Local Weather reports and various traffic incidents
A Daily Record weather note covers a past day with juvenile suspects in a pasture incident near Fairgrounds Street. Police logged a collision in Jay’s IGA lot and a second street crash on Bolivar Street. Highway Patrol issued a summons after a passing confrontation. Magistrate Court actions include waivers and fines. Market updates from Chicago and National Stockyards, plus New York stock activity, conclude the item.
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Fairgrounds St
Edward J. Murphy
N. Jefferson St
George N. Johnson
Jay
IGA
Highway Patrol
Baysinger Corner
Highway 54
Clifford Leroy Wilkinson
Louisiana
Wilkinson
Weather Update And Local Police Reports In Missouri City
Official 7:00 a.m readings show fair, cool tonight with a low mid 20s. Wednesday sunny and warmer, highs in the 40s to mid 50s. 5 percent precip tonight and 10 percent Wednesday. Missouri river stage readings list several towns. hospital admissions include multiple names. births, marriages, dismissals, and a fire at 1015 E Anderson reported. Police report dog bite incident at 1215 Curtis St and dog owner advised to pen the animal for 14 days.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Louis
Jefferson City
Hermann
Hannibal
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Quincy
Ed Hobelman
Kentucky
Curtis St
Sully Hightower
Richard Sewell
Dean Martin Seeks Divorce in Superior Court
Hollywood AP report shows singer Dean Martin, 54, filing for divorce from Jeanne Rieggers Martin after 22 years of marriage citing irreconcilable differences. The couple separated in 1969 with publicized relationships involving Gail Renshaw and Kathy Hawn. Mrs. Martin is his second wife with three children from the marriage and four from his first.
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Hollywood
Dean Martin
Superior Court
Jeanne Rieggers Martin
Martin
Gail Renshaw
Kathy Hawn
Ford reports 1971 profits near record high
Ford Motor Co. reports 1971 profits totaling 657 million dollars, its second-best year in history. Earnings per share were 6.18, trailing only 1965's 6.33 and 703 million dollar record, with sales expected to remain above 1970 levels.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Mitchell resigns as attorney general to back Nixon’s re election
Mitchell announces his departure from the Cabinet to devote efforts to re election of President Nixon. He becomes the fifth Nixon appointee to resign, with reports of John B. Connally possibly leaving. Louis Patrick Gray III is slated to replace Kleindienst and Gray’s background includes service as executive assistant to HEW Secretary Robert Finch.
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Nixon
Mitchell
Treasury
John B. Connally
Ziegler
Texas
Kleindienst
Harvard Law School
Phoenix
Justice Department
Congress
Louis Patrick Gray III
Gray
Robert Finch
Chaplin's Name Added to Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood directors vote 33 to 3 to place Charlie Chaplin on the Walk of Fame after a 14 year snub. A Ronald Button says the decision pleases him, despite past opposition citing Chaplin's political views and citizenship changes. The move follows Chaplin’s upcoming requested Oscar return and Academy plans to honor him.
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Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Chaplin
A. Ronald Button
Chamber
Button
United States
Motion Picture Academy
Switzerland
John Kingsley
Ood
America
Kingsley
Deaths in Brookfield, Mrs Grey, 70, dies after weeks in hospital
Mrs. E B Grey, 70, died in a Brookfield hospital after several weeks of illness. She is survived by her daughter Mrs. Charles Padgett of Kansas City and another daughter Mrs. Rosalee Keller of Brookfield, plus seven grandchildren. Her son Lawrence was killed on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home with burial in Parson Creek cemetery.
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Charles Padgett
H. Jackson St
Brookfield
E. EB. Grey
Grey
Mr. Grey
Lawrence
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Service Held For Sara Adams
Memorial services were held in Atascadero California for Sara Ann Adams aged 20 months. She died February 12. Survivors include her mother Mrs Roger Greene of Atascadero and C W Adams of Bakersfield. Also two sisters Jeanne and Dee Adams, and grandparents Mrs Mary Adams of Mexico and Mr and Mrs Carl H Bachmann of Piedmont California.
