Local Weather and Area Conditions Summary
Weather readings show a 7 a.m. temperature of 45 degrees with a 24 hour high of 54 and a low of 52 expected Saturday. Missouri forecasts call for thunderstorms and warm highs in the 60s to 70s, with partly sunny conditions Tuesday. Lake levels for the Ozarks region vary from above to below normal, while river stages in the St Louis and Kansas City areas show small changes. Local hospital admissions list numerous names, with recent births and dismissals noted.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme de Terre
Grand
Stockton
Bull Shoals
Table Rock
Beaver
ST. Louis
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Quincy
Reagan Favored To Win New Hampshire And Florida Primaries
Kansas City AP report cites political consultant Matt Reese predicting Reagan will beat Ford in New Hampshire and Florida primaries. He says Ford’s incumbency is weak, Reagan appeals to a conservative GOP wing, and a Reagan victory could pressure Ford to withdraw. Reese also weighs Democratic prospects with Carter likely strong if he advances in New Hampshire and Florida. In Newark, Mayor Kenneth Gibson finished 296th in a 12 mile Distance Run.
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Kansas City
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
New Hampshire
Florida
Reagan
Matt Reese
Litton
Jerry Litton
D-Mo
Reese
Washington
Ford
California
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Alabama
George Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Newark
Kenneth Gibson
Deaths and Public Safety Reports From The Daily Record
The Daily Record lists deaths including the Rev Herbert H Watson 82 and Ruth Mudd 57. Public safety notes an 8:50 p.m. Sunday crash injures none as Tsuyoshi Abe 18 struck a fire hydrant near Centralia. another 11:50 a.m. collision involved Joseph Bruns 16 and William Lotz. Four 15-year-old girls from Union were detained after a lost trip to Kansas City. Highway Patrol reports Richard Kendrick and Darleine Christian involved in a Route D junction collision with no injuries. motorcyclists Leonard Roberts and Craig Brumagin treated for minor injuries after a separate crash.
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Tsuyoshi John Abe
Sunnydale Academy
Centralia
E. Liberty
Christy
Abe
Joseph H. Bruns
Kansas City
Kan
William E. Lotz
W. Breckenridge
Jackson
Hord
Union
Mexico
Audrain County
Highway Patrol
Richard Kendrick
Darleine Christian
Paris
Kendrick
Leonard Roberts
Craig Brumagin
Montgomery City
New York Detective Held as Denver Murder Hit Man
NYC detective Robert Davis is held without bail on murder charges in Denver related to Hal Levine’s slaying. Four others and ex-NYPD officer Michael Borrelli were arrested. Levine linked to illicit New York crime funding and a life policy worth 5.2 million.
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New York
New York City
Denver
Robert Davis
Colorado
Hal Levine
Michael Borrelli
Cohen
Davis
Harlem
Levine
Shirley
Borrelli
U.S. Homel, Inc
Aso
Colorado City
Nunzio Saccone
New Rochelle
N.Y
Bullard Services Conducted Sunday
Funeral services for Willie A. Bullard aged 72 of 9 Marine Drive were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Ash of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church officiating. Organist was Mrs. Ruth Koen. Honorary pallbearers were Charles B. Daniel Frank Plevinszki Alfred Bishop and Gene Harrelson. Burial will be later at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Willie A. Bullard
Marine Drive
Precht-Pickering
Richard Ash
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Ruth Koen
Charles B. Daniel
Frank Plevinszki
Alfred Bishop
Gene Harrelson
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Lansberrys Welcome Son Born At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Jay Lansberry of Vandalia are the parents of a son weighing five pounds ten ounces born Sunday at 3 p m at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Lansberry works for Harbison Walker Refractories in Vandalia.
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Jay R. Lansberry
Vandalia
Audrain Medical Center
Lansberry
Harbison Walker Refractories
Missouri Livestock Market Report Slaughter Hogs and Cattle Prices
Market notes from Missouri Livestock Market Center and National Stockyards report slaughter hogs steady to higher with various weight brackets ranging 45.50 to 51.00, sows up to 44.00, boars 37.50-38.00. cattle with slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady to higher, prices from about 34.00 to 39.60 for different grades. cows and cutters lower in some brackets. sheep lambs firm to higher with feeder lambs steady. Estimated Tuesday receipts: 5,000 hogs, 1,800 cattle, 250 sheep.
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agr
MNS
Roger Parker
Rev Herbert H. Watson Dies at 82 in Fulton
The Rev. Herbert H. Watson 82 of Fulton Presbyterian Home Life died Saturday at Callaway Memorial Hospital Fulton He was born April 12 1893 in O Fallon son of Henry Alexander and Anna Harris Watson He served in WWI and was a noted Presbyterian minister with pastorates in Kentucky Kansas City and St Louis He reorganized Auxvasse’s Bonhomme Church 1958 63 earning the chapel name Watson Chapel He retired 1963 and remained active in Mexico area churches and Dardenne Presbyterian Church He also served as Auxvasse mayor in the late 60s Survivors include his wife Grace Guthrie Watson of Fulton and a son Baxter of St Louis A memorial is set at the Presbyterian Home Life Fulton. Ken Maurer candidate for Congress spoke to the Mexico Jaycees criticizing lawyers and politicians and urging focus on farming education and job creation with emphasis on inflation healthcare and energy projects.
