Island. Autopsy by Dr. Michael Zimmerman noted emphysema and coronary atherosclerosis with well preserved internal organs. The body was found by three brothers in 1972 and later shipped to the University of Alaska for study.
Police stormed Madrid apartments and rescued Lt Gen Emilio Villaescusa and Antonio Maria de Oriol seized Dec 11. Four GRAPO ringleaders arrested, over 20 others detained as Suarez pushes reform while violence claims lives.
The Ledger notes an unsigned letter attributed to Reece Maupin of 709 Yale St appeared in yesterday's Open Forum. The paper normally omits unsigned letters except in special cases. Maupin’s name vanished from the pasted editorial page by accident. Mrs Strode Edwards recalls seeing geese flying northwest from the southeast around 6 yesterday as spring approaches.
Chester, Tl AP A prisoner McKinley Driver 19 serving 75 to 150 years for murder in police officer David Farnsworth’s death collapsed during a basketball game at Menard State Penitentiary and died on arrival at Chester Memorial Hospital. An autopsy was planned. His brother Eddie 23 also involved was serving a long sentence.
County court appointed and elected road commissioners across districts. Tim Hagan, James Sharp, Jess Sammons, Edward Nation, Dick Pilliard, Danny Barnes and others receive three year terms. two year and one year terms assigned to additional appointees like Joe K. Gaw and Burton Hooke. Names span Vandalia Laddonia Mexico Rush Hill Benton City Skinner Skull Lick Thompson Saling districts and No 1 No 2 districts with multiple three two and one year terms.
Moscow Pravda, the official Communist party newspaper, tells Western nations to stop interfering in dissident actions. It warns dissidents could be arrested or imprisoned, dismisses Western concern as a slander campaign, and accuses the United States of meddling in Soviet internal affairs.
Washington AP reports Senatorial scrutiny rises as Paul Warnke, nominee to lead the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and to negotiate with Russia, faces a second Senate committee inquiry. He previously testified before the Foreign Relations Committee and now appears before the Armed Services panel, with votes anticipated Feb. 22. Opponents, including Nitze, assert Warnke’s arms views are inconsistent.
U S envoy Andrew Young returning from a 10 day trip to Africa says African leaders favor a united approach before resuming talks with Ian Smith on Rhodesia majority rule. He met Nz Nyerere Kaunda Neto and Obasanjo and praised Carter’s low key approach and no aid leverage.
Rivermen continue ice removal on the Mississippi River as tow boats crack a three mile ice gorge north of Cairo Illinois. About nine barges have sunk or run aground in frozen areas hampering progress. Officials expect milder temperatures to aid breaking the 83 mile gorge, potentially by Monday.
Services for Lonnie Smith aged 71 of 904 W will be Sunday at the funeral home with Rev Delbert Admire officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation starts after 2 p.m. today with an Odd Fellows service at 7 30 p.m.
Missouri lawmakers push 'get tough' crime bills amid warnings of prison crowding. Officials say rapid growth and site opposition complicate new facility plans. Mandatory life terms for drug pushers and other penalties aim to deter crime while communities fear escapes.
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