Weather Summary and Local Readings Patchwork
Weather data from the past 24 hours shows highs in the 30s to 40s and a light snowfall totaling 1.8 inches. Forecasts call for cold nights in the teens, sunny but chilly days with highs in the 20s, and snow flurries midweek, with gradually clearing skies by Friday. River stage readings span several Missouri towns, and hospital rounds list dozens of admissions, dismissals, and recent births from multiple communities including Mexico and Vandalia.
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Missouri
Lake of the Ozark
Pomme de Terre
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Police Reports Highlight Multi-vehicle Collisions And Summonses
The Daily Record notes multiple incidents. John T. Duckworth of 1015 Fieldcrest St. received two summonses for driving while intoxicated and failure to yield. His car rear‑ended James Hampton Woods on N Western St near Monroe St at 9:55 a.m. Another incident involved Jean Tompkins’s car reversing into Russell Wood Chaney’s vehicle at Passpoint Auto Wash. Virginia Owsley faced a summons for failing to yield when pulling from a parking area onto W Love St. Five boys allegedly kicked Sharon Reno’s parked car on a city lot at 10:15 p.m. and she filed a complaint. David Sutton, 16, admitted striking a parked car on N Jefferson St in snowy conditions, while George N Johnson collided with Gary Vines near N Jefferson St. Johnson reported poor visibility and a steamed right front window.
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John T. Duckworth
Fieldcrest St
James Hampton Woods
Duckworth
Woods
N. Western St
Monroe St
Jean Tompkins
E. Jackson St
Passpoint Auto Wash
Liberty St
Russell Wood Chaney
W. Boulevard
Virginia Owsley
Fulton
W. Love St
Jesse J. Jacobs Jr
Kentucky Rd
Sharon Reno
Centralia
Reno
David Franklin Sutton
Reavis Rd
N. Jefferson St
Sutton
Floyd Allen Gore
O'Fallon
Jefferson St
Whitley St
George N. Johnson
N. Jefferson
Gary Ronald Vines
Bougainville
Johnson
Vines
Highway Patrol summons for Rex Jones in Auxvasse case
Rex Jones of Auxvasse was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated after stopping on Highway 54 a mile north of Audrain County Route MM and backing into a car on the shoulder. James Johnson Jr of Mexico sustained minor damage. Jones’s car also had minor damage. no injuries reported.
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Rex Jones
Auxvasse
Highway 54
Audrain
James Johnson, Jr
Mexico
Jones
Swanson named regional supervisor for bureau in North Central
In Minneapolis C Douglas Swanson is named regional supervisor of management and enforcement for the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife's 11 state North Central Region. Wayne D Adams is named to Swanson's former post as assistant supervisor and comes from Puxico Missouri where he directed the Job Corps Conservation Center. Adams previously worked as a conservation agent and taught high school at Lebanon Missouri.
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Minneapolis, Minn
C. Douglas Swanson
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
North Central
Swanson
Wayne D. Adams
Leasburg
Bureau
Job Corps Conservation Center
Puxico
Adams
The
Missouri Conservation Commission
Lebanon
Southeast Missouri State College
Missouri University
Stock Market Opens 1971 With Early Losses On Broad Decline
New York AP says stocks opened 1971 trading with broad losses. Dow Jones 30 fell 6.70 to 832.22 at noon while the 80-stock average slid 2.1 to 260.5, with industrials down 3.9, rails off 6, and utilities down 0.9. Penn Bank cut its prime rate to 6 percent but no immediate follow through. Losers outnumbered gainers by about 200 on the NYSE as motors and many groups declined.
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New York
Associated Press
Nook
Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
Philadelphia
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Nixon heads to California for eight to ten days
President Nixon will fly to San Clemente to work on leftover congressional business and next year’s programs. A budget for 1972 and the State of the Union message are the main tasks, with Mrs. Nixon joining the trip while other family members stay home.
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Washington
Nixon
California
White House
San Clemente
Congress
Administration
Walter Tkach
Florida
Ledger Comics Are Best Chosen by Test
A school test identifies Ledger comics as the best option among choices. Readers favor the series for its humor art and engaging stories, with selections highlighting the enduring appeal of the Ledger lineup across ages.
IRS Taxed Her Patience
Greensboro teenager Rita Ann Galyean found her phone overwhelmed after the IRS mailed tax forms to over 100000 local residents with a red notation directing callers to a number that reached her. The IRS will pay her phone bill for a year and will route future calls through an intercept operator to prevent further interruptions.