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Fulton
Herbert H. Watson
Presbyterian Home Life
Auxgasse
Callaway Memorial Hospital
Fulton Presbyterian Church
Cecil Culverhouse
Robert Collins
Mexico
Charles Fugate
Auxvass
Auxvasse
Maupin
O'Fallon
Henry Alexander
Anna Harris Watson
Grace Guthrie
Watson
Kentucky
Kansas City
St. Louis
Dr. Watson
Bonhomme
Chesterfield
Mexico Area
Dardenne
Metropolitan Church Federation
Westminster College
Baxter
Presbyterian Home
Court St
Ken Maurer
St. Charles
Mexico Jaycees
Louisiana
Washington
Maurer
Orchard Farm
National Education Assn
Education Committee
Bill Hungate
Mark van Matre
Famed Bingham sketches preview and Missouri fund drive notes
Preview of George Caleb Bingham sketches at Missouri exhibit hosted by Gov. Bond to support keeping 112 drawings with Mercantile Library of St. Louis. Exhibition runs 1-5 daily, 7-10 p.m. Tuesday through March 7 with $1 admission, proceeds to Bingham Sketches Inc. Center obituary: Mrs. H Frankie Mudd, 57, dies in Center. Funeral Tuesday at Olivet Church. Burial at Olivet Cemetery. She was an antique dealer and collector, survived by husband Harold, two daughters, and mother. Fidel Castro sworn in as Cuba's premier in 1959.
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Ledgerland
George Caleb Bingham
Christopher S. Bond
Bingham
Mercantile Library of
S. Louis
Missouri
Bond
Bingham Sketches Inc
New Museum of Art and Archaeology
Chemistry
Red
Center
H. Frankie Mudd
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Hannibal
Olivet Christian Church
Jay Stenson
New London Baptist Church
Emerson Brokaw
Canton
Vince Linnebuhr
St. William Catholic Church
Perry
Olivet
Visitation
Wilkey Funeral Home
John L. Day
Henry Hart
A.V. Beavers
Edward Morawitz
E.H. Osterhout
Floyd Keighley
Mudd
Ruth Shelburne
Charles
Margaret Foster Shelburne
St. William Church
Harold Frankie Mudd
Center Schools
Kansas City Bible College
Twain Haven
Jean Cragen
Denver
M . Martha Misner
New Lyon
Lisa and
Kimberly Misner
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Selective Service Records Move to Jefferson City
The Audrain County area office has closed and all Selective Service records moved to Missouri State Headquarters in Jefferson City. For questions contact State Headquarters at 411 Madison St. Jefferson City MO 65101 or call 314-635-7903. Daylight Saving Time starts the last Sunday in April and ends the last Sunday in October. Clocks should advance one hour on the night of April 24.
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Selective Service
Selective System
Audrain County
Columbia
Jefferson City
Selective Service System
Maddison St
P.O. Box
Senate Commerce Committee
Area Men Head Scout Activities in Great Rivers Council
Mexico leads the Little Dixie Boy Scout District within the Great Rivers Council, serving Audrain Callaway Montgomery and Boone Counties with district executive Don Ungerman district chair George Taylor and vice chair Walter Moore. The council spans 33 Missouri counties delivering scouting to over 100 communities with a broad volunteer leadership including Dr. John Schultz as district commissioner and numerous district officials across cities like Fulton Wellsville Vandalia Centralia Mexico Sturgeon and more.
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Mexico
Little Dixie
Great Rivers Council
Audrain
Callaway
Montgomery
Boone
Don Ungerman
George Taylor
Walter Moore
Missouri
John Schultz
Fulton
Fred Zimmann
Wellsville
Ray Callanan
Vandalia
Robert Deason
Harland Gilmore
Charles Crow
Farber
Bob Phillips
Forrest (Frosty) Mueller
Kathryn de la Rosa
Centralia
Doris Ash
Montgomery City
Gene Owens
Sturgeon
Sherrie Stroker
Amos Zoellers
Harold Adams
Ralph Adamson
John Couch
Jerry Brown
Walter Schramm
Charles Stone
Scout
Ben Trower
Missouri Patrol Reports 361000 Driver Examinations
The Missouri Highway Patrol issued over 361000 written tests in the driver license program last year. About 34 percent failed the written tests, 21 percent of road tests failed in 1975, and 1 percent failed vision tests.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Highway Patrol
Miss Audrain Candidates In Rehearsal
Ten contestants remain in the 1976 Miss Audrain County Pageant after Denise Gerard withdrew. Rehearsals Sunday at First Presbyterian Church featured posture walking practice under Mitzi Weatherspoon, with Stan Thomp son as emcee. Remaining rehearsals are Feb 22 and 29 at Presser Hall, dress rehearsal March 5, pageant night sponsorship by Mexico Jaycees. Tickets two to general, three reserved, five patron. buy from contestants or Vandalia State Bank and local shops. call Mike Cherches for details.
