Weather summary and regional forecasts from Ledgerland area
A local weather package reports last 24 hours high and low temperatures, 7 am readings, and precipitation for February. It includes snow totals, sun rise and set times, plus extended forecasts for Ledgerland and Missouri with snow advisories, wind, and temperature trends through Friday. Also listed are lake levels for nearby lakes, hospital admissions, births, and discharges across the region.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
East Central
Dated Miscellany of Deaths Accidents and Market Notes
The Daily Record lists deaths including Maurice Powell 74 of Montgomery City and several others. Public safety reports cover summons for failing to yield, and multiple vehicle accidents with no injuries. Probate court notes inventory changes in estates of Redington and Elizabeth Elzea. Missouri strip mine reclamation study funded by federal grant. Chicago market updates show weak openings in soybeans, wheat, corn, oats, with livestock and futures data.
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Leslie Smith
Bowling Green
Lt. Shay
Guido Gini
Dudley Prater
Billy Fricke
Centralia
Grace Slonaker
Williard Chalfant
Claude Robinson
Thomas Whitesides
Doris Vaughn
Paris
Edwin Westmoreland
Fulton
Frank Cooper
Vandalia
Maurice Powell
Montgomery City
Hugh H. Martin
Elizabeth F. Langford
W. Emmons
Kathy Singleton
N. Jefferson
E. Whitley
Billie Lea Martin
Route 2
Millie Ann Gish
N. Abat
N. Washington Street
the Square
Linda J. Redington
Lawrence M. Redington
Mac Henry Elzea
Elizabeth Elzea
Columbia
University of Missouri
Missouri
Opening Board of Trade Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Midwest storm disrupts schools and power across several states
Heavy snows and high winds slammed the Midwest with up to 10 inches of snow in Quad Cities area, forcing school cancellations and power outages. Tornadoes in the South and Oklahoma killed at least six, injured many, and left hundreds homeless, with extensive property damage and thousands losing electricity. Authorities reported deaths in Alabama and other states as storms moved east.
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Western Bell Telephone Co
Jerry Brown
Missouri Power and Light Co
Nelson Willingham
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
Orville Willis
Missouri Cities Water Co
Quad Cities
Iowa
Illinois
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
East Moline
Ill
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Winona County
Midwest
Oklahoma
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Mississippi
Mt. Juliett
Red Cross
Electric Company
Duncan
Marketwide selloff hits Dow and NYSE amid profit taking
NEW YORK AP Market reports say Wall Street staged a long awaited selloff as adverse Washington economic news spurred a natural correction after a sustained rally. The noon Dow Jones average fell 11.66 to 738.11 while losers led gainers on the NYSE. the Averages retreat followed a 172.17 point run since December 6.
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New York
Wall Street
Washington
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Ford Expected To Match GM On Price Cuts
DETROIT AP Ford Motor Co is expected to match General Motors price cuts on compact models by removing some standard equipment. The rebates and cuts aim to boost sales as production remains tight with layoffs and closed assembly lines across the industry.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Ford
Lee Iacocca
Chrysler
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Legislature backs retirement plans for higher benefits
The state Supreme Court upholds a retirement plan for school teachers despite consultants’ lack of work. Proposals would raise the tax levy ceiling from 1.25 to 2.25 per 100 and switch school bonds to a simple majority. House credit union bills seek a guaranty program and access for new groups.
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State Supreme Court
Mrs S Elmer Bride Dies Rites Thursday
Former resident near Mexico and mother of Esther Lee Bride, a home economics executive, died Saturday at Missouri Baptist Hospital St Louis. She taught at Mexico High School, led Union Electric Co home economics, and later was a consultant. Survived by daughter and sister Mrs Everett Scott. Funeral Thursday 9:30 a.m. Tupton St Louis. burial Greenwood Cemetery Hamilton Illinois.