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Greensboro
N.C
Rita Ann Galyean
Internal Revenue Service
Rita
IRS
Hannibal To Vote On Drinks
Petitions push for a special election to allow liquor by the drink in Hannibal. The 1970 census reduces the privilege June 30 unless voters opt to continue sales. Hannibal’s population sits around 18,255 with 600 recent annexations. James A. Duffey leads a citizen committee demanding signatures for a city council called vote.
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Hannibal
James A. Duffey
Law Enforcement Assistance Council
Duffey
Albuquerque Gets 2nd Quake
Albuquerque residents were jolted awake at 12 41 a m by the citys second tremor in 37 days with no immediate major damage reported. Seismological Center chief Jon Peterson said early readings were inconclusive due to heavy snow hindering equipment. downtown witnesses said it felt stronger than the November quake of 3 9 on the Richter scale.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Jon Peterson
Tiller Condition Is Satisfactory
Steven Ray Tiller age 19 of Route 1 Mexico is listed in satisfactory condition at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia after a one car accident Friday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Everette Tiller.
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Steven Ray Tiller
Route 1
Mexico
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Everette Tiller
Mrs Emma Arends Dies After Fall
Mrs Emma Arends 85 of near Paris died at Woodland Hospital Moberly after a New Year’s Day fall caused a broken hip and post operative complications. Born June 19 1885 in Peoria she moved to Monroe County in 1920 farming near Paris. Survived by son Rient Huntsville five grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday Agnew Paris Rev Roberson officiating burial Walnut Grove Cemetery pallbearers listed.
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Paris
Emma Arends
Woodland Hospital
Moberly
Arends
Rient
Huntsville
Poe
Agnew Funeral Home
Raymond Roberson
Columbia
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Leon Martin
Charles P. Callis
Robert G. Durbin
Jack Hardwick
Frank Eckman
Linden Dixon
Mrs Alta May Lewis Dies in Centralia at 76
CENTRALIA Mrs Alta May Lewis 76 died early this morning at Sherwood Arms nursing home A resident of Centralia all her life she was a member of First Baptist Church Funeral at Meador Funeral Home Wednesday conducted by Rev Howard White Burial Glendale Memorial Gardens Cemetery Visitation Tuesday Born Jan 16 1694 in Randolph County daughter of Richard Parker and Ellen Fisher Phillips married June 4 1911 to Willard F Lewis who survives She leaves five sons three daughters 16 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren Three brothers a sister and three grandchildren preceded her in death
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Centralia
Alta May Lewis
Sherwood Arms
First Baptist Church
Meador
Howard White
Glendale Memorial Gardens
Randolph County
Richard Parker
Ellen Fisher Phillips
Willard F. Lewis
Clay
Raymond
Lester Lewis
Aubrey Lewis
Blue Springs
Howard Lewis
Sterling Heights
Mich
Bill
Opal) Butts
Renick
Charles
Helen) McCoy
Hubert
Mary) George
Mexico
George
Betty Jo) Ball
B J Woltering Dies Unexpectedly
Barney J Woltering former Mexicoan who moved to Jefferson City died this morning in a local bank where he went to transact business He would have turned eight tomorrow Graveside rites are set for Elmwood Cemetery Wednesday with Rev Edward Donohue of St Brendan Catholic Church conducting
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Barney J. Woltering
Jefferson City
Clara Roe
Mexico
John Woltering
S. J. Sanford
Elmwood Cemetery
Edward Donohue
St. Brendan Catholic Church
Maddox pedals seven mile run to state Capitol
Gov Lester Maddox rode his wife’s bicycle through a 10 to 12 mph headwind from the governor’s mansion to the state Capitol in one hour. He lamented the bent frame slowed him, and noted he would have finished in 40 to 45 minutes on his own bike. He may buy two cars after leaving the mansion.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
State Capitol
Maddox
Evans sworn Virgin Islands governor by Marshall
Dr. Melvin H. Evans was sworn in as the first elected governor of the Virgin Islands in Charlotte Amalie. Justice Thurgood Marshall administered the oath, marking Evans’s ascent after his election last November following years of service since June 1969.
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Charlotte Amalie
Melvin H. Evans
Virgin Islands
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Evans
Hijackers declare Havana escape on DC8 flight
Two Negro men hijacked a National Airlines DC8 from Los Angeles to Miami forcing entry to the cockpit with a pistol. After landing in Havana the hijackers proclaimed I’m free, then were escorted by Cuban militiamen with their families during a four hour layover before the jet returned to Miami.
