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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1975
Page
1
Weather notes show clear to partly cloudy conditions with a warming trend for Sunday across Missouri. Extended outlook calls for rain, then cooler and milder days with intermittent showers midweek. Local court brief begins with Magistrate Court entry for Ricky Lee Gessman.
The Daily Record reports measures including a guilty plea for an insufficient funds check under $100 with a $25 fine plus costs, speeding pleas with fines of $16 and $11 plus costs, Vera M. Eckert granted limited driving privileges, Walter Spene hired as custodian for Audrain County Courthouse replacing resigned Carol Werner, marriage license applications for Harold Denham and Mary Armentrout, and obituaries for Eugene Davis aged 44 and Myrtle Utterback.
Charles Fry III, a former Mexicoan, is included in the 1974 edition of Outstanding Young Men In America. The directory, chaired by Doug Blankenship, notes Fry’s schooling at local institutions, teaching stints at Mexico High School and in Kansas City, and his family ties to Mexico. The compilation selects 21 to 35 year olds nominated by civic groups and colleges. Also listed are stock quotes from over-the-counter and New York Stock Exchange activity including Commerce Banc, Wetterau, Robbie Brooks, A.B. Chance, Combustion Engineering, Dresser, Interco, Kaiser Aluminium, Panhandle, Ralston Purina, US Gypsum, Wal-Mart.
The EPA proposes two regulations to curb aviation noise. One would push jet aircraft to hold 10,000 feet before descent then 5,000 feet in the approach area, reducing the highest noise exposure by 20 to 25 percent. The other sets noise standards for new small propeller planes.
In Pensacola a clean up crew member stopped a hijacker who boarded a National Airlines jet with a 22 caliber rifle. The 27 year old Tampa man, Paul Thomas Sanders, was held on bond for armed robbery and faces possible federal charges. He had robbed a Pensacola woman earlier that day amid personal troubles.
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, has improved from a stroke with better movement on his left side and an excellent appetite, though his condition remains serious. Doctors report ongoing recovery and stable status.
A seven pound 13 ounce girl was born to Mr and Mrs Randy Seay at 10 30 p m Friday at Audrain Medical Center The baby arrives as Mr Seay works for Quality Lumber Co in Laddonia Washington AP Former Democratic Senator Daniel Brewster of Maryland will be retried May 19 after an appellate overturn of his conviction for accepting an illegal gratuity The 1972 case involved $14500 from Cyrus T Anderson Spiegel Inc lobbyist with a six year prison term and $30000 fine
President Ford signed a sweeping trade reform bill granting authority to cut tariffs for a new round of talks, calling it the most significant trade legislation since the start of the program. He expressed reservations about linking benefits to Soviet emigration and OPEC oil politics, while noting the need to prevent global energy crises.
Ronald R. Lee, 18, of Mexico, was sentenced to six months in the county jail after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Audrain County Magistrate Court. He was arrested by Mexico police at 4 a.m. on December 6 with a 14 year old girl in a car. Bond was $2,000, and Lee can apply for parole after two months.
In Mountain Grove Missouri twenty two cars of a Frisco freight train derailed as it neared the town. No injuries were reported though one car of liquid soda spilled without hazards. The first derailed car appeared after an overheated axle bearing failed on the 13th car behind the locomotive. The train was three miles east of Mountain Grove on a Springfield to Memphis run.
Mrs Myrtle Utterback 88 formerly of Middletown died at Rosedale Nursing Home Silex early Friday Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Myers Funeral Home Middletown Rev Hugh Ash to officiate burial at Fairmont Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home until services She was born January 16 1886 near Middletown a daughter of John William and Mattie Elizabeth Steele Survived by a sister Lora Belle Ford of Sarasota Florida Husband Fred Utterback died March 9 1974
Funeral services for Eugene Davis age 44 will be held at 2 p m Monday at Second Baptist Church Vandalia with Rev C J Davis officiating burial follows at Vandalia Cemetery The family will receive visitors 5 to 6 p m Sunday at Waters Funeral Home Davis a bus driver for St Louis transit system was born August 27 1930 in Chariton County a son of Porter and Gladys Davis He is survived by wife Eileen Elise Palmer two sons Gene Donzell and Gerald Ira two sisters Mrs John Fannie Davis Vandalia Mrs Austin Willisteen Miller Mexico three brothers Bobby Dale Davis Vandalia Verdell Davis Rock Island Ill Willis Lee Davis Chicago Ill Two brothers preceded him in death.
William Conrad star of the TV series Cannon has been named the most popular U.S. performer on German television. CBS announced he will receive the 1974 Bambi award from Bild and Funk magazine for German TV excellence.
Audrain County topped its daily blood quota during Red Cross Bloodmobile visits at A. P. Green Refractories. Friday's 141 pints exceeded the 139 pint goal as seven Mexico High School students joined the effort.
Tehran says the United States owes Iran 365 million dollars for services during and after World War II. A spokesman noted Iran recently accepted a proposed talks offer on claims. Rep. Clarence Long claimed Iran owes 36 million for postwar loans, while GAO figures estimated U S armament costs at about 35 million over two years.
Washington AP reports the Ford administration tentatively approves a defense budget near 95 billion for the coming fiscal year starting July 1, up from 83.6 billion this year to offset an estimated 11 billion in inflation adjusted purchasing power. Defense Secretary Schlesinger reportedly resisted OMB efforts to cut the plan to 92 billion and final figures may change before the budget is sent to Congress in late January or early February, with a possible tax cut factor under review.
Lawyers for Haldeman claim jurors may have received influential information during deliberations on the Watergate conspiracy case. They seek a new trial and permission to subpoena a juror and a Star-News reporter. Ruth Gould denies discussing the issue and says jurors did not watch TV or read papers during deliberations.
Washington AP Disabled veterans enrolled in vocational rehabilitation and on-the-job training will receive the same higher education benefit as other veterans. The main education bill boosts college benefits by 22.7 percent and now extends the higher rate to those in disability related programs, effective immediately.
Columbia University has raised more than $1 million from the sale of a Rembrandt portrait donated 16 years ago by Huntington Hartford. The art patron and heir to the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. would not have his name released, and the university refused to disclose the buyer or the price. A source disclosed the figure on Friday.
Rembrandt’s Man With Arms Akimbo fetched at least $1 million at auction and could have exceeded that. The work, stored since 1968 over fears of damage from student protesters, was purchased by Hartford for $185,000 about four decades ago. Columbia University said the sale will transform the painting into an income producing asset for its endowment.
Beir ut AP Libya quietly ends its ban on oil exports to the United States to ease a drop in foreign sales. Iraq and Algeria also lower prices by 30 to 50 cents a barrel to stay competitive with Persian Gulf crude. Production fell to 960 thousand barrels daily in November from earlier highs.
Secretary Henry Kissinger said President Ford supports the idea that force could be used in a grave emergency against Middle East oil producers. Kissinger emphasized no current gravest emergency exists, while White House aides and Sen. Jackson urged caution and diplomacy amid tense oil talks.
The Agriculture Department says 156,800 more needy women infants and children in 30 states Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will join the federal food aid program this year bringing total enrollment to about 640,000 in 352 project areas. Ass’t Sec Richard Feltner notes the program now spans 48 states with North Dakota Nebraska and Wyoming added this year. no participants in Virginia or Utah.
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