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Near
Mexico
Esther Lee Bride
Missouri Baptist Hospital
St. Louis
Union Electric Co
Miss Bride
Bride
Hamilton
Ill
Elmer Bride
Everett
Bessie) Scott
Bowen, Ill
Tupton Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Mrs Lena Stahel Rites Held Today
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Meyers Funeral Home Wellsville for Mrs Lena Catherine Stahel 89 formerly of Wellsville who died Saturday at Twain Haven Nursing Home Perry. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery Truxton. She was born March 3 1885 near Wheeling daughter of Louis and Sarah Straw Bower. Survivors include three daughters a son a brother seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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Wellsville
Meyers
Lena Catherine Stahel
Zion
Truxton
Twain Haven
Perry
Wheeling
Louis
Sarah Straw Bower
Jacob Stahel
Jacob Stahel, Who Died In 1935. Mrs. Stahel
Methodist Church
Circle A
W.H
Alma) Walls
Helen Lotton
Montgomery City
Margaret Day
St. Petersburg
Fla
John
St. Paul
Minn
Louis Bower
Fred Colwell of Sturgeon Dies at 89
Fred Colwell, 89, died Monday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Richards where he had lived for 15 years after moving from Rich Hill Missouri. Born in Oxford England March 14 188, he spent 55 years in the United States. He is survived by five nieces including Myrtle Richards of Sturgeon and Mary Carter and Maude Taylor of Versailles. Funeral services will be at 11:00 Wednesday at Fenton funeral chapel in Sturgeon with burial at Laddonia Cemetery. Visitation after 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel.
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Fred Colwell
Robert Richards
Rich Hill
Oxford
England
Edwin
Lydia Brinkler Colwell
United States
Robert
Myrtle) Richards
Mary Carter
Maude Taylor
Mildred Turpin
Versailles
Mina Hill
St. Louis
Fenton
James C. Colbert
Laddonia
Richard Shocklee Dies In St. Louis
Richard A. Shocklee, 51, formerly of Wellsville, died unexpectedly in St. Louis Saturday. He was the son of Albert and Mamie Hughes Shocklee and a Wellsville High School graduate and World War II veteran. Surviving are his wife Gloria Baumann, two St. Louis brothers Tom and Leo, three St. Louis sisters Mary Ann Lines Alice Schroer and Theresa Stein, and the late Harry Shocklee of Wellsville. Services were held in St. Louis at 10:00 Wednesday with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Wellsville
Richard A. Shocklee
St. Louis
Albert
Mamie Hughes Shocklee
Wellsville High School
Gloria Baumann
Tom
Leo
Mary Ann Lines
Alice Schroer
Theresa Stein
Vernon Presley Discharged From Baptist Hospital
MEMPHIS Tenn AP Vernon Presley father of Elvis Presley has been discharged from Baptist Hospital after a brief medical stay according to a hospital spokesman. The news notes no complications and confirms his return to home care with Elvis and family nearby.
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Memphis, Tenn
Vernon Presley
Elvis Presley
Baptist Hospital
Two Legislators In Saigon On Missing In Action Quest
Rep. Paul N. McCloskey Jr. and Sen. Dewey Bartlett arrived in Saigon as the first bipartisan delegation to assess President Ford's aid request for South Vietnam and Cambodia. They planned talks with the Viet Cong about Americans missing in action amid a postponed congressional trip due to energy bill deliberations.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
R-Calif
Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
America
Senate House
Ford
Cambodia
U.S
Washington
Congress
Huq Family Survive Minor Injuries After Snow Crash
Dr Nazrul Huq of Mexico and his family escaped serious harm when their car collided with another on a snow and ice covered Highway 54 seven miles south of Mexico at 9 p.m. Sunday. The doctor, his mother, wife and two of four children were treated and released at Audrain Medical Center for minor injuries.
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Nazrul Huq
Mexico
St. Louis
Syria Seeks Peace if Israel Yields 1967 Lands
President Hafez Assad said Syria would sign a peace treaty only if Israel gives up captured 1967 territory and accepts a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Kissinger reportedly eyed a new Sinai and Golan withdrawal and Geneva talks revival in April, while Israel denied readiness to concede further Golan Heights. An Arab boycott meeting in Cairo reviewed requests from 60 firms to be removed from the blacklist, including Ford and Coca Cola. A border clash near Lebanon left one guerrilla dead.