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Miami
National Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Tampa
Los Angeles
Dorothy Amato
M. Jones
National
Carl Weiss
Weiss
Airlines
Blizzard Causes Widespread Travel Shutdown Across Midwest
Snow and high winds paralyzed Southeastern Nebraska and western Iowa with zero visibility. Airports in Des Moines Council Bluffs Iola Omaha Lincoln Midway Chicago O Hare Milwaukee Mitchell Field curtailed operations stranding 45 traveling east of Des Moines for the musical 1776. Schools delayed reopening after Christmas as travel warnings stretched from Texas to Michigan. Eight inches fell in the Oklahoma Panhandle and rain spread to the Gulf. A windstorm destroyed three railer homes and a tornado damaged houses in Arkansas. A Concordia Kansas high school band, returning from the Orange Bowl, faced snowbound buses after diversions from Kansas City to St. Louis. Snow depth in Wisconsin halted a snowmobile race despite 5000 spectators in Menomonee Falls.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Iola
Omaha
Lincoln
Midway Airport
Chicago
O'Hare International
Mitchell Field
Milwaukee
Midwest
Texas
Michigan
Oklahoma Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Concordia
Kan
Miami
Kansas City
St. Louis
Phillipsburg
Wisconsin
Menomonee Falls
Ledger Ads Teach Savings In Everyday Purchases
The alert reader finds value in Ledger ads by spotting trends and deals in household supplies. It emphasizes practical tips for saving money through selective buying and awareness of advertised offers.
Annexation Hearing Set for Tomorrow in Missouri Case
A motion for a new trial to amend the judgment in the Mexico annexation case heads to the St. Charles County Circuit Court with Special Judge William Turpin presiding. The city of Mexico won authorization for an annexation election after ruling the proposal reasonable and necessary on Oct 29. Defendants Kaiser Refractories Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co Salmons Trailer Court Dr Thomas Hodges and others seek relief with lawyers Franklin Edwards Warren Welliver M E Stokes and Walter McQuie Dan Deiter listed as counsel for the city and defendants respectively.
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Mexico
St. Charles County
William Turpin
Bowling Green
City of
Kaiser Refractories
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Salmons Trailer Court
Thomas Hodges
Frank Edwards
Warren Welliver
M. E. Stokes
Columbia
Walter McQuie
Dan Deiter
Montgomery City
Peace talks loom as all sides head to New York
Israel and Egypt dispatch ambassadors Yosef Tekoah and Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat to join mediator Gunnar V. Jarring in New York for preliminary discussions on procedural questions. Jordan weighs an acting ambassador swap while Arab guerrillas seize a U N observation post on the Golan Heights.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
Gunnar V. Jar-ring
United Nations
Yosef Tekoah
Tel Aviv
Jarring
Golda Meir
U.N
Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat
Anwar Sadat
New York
Jordan
Muhammad H el Farra
United States
Abdul Hamid Sharaf
Knesset
Yitzhak Navon
Syria
Golan Heights
Toll Rises to 454 in New Year Holiday Accidents
The Associated Press reports 454 people died in traffic accidents over a three day New Year weekend as heavy snow crippled travel nationwide making roads dangerous.
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Associated Press
Thief takes walkie talkie from governor's car
On New Year's Day in Santa Fe Bruce King, sworn in as New Mexico's 21st governor, had a $700 walkie talkie taken from his car by a thief. The incident was reported by AP.
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Santa FE
N.M
Bruce King
King
New Mexico
Laird To Visit Paris Vietnam And Bangkok
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird will travel from Washington to Paris for peace talks negotiations with American negotiators, then proceed to Southeast Asia for consultations with U.S. and South Vietnamese officials. He will also meet U.S. and local officials in Bangkok and stop at Pacific Command in Hawaii before returning January 13 to explore speeding up troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
U.S
Pentagon
Laird
Paris
Southeast Asia
Bangkok
Thailand
Pacific Command
Hawaii
Snowbound Kansas towns strain roads and shelters
Roads and highways across Kansas faced closures and drifted gateways as heavy snow hit cities from Hays to Concordia. National Guard, Red Cross, and Jaycees aided travelers with shelter, meals, and rooms while schools closed and traffic limited to one way along key routes.
Deimeke Sees Co. Problem in Bridges
Former Audrain County presiding judge A J Tony Deimeke reflects on ongoing county issues. He cites buses, roads and bridges as chronic needs, notes bridges mostly old, and warns road tax inflation won’t fund new bridges. He mentions equalization valuation talks with little interest and thanks supporters as he leaves Todsen term.
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A. J
Tony) Deimeke
Audrain County Court
Peter Todsen
Mexico
Demicke
Hearnes
Russell Blackburn
Floyd Lewis
Wesley M. Wood
Todson
Ralph N. Smith
Franklin County
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King’s Daughters Home
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Richard Eugene Pennington
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