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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1973
Page
1
Weather notes from 7:00 a.m. readings show fair Missouri forecasts with mild temps, and Kansas City reports river stages. Public safety items list hospital admissions and births in Audrain Medical Center, two minor traffic accidents, one DWI summons, a non-support case, and a Boone County divorce petition.
Nodaway County judges consider moving 15 year old Benedict Louis Kemper from magistrate court to juvenile court after first degree murder charges were filed in connection with the October 11 killings of four members of a Conception farm family. The suspect, a classmate of the Merrigan youths, faces hearings as the Kansas City Court of Appeals weighs transferring the case.
In St Louis, city and county officials say three public hospitals will offer abortion services. City Hospital and Homer G Phillips Hospital prepare programs based on a January Supreme Court ruling striking down restrictive abortion laws. St Louis County Hospital’s program proceeds pending a state attorney general opinion on Missouri law.
A brief page note from the Mexico Ledger dated Saturday February 24 1973 highlights local items and notices. It lists community notes, small classifieds, and brief municipal notices typical of a Saturday edition. The page emphasizes local matters and calendar items for readers.
Missouri revenue director James Sprachling fights back at claims by Rep. James Russell that he blocked questions. Sprachling, appointed by Gov. Bond, says he needs time to review the budget and prepare summary sheets while Russell calls for detailed justification of tax money spending. The row centers on budget timing and legislative access to information.
Three Mexican boys suffer minor injuries when their car crashes into a utility pole on East Whistler in Centralia at 12 08 a m. Driver Martin Lee Meckley faces charges of careless driving. two passengers Kenneth Green and Eric Barnes were treated and released. Funeral services planned for Mrs Ray Crockett at Arnold Funeral Home with interment at East Lawn Memorial Park. A newborn son to Mr and Mrs Donald J Wortman of Centralia born at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds six ounces.
Ed H Sandbothe, 75, of Martinsburg died at 12 01 a m today at Audrain Medical Center after a Jan 6 hospitalization. Funeral services will be Monday at 10 a m at St Josephs Catholic Church Martinsburg, Rev Leo Stamm officiating. Interment in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Born Oct 13 1897 in Martinsburg he was the son of Joseph and Eva Welsch meyer Sandbothe. He married Pauline Moser in Ohio on June 21 1920. He owned the Martinsburg grain elevator as a young man and later managed MFA Mills in Silex and Vandalia before returning to Martinsburg. A disabling stroke in 1951 ended his career. He was a member of St Martinsburg and Modern Woodmen. Surviving: wife Pauline. two daughters Mrs Harold Sulgrove of Martinsburg and Raymond Lees of Thompson. a brother William Sandbothe of Fresno CA. two sisters Mrs Frank Jacobi of Martinsburg and Mrs Adeline Paschang of Columbia. four grandchildren Mrs Lloyd Dodd Jr, Mrs Robert Larkin, Michael Lees of Mexico, Miss Marcia Lees in Warrenburg, and eight great grandchildren. Two brothers and a sister preceded him. Body to Arnold funeral home, with calling hours until service. Rosary Sunday at 7 30 p m.
Rites for Mrs. Clara M. Waller 73 of Martinsburg will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Myers Funeral Home Wellsville with Rev. Clarence Smith officiating and burial in Wellsville Cemetery. She died Friday at Audrain Medical Center Mexico born August 21 1899 in Martinsburg daughter of William and Ida Banks. Survived by husband Frank Waller and son Albert Waller plus two brothers and two sisters.
PARIS Philander H Lannie Stuart 96 retired farmer of the Santa Fe community died at 1130 p m Friday at Pleasant View Rest Home in Paris Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at South Fork Presbyterian Church near Santa Fe conducted by Rev John H Vanlandingham Burial in church cemetery Body at Agnew Funeral Home Paris visiting after 3 p m Sunday Masonic services 730 Sunday Mr Stuart born March 17 1876 in Monroe County son of Jack and Rebecca Hickman Stuart Lived in Monroe City most of life before moving to Paris to live with a sister Mrs Sue Flynt He leaves two sisters Mrs Flynt and Mrs Paul Lake of New London nieces and nephews EV Forbis who spent a week in Audrain Medical Center has returned to Sherwood Arms Convalescent Home in Centralia
The Kiplinger Washington Letter weighs GOP prospects for 1976. Connally and Agnew lead conservative split fears. Percy has a slim route. Reagan and Rockefeller are deemed too old. Bond, Bush, Milliken, and Mayor Lugar emerge as potential new faces.
Mexico Optimist Club hears Robert Ollis of Citizens Savings Assn. outline home purchase guidelines. He cautions spend not more than 2 percent of annual income on housing and monthly payments no more than one week’s take home pay, plus considerations of neighborhood and taxes.
Missouri Baptist College may close its Hannibal La Grange campus at the end of the year unless it raises about 500000 dollars quickly. President Dr. Frank Kellogg announced the campus is in a financial crisis at a Friday news conference.
Australian National University researchers report that feeding cattle and sheep a special formaldehyde treated casein based feed raises polyunsaturated fat in animal products tenfold and lowers blood cholesterol by about 10 percent in five of six subjects. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, aims to reduce heart attack risk by altering fat profiles in meat and dairy.
Apparent low bidders on 34 Missouri highway projects totaling 23.5 million dollars were announced Friday by the Missouri Highway Commission. Callaway County bids include a seal coat on I 70 outer roadway, U S Route 54 excavation and paving, a bridge over the Loutre River near Audrain line, and related work. Other bids from Jack Simpson Construction Paris and Kirkwood Contractors Ellisville were listed with amounts.
Returned American prisoners of war speak at news conferences across the country about captivity in Indochina as they resist discussing prison camp conditions in detail while warning the public the full story could be explosive. They criticize amnesty for draft evaders and stress they did what they believed best for country amid postwar unrest.
Prisoners of war at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio discuss morale and coping. Army Capt. John Dunn describes a routine of meals and long periods of waiting, while Navy Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton emphasizes resilience under duress and using inner strengths to survive and maintain credit.
The Federal Reserve Board boosted its discount rate by a half percentage point to 5 percent, effective Monday, in a move to curb inflation amid rapid economic expansion. Chairman Arthur Burns urged banks to exercise restraint in raising rates and noted three standards for big banks when setting the prime rate on business loans.
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