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West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Israel
Hafez Assad
Newsweek
Rose al Youssef
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Sinai Desert
Golan Heights
Kissinger
Gromyko
Geneva
City May Join In Plan For Development
Mexico City Council plans to join with the Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce to fund part of an executive vice president’s salary who would also serve as a city development specialist. The city would cover up to 50 percent, cost depending on qualifications, to aid industrial recruitment. The council also considers dispatching for Little Dixie Fire Protection District for $60 monthly and rezoning actions on W Monroe and W Jackson plus establishing a new 10th voting precinct for eastern annexed areas.
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Mexico City
Mexico Area
Neil Nielsen
Little Dixie
Nielsen
United States to close base near Asmara in June
Reliable sources say the United States plans to close its Kagnew communications base outside Asmara in June and may also shutter the U.S. Consulate there. A Defense Department official in Addis Ababa confirmed the base plan, while the embassy spokesman denied it. No official comment on the consulate. The Ethiopian air force bombed suspected guerrilla positions northwest of Asmara.
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Ethiopia
United States
Asmara
U.S
U.S. Defense Department
Kagnew
Detroit Unemployment Hits 21 Percent Among Workers
Detroit officials report 21 percent of the workforce without jobs, up from 13 percent a year earlier, with 118000 of 563000 workers out of work. A city analyst forecasts rising to about 24 percent this month as auto industry layoffs mount, with black unemployment likely higher than white.
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Detroit
Saxbe Opposed Sale Of Arms To Pakistan
William Saxbe the new U S ambassador to India opposed renewing arms sales to Pakistan saying it was unwise to push arms into the subcontinent but he would support the lifting of the embargo once decided. He stressed the president's authority and noted strained ties with India while awaiting an imminent formal announcement.
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Thailand
William B. Saxbe
United States
India
Pakistan
Saxbe
Y. B. Chavan
Indian Subcontinent
New Delhi
State Department
Joseph Sisco
Sisco
Nbc-Tv
Plumed Crown Placed on Nepal's Young New Ruler
Nepal's 29-year-old Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva was crowned in a Hindu ceremony in Kathmandu. The emperor, seated cross legged, accepted the jeweled crown as priests recited Vedic verses amid foreign dignitaries, a palace band, and royal rites. Queen Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah sat beside him.
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Nepal
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva
Birendra
Prince Charles
Britain
Akihito
Japan
Sen
Charles H. Percy
Timois
Deependra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Gurney Trial Begins Over Slush Fund Bribery Case
In Tampa, former Senator Edward Gurney faces bribery and conspiracy charges as jury selection starts for a trial tied to a $233,000 slush fund from builders seeking influence on housing projects and mortgage programs. Co defendants include James Groot, Joseph Bastien, K Wayne Swiger, and Ralph Koontz.
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Fla
Edward Gurney
U.S. District Court
Ben Krentzman
Gurney
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
James L. Groot
Washington
Joseph Bastien
Winter Park
K. Wayne Swiger
Federal Housing Administration
Ralph Koontz
Jacksonville
FHA
Nixon Should Tell People The Truth, Jaworski Says
In Chicago Leon Jaworski urged former President Nixon to conduct soul searching and tell the American public the truth about Watergate. He declined to say Nixon should confess to crimes but said Nixon ought to express what is in his heart and reveal the truth.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
Jaworski
American Bar Association
Retirement At 70 Law Is Upheld
Washington AP Supreme Court upholds mandatory federal retirement at 70 and dismisses suit. Justice Marshall and Douglas took no part due to illness. Weisbrod, retired at 70, had challenged the law while remaining as a re employed annuitant with a salary cut of about $800 yearly.
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Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
William O. Douglas
Marshall
Martin 0. Weisbrod
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chicago
Weisbrod
Department
President Ford worships at Christ Church in Alexandria
President Ford and Betty Ford attended Sunday services at Christ Church in Alexandria Virginia. They sat in pew No 60, a 202 year old church with historic ties to George Washington. Washington reportedly attended the same church and purchased the pew.
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Ford
George Washington
Christ Church
Alexandria
Betty Ford
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