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First Presbyterian Church
Denise Gerard
Gary Keith
Frank DiBlasi
Mitzi Weatherspoon
Stan Thompson
Presser Hall
The
Mexico Jaycees
Vandalia State Bank
Jay
IGA
Hardee's
Coup Leader Is Hunted In Lagos Nigeria
Police launched a nationwide manhunt for Lt. Col. B. S. Dimka after Nigerian authorities blamed him for the abortive coup that assassinated Chief of State Murtala Muhammed. Dimka, ex-director of physical training for the armed forces, vanished after Friday's short rebellion by the Young Revolutionaries as Muhammed's car was ambushed near Dodan barracks on Lagos Tkoyi Island.
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Lagos
Nigeria
B. S. Dimka
Murtala Muhammed
Dimka
Muhammed
Dodan
Tkoyi
Indira Gandhi clamps down on newsmen in India
Indira Gandhi's government impounded the passport of Cushrow Russy Trani, publisher of the Statesman, amid a broader press suppression drive. Trani filed suit in Calcutta high court to recover the passport, alleging government aims to force the Statesman to back official policies. The court set Feb 26 for the government to justify keeping the passport.
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New Dehi
India
Indira Gandhi
Cushrow Russy Trani
The
Statesman
Calcutta
Trani
New Delhi
Gandhi
Algiers Denies Moroccan Report Of Fighting
In a dispute over the Spanish Sahara fighting, Morocco says Algerian troops with heavy Soviet equipment recaptured Amghala oasis. Algeria denies any army involvement and accuses Polisario guerrillas of driving Moroccans from Amghala. King Hassan II cites dozens of casualties and urges Boumedienne to seek peace or declare war.
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Rabat
Morocco
Spanish Sahara
Amghala
E! Moudjahid
Polisario Front
Hassan II
Hassan
Algeria
Houari Boumedienne
Spain
Mauritania
Boumedienne
Cason Presses Release of Withheld School Funds
State Senator William Cason urged Governor Bond to release the 3 percent withheld school funds immediately, citing higher-than-expected revenues. He warned of higher property taxes if funds remain blocked and suggested possible releases from colleges and universities within a month to six weeks.
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Jefferson City
William Cason
Christopher S. Bond
Cason
Clinton Democrat
Bond
Mark Edelman
Senate Appropriations
Norman Merrell
Dmonticello
Merrell
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Ruth A. Ballew
Ruben Bell
Frank Christain
Donald R. Munford
Wilbert Gould Jr
Larry Huffman
Don Johnson
Bonnie L. Hinten
Harold W. Smith
Ernest F. Kimbley
Ben J. Wieschhaus
Ruth A. Matthews
Joseph W. Welschmeyer
Alfred M. Hinten
Martinsburg
Bessie P. LeGrand
Madison
J. Earl Witchey
Lebanon
Edward H. Wilkerson
James W. Owens
Billy Joe Hays
William B. Martin
Thomas B. Bosley, Jr
Lena M. Heim
Middletown
Clarence L. Bowling
John H. Edwards
Jackie H. McCown
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Vandalla
Leighton Admire
Eva Watts
John Davidson
Viola L. Keele
Virgil A. Duncan
Ralph Martin
Leonard
C. Squiers
Goldie M. Smith
Maude Lewis
Marian H. Workman
Walter E. Smith
Alan Davidson
Eugene Davis
Gerald Fox
Arthena C. Bruce
Hershel Adams
Max Jamison
Ralph G. Gaston
Vincent Maasaen
Gerald Bertels
Katheryn Strange
Martha Appling
Laddonia
Edward Hooke
Paul Goodman
Ralph I. Farran
John A. Wear
Jerry L. Woodson
Katherine Buckman
Chester McMorris
Pedro Dyer
Truesdire
Elsa F. Donaldson
Shirley Gallop
James R. Ian Hooser
Dennis Mills
Mendy J. Newbrough
Mattie
the Daily Record
Batterton
Charles Gifford
Carolyn Louise Harman
Thompson
Robert Maddox
Charles R. Gard
Sidney 0. Hudson
William Crow
Tulsa
Okla
Ruth D. Cartright
Holliday
Stanley A. Bowlby
Walter Eugene Weeks
High Hill
Lindell D. Thomas
Eli S. Burkholder
Clark
Roy Phillips
Troy
Ruth, Mudd
Bullard Services
Lansberrys
Patrol
K. S. Ramachandran
Press Trust of India
G. G. Mirchandani
United News of India
Ramachandran
PTI
Mirchandani
Algiers
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