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Atascadero Calif
Sara Ann Adams
Roger Greene
Atascadero
C.W. Adams
Bakersfield
Calif
Jeanne
Dee Adams
Mary Adams
Mexico
Carl H. Bachmann
Piedmont
Ernest L. White Funeral Services Held
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Arnold Funeral Home for Ernest L. White, 78, of Route 1, Mexico. The Rev. Marvin Jones of Friendship Baptist Church officiated. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. John Willer played organ. Pallbearers were Charles Rolle Marvin Griffith Dale Sumpter Vernon Helwig Edward Hutsel and Hubert Rose.
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Arnold Funeral Home
Ernest L. White
Route 1
Mexico
Marvin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
East Lawn Memorial Park
John Willer
Charles Rolle
Marvin ©. Griffith
Dale Sumpter
Vernon Helwig
Edward Hutsel
Hubert Rose
City Council Honored For Five Years Of Service
Mr. Dillard praised the council for exemplary work adding the city of Mexico is fortunate to have professional assistance in running it. Cass Wilhoit of Woodmen of the World presented a US flag to city hall saying Woodmen will supply flags when needed.
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Dillard
Council
City of
Mexico
Cass Wilhoit
Insurance Company
of Woodmen of the World
Nixon visit outlined cultural shows and banquets in China
Ziegler said Nixon probably will tour the Great Wall Ming tombs and Forbidden City while Mrs. Nixon may visit a children s hospital a commune a glass ware factory and historical sites. The delegation flies to Hangchow February 26 for West Lake boat tour a banquet then Shanghai February 27 for an industrial exhibition and another banquet, returning February 28 via Anchorage.
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Chou
Nixon
Ziegler
Great Wall
Ming Tombs
Forbidden City
Temple of Heavenly Peace
Hangchow
West Lake
Shanghai
Washington
Anchorage
Alaska
White House
Nixon-Malraux
Oval
Mao
Malraux
Pearl Bailey Hospitalized After Heart Attack
Pearl Bailey, the singer, is reported in good condition after a heart attack. A spokesman said she remains hospitalized and stable today.
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Hollywood
Pearl Bailey
High Costs Close Down Chase Club in St Louis
High costs end the Chase Club at Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St Louis after decades hosting stars like Jimmy Durante Sophie Tucker Frank Sinatra and Liberace Opening as a venue in the late 1930s it closed this week to become a restaurant and banquet facility Hotel president Harold Koplar recalls a heyday when acts were booked regularly but rising TV payments and Las Vegas style gambling competitive pressures ended the club line.
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ST. Louis
Chase Club
St. Louisans
Jimmy Durante
Sophie Tucker
Frank Sinatra
Chase Park Plaza
Harold Koplar
Liberace
Koplar
Vegas
Meeting chairman 1970 71 Ledgers and silver Beaver awards
A meeting chairman for 1970 71 notes several Scouting leaders receiving the silver Beaver award. Recipients include Samuel Groff of Mexico 1948 Stanley E Green Mexico Fred A Zimmann Wellsville 1954 Rev W E Longstreth Montgomery City 1954 Robert Brandkamp Sr Montgomery City 1964 Henry Danuser Fulton 1966 Nathan A Toulson Centralia 1967 Walter Moore Jr Mexico Frank Westlake Moberly 1968 Dr F A Barnett Paris 1969 Harold Case Fulton and William J Couch Centralia 1971.
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Samuel Groff
Mexico
Stanley E. Green
Fred A. Zimmann
Wellsville
W.E. Longstreth
Montgomery City
Robert Brandkamp Sr
Henry Danuser
Fulton
Nathan A.toulson
Centralia
Walter Moore Jr
First child born to Sara Lynn Vernon family in Litchfield
Mr and Mrs Glenn Vernon of Litchfield Illinois welcome their first daughter born Monday at 5 20 pm named Sara Lynn Vernon. The baby weighs 8 pounds 2 ounces. Grandparents are Norval Speidel of Mexico and Roscoe Vernon of Jacksonville Missouri.
