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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1974
Page
12
Official 7:08 a.m. readings show 63 high and 46 low in the last 24 hours. Forecast calls for showers and thundershowers, cooler by Tuesday with highs in the 40s. Audrain Medical Center reports numerous admissions across multiple towns.
Died Palmer M. White 81 and Mrs Francis M. Jenkins 66 among the deaths. Public safety notes report car accidents on Green Boulevard Breckenridge Street Monroe Street and I-70 with minor damage, a deer strike on I-70, a DWI arrest, and sheriff and highway patrol actions. Fire crews responded to a trash fire at the Alamo hotel.
In Mexico City foreign ministers oppose discussing the oil crisis at their meeting with Henry Kissinger this week. Conference sources say they prefer to reserve energy questions for the United Nations General Assembly special session now being prepared.
In Vinita Oklahoma a dairyman reported a flashing object described as the size of a bedroom that landed and lifted off three times near his pasture before dawn. He said it scared cattle and his dog, was silver with red or orange lights, and produced a shrill whistle.
Funeral services for Mrs Flossie Mae McIntosh of Centralia were held this afternoon at the Church of Christ with Rev Melvin Stanton of Trenton officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery in Fulton. Pallbearers were Otto Alexander Joe Hamilton Bill Latimer W Y Fountain Joe Roddy and Walter McBride. Ballew Pickering funeral home coordinated arrangements.
Funeral services were held Feb. 13 in Kansas City for Father William F. Harris longtime pastor of St. Joseph Church Martinsburg from 1958 to 1968. He died at 67 after retirement since 1970 due to ill health and near blindness. A Long Island native, he served Kansas City parishes and Missouri towns and earned the Bronze Star as WWII chaplain 1942 to 1946.
Six people were shot dead and two wounded at a home near Fayette Mississippi. Frankie Lee Lias, aged 20, is jailed on murder charges. All victims were related to Lias and shot in the head with a .22 caliber gun. Victims identified as Carol Lias 18, Lee McDonald 37, Jimmy Ross Williams 39, Kenyatta Ross 11 months, Dennis Willians 16, and Tony Hoss 7.
Slaughter hogs at Missouri center 1400 head mostly steady to up to .25 higher for under 260 lb, higher for over 260. Sows mostly 3 to 50 higher. Feeder pigs 900 with varied price bands. National Stockyards report shows 6000 hog receipts, butchers steady to 25 higher, cattle active with steers and heifers up 2.50-3.50. Cows and bulls mostly steady, vealers 60-62. Sheep lean higher with slaughter lambs 39-40.00.
In St Louis AP report, Concordia Seminary board orders faculty to return or face dismissal after a heated dispute over classroom doctrine. Disident faculty warned they would teach elsewhere if Rev Dr Tietjen not reinstated as president. board cites false doctrine and seeks reconciliation avenues.
The Gallup poll shows public approval of President Nixon at 28 percent in early February, up from 26 percent two weeks earlier, while disapproval falls to 59 percent. Among 1,591 adults surveyed on Feb 14, 13 percent offered no opinion. Support remains strongest among Republicans with 59 percent approval. Democrats at 16 percent and independents at 28 percent. Regional breakdown puts approval at 35 percent in the South, 30 in the Middle West, 24 in the East, and 22 in the Far West.
In Atlanta the new Martin Luther King Jr portrait was unveiled in the state Capitol, the first black figure on permanent display beside white leaders. Gov. Carter notes a change in minds and hearts, while Coretta Scott King calls the moment meaningful. The donor artist is George Mandus of Atlanta.
Larry Sneed of Columbia Tennessee was elected 1974 president of the College Young Democratic Clubs of America at the weekend convention in Chicago. He succeeds Richard Sirota of Jericho New York. Sneed is a junior at Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro. Other officers named include Guy Cavallo Arlington Virginia executive VP and Joe Robinson Bloomington Indiana administrative VP.
In Corvallis Oregon four sets of twins arrived at Good Samaritan Hospital in five days. The first pair, a boy and a girl, were born on Valentine's Day. Three hours later a second set of boys followed. Two days later twin girls arrived, then another pair of boys. Nurse Jeannette Kearney quipped they are ready for quints.
Beirut AP reports growing strains between the United States and Jordan once America's closest Arab ally. Tensions center on U.S. embassy reports about Bedouin troop protests for higher pay, with Jordanian officials fearing U.S. involvement or prior knowledge. Talks proceed between Hussein and Pierre Graham to resolve the issue amid broader concern over Washington's stance on the West Bank.
Governor Christopher S. Bond urged engineers to create economical sulfur removal from coal to expand its role in the U.S. energy mix. He noted coal supplies at 50 billion tons beneath northern and western Missouri and touted in situ coal gasification as a key path, stressing water and cost factors and a partnership of government and private enterprise.
Illinois Gas Dealers Association head warned Chicago area stations may stage a pump-out protest against the ban on discriminatory sales and price limits. Massachusetts operators met in Hyannis without a unified action plan. New Hampshire and North Carolina joined Oregon in adopting odd-even gas rationing, with motorists using even numbered plates on even days and odd plates on odd days.
Grand was introduced to give a term highlight while members recited the Rebekah obligation led by vice grand Herald McCluggage. Refreshments followed lodge closure. Mrs Mary Galloway and Mrs Ruby Thomson visited Canton, Illinois. Mr and Mrs Francis Ellis and Miss Norma Ellis were guests of William Ellis and family in Macon.
Gov George Wallace welcomes President Richard Nixon to Huntsville for Honor America Day ceremonies at Redstone Arsenal and Big Springs Park. Nixon will relight the eternal flame, speak for about 20 minutes, then fly to Washington. Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward Cox accompany the President. The Sertoma Club promotes the event and a move to designate February 22 as Honor America Day.
Russia will begin testing advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles from Feb 19 to Mar 10 as SALT talks resume in Geneva. Tass said launches of carrier rockets from the Soviet Union to the South Pacific will occur, seen as a move to influence deadlocked negotiations over limits on multiple warhead missiles.
Sikeston Missouri A 19 year old youth is charged with first degree murder in the Saturday night shooting death of 29 year old Jessie James Perkins at the youths home Williams Robert Lee Williams confessed at the police station Perkins body found on the front porch Williams held in city jail on $5000 bond awaiting arraignment Tuesday Perkins had pleaded guilty to burglary last Tuesday and was placed on two years probation
Berkeley AP Hearst intends to announce a food giveaway funded with a substantial sum as a tactic to advance negotiations for the release of his kidnapped daughter Patricia Hearst. The plan aims to counter SLA demands amid weekend delays and warnings from authorities.
Two independent truckers groups push toward a merger as Owner-Operators and Independent Drivers Association of America seeks to unite 4000 members. Al Hannah said J W Edwards was ousted while Edwards himself leaves to join another group. Jerry Todd's Coalition claims over 12 000 drivers in about 18 states and expects merging partners within 30 days.
Somerset police report no major leads after three masked men in blue uniforms robbed Fernandes Supermarket money pickup near the Rhode Island border. About $200,000 in cash was taken along with $300,000 in checks. state police say the checks would be worthless to the robbers.
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