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Glenn Vernon
Litchfield, Ill
Sara Lynn Vernon
Norval Speidel
Mexico
Roscoe Vernon
Jacksonville, Mo
Three Classes Open for Enrollment at Mexico AVTS
Applications are being accepted for next years programs at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. The nursing, cosmetology, and two year technical drafting classes begin July 5, August 1, and August 28 respectively. Eligibility includes age, education, and health requirements. Tuition ranges from 30 per month for drafting to 190 210 plus kit for cosmetology, with nursing at 90 plus 10 application fee. Apply by writing Davis Hart, director, or call 581-5684.
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Mexico Area
Mexico Public School of Cosmetology
Cosmetology
Davis Hart
NorCal Concert Seeks Feb 17 Evening Return After Weather
AUXVASSE R 1 North Callaway school concert, canceled by bad weather, will be held Thursday Feb 17 at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. The program includes the beginners band under Francis Ridgway the combined seventh and eighth grade chorus and the intermediate band directed by Mrs Mary Paraschos. Admission is free. Washington AP Senators favor legislative action over a constitutional amendment to address school busing with no specific bills. President Nixon forms cabinet study group on busing as debate continues. NAACP leader Wilkins criticizes the White House meeting with constitutional amendment proponents.
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Auxvasse
North Callaway
Francis Ridgway
Mary Paraschos
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Spiro T. Agnew
Mansfield
Scott
House
Nixon
China
White House
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Laird Warns of Nuclear Arms Race and Strategic Shifts
Defense Secretary Robert Laird outlined budget plans and strategic shifts amid the Vietnam era, favoring Air Force control of sea front threats and new weaponry research. He warned the U.S. could lose the technological race to Russia, cited projected warhead totals, and noted Soviet ICBMs and new silos detected last year.
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Navy
Laird
Air Force
Russia
United States
Pentagon
Missouri Legislature trims budgets and expands bills in Monday session
The Missouri House moved a packed agenda cutting spending across departments from the governor’s proposals while advancing bills for furloughs for good risk prisoners, immunizations for rubella and measles, higher welfare payments, and new state university status. Additional measures would boost unemployment benefits, fund surplus food distribution, and authorize local police improvements in St. Louis.
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National Guard
Missouri Commission On the Status of Women
State Highway Patrol
University of Missouri
St. Louis
Missouri-Oklahoma
Joplin
State Highway Commission
Senate
Kansas City
Missouri House of Representatives
Diabetic Camp Discussed at Central Missouri Association Meet
The Central Missouri Diabetes Association held a Sunday meeting in Columbia at Dr. Ronald C. James’s home. President James led discussions with Bert Francis of Mexico as board chairman and members from Mexico Columbia Rolla and Jefferson City. Plans for a children’s diabetic summer camp and area detection clinics were presented along with reports of memorials and contributions. Attendees from Mexico included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ehrhardt Mrs. pp Dillard and Mrs. Bert Francis.
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Central Missouri Diabetes Association
Columbia
Ronald C. James
Bert Francis
Mexico
Rolla
Jefferson City
Missouri university taxed by Columbia sales levy
Jefferson City Missouri Atty. Gen. John C Danforth ruled that the University of Missouri must pay the Columbia city sales tax on articles it sells He advised Senator A Basey Vanlandingham that the city may sue to collect delinquent taxes if the university falls behind.
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Jefferson City
John C. Danforth
University of Missouri
City of Columbia
Danforth
A. Basey Vanlandingham
D-Columbia
First Child Born to Mosleys in Macon Tina Christine Mosley
Tina Christine Mosley, born Friday in Macon, is the daughter of Tina Christine Mosley. The newborn weighs 6 pounds 7 ounces. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. William Watts of Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Mosley of Mexico. Great-grandmothers listed are Mrs. Ruby Lawrence, Mrs. Eva Watts, and Mrs. Lena Zuck. Mrs. Nellie Lawrence is noted as a great-great-grandmother.
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James Mosley
Clarence
Macon
Tina Christine Mosley
William Watts
Thompson
Clark Mosley
Mexico
Russell Balmar
Vandalia
Ruby Lawrence
Eva Watts
Lena Zuck
Nellie Lawrence
Moberly
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Laddonia
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